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28 juillet 2012

Keynote speakers for the EAIE Conference are revealed!

Polar explorer, Robert Swan; Nobel Peace laureate, Leymah Gbowee; innovative business entrepreneur, Christian Stadil: what do these high profile figures have in common? They’ve all given uplifting keynote speeches at recent EAIE Conferences, and this year’s speakers promise to be every bit as inspirational!
We are very excited to announce the keynote speakers who will be joining us in Dublin for the 2012 EAIE Conference: Sugata Mitri and Caroline Casey.
Sugata Mitra
The Opening Plenary, taking place on 12 September, serves as a kick-off to conversations about the conference theme: ‘Rethinking education, reshaping economies’ and we are honoured to have Sugata Mitra, an individual whose notable achievements in education embody this theme.
Well-known for his ‘Hole in the wall’ project, Sugata’s experiments take a new perspective on the relationship needed between the educator and the student. In 1999 he dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed an internet-connected PC and left it there (with a hidden camera filming the area). He then observed kids from the slum playing around with the computer and in the process, learning how to use it and then teaching each other.
Replicated in other parts of India, both urban and rural, with similar results, this project demonstrated that even in the absence of direct input from a teacher, an environment that encourages inquisitiveness, self-instruction, and peer-knowledge can generate incredible learning.
Sugata is credited with a number of other inventions and first-time applications in the areas of Cognitive Science, Information Science and Education Technology. He is currently Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University and Visiting Professor at MIT in the United States.
Caroline CaseyCaroline Casey

Closing the conference on 14 September, the Closing Plenary keynote speaker, Caroline Casey, is sure to motivate you to look beyond limits. One of Ireland’s own, Caroline Casey is a social entrepreneur whose leadership and vision is changing the way people think about disability.
Since she set up Kanchi (formerly The Aisling Foundation) in 2000, Caroline continues to deliver a deeper level of engagement with society, business, media and politics to affect change through positive solution-based thinking.
In 2004, Caroline launched the O2 Ability Awards to establish best practice for the employment and inclusion of people with disabilities within business. The success of this initiative has spurred international interest and created the opportunity for a corresponding programme in Spain.
Caroline is also co-founder of the London based charity, Elephant Family, as well as a board member of Sightsavers International.
Check out the Dublin conference programme and view the details of over 200 other engaging activities available at the 2012 EAIE Conference. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to register for the conference by the 22 August deadline!
See also EAIE keynote speaker in Nantes in 2010 wins 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
28 juillet 2012

Vacancy: Public Relations Specialist

Vacancy: Public Relations Specialist. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is currently seeking a Public Relations Specialist. The description of this vacancy can be found here.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is an international research,
capacity-building and documentation centre based in Hamburg (Germany), and is
currently seeking a half-time.
Public Relations Specialist

Duties for this post include:

Coordinating of all press and public relations activities (e.g. the UIL newsletter, the UIL Annual Report as well as taking care of visitor groups and the organization of events).
Compile and provide contributions to UIL website.
Publication and dissemination of UIL programme outcomes on an international level including the provision of information upon request.
Pursue the communication strategy related to the follow-up of the 6th World Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI).
Networking with Member States, UNESCO units, NGOs and other stakeholders within programme activities. Cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair as well as advocacy activities around the International Literacy Day.
Your profile:

- University degree at BA/MA level in Education, Social Sciences or Public Relations
- Competence in the field of Public Relations of at least five years.
- Excellent command of English, French and German (both written and spoken).
- Flexibility to adjust work schedules and priorities.
- You are communicative and have good interpersonal skills
- Very good command of MS-Office 2010
- Flexibility to work in a team as well as autonomously.
Terms & conditions:
The salary for this local post is based on the German Tariffs Agreement for Public Service (TVöD), salary group 11. The salaries of the staff of UIL are exempt from direct taxation.
Applications, accompanied by full curriculum vitae, references and copies of relevant certificates, must be submitted by 10 August 2012 to the following address: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Ms Claudia Brandt, Feldbrunnenstrasse 5820148 Hamburg, uil-apps@unesco.org.

