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La OCDE lanzará la actualización anual del pionero «Índice para una Vida Mejor » www.ocdeindicevidamejor.org con las últimas estadísticas, datos nacionales y hallazgos sobre los usuarios de la herramienta. Actualmente disponible en inglés, francés y ruso, el índice estará disponible por primera vez en español y podrá integrarse en dispositivos portátiles como tabletas e iPads.
El Índice para una Vida Mejor de la OCDE (IVM) es una herramienta online interactiva que invita a la gente a medir y comparar sus vidas más allá de las tradicionales cifras del PIB (vee el Video tutorial). Compara el bienestar de las personas basándose en once aspectos: balance vida-trabajo, comunidad, compromiso cívico, educación, empleo, ingresos, medioambiente, salud, satisfacción ante la vida, seguridad y vivienda. La versión actualizada se lanzára dentro del Foro Anual de la OCDE y los Encuentros Ministeriales en París. Es posible insertar el índice en páginas webs y blogs.
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International Conference on Quality in Higher Education (ICQH), December 12-14,2013 Sakarya, Turkey.
Call for papers
International Conference on Quality in Higher Education (ICQH) aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends quality in higher education can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. Prospective presenters are encouraged to submit proposals for papers and posters/demonstrations that offer new research or theoretical contributions. Presentations should be in Turkish and English and should address both theoretical issues and new research findings.
Furthermore if  the presenter is unable to attend the oral presentation, the virtual presentations or video presentations are available. For further information on how to submit, please refer to the Paper Submission section on our website. For paper guidelines, please refer to the Paper Guidelines section.
ICQH 2013 conference is supported by Sakarya University and Governers State University and will take place on December 11-13 2013 at  Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey. All full paper presentations will be published in an online proceeding book of ICQH 2013 and the selected papers will be published.

