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The objective of this paper is to describe the Validation process of a new MScs Programme in railway transport and logistics which has been designed within the RiFLE project. RiFLE stands for Rail Freight and Logistics Curriculum Development and is funded by the Erasmus programme of the European Commission. The innovative idea of RiFLE is that the courses developed will run in the participating institutions, and they will be compatible to allow the students to attend some of their modules in the other universities. The possibility of a joint programme and degree has been also explored. In particular RiFLE developed 26 rail freight and logistics Subjects combined in four Curricula each of them corresponds to the perspective of a student entering the Programme from one of the four participating Institutions. The Validation process of the four Curricula has been carried out against both the European Educational Standards for Mscs and Industry requirements, implementing a stepwise methodology. Validation against Standards has been performed developing an extensive overview of the existing educational standards for Master programmes in Europe and the guidelines on how to meet them. Validation against Industry requirements has been achieved through a Workshop, during which over 30 external experts of Academic Institutions and Companies active in the Rail and Logistic sectors expressed their judgment on the RiFLE Programme and gave suggestions for improvements. In general, the results obtained suggest that there is a the RiFLE programme is very comprehensive in the field of rail freight and logistics and well balanced among engineering and economics subjects in order to provide an opportunity for employers to have staff who have a good balance of technical and commercial skills. Finally, the main issues to be solved are the ones related to student mobility and its funding.
Author(s): Rizzetto L, Ricci S, Marinov M, Fraszczyk A
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: 4th World Conference on Learning Teaching and Educational Leadership (WCLTA-2013)
Year of Conference: 2013
Online publication date: 25/08/2014
