31 juillet 2011

Les résultats de la sélection Erasmus Mundus 2011 viennent de paraître pour les 3 actions du programme. Comme chaque année, la France confirme sa forte présence. Vous retrouverez les projets sélectionnés sur les pages de l'agence exécutive de la Commission européenne.
Résultats de l'Action 1a Masters Erasmus Mundus
Here are the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses offering scholarships starting in the academic year 2012-2013. This includes the 30 EMMCs selected – or re-selected - in July 2011. This list will be updated by September 2011 with project descriptions and website addresses for the new projects. Students or scholars should consult the updated list, then contact the consortium offering the Masters Course for more information on courses and application procedures. Find here the complete list of Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMCs) and the lists by categories (Note: some courses appear in more than one category). List of all Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMCs).
Résultats de l'Action 1b Doctorats Erasmus Mundus
Here are the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates offering  fellowships for doctoral programmes starting in the academic year 2012-2013.  This includes the 10 doctorates selected in July 2011. These doctoral-level training and research programmes offer fellowships covering up to three years of doctoral activities. This list will be updated by September 2011 with project descriptions and website addresses. Applicant doctoral candidates should consult the updated list, then contact the consortium offering the EMJD for more information on courses and application procedures. Find here the complete list of Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJDs) and the lists by categories (Note: some courses appear in more than one category). List of all Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJDs).

In the past decade, the term “world-class university” has become a catchphrase. Not simply because it represents excellence in teaching and research, but more importantly because it also signifies university’s capacity to compete in the age of global higher education marketplace. Consequently, many national governments have developed policies and special initiatives to promote and support the creation of “world-class university”, and an increasing number of universities have included becoming “world-class” in their mission statements and have begun implementing various measures.
It is in the above mentioned context that the 1st International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-1) was initiated and organized in June 2005 by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Subsequently, the 2nd and 3rd International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-2 and WCU-3) were convened in 2007 and 2009 respectively. These conferences have attracted hundreds of participants, including university presidents, government officials, top scholars and policy researchers, from more than 40 countries. Contributions to previous WCU conferences are indexed in Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science and Humanities (CPCI-SSH) by Web of Science.
The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is pleased to announce that the 4th International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-4) will be held from October 30 to November 2, 2011 in Shanghai, China [arrival on October 30 and recommended departure on November 2]. The conference will again bring together researchers, university leaders, policy makers and other stake-holders from various regions to discuss major developments related directly and indirectly to world-class universities.

IREG Forum: National University Rankings on the Rise
Background, context and objectives
Rankings have became an inevitable part of public life because universities have moved to centre stage in all modern societies. Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
University rankings and their growing importance has become a feature of our times. Along rectors and higher education institutions managers also politicians, businesspersons, students and their parents, journalists and analysts take interest in rankings; they are debated, discussed and written about. Academic rankings have become a recognized and efficient tool helping improve the quality of higher education and research.
While rankings were first prepared and published on the national level (starting with the US News & World Report) debates and conferences have concentrated on international rankings. The national rankings, however, in spite of their local range and influence, they do influence prospective students and are as important to the future of higher education as international rankings are.
National rankings relying on data provided by a unified higher education system in their methodology, may use a rich spectrum of criteria and provide a more precise picture of ranked schools and allow for more reliable comparison between institutions.
The emergence and growth of international rankings have not replaced or slowed down the development of national rankings. In some countries, rankings have been just started recently. At the same time, the existing national rankings have implemented new methodological solutions and expanded set of criteria they use.
In spite of the growing number of national rankings, there exists a generally lack of knowledge on their current state, methodology and about the ways, rankings evolve. This is in contrasts with the needs of stakeholders not only in given countries but with the needs of stakeholders world-wide. Among the latter group of stakeholders are international students seeking in-depth information on higher education.
We invite authors, publishers and analysts of rankings to the IREG Forum: National University Rankings on the Rise in Bratislava, Slovak Republic which will be held 10-11 October, 2011. The Forum will concentrate on issues related to national rankings and impact rankings make.
Here are the three main aims of the Forum:
- to present the current trends in national rankings,
- to discuss relations between rankings and national higher education systems (their impact  on the national higher education systems and choices made by students).
- to build bridges between national and international (world) rankings
The Forum, we expect, will gather many authors and publishers of the leading national rankings and main world rankings. The organizers also welcome active participation of university leaders and authorities responsible for the future of higher education both on national and international levels.
Proceedings of the Forum will be published (on the IREG Observatory website), to present the main national rankings and the trends prevailing in the field. This way the Forum will fill in the gap regarding knowledge about national rankings and their specific aspects. It will also provide context to international rankings.
 IREG Forum: National Rankings on the Rise is organized by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence and the Slovak Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA) in cooperation with the Comenius University in Bratislava.
See also on the blog: IREG Ranking Audit Rules adopted, International Group Announces Audit of University Rankings, Conference on university rankings, The Academic Rankings: From Popularity to Reliability and Relevance.