By Brendan O’Malley. The scale of the gap between demand and supply of scholarships for Syrian students at German universities this winter has been revealed by the German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD: 271 Syrian students have been awarded a scholarship in one scheme this semester, less than one in 18 of the 5,000 applicants. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. Exports from Australia’s international education services sector – two-thirds of it comprising income from international higher education students – reached a record high of A$18.8 billion (US$13.5 billion) in 2014-15, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics, or ABS, data has shown. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. Student mobility has increased dramatically over recent years along with the exploding demand for education. But “the economic climate, shrinking support for scholarships and grants, as well as tighter budgets for individuals”could yet slow the pace of that flow, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD’s Education at a Glance 2015 report, released last week. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In News, Yojana Sharma unpacks the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2015 report, which shows rising higher education participation rates in OECD countries, but troubling indications that social background still plays a big role in university access.
In Commentary, Stephen Wilkins reflects on incidents that have led commentators to question the extent to which international branch campuses are able to operate ethically in countries that may not uphold Western values like civil liberties. Goolam Mohamedbhai says the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals provide a unique opportunity for universities to play a meaningful role in national and global development. And Vangelis Tsiligiris suggests that transnational education will need to be innovative and flexible to address changing student expectations and market conditions.
In our World Blog this week, Patrick Blessinger looks at the challenges in preparing students for a hyper-connected, changing world – a world which has become a global knowledge society of interdependent human activity.
In Features, Jan Petter Myklebust reveals the findings of a Swedish report which looks at how 16 world-class universities are governed. Dror Ben-Naim describes how forward-thinking Australian universities are improving the design of their online offerings to boost student performance and stop disengagement. Reuben Kyama reports from the Young Africa Works summit that the agriculture sector will feature prominently in development in Africa and that universities have a key role to play.
In the Q&A section, Gilbert Nganga interviews Dr Simon Gicharu, the man behind East Africa’s thriving private Mount Kenya University. Read more...
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Arrêté du 23 novembre 2015 portant habilitation d'un organisme mentionné à l'article L. 6332-1 du code du travail à collecter les versements des entreprises donnant lieu à exonération de la taxe d'apprentissage et à les reverser aux établissements autorisés à les recevoir
A noter : chacun des arrêtés précise le champ d'activités de l'OPCA
The need to increase equitable participation in youth and adult education was at the centre of discussions at the CONFINTEA VI Regional Follow-up Meeting for the Arab States, which took place from 26 to 28 October 2015 in Alexandria, Egypt. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut and ISESCO (the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), planned and coordinated the meeting, which aimed to assess developments in adult learning and education in the Arab States since 2009. More...
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is now officially open to membership. UNESCO encourages cities to become part of a network that supports the practice of lifelong learning by promoting policy dialogue and peer learning among member cities; forging links; fostering partnerships; providing capacity development; and developing tools and instruments to encourage and recognize progress achieved in realizing the vision of lifelong learning. More...
The 2015 presentation of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to the 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference shows positive growth in the Institute’s work in the 2014-2015 biennium. More...
The recognition of environmentally friendly practices in the formal and informal economic sectors is a critical factor in accomplishing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. With this in mind, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) started a new research study entitled The Inclusion of Green Competencies in the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) of Non-formal and Informal Learning. More...
It is with profound sadness, shock and outrage at the devastating terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris almost one week ago. Our thoughts are with the many victims and their families and all those who have suffered.
Many students, teachers and researchers are among the Paris victims, and on behalf of the European university community EUA sends a message of solidarity and support to the French Conférence des Présidents d’Université (CPU) echoing their message “#Universitédebout – #NousSommesUnis.”
At this time EUA also recalls that only last Wednesday, 11 November 2015, it launched a new campaign entitled ‘European Universities for an Open World’, which calls on universities to reaffirm their commitment to the fundamental values of openness, tolerance and solidarity. /https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
