By Terri Macdonald. New modelling by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, in conjunction with news website The Conversation report (HECS upon you: NATSEM models the real impact of higher uni fees) has found that women are likely to be hit hardest by deregulation, with female science graduates paying $45,000 more for their degrees, even if the actual cost of degrees did not substantially increase. More...
NTEU Seminar with Robyn May in Melbourne 3 July 'Casualisation - global and Australian trends'
Bluestocking Week 2014: Crossing the Line
By Jeannie Rea. This year’s Bluestocking Week theme is ‘Crossing the Line’. How could it be otherwise? The line has been crossed already, not by us but by the Abbott Coalition Government and their advocates and supporters, who are seeking to wind back the clock as they actively attack pro-women and feminist policies and perspectives. We cannot stand on the sideline, but have to cross the line ourselves.
Last year, we focused on what the future may hold as it looked like the outcome of the federal election would be a neo-conservative Coalition Government. More...
Arabe, du Livre des Couvents à Mahmoud Darwich à l'Académie des langues anciennes - Digne-les-Bains - 14 au 25 juillet 2014
ALA 2014 - 33ème année
Université d’été - Apprentissage intensif des langues anciennes
Du 14 au 25 juillet 2014 - Digne-les-Bains – IUT
Grec – Copte – Arabe – Latin – Hittite – Sanskrit – Syriaque – Egyptien – Araméen – Hébreu – Akkadien – Sumérien – Slavon – Tibétain
Depuis plus de trente ans, l’ACADEMIE DES LANGUES ANCIENNES dispense un enseignement de qualité dans une ambiance détendue.
Elle offre une occasion unique d’apprendre à lire pendant l’été des textes anciens de la Méditerranée, du Proche et de l’Extrême-Orient. Vous accéderez à un héritage culturel, en devenant des lecteurs autonomes du plus vieux patrimoine écrit de l’Humanité.
Cette « Université d’été », organisée par Aix-Marseille Université et le Centre Paul-Albert Février du CNRS, a lieu, dans la seconde quinzaine de juillet, à Digne-les-Bains, au coeur des Alpes provençales.
Contact et Infos : www.academie-des-langues-anciennes.fr - Tél. : 04 67 72 56 95
Renseignements
S. H. AUFRERE : 04 67 72 56 95
academie.langues.anciennes@gmail.com - www.academie-des-langues-anciennes.fr
Bulletin d’inscription
A renvoyer par la Poste avec le chèque (ou virement) à :
Inscription ALA/Sydney H. Aufrère
1, rue Cyrano de Bergerac, bât. B
34090 MONTPELLIER
Académie des Langues Anciennes - 14 > 25 juillet 2014.
Arabe III par Nouar Barakat
Les extraits que nous allons étudier porteront sur des thèmes variés: des sourates du Coran, des textes de Mille et une nuits, des passages du Livre des Couvents de Al-Chabouchti Kitab al-diyaraat (11ème siècle).
PROGRAMME
Voir le programme sur le flyer ci-dessus ou sur le site : www.academie-des-langues-anciennes.fr.
Détails pratiques et bulletin d'inscription ci-dessous ou sur le site : www.academie-des-langues-anciennes.fr.
Bulletin d’inscription
A renvoyer par la Poste avec le chèque (ou virement) à :
Inscription ALA/Sydney H. Aufrère
1, rue Cyrano de Bergerac, bât. B
34090 MONTPELLIER
Académie des Langues Anciennes - 14 > 25 juillet 2014.
Guidance for national networks for collaborative outreach
1. In its announcement on changes to the National Scholarship Programme in November 2013, the Government announced funding of £25 million for the development of a national outreach network, to support collaborative approaches in delivering higher education (HE) outreach activity to all state-funded secondary schools and colleges (www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131128/wmstext/131128m0001.htm). This ring-fenced funding was subsequently confirmed in the Government’s grant letter to HEFCE of February 2014.
2. This document sets out the approach we have determined for allocating this funding, taking into account the Government’s expectations, and explains how institutions can access the funding. More...
Memorandum of assurance and accountability between HEFCE and institutions
Memorandum of assurance and accountability between HEFCE and institutions: Terms and conditions for payment of HEFCE grants to higher education institutions
The memorandum of assurance and accountability between HEFCE and the institutions we fund sets out the terms and conditions for payment of HEFCE grants. This memorandum should be read in conjunction with the ‘funding agreement’ for each institution, which gives specific conditions, funds available and educational provision agreed in return for those funds. This document supersedes HEFCE 2010/19.
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Download:the Memorandum of assurance and accountability as PDF (463 KB) | Download the Memorandum of assurance and accountability as MS Word (676 KB). Suite...
Birkbeck awarded £1.47 million to pioneer ways to combine work and study
Birkbeck, University of London, has received £1.47 million from the HEFCE Catalyst Fund to explore innovative approaches and opportunities for combining work and study.
The three-year Intensive Part-time project will enable Birkbeck to develop new undergraduate and postgraduate courses which acknowledge the demands of intensive evening study combined with other activities such as daytime work or caring for a family, thus allowing students to better manage such demanding combinations. More...
Register of higher education providers
1. This summer, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will publish an online Register of higher education providers and we plan to include your organisation on it. This letter explains why the Register is being created, what it will include, and the actions you may wish to take.
Purpose of the Register
2. Last year, the Minister for Universities and Science asked HEFCE to create a register of providers (Letter to HEFCE from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, available online as Annex A to ‘Higher education regulatory reforms’, HEFCE Circular letter 20/2013). More...
Presenting VET to the Commission
Over 35 people working at the European Commission took part at a lunchtime presentation of Cedefop and its work, organised by the Directorate General Education and Culture (DG EAC) on 20 June, in Brussels.
Cedefop Director James Calleja focused on the agency’s role in helping the Commission devise and implement vocational education and training (VET) policies and analysed the parameters for 2015’s work programme.
Senior expert Eleonora Schmid informed participants about the findings of the 2014 VET policy monitoring report, which will be the theme of a special conference in Thessaloniki, in September.
During the discussion that followed, Commission colleagues from DG EAC and DG Employment enquired how Cedefop could further support Member States in view of the recently launched apprenticeship reviews in Malta and Lithuania. More...
Employee skill assessments lack links to national validation systems
Cedefop report finds that to best serve individuals, validation of non-formal and informal learning must take experience of companies into account.
Most of the European debate on validating non-formal and informal learning focuses on how such mechanisms are organised within national education and training systems. Meanwhile, many companies systematically assess employees’ competence and skills, mainly for purposes of recruitment and to formulate personnel management and training strategies. A new Cedefop study, now out in print, has found that most such in-company assessments are not linked to national validation schemes. More...