La Région Basse-Normandie a été retenue par le Secrétariat chargé aux droits des femmes comme "territoire d'excellence" au vu des actions qu'elle mène avec l'Etat sur les champs de la mixité des métiers, l'égalité au sein des entreprises et l'insertion des femmes éloignées de l'emploi. Voir l'article...
Bon Plan : Les entretiens de l'excellence de Paris auront lieu le 11 avril !
Par Mathilde H. Quand l'ascenseur social est en panne, prenez l'escalier ! meltyCampus a trouvé le bon plan qui illustre cette devise. Depuis 2006, les Entretiens de l'Excellence permettent à des élèves défavorisés, de la classe quatrième à la terminale, de rencontrer des professionnels issus de parcours d'excellence, nous révèle Le Parisien Etudiant. Suite...
Slides and Follow-up From Faculty Development Workshop at Aurora University
By Phil Hill. Today I facilitated a faculty development workshop at Aurora University, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the IT Department. I always enjoy sessions like this, particularly with the ability to focus our discussions squarely on technology in support of teaching and learning. More...
Parents moving their children from private to state school to try and get them into Oxbridge
By Javier Espinoza. Experts dismiss the myths that have built up around the application process for Oxford and Cambridge, including the idea that the universities practice positive discrimination. Read more...
Top Cambridge degrees ‘more than double’
By . The proportion of students scoring top degrees at the University of Cambridge has increased significantly since 1960, according to a new analysis. More...
'Oxbridge is not the only yardstick of academic excellence'
By Peter Tait. Ambitious schools, concerned with their own standing, aspire for their best students to go to Oxbridge and nowhere else; what a narrow-minded view, says Peter Tait. Read more...
‘Macho’ university culture mirrors banks’ mistakes
The way that UK universities prioritise research over teaching echoes the way that banks put profit before the interests of customers prior to the financial crash, two academics have claimed. More...
Research funding formula tweaked after REF 2014 results
By . England’s funding council has changed the formula for distributing quality-related research funding following the research excellence framework. More...
Free webinar introducing the Ed2.0 accreditation scheme for Centres of Excellence
The webinar will be presented by Joel Josephson, a TedX speaker on the Creative Classroom, who will explain the Ed2.0 accreditation scheme for Centres of Excellence, designed for individuals and institutions using mobile apps and web2.0 tools in education and in the work environment. More...
Excelencia in Education and HACU release new analysis
By Stefanie Botelho. In 2013-14, 12 percent of postsecondary institutions known as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), enrolled 60 percent of Latino undergraduates.
As HSIs celebrate 20 years of federal funding, Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) today release analysis of HSIs in 2013-14.
HACU and Excelencia are committed to informing the work being done to address and improve Latino student success in higher education. More...
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