Legal regulation of academic interaction between Russia and Germany in the framework of the Bologna process. Issues of improvement
The article is devoted to the issues of improving the legal regulation of academic interaction between Russia and Germany in the framework of the Bologna process. The work uses methods of the retrospective, statistical, analytical, rational, comparative research. The author outlines the key areas regulated by the Bologna Declaration, gives the main characteristics of the regulatory framework for the participation of Russian universities in the Bologna process. The role of the Russian-German scientific and educational partnership in reforming the higher education system in Russia is noted. The article considers the regulatory legal acts that form the organizational and legal framework of educational cooperation between Russia and Germany within the Bologna process. As fundamental issues that hinder widening the academic cooperation between Russia and Germany under the Bologna process it names an insufficiency of the Russian legislative base and a lack of legal conditions for active academic mobility of students and academic staff. The difficulties also mentioned are: 1) high requirements for obtaining a student visa (both for Russian and German students); 2) a limited amount of educational exchange programs for students and teachers; 3) lack of funding for educational trips (conferences, internships) abroad; 4) incorrect interpretation and assessment of the Russian qualification “specialist” in the countries of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).