By Margaret Andrews. Just as technology altered the market for music and news, higher education appears to be next in line for the great unbundling. Now that education, assessment and degrees can be individuated, students can take individual courses from various providers and transfer credits to make more tailored degrees and experiences that fit their needs – and technology will certainly further this individuation. Read more...
By Ole Petter Ottersen. In a world characterised by increasing turbulence and conflict, and of inequities and dissatisfaction, academic freedom has come under siege. In some parts of the world, academic freedom is under brutal attack. Read more...
La Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) vient de déposer un mémoire dans le cadre de la consultation « Oser innover », en prévision de l’élaboration de la prochaine Stratégie québécoise de la recherche et de l’innovation (SQRI) par la ministre de l’Économie, de la Science et de l’Innovation, Dominique Anglade. Elle rappelle l’urgence de refinancer la recherche universitaire, dans un contexte où la part du Québec dans le financement global est passée de 27 % à 17 % entre 2004 et 2015, puis insiste pour que la future SQRI permette de corriger des biais structurels observés dans le financement de la recherche, dont témoigne le faible taux de réussite aux concours des Fonds de recherche du Québec. Voir l'article...
Posted . Growth can be more inclusive by pursuing policies that enable improvements in a country’s living standards while sharing gains more equitably across the population. Inclusive growth incorporates a focus on relative – not just absolute – income and wealth inequality, and on well-being, which depends on both monetary and non-monetary conditions, such as access to quality education, employment, housing and healthcare. More...
By Deborah Roseveare. Last night I got a taxi home and as often happens, the driver and I got chatting. Then he asked me a rather strange question – “Do you like the smell in my car?” Well, I have to say the smell was a very subtle one but it led to a fascinating conversation. More...
By Dirk Van Damme. High-performing education systems value teachers and invest a lot in them. And indeed, the human factor is crucial in creating effective and high-quality teaching and learning environments. On average across OECD countries, the compensation of staff involved in education counted for 77% of total expenditure on secondary education in 2013. More...
Systems without central control are ubiquitous in nature. The activities of brains, such as thinking, remembering and speaking, are the outcome of countless electrical interactions among cells. Nothing in the brain tells the rest of it to think or remember. More...
In 1988, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami took his camera into a primary school in Teheran and asked the kids a simple question: “Did you do your homework?” Of the many justifications for not doing it, the most reasonable was no doubt, “My baby sister keeps coming and biting my back”. More...
Blog Educpros de Jean-François Fiorina. Les temps sont au repli, au moins dans le discours. Après le coup de semonce du Brexit, en juin dernier, avec 52% de Britanniques pour la séparation de l’UE, puis l’élection, la semaine dernière, d’un Donald Trump « isolationniste », la tendance se confirme. En tant qu’établissement du supérieur opérant dans le monde entier et largement dans la sphère anglo-saxonne, nous devons anticiper et nous préparer aux conséquences de ce changement d’ère. Impacts déjà sensibles et scénarios pour l’enseignement supérieur français et au-delà. Voir l'article...
Sur le blog Educpros de François Fourcade. S’il est devenu si important aujourd’hui de prendre le temps d’écrire en entreprise, c’est que ce type d’activité permet de suspendre l’urgence de l’action. Mais l’exercice ne va pas de soi et mérite d’être accompagné. Voir l'article...
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