28 juillet 2012

Welcome to Study in Europe

There are more than four thousand higher education institutions in Europe, from top-level research establishments to small, teaching-focused colleges. Europe itself is no less diverse, extending from the Arctic Circle to the coast of Africa. Study in Europe provides up-to-date information on thirty-two European countries, their universities and what it takes to live and study in them.
European Higher Education

Europe has many hundreds of higher education institutions, renowned as centres of excellence around the world. However, higher education systems have traditionally been formulated at the national level. Increasing European integration is changing that, with the development of the
European Higher Education Area (EHEA) helping to reinforce the attractiveness of higher education in Europe.
The EHEA is a region with a world-class knowledge base and cutting-edge research facilities in internationally-renowned centres of excellence. This is what attracts hundreds of thousands of foreign students each year to study in Europe.
Increasing mobility and links between national higher education systems serve to reinforce this attraction. Foreign students coming to Europe can see for themselves the amazing diversity available to them (both inside and outside the university), while taking advantage of the smooth transferability of coursework, qualifications and research opportunities.

28 juillet 2012

Universities and Regional Innovation: From Policy to Practice Building Capacity for Collaborative Partnerships

http://www.acup.cat/sites/default/files/imagecache/content/eu-driverslogo.jpgEU-DRIVERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. BRUSSELS, 20 September 2012. Universities and Regional Innovation: From Policy to Practice  Building Capacity for Collaborative Partnerships.
This is the third conference organised by the EU-DRIVERS European regional innovation platform. EU-DRIVERS is a three-year EU-funded structural project in the EU Lifelong Learning Programme developed under the leadership of the European Centre for the Strategic Management of Universities (www.esmu.be), in a consortium of 10 partner European associations, networks, universities active in regional development and 9 regional pilot partnership projects initiated by EU-DRIVERS.
The positive impact of effective regional innovation on economic growth, employment and social stability is recognised everywhere. Yet many European regions are lagging behind and seem unable to "catch up" or engage in a process of full innovation as a critical success factor for their development. Different regional settings, contextual factors and more (or less) local opportunities undeniably play a role. Yet the ability to build capacity for collaborative partnership and to exercise strong leadership in order to bring together a variety of regional stakeholders behind a common regional strategy is "the" critical step for regional success.
This one-day conference will focus on the challenges involved in building and sustaining successful cross-sectoral partnerships between academic, business and public agencies to support regional innovation. The conference will draw on lessons learned from the EU-Drivers for a Regional Innovation Platform project, which involved the development of tri-partite partnerships and an international community of practice to support strategically important and transformational projects in a range of European countries, including Spain, Denmark, Greece, England, Finland, Turkey, Portugal and Belgium.
The conference format will be highly interactive, with expert international keynote speakers and panelists including participants from the European Commission, academe, business and public authorities committed to fostering the development of real collaboration between sectors to support regional development. With practical interactive sessions it will provide participants the opportunity to try out "on the ground" the lessons learnt from the EU-Drivers project; every participant will receive a copy of the EU-Drivers toolkit with good practices to support effective transformational regional innovation.
In our pre-conference reception, networking breakfast and poster sessions the conference will provide ample opportunities for direct exchange between regional, university and business leaders as well as access to EU policy-makers. As such you can keep ahead on the latest information on EU policy and programme developments such as the Smart Specialisation Strategy, Horizon 2020 (and its links to the structural funds) as well as the new Erasmus for All programme. 
See also: Universities improving their strategic interactions with regional stakeholders - Brussels, 1 December 2011.
28 juillet 2012

Disruptive Change and Innovation in Higher Education

DBA in Higher Education Management 10th Anniversary ConferenceDBA in Higher Education Management 10th Anniversary Conference. Monday 17th September, 2012. Hosted by International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM), University of Bath.
Higher education is currently experiencing what has been described as a period of disruptive change. The significant forces from the external environment including the financial crisis and globalisation are impacting substantially on higher education. As well as these external factors higher education institutions are experiencing numerous disruptive forces including  dilution of funding sources, changing student demographics, questions regarding the quality and value of qualifications as well as increased competition within the sector. It has even been suggested that globally higher education is enmeshed in a crisis which some commentators have likened to the recent economic bubbles and which threaten the long term sustainability of higher education institutions and systems in their current form.
This conference looking at the impact of disruptive change on higher education institutions and the broader higher education sector internationally will feature keynote addresses by three respected international higher education experts, each with a different perspective on the challenges faced. The conference will feature interactive sessions examining how the forces of disruption are impacting the steering, governance, management and operation of institutions and systems of higher education.
As well as this conference there will also be:

