By David Kent. Our summer posts had a theme it seems – something we didn’t plan, but which has resulted in a small series of posts on misplaced priorities in academic research. From my post on academic bullying to Jonathan’s on the difficulties resulting from indirect costs levied by universities to our guest blogger Damien on hiring strategies in laboratories. The comments were plentiful and gave us a good indication that these problems (and proposed solutions) need to feature more frequently on the blog. More...
Milking the crowd
My priority is learning
By Jennifer Polk - From PhD to Life. Earlier this month I completed the coaching supervision course. It started in the spring, and consisted of biweekly 90-minute classes and six 1-on-1 sessions with the supervising coach. The individual sessions involved listening to one of my own coaching calls, followed by me receiving feedback on my coaching, with an eye toward passing the Professional Certified Coach exam and receiving this credential from the International Coach Federation. More...
A new partnership between universities and colleges
By Léo Charbonneau. There has always been a bit of friendly competition between Canada’s universities and colleges. I recently read, for example, this quote from Paul Davidson, president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (which, despite its name, represents Canada’s universities and university degree-level colleges): “Over the last six years, more than twice as many net new jobs were created for university grads than for college and trades grads combined.” More...
Gutenberg’s lessons for today’s universities
By Gavin Moodie. While digitization changes the role of libraries and perhaps of scholars’ relations with text, is has so far not changed the way people learn. Most of the hype about Massive Online Open Courses comprised untestable predictions about how they would “disrupt universities” business model, leave only 10 institutions in the world “delivering” higher education and were an unstoppable tsunami engulfing higher education. Most of these predictions drew lessons from the broadcast and mass media or from the music industry, but as Martin Weller argued, the analogies with higher education are flawed. More...
Speaking through and to the homeless
By Becky Rynor. Concordia PhD graduate, a former homeless person, wins CAGS annual dissertation award. To say Eric Weissman had his boots on the ground while researching his PhD dissertation on homelessness can only be an understatement. He lived in it, slept in it and somehow survived it. More...
Online tool lets scientists keep track of all published research papers in real time
By Natalie Samson. Defending one’s PhD is a daunting, time-consuming endeavour. Now imagine doing it while running a multimillion-dollar tech start-up and you’ll begin to get a picture of life right now for Sam Molyneux. In 2010, Mr. Molyneux co-founded Sciencescape, a web-based platform to keep track of scientific discoveries, with his web-developer sister Amy. This was shortly after the 34-year-old University of Toronto doctoral student found himself in a situation that every academic dreads. More...
L'École de la 2e chance, la "grande école" des décrocheurs motivés
En France, une quarantaine d'écoles de la 2e chance (E2C), réparties sur une centaine de sites, proposent un accompagnement global pour favoriser l'insertion sociale et professionnelle des jeunes sortis sans diplôme du système scolaire, les « décrocheurs ». 14 000 jeunes ont été accueillis en 2013. Cette étude qualitative a pour but de mieux connaître le fonctionnement et les pratiques de ces écoles de la 2e chance.
DARES. Dares analyses, n°068, septembre 2014 (13 p. - pdf). Pour télécharger le document : http://tinyurl.com/ols7qp7. Voir l'article...
Le modèle dual allemand : Caractéristiques et évolutions de l'apprentissage en Allemagne
Du fait des bonnes performances enregistrées par le marché du travail allemand dans les dernières années, le modèle dual est de plus en plus souvent présenté comme un exemple à suivre en Europe. Actuellement, il concerne plus d'un million et demi de jeunes en Allemagne contre un peu plus de 400 000 apprentis en France. Son organisation, stabilisée au début des années 70, se distingue grandement du système français. L'alternance y est une filière à part entière d'un système éducatif fortement segmenté et la plupart du temps la seule voie d'accès à certains métiers qualifiés.
DARES, Guillaume Delautre. Document d'études, n° 185, septembre 2014. (34 p. - pdf). Pour télécharger le document : http://tinyurl.com/px28sud. Voir l'article...
Rencontre nationale sur les diplômes et formations des métiers d'art - Saint-Quentin, 15 et 16 octobre 2014
Aujourd'hui c'est déjà demain ! Rencontres nationales autour des diplômes de métiers d'art
Ce colloque se déroulera les 15 et 16 octobre 2014 en Picardie, au Palais de Fervaques, de Saint-Quentin, sous forme de conférences et tables rondes. Il est gratuit et ouvert au grand public, élèves, étudiants, professeurs..
Inscriptions obligatoires gérées par l'office du tourisme de Saint-Quentin tél. 03 23 67 05 00.
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