Good practice: national and organisational mobility targets in higher education A newly developed "Strategy for the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in Finland 2009-2015" sets mobility goals for 2015: thus the outgoing student and trainee mobility in universities is to reach 6% (2007:3.8%) and in polytechnics 8% (2007: 6.1%).

At their meeting in London on 17 and 18 May 2007, the 45 Ministers of Higher Education of the countries participating in the Bologna process adopted the strategy ‘The European Higher Education Area in a Global Setting’ and, in this context, identified as priorities for 2009 improved information about the European Higher Education Area and improved recognition of higher education qualifications with other parts of the world.

(11) Whereas the size, structure and funding of higher education systems differ from Member State to Member State and the objectives of these systems will continue to evolve; whereas in certain Member States the higher education system includes universities and other higher education institutions, often pursuing vocational aims; whereas the concept, scope and methods of quality assurance will be defined by each Member State and will remain flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances and/or structures;

(23) Whereas a mere DNA sequence without indication of a function does not contain any technical information and is therefore not a patentable invention;

II. Diversifying the learning and teaching of the languages of the European Union - In view of the developments that have taken place and the progress that has been made over the last ten years in the teaching of languages in all the Member States of the Union, pupils should as a general rule have the opportunity of learning two languages of the Union other than their mother tongue(s) for a minimum of two consecutive years during compulsory schooling and if possible for a longer period; the aim of such teaching, going beyond introductory tuition, is the acquisition of clearly defined skills; it is for each Member State to specify thos ...[+++]e language skills and to determine the different levels of competence required and the appropriate forms of certifying achievement; - the provision of teaching for languages which are less widely used or less frequently taught should be increased and diversified as far as possible, at all levels of teaching and throughout all types of curricula; - in view of the difficulties in the way of such diversification, it will be necessary to use all the opportunities offered by open and distance teaching and the new technologies; schemes to develop and disseminate these teaching and learning tools should receive special attention at Community level.

That technician will go through fairly rigorous training like any vocational high school, like any postsecondary institution, where they focus on learning their skill sets.