A 10th anniversary dinner at 7.30pm on September 17th.
A DBA(HEM) Students, Alumni and Staff Seminar on September 18th.
28 juillet 2012

Phase 2 of AHELO is out of the starting gate

With 17 countries and economies now participating, fieldwork is underway in almost all of them. Some late joiners will soon catch up as all data must be gathered by end June 2012. The field testing of the economics, engineering, generic skills and contextual data involves around two hundred students per institution in up to ten higher education institutions per country.
There has been international agreement on frameworks and instruments. Based on the feasibility study findings to date, there are genuine and sound indications that much of AHELO is feasible. An interim feasibility report has now been released, which shows that:
- It is possible to define and agree on discipline-specific learning outcomes internationally, as proven by the development and international validation of the Economics and Engineering Assessment Frameworks and instruments.
- In terms of developing tests that can be applied cross-nationally, cross-culturally and cross-linguistically, there is evidence that the AHELO tests for generic skills, economic and engineering have been translated, adapted and verified independently to international standards in a transparent process and completed in all participating countries.
- The fieldwork phase, which is currently underway, shall provide more insights into test adaptation and translation, as well as other issues related to the feasibility of sampling students and faculties, participation rates, test systems, scoring etc.
Next steps:

In November 2012, the OECD will receive the final feasibility study results as to whether or not it is feasible to test students across cultures and languages. An OECD Report will be issued in December 2012 to report the results and findings. The findings will also be discussed at a conference entitled, “Skills for life: Can we test students globally, and how?” to be held on 14-15 March 2013 in Utrecht (Netherlands). During this conference, broader lessons, implications and ways to take these findings forward will also be debated.
Related documents: Testing student and university performance globally - OECD’s AHELO.
28 juillet 2012

A tool for in-company training: payback clauses

Payback clauses are a legal instrument that encourages companies to invest in training. Companies provide training, but in return bind employees to the company for a certain period of time. In fact, employees are free to move to another company; they may however be expected to reimburse the cost, or part of the cost, of the training they received.
This Cedefop report examines whether, and how, payback clauses for employer-financed training are regulated in 33 European countries. In-depth analysis is carried out for eight countries: Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the UK.
The analysis of legal framework covers aspects such as: the level of regulation (national law, collective/sectoral level agreements and individual/company level agreements) and the conditions laid down in law (contractual retention period, types of training and categories of employees/contracts that payback clauses may apply to, costs to be reimbursed by employees, redemption form, etc.).
The results of research show that there is relatively little information on the practical use of payback clauses: their implementation (the extent to which the payback clauses are actually included in employment contracts and training agreements) and enforceability (when reimbursement of training costs was indeed requested by employer).
On the basis of information collected, the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument are discussed. Finally, recommendations for policy, research and practice are formulated.
This publication is available in pdf form and as eBook, optimised for tablets and smartphones.

