Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN) is an umbrella organisation to facilitate and enhance co-operation between the member institutions. It intends to develop bonds of mutual partnership between students, teachers, researchers and administrators of the partner universities. Co-operation links will be developed through mobility and exchange of students, academic staff, administrators, joint projects, and information networks. The link address is: http://bsrun.utu.fi/information/
El Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo (CINDA) es una corporación internacional sin fines de lucro, integrada por universidades de América Latina y Europa. CINDA, en conjunto con las universidades integradas al Sistema han explorado temas centrales sobre política y gestión universitaria con el interés de poner el conocimiento acumulado al servicio de las políticas públicas y de las instituciones correspondientes. The link address is: http://www.cinda.cl/
By Peter Walker. Survey finds 3.2% of class of 2009 unemployed three and a half years after graduating, down on 2007 but up on 2005. Only a tiny percentage of students who graduated at the height of the recession are unemployed, according to a survey. More than eight out of 10 said they were satisfied with their career and two-thirds thought their course had given value for money, the survey of more than 60,000 graduates by the Higher Education Statistics Agency found. About 87% of the class of 2008-09 were in work three and a half years after graduating, 6.7% were engaged in further study and 3.2% were unemployed. Some 7.2% had been jobless six months after they graduated. Read more...
Young people's disengagement from political participation has long been a cause for concern. Little interest in and knowledge of political processes, low levels of trust in politicians and growing cynicism towards democratic institutions are often seen as indicators of young people's political apathy. Yet, as a new report prepared by Eurydice researchers shows, it is misleading to think that young people are not interested in politics. In fact, young people generally engage and communicate on political issues even more actively than older adults. They just use different channels.
Young people vote less than older generations. According to the European Social Survey, in 2010, 61 % of young respondents aged 22-29 stated that they voted in the last national elections, as opposed to the 78.1 % of over 30-year-olds. Yet, as Eurobarometer surveys reveal, even though they vote less than older adults, young people do believe – more than older generations – that voting is an effective way of influencing decision-making (at local, national or European levels). This fact, as elaborated in a Youth Report on political participation reveals an interesting paradox between young people’s beliefs and their behaviour: young people do not always participate in the very activities that they believe to be effective. More...
Columbus es una asociación sin fines de lucro, fundada por la Asociación Europea de Universidades (EUA) y la Asociación de Universidades Latinoamericanas (AULA). Hoy, reúne a 51 universidades miembros: 35 universidades latinoamericanas y 16 universidades europeas. Desde 1987, Columbus promueve la cooperación entre universidades de Europa y América Latina. Su consolidada red de instituciones de educación superior y de responsables de la gestión universitaria es un espacio donde los directivos pueden identificar e implementar estrategias institucionales para responder a nuevos desafíos. The link address is: http://www.columbus-web.com/
The Association of Arab and European Universities (AEUA) was established to respond to the growing need for an effective vehicle to provide Arab and European universities with improved access to the MEDA II Programme. The prime objective of AEUA is to facilitate and to stimulate collaboration between universities in European and Arab countries at an institutional, departmental and faculty level. This type of partnership - to develop human resources and promote understanding between cultures and exchanges between the civil societies involved - is key. The link address is: http://www.aeua.net/
The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education was established in 2000 to promote European co-operation in the field of quality assurance. In November 2004 the General Assembly transformed the Network into the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. ENQA disseminates information, experiences and good practices in the field of quality assurance (QA) in higher education to European QA agencies, public authorities and higher education institutions. The link address is: http://www.enqa.eu/index.lasso
Governance modes and models have a high correlation with the overall performance of education and training policies, influencing their strategic formulation and implementation.
The experience of the ETF shows that, when looking at the governance dimension of education and training, there is need to map and discuss:
In this context, what is needed are actions and debates that target the development and enhancement of good governance, and an increased role for sub-national regions and local actors, social partners and civil society organisations in shaping education and training policies. This brings ETF partner countries closer to European efforts to increase the role of regions and ensure multi-level participation in the policymaking cycle. Such vertical and horizontal interaction can help to ensure greater effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, transparency and accountability of education and training policy in the overall strategic development of a country.
The British Accreditation Council (BAC) is an independent body, established in 1984 to be the national accrediting body for private post-16 education in the UK. The primary objective of the Council's founding members was “to improve and enhance the standards of independent further and higher educational institutions by the establishment of a system of accreditation”.
The link address is: http://www.the-bac.org/
Higher education indicators for further education colleges: Overview of trends for the widening participation, non-continuation and employment indicators
To:
Heads of HEFCE-funded further education colleges, Heads of HEFCE-funded higher education institutions
All other higher education providers
Of interest to those responsible for:
Student management, Quality assurance, Widening participation
This document is the second publication of widening participation and non-continuation indicators, and the first publication of employment indicators, for higher education provision registered at further education colleges in England. We anticipate this information will be relevant to further education colleges, and to those interested in the participation, retention and employment outcomes of higher education students at such colleges. No action is required in response.
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