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2 avril 2014

Nouvelle convention d'assurance chômage : ce qui change

Aquitaine Cap MétiersA l'issue d'une longue négociation, achevée dans la nuit du 21 au 22 mars 2014, patronat et syndicats sont parvenus à un accord sur de nouvelles règles d'indemnisation des demandeurs d’emploi dans le cadre de l’assurance chômage. Cet accord devra encore être approuvé par les instances dirigeantes des représentants patronaux et syndicaux, et agréé par le gouvernement.Selon le ministre du Travail, ces règles devraient permettre « d’assurer, pour les deux prochaines années, la pérennité d’un régime qui joue un rôle majeur pour notre cohésion sociale ». En savoir +. Voir l'article...
2 avril 2014

AIO en Aquitaine : le guide 2014 en téléchargement

Aquitaine Cap MétiersL’accueil, l’information et l’orientation (AIO) des publics regroupe de nombreuses structures, locales, régionales, services déconcentrés de l’Etat… avec des missions et des contours bien spécifiques.
Rappelons également que le réseau des Espaces Métiers Aquitaine (EMA) propose quant à lui un premier niveau d’information dans ces domaines sur 8 villes de la région, et renvoie vers les structures adéquates selon les demandes formulées. Télécharger le document complet. Voir l'article...
2 avril 2014

U.S. Online Education Site Coursera Expands Russian Reach

By Diana Kulchitskaya. Coursera, a U.S.-based online education site, plans to reach its already thriving Russian audience by translating its material into Russian.
The California-based firm, which has 5 million registered users, is cooperating with the Russian company ABBYY Language Services, which will use crowdsourcing to translate the courses. More...

2 avril 2014

Quinn confident universities will agree to cut in fees

By Rachel Flaherty. For the first time since 2011, funding for repairs and improvements announced for schools. Minister of Education Ruairí Quinn says he is confident universities will agree to his plan to drastically lower third-level fees for children of Irish emigrant families living outside of the European Union. More...

2 avril 2014

Not black and white - Asians object to affirmative action

THE 80-20 Initiative, an Asian-American lobby group, scored its first big success last October when it forced Jimmy Kimmel, a television host, to apologise for allowing a five-year-old boy to suggest on air that America should kill everyone in China in order to avoid its debt obligations. This week the group pulled off a more edifying win, defeating an attempt to allow Californian universities to take account of race when deciding whom to admit. Read more...

2 avril 2014

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2 avril 2014

Gap between poor and non-poor in universities widening

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Mushfique Wadud. Although Bangladesh's higher education enrolment has increased substantially in recent years, it has not been to the benefit of the poor. Indeed, proportionately, higher education opportunities for the poor are declining, according to the World Bank. Read more...
2 avril 2014

Emerging international HE themes and the looming end of Western dominance

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Karen MacGregor – Global Editor. In World Blog, Hans de Wit looks at articles in the Journal of Studies in International Education and finds that the emerging themes are intercultural and global competencies and learning outcomes, online learning and the use of technology, employability, immigration and competition for talent.
In Commentary, Simon Marginson contends that the West’s domination of global higher education is coming to an end more rapidly than many realise, as Asia’s massive investment in the sector begins to pay off. Read more...
2 avril 2014

Can China reverse the brain drain?

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Qiang Zha. In the past decade, China appears to have been taking a strong position in the global brain race. Following the well-known 'Thousand Talents Program' - that grew to include the 'Thousand Young Talents Program' and the 'Thousand Foreign Talents Program' - which aims to lure expatriate and international talent, the Chinese government recently launched a 'Ten Thousand Talents Program'. Read more...
2 avril 2014

Creating global citizens

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Neal King. As the International Association of University Presidents, or IAUP, prepares for its leadership transition in 2014, the departing presidency - having been in the 'global trenches' in higher education for the last three years - is in a distinctive position to render commentary on pressing issues that have 'risen to the top' in the international higher education conversation. Read more...
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