By Jack Grove. Cost rises to £1.1 billion with FE and alternative providers added. More...
31 juillet 2015
31 juillet 2015
Quality assurance to face overhaul
By Jack Grove. New system to ‘put student needs at the centre’. More...
30 juillet 2015
Quality of jobs created is vital not just for young people, but for the economy too
By Marianna Georgallis. One month ago, all eyes turned to the Greek drama playing out in Europe. It has been a month of fraught negotiations, a shock referendum and a European Union and its leaders put under the spotlight, with European values of solidarity and unity questioned and, some might say, threatened. The focus has been largely on numbers – on the billions needed to avoid a Grexit, on the daily €60 cash withdrawal limit currently in place. More...
30 juillet 2015
Registrations open for EQAF 2015
EUA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), which will take place in London, UK, on 19-21 November 2015, hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency/UCL Institute of Education. More...
30 juillet 2015
Registrations open for EUREQA final event
EUA is pleased to open registrations for the final event of the EUREQA project (‘Empowering universities to fulfil their responsibility for quality assurance’). The event will take place on Thursday 3 September, 9.00-17.00, hosted by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. More...
29 juillet 2015
Les systèmes d'assurance qualité dans le domaine de l'apprentissage des adultes: un choc culturel ?
Si la culture est la pièce manquante du puzzle de la qualité, un sujet que j'avais abordé dans mon dernier message de blog, il semble également que « les enseignants et les formateurs se plaignent souvent des pratiques technico-bureaucratiques liées à l'assurance qualité » (Rapport qualitatif). Voir l'article...
29 juillet 2015
Italy targets quality apprenticeships through Cedefop review
Cedefop’s thematic country review (TCR) on apprenticeships has started in Italy. The Ministry of Employment hosted the launch event organised in collaboration with Cedefop on 6 July in Rome.
The event discussed the focus of the review in Italy. It started with a debate about what definition of apprenticeship the review should focus on, especially considering the peculiar apprenticeship system in Italy, at least compared to other countries in Europe. Participants invited by the Ministry of Employment exchanged views on what type of apprenticeship to investigate within the scope of the review among those regulated by the national legal framework. More...
29 juillet 2015
Enhancing Quality of Technology-Enhanced Learning at Jordanian Universities
eQTeL aims to improve the quality and relevance of technology-enhanced learning (TeL) at Jordanian higher education institutions and to enable the country’s easier inclusion into European Higher Education Area. More...
28 juillet 2015
SOCAR Turkey CEO criticizes low quality universities
Kenan Yavuz, the CEO of SOCAR Turkey, the Turkish arm of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, said on Saturday via his twitter account that the Higher Education Board (YÖK) has set up an unsustainable state of affairs amongst Turkish young people, claiming that he throws the CVs of university graduates in the garbage. More...
28 juillet 2015
Research quality on rise in African social sciences
By Karen MacGregor. This month, at Africa’s biggest gathering of social scientists, the quality of papers and depth of reflection made it clear that universities are turning a corner. “It indicated significant recovery taking place in higher education systems,” said Dr Ebrima Sall, executive secretary of CODESRIA – the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
The 14th General Assembly of CODESRIA and a scientific conference were held in the Senegalese capital Dakar from 8-12 June, under the theme “Creating African Futures in an Era of Global Transformations: Challenges and prospects”. Read more...
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