By Briana Conner. Governor Steve Beshear has unveiled an idea that he says will help the Kentucky Community and Technical College System pay for new projects. It's called the KCTCS BuildSmart Investment for Kentucky Competitiveness, and it's something that's never been done before on a community college level.
The idea would use BuildSmart agency bonds to fund up to 75 percent of 16 projects at community colleges across the state. At least 25 percent of the remaining cost will come from local communities. That means money in Kentucky's general fund, which is already stretched thin, won't be touched. More...

By Lucy Hodges. London — Britain’s grading system is broken. At least, that’s what critics are saying about the 200-year-old tradition of classifying undergraduate degrees into five categories, from first class to fail.
In an attempt to improve the system, 21 universities started to experiment in November with an American-style grade-point average in hopes that it would be a better evaluation of students’ efforts and help solve grade inflation and other problems. A grade point average is calculated by adding up the grade points awarded to a student and dividing that total by the number of courses in which they were earned. More...

Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday approved the State Higher Education Plan (SHEP) envisaging establishment of new universities, technical colleges, model degree colleges, polytechnics and upgrading the existing higher educational system in the state during the 12th and 13th Five Year Plan periods. More...

A big business in search of a strategy
The Australian
For the $15 billion international education industry, there has always been an abundance of ministers, departments and agencies claiming a piece of the action. For the new federal government there is now an opportunity to forge seamless co-ordination of government policy and programs. An ongoing international education co-ordinating council may be the best way to achieve this.

Le programme des ateliers 2014 s'inscrit dans la continuité des actions menées lors de précédentes sessions.

Comme chaque année, les  thèmes d'ateliers proposés, alternent :

• des temps d'information sur des points d’actualité ou de nouveaux dispositifs,
• des temps de réflexion collective pour s’investir dans la construction de projets communs
• et enfin des temps de découverte de l'environnement socioéconomique.

En savoir plus sur les conditions de participation.
Pour s'inscrire aux ateliers :
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Contact : Conseil régional de Picardie,
Direction de l'Information et de l'Orientation
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Atelier 1

Comme chaque année, les thèmes d'ateliers proposés, alternent :

• des temps d'information sur des points d’actualité ou de nouveaux dispositifs,
• des temps de réflexion collective pour s’investir dans la construction de projets communs
• et enfin des temps de découverte de l'environnement socio-économique.

Voir le programme en détail et s'inscrire aux ateliers.

Le Comité Régional du Tourisme du Limousin lance son appel à projets 2014/2015 pour le Plan Régional de Professionnalisation des acteurs touristiques Limousin.
Les dossiers sont à remettre au plus tard le 21 février 2014 16h30.
Contact : CRT, formation@crt-limousin.fr
En savoir plus : Cahier des charges de l'appel à projets 2014/2015.

By Hannah Lincoln and Sean Ages. For as many colleges and universities as there are in the Western world, there exists an equivalent number of education consulting agencies in China. For most of these agencies, the measuring stick of success lies exclusively in targets. They can guarantee that each client will be accepted into an overseas school – this is a given. However, the only true authentication of reputation and corroboration of sales pitches lies in the quantity of acceptance letters from Ivy League and brand-name schools. The modus operandi is, generally speaking, “by any means necessary.” More...

Par Chris Johnstone. Czech students are sought after not just by local universities and colleges, but also by their European counterparts as student numbers dwindle across the continent. But while they are faced with more choice, Czech students also face a more difficult jobs market and the need to mark themselves out from the rest. Chris Johnstone looks at the evolving higher education market. More...