Blog Educpros de Henri Audier. Ce n’est pas tous les jours qu’il y a une bonne nouvelle, aussi réjouissons nous : Louis Gallois, officiellement à la tête du conseil de surveillance de PSA, va quitter le Commissariat Général à l’Investissement, chargé de la mise en oeuvre du Programme d’investissements d’avenir (PIA). Le passage de Louis Gallois s’est surtout caractérisé par la prolongation de l’idéologie et de la politique de la droite, avec la reprise, mot pour mot, des péroraisons de Valérie Pécresse sur « l’excellence » et tout ce qui va avec : Idex, Labex, Equipex, IRT ou IHU. Voir l'article...
La parole aux étudiants : Edition 2014 - Investissez l’avenir
Devant le succès du concours « La parole aux étudiants » en 2013, le Cercle des économistes lance dans le cadre des Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en Provence 2014 qui se dérouleront les 4, 5 et 6 juillet, en coproduction avec France Culture et en partenariat avec le Festival d’Aix, sa deuxième édition sur le thème « INVESTISSEZ L’AVENIR »
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Voir aussi l'article du blog 2e édition du concours La parole aux étudiants – Investissez l'avenir.
Are university degrees an expensive mistake?
By Katie Morley. Money spent repaying student loans could produce a house deposit or pension pot, writes Katie Morley, who argues many degrees are poor value for her generation. It's no surprise a growing number of parents are worried their kids' degrees were an expensive mistake. More...
Returns from university degree unequal, study finds
It also found top-earning men can make millions more than the best-paid women from age 35 to 54. The study – titled The Investment of a Lifetime? – tracks employment outcomes of a single cohort from 1991 to 2010 and shows that, for most, a university degree is a lucrative investment. Men with a bachelor’s degree earned $732,000 more than high-school graduates on average, while women with degrees made $448,000 more. Read more...
Is there an ed-tech investment bubble?
By . Amid the recent flood of venture money, startups have learned that schools make complicated customers.
The promise of a digital-first education system has driven venture capital dollars into the fast-growing category of education technology startups. There are countless software portals aiming to create efficiencies in school systems and even more digital tools for streamlining the classroom. There are tutoring startups and MOOCs, or massive open online courses, that have attracted massive venture funding. And there are algebra games. Oh yes. Many, many, algebra games. More...
Un guide pour rendre compte des impacts des investissements en formation professionnelle
£75 million investment in removing barriers to postgraduate study
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are focusing on increasing access to postgraduate education, which has been identified as a potential barrier to social mobility. An initial £25 million fund will distribute grants of between £500,000 and £3 million to universities and colleges to attract and support disadvantaged students into postgraduate education.
After studying its success, the Government will then invest an additional £50m in removing financial or cultural barriers to participation in postgraduate education, as announced in the Spending Review. Extra funding will be expected from universities and businesses, bringing this to around £100 million. Read more...
Making the most of EU structural and investment funding to support local economic growth
Universities UK, with HEFCE and the Research Councils, have written to all UK higher education institutions to remind them about accessing future European Union (EU) Structural and Investment Funds, and to ask them how these funds can bring maximum benefits.
From 2014 to 2020, the EU Structural and Investment Funds will bring together different strands of EU funding to support a programme focussed on local economic growth. This focuses on innovation, research and development, support for SMEs, low carbon, skills, employment and social inclusion. Read more...