L’alphabétisation/la littératie¹ peut être considérée comme un droit fondamental, conformément à l’article 26 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme sur le droit à l’éducation, qui stipule que cette dernière doit viser « le plein épanouissement de la personnalité humaine » (26.2). Bon nombre d’accords internationaux, tels que le Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, adopté par l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies en 1996, soulignent l’importance de ce droit, auquel aucune limite d’âge ne saurait être opposée (voir article 13d). La « Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille », adoptée par l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies en 1990, consacre explicitement le droit des migrants à l’éducation (art. 43, 45). Plus...

Depuis plusieurs années le CARIF accompagne les praticiens sur la thématique de la connaissance des différentes sources de données, tant générales et nationales que locales, afin de disposer d`informations fiables, actualisées, indépendantes et adaptées au public.
Un cycle de journées outils a ainsi été initié en 2014 afin de présenter les travaux des principaux producteurs de données régionaux (APEC, Direccte, Pôle emploi, Insee, ORM, Céreq).
Ce cycle de 3 Matinales s`inscrit dans la continuité et propose en 2017 de façon plus spécifique les travaux de l`Observatoire Régional des Métiers, OREF de PACA, sur la thématique de l`emploi, des métiers et de la formation en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d`Azur.

Le CARIF Espace Compétences vous propose donc une matinale consacrée aux travaux de l`INSEE et de la Direccte Provence-Alpes-Côte d`Azur le 12 octobre 2017, de 9h à 17h à Marseille (Espace Pouillon, Faculté des Sciences Aix-Marseille Université, site St Charles).

Le programme détaillé et la fiche d`inscription sont disponibles en ligne.

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If you’re thinking of studying abroad, you have a long list of destinations from which to choose. The good news? Each is amazing in its own way. The bad news? Trying to choose between them can be overwhelming. In order to help students sort through the glut of information and get a better picture of student life and costs, La Repubblica gathered comparative data for 15 major European cities into one handy infographic. More...

The British government recently announced that women face a pay gap as soon as the first year after graduation.
The data reflects higher pay for men who graduated with same year with degrees in the same subjects—except for English.
Women who studied English beat the gender pay gap five years after graduating. More...

While the original travel ban was anticipated to impact nearly 24,700 international students -- some of whom had already been detained from re-entering the U.S. from their home countries -- from Iran, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia, the revised ban now grants entry to citizens from those countries with “bona fide relationship[s]” with the U.S. Counting as a “bona fide relationship” and therefore eligible for a valid visa? An acceptance letter from a U.S. university. More...

China recently issued a directive curtailing the dangerous and yet rapidly growing online moneylending phenomenon targeted at student borrowers until measures could be taken to safeguard the well-being of students, according to BBC.com. Here’s a closer look at the situation, along with at the impetus for government intervention. More...

Coordinating deliveries in and around universities can be a massive logistical undertaking. Now, several universities in China have some extra “manpower” when it comes to getting things where they need to go: Robot deliveries. Read on for a closer look at the application of this technology on Chinese college campuses, as recently reported by China Money Network. More...

According to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, 157,626 students enrolled in higher education in Ghana in 2014—more than twice that in 2005.  20 percent of Ghana’s wealthiest students attend university, while less than 1 percent of Ghana’s poorest do. More...

According to the Japan Times, Tadamasa Fukiura, chairman of a nonprofit has connected with six pachinko parlors to offer the “pp Shogakukin” scholarship fund.
How does it work?  Customers at any of the six parlors can donate their steel balls from their winnings to help put needy students through university. More...

For students who formerly had little to no chance of making it into China's best universities, there's hope. A sweeping change to China's higher education system has allowed many of China's rural poor students the same university opportunities once afforded only to China's wealthiest. More...