By Santiago Gándara and Dolores Rocca Rivarola. The huge National Education March on 12 May to the Ministry of Education and then the Plaza de Mayo, the epicentre of political power and the historic scene of protests in Argentina, had a significant impact on public opinion and on the government of Mauricio Macri shortly after he took office and began implementing his policy of budget cuts on the Argentinian economy. Read more...
The research subsidy may penalise high-citation articles
By Yolande X Harley, Esmari Huysamen, Carlette Hlungwani and Tania Douglas. South African universities are awarded an annual subsidy from the Department of Higher Education and Training, or DHET, founded on research publication output – a significant proportion of which is composed of journal articles. Read more...
Different universities for different functions
By Defta Oktafiga. The current aspiration to boost the quality of Indonesian higher education and to promote economic national development reveal different missions that should be aligned. Read more...
Internationalisation needs to be two-way
By Karen McBride. In the past decade, internationalisation has become a core strategy for most Canadian institutions, supported by robust policies and practices. Read more...
Global citizens or good citizens?
By Matthew Piscioneri and Fay Patel. Generation Z is destined to be the most researched of all generations in history. We understand consumer habits, how Generation Z communicates, even the exact details of how the media influences them. Read more...
Generation Z – Why we need to future-proof universities
By Tom White. Generation Z is destined to be the most researched of all generations in history. We understand consumer habits, how Generation Z communicates, even the exact details of how the media influences them. Read more...
First two university-based career centres launched
By Wagdy Sawahel. Morocco’s first university-based career centres have opened. Aimed at enhancing the employability of graduates and their transition to the workforce, the centres will provide orientation services to students and graduates, work readiness training, information on high growth sectors and exposure to employers, internships and other forms of workplace learning. Read more...
Universities are poor value for money – Student survey
Only 37% of United Kingdom full-time undergraduates think they get value for money at university and the overwhelming majority (86%) are opposed to the government’s plan to let universities raise their fees where they can demonstrate excellent teaching under the planned Teaching Excellence Framework. Read more...
Monash and Melbourne join forces to market medicines
By Jenni Henderson. Traditional rivals Monash and Melbourne universities are collaborating to create a new company that will market and sell medicines developed by the institutions to pharmaceutical companies, reinvesting any profit into research. Read more...
Les nouveaux apprentis dans la fonction publique en 2015
En 2015, 10 689 contrats d’apprentissage ont été signés en 2015 dans le public, selon des données publiées par le ministère de la Fonction publique.
Les nouveaux apprentis titulaires d'un diplôme de l'enseignement supérieur sont plus nombreux dans la FPE (36 %) que dans la FPT (22 %) et la FPH (24 %). C'est dans la FPT que l'apprentissage prépare le plus souvent à un diplôme de niveau inférieur au baccalauréat : 45 % contre 23 % dans la FPH et 10 % dans la FPE en 2015. Voir l'article...