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12 juillet 2017

Win for university staff as 457 visa eligibility relaxed

Lecturers, vice-chancellors and other leading staff members in Australian universities can now breathe sighs of relief as the government has restored the four-year visas with a pathway to permanent residency for this particular group, reports Study International. More...
12 juillet 2017

Global south universities launch climate consortium

Universities from the world’s least developed countries have launched a cooperative programme aimed at ending their dependence on climate experts and expensive consultants from rich countries, writes Mantoe Phakathi for Climate Change News. More...
12 juillet 2017

Des demandeurs d’emploi qui travaillent ? - Les 7 visages de l’activité réduite

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Fin 2015, un peu moins d’un demandeur d’emploi indemnisable sur deux1 avait exercé une activité rémunérée au cours du mois (communément appelée « activité réduite »). Leur part au sein de l’ensemble des demandeurs d’emploi indemnisables tend à croître depuis 2009.
L’interaction entre l’activité réduite et les dispositifs de solidarité (RSA, prime d’activité, allocations logement) est analysée à l’aide d’une maquette de cas-types, pour deux trajectoires d’individus qui exercent très régulièrement une activité réduite (en moyenne 19 mois sur les 24 mois d’observation), le plus souvent en cumulant partiellement salaire d’activité et allocation chômage. Cette simulation tient compte des salaires issus de l’activité réduite, de l’allocation chômage le cas échéant, mais aussi des prélèvements fiscalo-sociaux et des principales prestations sociales théoriquement perçues.

Document d’études 2017-212 - Des demandeurs d’emploi qui travaillent ? Les 7 visages de l’activité réduite

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1 Il s’agit de la part de demandeurs d’emploi indemnisables par l’assurance chômage inscrits en catégorie B ou C, c’est-à-dire qui ont exercé une activité rémunérée dans le mois, parmi l’ensemble des demandeurs d’emploi indemnisables tenus de rechercher un emploi, c’est-à-dire inscrits en catégorie A, B ou C.

12 juillet 2017

Is your website accessible to deaf and blind people?

By Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education. After the 2016 presidential election, Marcie Lipsitt looked up the alma maters of Donald J Trump’s chief advisers and persuaded the Education Department to investigate them for illegally having websites inaccessible to people with disabilities. More...
12 juillet 2017

What can we learn from returning Chinese students?

By Ka Ho Mok. While higher education continues along an outward-looking, globally connected trajectory, recent democratic elections in the United Kingdom and United States may suggest that the voting public is becoming increasingly sceptical about the growing tide of internationalisation in higher education. More...
12 juillet 2017

Trump is not deterring Vietnamese from studying in US

By Mark Ashwill. Vietnam remains a hot country for United States colleges, universities, boarding and day schools interested in international student recruitment. More...
12 juillet 2017

The changing face of accreditation in higher education

By John Bassett. Now is the best time for higher education and its accreditors to invite a dialogue with United States Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about accreditation and quality oversight of higher education. More...
12 juillet 2017

Universities’ role in tackling the obesity crisis

By Caitríona Taylor. The world is experiencing a rapid rise in obesity rates. The World Health Organization, or WHO, reports that global obesity has more than doubled since 1980. In developing countries, obesity rates have tripled over the past 20 years, due to increased consumption of high caloric foods and a sedentary lifestyle. More...
12 juillet 2017

Changing society through higher education research

By Jenni Case. Just over 20 years after the democratic dispensation, the South African social landscape continues to be structured by its legacy of colonialism and apartheid. These were systems that structured life opportunities for South Africans in distinct ways depending on their ethnic backgrounds. More...
12 juillet 2017

Student experience is core to an offshore strategy

By Eugene Sebastia. Recently the University of Arizona in the United States announced plans to embark on opening more than 25 ‘micro-campuses’ over the next three years. Tagged for Asia and the Middle East, it will create a network that Arizona hopes will cater for more than 25,000 students around the globe. More...
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