英国教育部表示将采取更多政策来鼓励英国大学学生到其他国家深造。

英教育部发言人David Lammy明确表示教育部希望在未来英国学子到其他欧洲国家留学深造将变得更加容易与方便。

该番讲话是Lammy在英国高等教育部与欧洲联会共同举办的旨在架起英国与欧洲高校间学生交换与学历承认体制的“Bologna进程”会议上表示的。Lammy表示：“Bologna进程的意义在于交流与流动。”

“我们希望最终创造欧洲与英国本土之间一个友好的高教氛围，让我们的大学生可以自由的在欧洲高校之间交换学习，就像在英国本土各高校间的学分交换制度一般的自如。”

More must be done to encourage England's university students to spend time studying abroad, the higher education minister said.

David Lammy said he wanted it to become common for students to spend time in other European countries rather than unusual and make it easier for them to do so.

Speaking at a conference on the Bologna process organised by the UK Higher Education Europe Unit to link up universities in Europe and make qualifications comparable, Lammy said: "The key to the Bologna process is mobility.

"We want to get to the point where it is as common for our students to study abroad as it is for them to move around the UK."

On the progress of plans to create a European higher education area that staff and students can move around easily by 2010, Lammy said there was more to do.

He said: "The process remains a great opportunity that government, higher education institutions and other stakeholders must continue to influence.

"We need to make it simpler for students and staff to participate, with institutions promoting it through joint programmes, flexible curriculums and better support.

"It will encourage them to become active and employable citizens and foster international understanding."

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