HEFCE has announced an additional £3.1 million to support a new programme of activity which will encourage more young people of all backgrounds to study languages at university.
From August 2013, a consortium led by the University of Southampton will deliver a three-year programme which builds upon the achievements of the Routes into Languages activities [Note 1] by stimulating new ideas and partnerships to address the challenges arising from reforms in schools and higher education. The new programme will encourage greater collaboration between universities, schools and employers, with the aim of raising aspirations and attainment of students in secondary schools and higher education. Activities will include events, the appointing of student ambassadors and sustained interventions such as programmes of languages in context and a national language-related Spelling Bee competition. There will also be a focus on increasing participation in work and study abroad, and promoting career opportunities and employability for language students.
Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, said:
    'Modern language skills are highly prized by employers. This additional funding will help thousands of prospective students learn more about the opportunities available, to gain a competitive edge in a global economy.'
Chris Millward, HEFCE Associate Director, said:
    ‘We are very pleased to continue our support for this important programme to raise demand from young people to study modern foreign languages. Employers have consistently highlighted the importance of languages and intercultural skills within a globalised labour force. The new programme’s activities will complement our recent funding settlement for the year abroad by promoting language-based studies, and study and work abroad, to students in all disciplines’.
Professor Mike Kelly, Director of the Routes into Languages programme, said:
    ‘I am delighted that we shall be able to build on the remarkable achievements of Routes in promoting the study of languages. The HEFCE investment will facilitate a unique programme of collaboration between more than 60 universities across England, working with hundreds of schools and thousands of students. The new programme, co-ordinated by the team at the University of Southampton, will make a real impact on the take-up of languages and of opportunities to work and study abroad’.
Professor Jim Coleman, Chair of the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML), said:
    ‘HEFCE’s initiative underlines the enormous importance of language study in this country, and UCML’s members enthusiastically welcome this renewed support. University language departments are totally committed to championing language learning in schools, to maximising outward mobility and to increasing the take-up of languages by students in all disciplines. We are renewing language curricula and expanding access to provide graduates with the full range of capabilities which the job market demands. HEFCE’s backing helps us enormously in achieving these goals – this is a great day for languages’.
HEFCE is continuing to support modern foreign languages within its programme of support for strategically important and vulnerable subjects (SIVS) [Note 2]. Following advice from the SIVS Advisory Group [note 3], HEFCE is considering how collaborative provision may sustain the modern foreign language supply in higher education, despite the continued decline in applications to modern foreign language degree courses.
Notes
1. Since 2006 HEFCE has invested £7.4 million in demand-raising activity through the Routes into Languages programme as part of its wider support for modern foreign languages as a strategically important and vulnerable subject (SIVS). It is led by the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies based at the University of Southampton, in partnership with the University Council of Modern Languages. The Routes into Languages programme comprises nine regional consortia of universities throughout England, plus national networks for translation, interpreting and research projects. Further information about the Routes into Languages programme is available.   
2. An evaluation of the Routes into Languages programme undertaken in 2011 concluded that the programme has made good progress against its aims, particularly in terms of increasing participation, raising the profile of languages and establishing partnerships and collaboration within the higher education sector and between higher education and schools. A wider evaluation of the SIVS programme commissioned in 2010 concluded that ‘the SIVS programme has cemented the importance of the SIVS subjects and [modern foreign languages] in particular’ and that the benefits and learning from the demand-raising interventions (which included the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programme in addition to Routes into Languages) ‘represent value for money’ (‘Evaluation of HEFCE’s programme of support for Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects: A report to HEFCE by Curtis and Cartwright Consulting’, paragraphs 2.8.2 and 7.2.5).   
3. In January 2012 the HEFCE Board agreed a new policy approach to SIVS. Support will be continued for the relevant areas of science, technology, engineering, maths, modern foreign languages and quantitative social science, but HEFCE will seek more widely to identify and, where necessary, respond to risks to subject provision, while taking the government’s desire for greater dynamism within the higher education system into account. Further information about HEFCE’s work on SIVS is available.   
4. HEFCE’s SIVS advisory group reviews data and information relating to the sustainability of subjects, and provides advice and recommendations to the HEFCE Board regarding the identification, monitoring and support of SIVS. Further information about the SIVS advisory group, including its current membership, is available.  
5. A circular letter setting out the finance arrangements for Erasmus and other student mobility years abroad from 2013-14 has been published by HEFCE.

Universities in the UK contributed £3.4 billion to the economy in 2011-12 through services to business, including commercialisation of new knowledge, delivery of professional training and consultancy.
These comprise part of a much wider economic impact [Note 1].
Analysis by HEFCE of the twelfth annual Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey shows that the total value of the services [Note 2] which UK universities provide to the economy and society increased by 4 per cent to £3.4 billion in 2011-12, from £3.3 billion in 2010-11.
Particularly significant is the 11 per cent increase in activity benefitting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which gain a competitive advantage from their association with universities – for example through access to specialist knowledge (via consultancy) or facilities (such as rapid prototyping or computer-aided design).
Engagement with large businesses increased by around 5 per cent overall, including a notable rise (6 per cent) in contract research income, from £343 million in 2010-11 to £365 million in 2011-12. This not only shows UK higher education institutions responding to the needs of business at home, but investment from overseas seeking to take advantage of the UK’s world-class research. Public and third-sector organisations also increased their engagement with universities (by 5 per cent overall) for research, consultancy, training and access to intellectual property. Read more...

