La CNSA (Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie) a réuni, le 19 juin, l'ensemble des acteurs impliqués dans la conception et le déploiement du nouveau système d'information commun des MDPH (maisons départementales des personnes handicapées). Plus...
04 juillet 2018
La CNSA engage le déploiement progressif du nouveau système d'information des MDPH
26 juin 2018
Research universities ‘must be given autonomy'
Research universities must be given real autonomy to become innovative and responsive to change if universities are to fulfil their potential as key players in India’s future, underpinning India’s drive for growth and more jobs, writes the editorial team of IndraStra Global. More...
02 juin 2018
Inscrire l'autonomie fiscale dans la Constitution : un vœu pieux ?
La délégation de l'Assemblée nationale aux collectivités territoriales et à la décentralisation appelle à saisir l'occasion qu'offre la révision constitutionnelle pour garantir l'autonomie fiscale locale, c'est-à-dire la faculté de fixer le taux d'un impôt dont l'assiette est "territorialisée". Plus...
28 mai 2018
University staff call for more autonomy from politicians
Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Association of Academic and Administrative Staff has asked that public universities be allowed to self-manage, including to review the pay packages for academics, and to be free from laws that restrict freedom of discussion, writes Yimie Yong for The Star Online. More...11 mai 2018
Minister’s decision puts university autonomy ‘in crisis’
By Mimi Leung. Taiwan’s association of publicly-funded national universities has slammed the government for interfering in decisions to hire university leaders, as Taiwan’s new education minister rejected the appointment of the president of National Taiwan University (NTU) – the second education minister to do so, after his predecessor resigned over the issue. More...09 avril 2018
University Autonomy in Europe: Trends, Benefits, Challenges and Threats
EUA and Universities UK will organise a two-day workshop on “University Autonomy in Europe: Trends, Benefits, Challenges and Threats” hosted by the University of Leicester on 23-24 April 2018. More...
EUA training for partners engaged in fostering university autonomy in Kazakhstan
On 19-20 March EUA held a two-day training seminar for partners of the TRUNAK project, focused on promoting university autonomy in Kazakhstan. In 2018, the consortium will coordinate a large-scale mapping study of the sector, which will help to understand the regulatory environment for Kazakh universities and practices in the field.
The analysis is based on the EUA University Autonomy Scorecard methodology, which has been used in over 30 higher education systems since 2010. Last year, EUA released an updated comparative report of the state of play of university autonomy in 29 European systems. The Scorecard methodology is being adapted for the needs of the project and will help identify and compare the regulatory frameworks governing the different types of universities that co-exist in Kazakhstan. More...
05 avril 2018
Résidences autonomie : trois conventions types avec les Ehpad, les Ssiad et les établissements de santé
Adressée aux directeurs généraux des agences régionales de santé (ARS) et mise en ligne le 22 mars, une note d'information du 2 mars 2018 organise la diffusion des modèles types de conventions de partenariat entre une résidence autonomie (ex logements foyers) souhaitant accueillir à l'entrée des personnes âgées en perte d'autonomie (GIR 1 à 4) et trois catégories d'établissements : un Ehpad (établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes), un établissement de santé et un Ssiad (services de soins infirmiers à domicile) ou un Spasad (service polyvalent d'aide et de soins à domicile). Plus...
03 avril 2018
Academics oppose 'graded autonomy' for universities
The University Grants Commission’s decision to grant graded autonomy to 60 institutions of higher education has invited criticism from various quarters with many teachers and academicians calling it merely "financial autonomy", while others have expressed concerns the move will make higher education more expensive as it will allow self-financed courses and a departure from public accountability, writes Sumi Sukanya Dutta for Express News Service. More...Academics protest against threat to university autonomy
The Karachi University Teachers Society has vowed to remain committed to the revocation of the Sindh Universities Law Amendment Bill 2018 as members marched last Monday from the Arts Lobby to Azadi Chowk to express their dissatisfaction with the bill, reports The Express Tribune. More...
