By Margaret Hodge. Public accounts committee chair criticises lack of checks on spending after student loan abuses exposed. Read more...By April Roach. Many British students study at universities relatively close to home. As an international student, I wonder whether they may be missing out. Read more...By Daniel Hurst and Lenore Taylor. The education minister, Christopher Pyne, said on Monday the government would also remove $1.9bn in course funding cuts from the legislation so that senators could vote this week on the “vital reform” of letting institutions set their own fees. Read more... 
Arrêté du 5 mars 2015 relatif au plafonnement des frais de gestion et d'information des organismes agréés en application des articles L. 6333-1 et L. 6333-2 du code du travail au titre du congé individuel de formation. NOR: ETSD1501382A
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I. - Le minimum des dépenses de frais de gestion, d'information, de conseil, d'accompagnement et d'études et recherches, mentionnés à l'article L. 6333-4 du code du travail des organismes paritaires agréés pour la prise en charge du congé individuel de formation est fixé à 7 % du montant des contributions affectées au financement du congé individuel de formation reçues au titre de l'exercice considéré.
II. - Le maximum des dépenses de frais de gestion, d'information, de conseil, d'accompagnement et d'études et recherches, mentionnés à l'article L. 6333-4 du code du travail des organismes paritaires agréés pour la prise en charge du congé individuel est fixé à 11 % du montant des contributions affectées au financement du congé individuel de formation reçues au titre de l'exercice considéré.
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L'ensemble des montants mentionnés à l'article 1er du présent arrêté s'entendent des montants portés en comptabilité, hors taxes.
LERU and its partner organisations in the ERA Platform (CESAER, EARTO, EUA, Science Europe) today, publicly and jointly, oppose the proposals of the European Commission to divert 2,7 billion euro from the Horizon 2020 budget to the European Fund for Strategic Investments. The League of European Research Universities (LERU) expresses serious concerns at amendments made by the European Parliament to the European General Data Protection Regulation and calls upon the Council of Ministers to oppose the amendments that would be highly detrimental for scientific research. Read more...Today the League of European Research Universities (LERU) becomes a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. The Declaration, issued in 2012 by a group of scientific journal editors and publishers, makes a number of recommendations for improving the way in which the quality of research output is evaluated.The board of Lund University Cultural and Public Centres is through project manager Daniel Eriksson undertaking a Mapping-project of the public cultural activity units of selected LERU universities. A report is expected in April/May 2015 and the project has the long-term objective that its outcome will assist in identifying potential future collaborations and connections.LERU universities embrace Open Access and endorse the European Commission’s advocacy of open, wide dissemination of research outputs in its Science 2.0 (Open Science) agenda.Across Europe, universities are making progress in delivering on this objective. A number of challenges remain. One of these is the ‘Total Cost of Ownership’, which includes both subscription costs paid by institutions and APCs (Article Processing Charges) for publishing in hybrid journals with an Open Access option paid by their staff members and researchers. This dual method of charging may mean that universities end up paying twice for access to the same material. The challenge is particularly acute in countries such as the UK and the Netherlands, which have strong national policies on Gold Open Access. The impact of any double payment is felt particularly in research-intensive universities in LERU, since these universities produce significant numbers of research outputs. Read more...
By Frank Larkins. Research investigations and research training programs feature prominently in the mission and strategic plans of most Australian universities. The reasons are clear as research is a dominant factor in driving the national and international standing of an institution. A strong research performance can improve international rankings, it also impacts positively on staff and student recruitment and influences private sector and community investment in the university for infrastructure and academic programs. Furthermore, the two Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) exercises conducted by the Australian Research Council in 2010 and 2012 have been drivers highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of university research at the discipline (Field of Research) level. A further ERA exercise is being conducted this year (2015) to map the trends in research activities and Australia’s performance against international norms. More...
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