28 juillet 2012

International qualifications

Publication coverAn increasing number of qualifications – certificates and diplomas – are awarded at international level, outside the jurisdiction of national authorities. These ‘non-State’ qualifications have been developed and are awarded by a wide range of bodies, organisations and companies addressing various purposes.  What unites this extreme variety of qualifications is that they are not restricted to a particular national system or territory. They are all qualifications whose exchange value is defined outside traditional national qualifications systems. This raises some key questions and challenges for policy-makers as well as users – be they individual citizens or employers. This report is a first effort to increase transparency in this field, notably by pointing to existing sources and clarifying the concepts to be used for mapping and analysis. Download International qualifications.
Many and very diverse qualifications, diplomas, certificates and licences are awarded outside the jurisdiction of public authorities, including by multinational companies, so there is a need to analyse further the character and typology of these qualifications, their credibility and value on the labour market, both for individuals and employers.
While international qualifications can be of relevance for the labour market they are also important in national and European perspectives as they promote common trust and cooperation at operational level. International qualifications feed in the context of the development and implementation of two European initiatives; the European qualifications framework (EQF) and the European classification of skills/competences, qualifications and occupations (ESCO).
The EQF 2008 recommendation also specifies the need to increase transparency of qualifications awarded at international level, a challenge still not addressed systematically by the EQF. On the other hand, international qualifications are part of ESCO work in the qualifications pillar illustrating how awards influence the right to access and practise an occupation or task.
From experience gained from EQF/NQF (national qualifications framework) developments and ESCO work we observe there is high complexity in purpose, type, coverage, currency and competent bodies involved. This booklet is a first attempt to work on a typology of international qualifications, to present examples from various sectors and occupations, and finally to contribute to their better understanding to provide a basis for future EQF and ESCO developments. Christian F. Lettmayr, Acting Director of Cedefop. Download International qualifications.
28 juillet 2012

Maison de l’Emploi - un “fiasco” à 5 millions d’euros

http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpgSur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Nous nous interrogions, au début de ce mois, sur le devenir des Maisons de l’Emploi de la Réunion, et en particulier de celle de l’Est, qui fut à son origine en 2007 l’emblème de ces structures outre-mer (voir Que vont devenir les Maisons de l’Emploi de la Réunion?).
Un article de Clicanoo le Journal de l’Ile intitulé “Maison de l’emploi: un “fiasco” à 5 millions d’euros” nous incite à y revenir car les chiffres sont significatifs de l’erreur de conception originelle d’un concept forgé par Jean-Louis Borloo pour rapprocher l’ANPE et l’ASSEDIC, dans lequel les collectivités locales exerçaient une fonction déterminante avec une contribution financière, et mis en place avec volontarisme par l’Etat, prêt à financer les projets les plus déraisonnables pour crédibilser rapidement le système. Suite...
http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpg Στο blog του Μιχαήλ Abhervé για εναλλακτικές οικονομικές λύσεις. Ζητήσαμε στις αρχές αυτού του μήνα, σχετικά με την τύχη της Βουλής Απασχόλησης της συνεδρίασης, και ιδίως της Ανατολής, το οποίο προήλθε το 2007 με το έμβλημα των δομών αυτών στο εξωτερικό (δείτε τι θα συμβεί με τα σπίτια της Ρεϊνιόν για την απασχόληση). Περισσότερα...
28 juillet 2012

