The aim of the visit was to secure the support of the Government and Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania for the Minority SafePack Initiative. Supported by 1,128,385 EU citizens – including 18,990 Lithuanians – Minority SafePack is a European Citizens' Initiative that contains 9 proposals intended to form a foundation for the establishment of a comprehensive EU minority protection framework. More...
16 septembre 2019
FUEN’s delegation visits Lithuania to secure support for Minority SafePack
US $14 billion needed to achieve universal literacy in countries with lowest literacy rates and E-9 countries
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning calls on donors to close the funding gap
Paris, France: A new UNESCO cost analysis shows that US $14 billion(1) will be needed if the 20 countries with the lowest literacy rates(2) and the E-9 countries(3) are to achieve functional literacy and numeracy skills by 2030. The analysis highlights a funding gap of US $10 billion in the 20 countries with adult literacy rates below 50 per cent and US $4 billion among the E-9 countries, where the majority of the youth and adults with low literacy levels live. More...
2019 issue of Agenda now available!
We cover the biennial NTEU Women's Conference and our 7th Bluestocking Week, continue our analysis of gender stats from the higher education sector, we talk about stress, andvisit Bougainville and the US to look at women in positions of power. Plus there's book reviews, delegate profiles, announcement of the 2019 Joan Hardy and Carolyn Allport scholarship winners, and more. More...
A tool with global potential: Qualifications Passport for Refugees
What started as the ‘Norwegian approach’ has grown to become an international solution for aspiring students with refugee backgrounds: the Qualifications Passport for Refugees. In their last update on the project, NOKUT celebrated the issuing of the first European Qualifications Passport for Refugees, a major milestone. Since then, the methodology has spread to multiple other countries, being used to issue Qualifications Passports to more than 300 individuals. The next step: global adaptation. More...
6 hurdles to developing Joint Programmes
Joint Programmes* today are one of the main components of the internationalisation strategies of most higher education institutions in Europe, and their significance is growing quickly beyond the continent. Nevertheless, developing this kind of collaborative education initiative can present major challenges due to the ever-changing international context, national legislations, institutional priorities and regulations. More...
PitchBook Rankings Reveal the Top Entrepreneurial Universities
PitchBook is a software and data company that provides information about public and private capital. It produces rankings of universities whose graduates have founded companies and obtained venture capital between 2006 and August 2019. It is therefore a measure of the ability of universities to incubate entrepreneurial talent.The top undergraduate programme is Stanford with 1,288 founders and 1,114 companies including Snap, DoorDash, Opendoor, Robinhood and Solyndra. More...
European Research Ranking Dominated by Germany and the UK
The European Research ranking is based on information provided by the European Commission. The 2018 ranking has just been published after a delay for technical reasons. The ranking measures the research funding and networking of European universities and research centres. There are three indicators: funding and project participation performance, network activity and alliances, and diversity of research areas. More...
Washington Monthly Measures Social Mobility, Research and Community Service
The Washington Monthly has published the latest edition of its student-centred College Guide and Rankings. The methodology of these rankings of US colleges and universities feature ssocial mobility, research performance, and community and national service. These three criteria are given equal weighting. More...
New Council of Europe action against sexism
In March 2019, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted a new Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism. Not only does this text contain the first ever internationally agreed definition of sexism, but it also proposes a set of concrete measures to combat this wide-spread phenomenon. More...North-South Prize 2018 honours fight to end female genital mutilation and the promotion of social ecology
Jaha Mapenzi Dukureh founder and CEO of the Non-Governmental organisation “Safe Hands for Girls” and Damien Carême, Mayor of Grande-Synthe are the laureates of the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe 2018. More...