Label européen des langues 2013: candidatez avant le 6 juillet 2013 minuit!
Chaque année, dans tous les pays de l'Union européenne, le label européen des langues récompense les projets pédagogiques les plus innovants, en matière d'apprentissage et d'enseignement des langues étrangères.
L'agence Europe-Éducation-Formation France reçoit les candidatures, les fait évaluer par des experts externes et remet les trophées aux projets les plus innovants lors d'une cérémonie exceptionnelle.
Trois critères pour être labellisé: innovation, pertinence et transférabilité du projet dans d'autres contextes éducatifs, pour d'autres langues et d'autres publics.
En décembre 2012, quatre projets ont reçu le label européen des langues lors de la conférence annuelle de valorisation de l'agence à l'ENA, Strasbourg:
    * « Cafébabel.com, le magazine européen » porté par l'association Babel international
    * « InteractiFle » porté par l'association éponyme
    * « Faites des langues: histoire 2  langues » porté par l'Inspection de l'Education nationale de la circonscription Montpellier sud
    * « Label international » porté par l'Université Lille 1 – Sciences et Technologies
Les candidatures doivent être envoyées avant le 06 juillet minuit.
Pour plus d'informations et pour candidater.
Voir aussi Le Label européen des langues.

Découvrez Le Mag' Erasmus, le tout nouveau magazine en ligne de l'Agence 2E2F. Bimestriel, au cœur de l'actualité de l'Europe des programmes, son premier focus est consacré aux partenariats France-Allemagne. Consultez le mag'. S'ABONNER.
Zoom sur France-Allemagne
1963-2013: depuis la signature du Traité de l'Elysée, 50 années de coopération franco-allemande dans le domaine de la jeunesse, de la culture, de la coopération en faveur de la croissance et de l'emploi rappellent que l'acte de réconciliation a produit du dialogue et de l'excellence dans une Europe unifiée. Sait-on assez, par exemple, que les forces de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur de la France et de l'Allemagne représentent 50% de la recherche en Europe et 10% dans le monde. C'est un enjeu formidable d'avenir pour la place de l'Europe dans le monde!
Consultez l'édito d'Antoine Godbert: 50 ans d'amitié franco-allemande.
Les actus du mois
Formation et enseignement professionnel : l’Allemagne et la France renforcent leur coopération
« Mettre en place une véritable filière de réussite avec des mesures concrètes pour développer la formation et les compétences professionnelles des jeunes, y compris par des filières bilingues. » Ce sont les termes repris dans la déclaration de Berlin, du mardi 22 janvier 2013, adoptée par les deux pays, à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire du traité de l'Elysée. Lire la suite.

Education and Development: EU to set out direction of its future work
An EU High Level Conference on Education and Development will take place on 23 May in Brussels’ historic Bibliothèque Solvay.
It will see the EU outline its new priorities in education in developing and partner countries after 2015. Despite significant investment, there are still 61 million children without access to basic education. During this event, partners from across the education sector will come together to look at what can be done to improve this situation and to discuss how to best work together to ensure that as many people as possible have access to education; no matter where they live.
Organised by the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, this high-level event will hear from distinguished speakers such as EU High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, European Commissioners Kristalina Georgieva (International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response) and Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth), as well as Gordon Brown (United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education), and Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development).
You can view the live webcast of the conference on this webpage as of 9:30 am (GMT +1) on 23 May.

The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD)
Different European language communities speaking with one voice
The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) is a pan-European network created with the support of the European Commission and led by different state and regional governments comprising universities, associations and NGO’s working in the field of language policy and planning for Constitutional, Regional and Small-State Languages (CRSS) across Europe.
The NPLD works to raise awareness at a European level on the positive aspects of linguistic diversity, to portray languages as an opportunity for the personal, social and economic development of Europe and to exchange best practices among policy makers, practitioners, researchers and experts across Europe.
The NPLD includes a broad range of languages – from official EU languages such as Estonian, Irish, Swedish or Finnish – to languages with official statuts in their territories such as Basque, Catalan, Galician, Welsh, Frisian and other language communities without official recognition but highly vibrant such as Breton, Corsican, Occitan, Cornish or Sami, among others.
The NPLD is open to all CRSS language communities, including public bodies, institutions, associations, universities, and civil society working in the field of linguistic diversity and multilingualism across Europe.
For more information, visit the NPLD’s website.