Exclusion rates in English state funded schools are once again on the rise, alongside concerns about the impact of exclusion on the well-being of children and also on public safety. The highest level of exclusion rates are experienced by vulnerable students who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and are from disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds. More...
Universities pride themselves on being bastions of equality and diversity. But if new figures from the University and College Union (UCU) are anything to go by, it seems they also continue to remain dominated by those from white, middle-class backgrounds – and this isn’t just about about the students. More...
Labour has voted on plans to abolish private schools by removing their charitable status and redistributing their wealth to the state sector. At the party’s conference delegates approved a motion for this to be included in the party’s next general election manifesto. More...
Y es que la docencia que exigen las titulaciones ajustadas al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior debe ser de una índole diferente a la que se impartía en las licenciaturas y con una metodología distinta: el paso de uno a otro modelo implica dejar un sistema eminentemente informativo y pasar a uno formativo orientado a la transmisión de habilidades intelectuales y en el que se trata de enseñar a aprender, no de limitarse a transmitir saberes. Más...
By Elizabeth Redden. The United Kingdom’s share of European Union research funding has fallen by 28 percent since 2015, before voters in Britain approved a referendum to exit the E.U., according to a newly published analysis of the impact of Brexit uncertainty on British science from the Royal Society, a leading scientific group. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Biking to Belgium
I finished up around four my last day in Holland and so had time to do something I'd always wanted to do - to bicycle from town to town in rural Europe. My expedition grew as the hours passed and eventually became a push for the Belgian border. My zig-zag path (which would have benefited from a map) attempted to avoid the hills at the border and resulted in my reaching the highest point in Holland. A nice way to finish my trip. I also have photos from 's-Hertogenbosch, Rotterdam and Maasterich. Stephen Downes, Flickr June 7, 2007 [Link] [Tags: Flickr, European Union]. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 1.000.000+ Smart Card Based OpenID-S
Estonia has become the first country to adopt OpenID nationally, and they're doing with Smart Cards. Note: "Your online identity can never be stolen because your OpenID is attached to your real identity. You can always replace your stolen eID card and reclaim your online identity". More...
Confronted by the climate emergency, the European Union has established that by 2021 the CO¬2 emissions from new cars will be 95 grams per kilometre. In April 2019, the European Union set a goal of a further 37.5% reduction by 2030. Yet, these carbon emissions far from diminishing have increased over the last two years. More...
Le Conseil européen a adopté le 13 juin 2019 une directive qui facilite l'utilisation d'outils en ligne dans les relations entre entreprises et administration afin d’encourager la création d’entreprises au sein de l’union européenne. Plus...
PEn cas d’absence d’accord sur le retrait entre le Royaume-Uni et l’UE avant le 30 octobre 2019, la période de transition ne sera pas mise en œuvre et le Royaume-Uni sera considéré dès le 31 octobre 2019 par l’UE27 comme un pays tiers avec lequel elle n’a pas conclu :
• d’accord commercial (comme un accord de libre-échange ou une union douanière) ;
• d’autres accords sectoriels (aviation, visas, accord en matière sanitaire ou phytosanitaire). Plus...
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