By Maina Waruru. The government of Germany is set to deepen higher education cooperation with East Africa by funding the establishment of a centre of excellence in information and communication technology or ICT in the region to deliver a specialised masters programme in embedded and mobile systems. More...19 juin 2017
Germany to fund new regional ICT centre of excellence
By Maina Waruru. The government of Germany is set to deepen higher education cooperation with East Africa by funding the establishment of a centre of excellence in information and communication technology or ICT in the region to deliver a specialised masters programme in embedded and mobile systems. More...09 juin 2017
Education in Estonia: Bolstering Excellence with Digital Technology
Modern education in advanced capitalist democracies is intended to be the great leveller for the social classes. Indeed, it could be argued the most egalitarian and democratic countries are those where an individual who works hard enough at school can get ahead regardless of their background. More...26 mai 2017
Defining student resilience
‘Resilience’ has stealthily crept into higher education consciousness to become the latest buzzword. The Teaching Excellence Framework, student mental health and wellbeing, retention, achievement, student engagement, learning analytics and employability have preoccupied us for some time. More...
Initiative d’excellence Megagrant
Le Ministère de l'éducation et de la science de la Fédération de Russie lance un nouvel appel à propositions dans le cadre de son programme Megagrant.Pour ce nouvel appel, une proposition devra associer :
- un porteur de projet, scientifique russe ou étranger reconnu dans son domaine, et
- une institution de recherche russe (établissement d’enseignement supérieur, organisme de recherche issu du système de l’Académie des sciences ou Centre de recherche d’État de la Fédération de Russie).
01 mai 2017
Les voies de l'excellence
La chambre des métiers lance un appel à la participation pour le 26ème concours des Meilleurs ouvriers de France dont les inscriptions seront closes le 31 mai. Voir l'article...
25 avril 2017
Three African centres of excellence launched
By Christabel Ligami. Kenya has launched three African Centres of Excellence in universities with support from the World Bank. More...24 avril 2017
Normandie: nouvelle association régionale des entreprises des savoir-faire d’excellence
Cette association aura pour objectif de créer une filière d’excellence avec pour mission la labellisation et la promotion des produits normands, le développement commercial et de l’export, la transmission de savoir-faire, et l’innovation. Dans le cadre de la nouvelle politique de contractualisation avec les filières, les EPV pourront donc compter sur le soutien financier et logistique de la Région. Voir l'article...
20 avril 2017
Increasing the representativeness of REF panel membership
In January 2015, the Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel for the Research Excellence Framework expressed disappointment that relatively little progress had been made since the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise towards increasing the diversity of panel membership for 2014. More...
How varied work experience improves graduate prospects
With an increasing focus on the career progression of graduates, both through the Teaching Excellence Framework and the Government’s productivity plan, HEFCE’s Skills team has been working with the sector to explore the value of work experience. More...
The more things change with the REF, the more they stay the same
The next steps in the evolution of research assessment are upon us with the publication of the consultation for REF2021.
Quite rightly, there will be extensive conversations and much exchanging of views before formally responding to a consultation, which, given the significance of the proposals on which it is based, is necessarily world-beating in length. More...