Il y a urgence sur le front de l’emploi annonce Michel Sapin

http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpgSur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Avant que ne paraissent les chiffres de l’inscription à Pôle emploi fin juin, dont il serait fort étonnant qu’ils ne traduisent pas une nouvelle dégradation de la situation de l’emploi, le Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi, du Dialogue social et de la Formation Professionelle, Michel Sapin, a commencé à préciser ses intentions le 18 juillet lors d’une audition devant la Commission des Affaires sociales du Sénat.
Cette audition se situait dans les suites de la conférence sociale et est introduite par un court état des lieux, résumant le point de vue du Ministre sur la situation et sa conscience de sa gravité.
”Il y a urgence sur le front de l’emploi, ce qui nécessite de mener une action avec des moyens renforcés. Le nombre de chômeurs ne cesse d’augmenter et les derniers chiffres montrent que les moins de vingt-cinq ans et les plus de cinquante-cinq ans sont cruellement frappés, de même que les chômeurs de longue durée, dont le nombre n’a jamais été aussi élevé.
Il y a urgence, aussi, pour Pôle emploi, qui est mis à rude épreuve. Le nombre des agents au contact avec les chômeurs doit être renforcé: nous y parviendrons par le redéploiement de deux mille postes et l’embauche de deux mille agents supplémentaires en CDI.
Urgence, enfin, pour les emplois aidés, sachant que sur les 340 000 qui avaient été programmés pour 2012, 250 000 ont déjà été utilisés au cours des quatre premiers mois de l’année, juste avant les échéances électorales… Les présidents de conseils généraux s’alarment, craignant un fort report sur les dépenses de RSA… Le Premier ministre a donc autorisé la création de 80 000 emplois aidés supplémentaires, dont la durée moyenne devrait être de neuf mois, sachant qu’elle est aujourd’hui inférieure à six mois, soit un laps de temps beaucoup trop court pour assurer la réinsertion de publics que, comme élus locaux, vous connaissez bien.”
Dans cette courte déclaration est contenu l’essentiel, l’affirmation que les moyens de la politique de l’emploi doivent être renforcés, et pas seulement des 2000 CDI nouveaux de Pôle emploi. Espérons que nous aurons la transcription de cette déclaration ministérielle dans le projet de budget 2013 qu’il présentera devant le Parlement.
Notons la réponse à la question de Claude Jeannerot, Sénateur PS du Doubs  cette affirmation forte concernant l’AFPA “L’Afpa, ce bel outil de formation professionnelle est, je regrette d’être brutal, au bord du dépôt de bilan. Nous avons pris des mesures de gouvernance, comme on dit pudiquement, en changeant le président et le directeur général; il faut repenser sa stratégie et travailler avec les régions pour sauver l’Afpa et la faire évoluer. Nous avons également pris des mesures d’urgence pour sa trésorerie. Nous reparlerons de l’Afpa lors de l’examen du futur projet de loi de décentralisation.“
Remarquons que le Ministre revendique sans ambages la responsabilité du changement de Présidence et de Direction, confirmant, s’il en était besoin, la fiction de la gestion associative de l’AFPA
Et actons que le droite est égale à elle-même demandant par la bouche de Catherine Procaccia, Sénatrice UMP du Val de Marne “M. Jeannerot a évoqué le manque de formation pour les chômeurs. On évoque plus rarement l’efficacité des formations elles-mêmes: or, il existe en France quantité d’organismes qui dispensent des formations parfaitement inutiles. Réorienter ne sert à rien si l’on ne fait pas le ménage dans le secteur de la formation! “. On dirait qu’elle a déjà oublié que ses amis viennent d’être dix ans aux responsabilités et qu’ils sont donc en premier lieu les responsables de la situation qu’elle dénonce (et qui d’ailleurs est loin d’être aussi simpliste)
Enfin, notons une intervention tout à fait pertinente de René-Paul Savary, Sénateur UMP de la Marne “Dans le domaine de l’emploi public, j’attire votre attention sur la situation financière très dégradée de certains départements, qui sont littéralement exsangues. Il leur sera donc difficile de mettre en oeuvre de nouveaux contrats aidés. De plus, nous avons souvent, dans nos collectivités, cherché à réduire les effectifs et nous aurons donc du mal à encadrer ces personnes en contrats aidés.”
Cette question  du lien entre la réduction des effectifs du service public et  la capacité d’encadrement des personnes en contrats aidés est tout à fait réelle. Nul doute que le bilan de l’expérimentation des contrats aidés de 7 heures pour les bénéficiaires du RSA dans quinze départements nous donnera des indications sur cette capacité d’encadrement, point sur lequel nous avions attiré l’attention lors de la mise en place de cette innovation (voir Signature des deux premiers contrat de travail de 7 heures par semaine pour les bénéficiaires du RSA et La généralisation de 7 heures de travail pour les bénéficiaires du RSA est-elle possible?). Comme le Conseil Général de la Marne que préside le même René-Paul Savary, est un des départements qui se sont portés volontaires pour cette expérimentation, nul doute qu’il aura des enseignements à nous apporter.
http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpg On the blog of Michael Abhervé for Economic Alternatives. Appear before the figures of registration at employment center in late June, he would be very surprising that they do not reflect a further deterioration in the employment situation, the Minister of Labour, Employment, Dialogue Social and Professional Training, Michel Sapin, began to clarify its intentions on July 18 during a hearing before the Commission for Social Affairs of the Senate.
This hearing was in the aftermath of the social conference and is introduced by a short inventory, summarizing the views of the Minister on the situation and his awareness of its severity
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