By . Welsh government ministers have offered reassurance over academic freedom as new powers for the country’s university funding council are debated. More...
19 octobre 2014
19 octobre 2014
Use of international recruitment agents ‘needs overhaul’
By . Paper by academics calls for greater transparency.
Three academics who studied the sector with the support of the British Council argue greater self-regulation and transparency is needed, including the publication of details about commission paid to agents. More...
19 octobre 2014
Graduates should be matched to local jobs, says report
By . Universities should encourage graduates to stay in the city where they studied by helping them to find jobs and housing, a report recommends.
In return, employers could offer bonuses to support graduate recruits’ student loan repayments, according to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’s (RSA) City Growth Commission. More...
19 octobre 2014
Scottish Labour hints at ‘no fees’ policy
By . Shadow education secretary tells conference of party’s ‘direction of travel’ ahead of 2016 elections.
Scottish Labour’s “direction of travel” is to rule out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border, according to the party’s shadow education secretary. More...
19 octobre 2014
Building bridges between basic science and public interest
By Jonathan Thon - The Black Hole. Most people have a very limited grasp of the state of the art in any given research discipline and the advancements in that field that they help support (see, for example, this editorial in Nature Chemical Biology and a similar opinion piece on science and democracy in The Scientist). Not surprisingly, this has had longlasting implications on how society approaches both short- and long-term policy decisions, and affects the state of science funding in our country. More...
19 octobre 2014
Europe to offer cross-border pension plans for mobile researchers
By David Kent. Calling all North American funding agencies!
Researcher mobility appears to be a high priority for funding agencies and universities, and it has many advantages for the science community – most importantly the sharing of new ideas and the formation of new networks. Recently, there has been a backlash against the “need to move,” with many scientists doing perfectly well in their current city/institute and relocations being costly in terms of time and money. More...
19 octobre 2014
Rank and File
By Melonie Fullick. With the new academic year comes a new round of headlines and tweets promoting the Times Higher Ed rankings (THE) results for 2014; and each year, along with THE, other prominent international rankings such as the QS World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) are part of the same cycle. There are also national rankings like those produced by Macleans and the US News and World Report, as well as speciality rankings – the THE, for one, engages in a kind of salami-slicing of its data to produce a number of themed rankings throughout the year. These include separate rankings on reputation, internationalization, universities in BRIC nations, and universities under 50 years old. Read more...19 octobre 2014
A plan to double the number of Canadians winning international awards
By Léo Charbonneau. The Nobel Prize awards season has just ended and Canada was shut out – although a McGill University graduate, U.S.-born researcher John O’Keefe, was named a co-winner in the physiology and medicine category. There was some speculation that Canadian Stephen Scherer might win in that category, but it was not to be – this time, at least. More...
19 octobre 2014
When it comes to the lagging economy, universities are part of the solution
By David Crane. A new form of collaboration is evident in applied research institutes in Ontario.
The role of universities in helping build a more competitive knowledge-based economy has been evolving over time, with universities adding contract research with industry and tech transfer offices, developing incubators for start-up companies and building innovation parks in recent years. Much of this focus has been directed to licensing of university research and helping to launch start-up companies. More...
19 octobre 2014
FSE : 664 millions d'euros pour la formation et l'emploi en Ile-de-France
Par Raphaëlle Pienne. Dans l'attente de la validation de leur programmation opérationnelle, l'Etat et la Région ont mis en place des procédures de demande anticipée pour les projets relevant du Fonds social européen (FSE). En Ile-de-France, la programmation du Fonds social européen (FSE) se met en place.
Les sommes en jeu sont considérables : plus de 664 millions d'euros de crédits alloués au titre du FSE doivent permettre de soutenir sur la période 2014-2020 les projets d'organismes publics et privés dans les domaines de l'emploi, la formation et l'insertion professionnelle. A cette somme s'ajoutent plus de 8 millions d'euros sur la période 2014-2015 au titre de l'Initiative emploi jeunes (IEJ), qui concerne le seul département de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Voir l'article...
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