How can Europe improve teaching and learning? What are the effects of European higher education reforms on students across Europe and how can we promote and value again active citizenship, intercultural understanding and human rights education?
To answer these questions, the 30th European Students’ Convention will gather in Brussels over 100 student representatives from over 38 European countries between 28th and 30th September. More...
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EUA’s work in the energy field and in particular the progress of EUA’s UNI-SET project was presented at the annual SET-Plan Conference which took place on 21-22 September in Luxembourg.
This year’s conference was entitled "Research, innovation and competitiveness for the Energy Union" and aimed to launch a European debate on the new SET-Plan communication and the next steps for its implementation in accordance with the 'Energy Union'. More...
Participants from national and regional representations and Brussels-based stakeholders in research and education gathered on 23 September at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU to discuss strategies for efficient funding of universities in Europe. The event was the final milestone of the three-year DEFINE project which looked at funding reforms and restructuring of university systems across Europe. More...
The level of autonomy of universities in each system was assessed on the basis of the methodology of the EUA autonomy scorecard. The project partners then used this analysis to develop a policy roadmap with concrete actions at national as well as at institutional level in order to foster further reforms. The project has already contributed to legal changes in all three systems, increasing the autonomy of universities in several ways. Furthermore, it helped with building capacity at institutional level thanks to training seminars and toolkits for financial management, governance reforms and human resources management – three key areas of development to enable institutions to make the best use of the newly achieved autonomy. More...
The number of Russian degree students in Finnish higher education institutions has grown rapidly over the last years. Whereas in 2010 the number of Russian students pursuing a degree in Finland was 1 776, the latest statistics on student mobility in Finland show that Russia is clearly the number one sending country with 3 044 degree students in 2014. The total number of international degree students in Finnish higher education institutions in 2014 was 20 255, with China (1 963 students) and Vietnam (1 619 students) completing the top three sending countries. Student exchange with Russia has remained stable over the last years with 333 students from Finland studying in Russia and 483 students from Russia studying in Finland in 2014, with study periods lasting from 3 to 12 months.
More information about the FIRST programme can be found here. More...
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) has analysed all 42 applications for the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) submitted by Swedish institutions in 2013 to determine how the institutions organise their work with respect to internationalisation in general and mobility in particular.
Results of the analysis show that Swedish institutions have over 11 000 agreements with foreign institutions in total, and more than 8 000 of these are within Erasmus. The activity is generally higher within the agreements that institutions have with partners in non-Erasmus countries. Most Swedish universities show an imbalance between the number of incoming and outgoing students, with a significantly higher number of incoming students. Although institutions claim that they aim for a greater balance, they have more measures in place to support incoming than outgoing students.
On the basis of the analysis, the Swedish Council for Higher Education recommends that the questions in future ECHE applications are simplified and clarified in order to obtain comparable answers to the questions. Many of the questions are vague and cover multiple aspects at the same time, while the space for answers is limited. Moreover, there is a lack of definitions and explanations for some of the terms used. This limits the possibilities for comparison and makes it difficult to assess the quality of the applications. With the above reservations on the design of the questions, the ECHE applications should constitute a good basis for self-evaluation as well as monitoring of the internationalisation work in the institutions.
The report (in Swedish, with a summary in English) can be downloaded here. More...
After a successful first year in which the Register has shown its value to users, we are enhancing it further and continuing to encourage its use.
Following feedback from users the Register has been extended and improved. More...
En réponse aux attaques terroristes à Paris et Copenhague en 2015, les ministres de l’Union européenne en charge de l’éducation ont réaffirmé par la Déclaration de Paris du 17 mars 2015 le rôle majeur de l’éducation et de la formation des adultes pour réussir la cohabitation en Europe. Voir l'article...
Priorities for the call for proposals on European policy experimentations will be:
1. Promoting fundamental values through Education and Training addressing diversity in the learning environment
2. Employment and Skills: validation of informal and non-formal learning in Education and Training
3. Strengthening teacher training education by using the opportunities of new technologies (School education)
4. Towards more innovative and entrepreneurial higher education institutions through institutional change (Higher education)
5. VET teachers and trainers in work-based learning/apprenticeship (VET)
6. Implementation of a framework for the assessment of the effectiveness of adult learning policies
7. Reaching out: developing capacity for tackling and preventing marginalisation and violent radicalisation among young people
2016 Annual Work Programme, adopted and published on 14 September 2015. More...
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