There are no statutory requirements around the provision of careers advice in higher education institutions (HEIs). Regardless of this careers advice and guidance is an important student service offered by all higher education institutions (HEIs). HEIs are autonomous bodies and all HEIs have their own careers service staffed by professionals who are trained in this area. Read more...
Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Jeudi 29 septembre 2016
Les IDEX et les I-SITES, là aussi belle invention permettant de comprendre ou de faire comprendre à chacun de quoi il s'agit, sont en réalité des moyens qui sont mis à la disposition justement de cette ambition. Parfois il y a des difficultés non pas simplement à comprendre de quoi il s'agit mais à trouver le bon cheminement et savoir quels seront les bons critères, quelles seront les justifications qui feraient que tel ou tel regroupement ou telle université puisse bénéficier de ces fonds. Voir l'article...
Out of concern for the state of engineering in the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created the Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) with the goal of improving engineering research and education and helping to keep the United States competitive in global markets. Since the ERC program’s inception in 1985, NSF has funded 67 ERCs across the United States. NSF funds each ERC for up to 10 years, during which time the centers build robust partnerships with industry, universities, and other government entities that can ideally sustain them upon graduation from NSF support. Read more...
A university without any teachers has opened in California this month. It's called 42 – the name taken from the answer to the meaning of life, from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – and will train about a thousand students a year in coding and software development, writes Matt Pickles for the BBC. Read more...
Forty-nine Taiwanese universities participated in a Taiwan Higher Education Fair in Indonesia that started last weekend with the aim of attracting more Indonesian students to study in Taiwan as part of President Tsai Ing-wen's ‘new southbound policy’, write Jay Chou and Kuo Chung-han for Focus Taiwan. Read more...
On a visit to Hong Kong, the president of a renowned United States liberal arts college has said universities should not take a stance on political matters as that may deter students with different views from expressing their opinions, writes Peace Chiu for South China Morning Post. Read more...
The National Science Foundation, or NSF, has decided that universities should pay 10% of the salaries of faculty members working temporarily at the agency. It hopes the new policy will demonstrate its commitment to saving taxpayer dollars without alienating the academic community that it relies upon to stay on the cutting edge of basic science, writes Jeffrey Mervis for Science. Read more...
The reduction in the allocation to the higher education ministry in the 2017 budget should be viewed positively, according to its minister, as it is in line with efforts to reduce the dependence of public universities on the government, reports Bernama. Read more...
As Chinese investors flock to Israel in search of new technologies, top universities there are forging cooperation agreements with their Chinese counterparts and firms for research and development as well as technology transfer services, writes Ma Si for China Daily. Read more...
In a bid to improve collaboration in education and culture with ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations – countries, the Chinese government has revealed it hopes to see more students from Southeast Asia studying in China, reports The Jakarta Post. Read more...
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