Universum presents “Europe’s Most Attractive Employers 2014″. The annual talent attraction index compiles the results of the Universum Student Survey in 12 European countries: Germany, France, UK, Russia, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Poland and Belgium. The index is divided into two rankings: one based on Business students and one based on Engineering students, representing the preferences of more than 130,000 career seekers across Europe. The survey was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014. Read more...

At the 2014 Annual ACA Conference Nuffic’s Beer Schröder participated in a session on Africa. He concluded with an appeal to European institutions to continue their support: "It would be scandalous if they would leave African institutions in the lurch, only to be able to invest in a higher international ranking for themselves."
The 2014 Conference of the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) in Bordeaux (15-17 June) focused on the theme: ‘Europe in the World. Higher education trends across the globe’. There were sessions on recent trends in major non-European countries/regions, and also on partnerships between Europe and universities in these regions. More...

We would like to get a better insight into the cooperation between Indonesian and Dutch higher education institutions and we need your help with this. You are invited to fill out a questionnaire on the subject.
The questionnaire was developed by Nuffic Neso Indonesia and the Dutch Embassy in Indonesia to get an overview of the current state of cooperation between Indonesian and Dutch higher education institutions. The results should assist institutions in making well-informed decisions when establishing or strengthening academic cooperation between the Netherlands and Indonesia. The results will be published in a report and a factsheet.

Expected outcomes
The survey is expected to produce the following outcomes:

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

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.

Around 300 representatives from universities, national and regional authorities, the EU institutions, and other research and innovation stakeholders gathered last week for a high-level conference in Brussels entitled “Mobilising Europe’s universities for Smart Specialisation”.
Convened by the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC)  Smart Specialisation Platform (S3 Platform), DG REGIO and EUA, the conference provided the opportunity to discuss and share the results of the work that has been carried out by the S3 Platform and EUA on the role of universities in the definition and implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategies.  It also provided a platform to share best practice and put forward ways to further enhance the role of universities in this area. More...

More than 250 participants, including 150 Arab and European university leaders, gathered from 10-12 June for the Second Arab-Euro Conference on Higher Education (AECHE) in Amman, Jordan. The conference, on the topic “Strengthening Arab-Euro University Collaboration: The importance of regional mobility”, was hosted by the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) and organised jointly by the Association of Arab Universities (AARU), the European University Association (EUA) and the University of Barcelona.
During the concluding session of the conference, reference was made to the declaration of the Third EU–League of Arab States Foreign Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Athens, Greece, which took place at the same time, and which welcomed AECHE “as a forum of co-operation between European and Arab higher education institutions”. Ministers underlined that “better understanding between people will be facilitated through exchanges between their youth, and co-operation between their higher education institutions and research centers”.
More information on the AECHE event is also available on the conference website. More...

On 11 and 12 June, the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg hosted a Focus Group bringing together university practitioners from several European countries in the framework of the EUA-led DEFINE project.
Participants presented and reflected on the characteristics of national funding mechanisms focusing on “excellence” in higher education and research. While certain “excellence schemes” have received significant attention across Europe, as for instance the German Initiative of Excellence, the discussions confirmed EUA findings that such schemes often differ in terms of their focus, size and processes.
The key points from the Focus Group will be presented in a report, to be released in the second semester of 2014, and will also be included in the overall analysis to be released at the 2nd EUA Funding Forum. The event will take place at the University of Bergamo on 9 and 10 October 2014 and will bring together the European higher education funding community to discuss strategies for efficient and sustainable funding of higher education in Europe. Registration for the event is currently open. More...

How do universities think globally and act locally? And how are they responding to global trends and challenges in the practical management of doctoral education? These were the underlying questions that more than 200 delegates from Europe and beyond gathered to discuss at the 7th Annual Meeting of the EUA-Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE), hosted by the University of Liverpool from 19 to 20 June 2014.
Several possible responses to these questions were discussed and highlighted during the event, including the setting up of joint programmes, using e-supervision and finding ways to make international doctoral candidates feel welcome. The meeting also featured broader keynote speeches, giving the view of current developments from universities outside Europe (the US, Malaysia and Australia) and from non-university stakeholders. More...