Dutch University Drops Dutch Degree
By Elizabeth Redden. Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam is eliminating a bachelor’s degree program in Dutch due to low enrollments, the NL Times, an English-language newspaper covering the Netherlands, reported. More...
Planning for No Deal on Brexit
By Elizabeth Redden. As the date for the U.K.'s planned withdrawal from the European Union approaches, universities plan for a "no-deal" Brexit while hoping that won't happen. More...
EU Software Patent Law Faces Axe
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. EU Software Patent Law Faces Axe
We will probably see this surface again, attached to a regulation on dog licensing or something, but for now the European Parliament has given the idea of software patents the boot. More...
The Modern German University, Satirized

User guide to developing an employer survey on skill needs
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. User guide to developing an employer survey on skill needs
Nick Sofroniou, Alena Zukersteinova, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), November 30, 2013
If you are doing a survey on skill needs, and you haven't really done anything like this before, use this guide, It's clear and informative, and I think it covers the ground well, leading the user toward an accurate and appropriate methodology (section 4, which details coverage of sectors and coverage of occupational groups, is evidence for this). More...
Séjours des jeunes à l’étranger : des objectifs européens partiellement atteints, mais un accès encore inégal à la mobilité

Brexit. Des actions Etat/Région en direction des PME
Le 29 mars prochain, le Royaume-Uni sort de l'Union Européenne. Pour accompagner les quelques 500 entreprises bretonnes qui commercent avec lui, un numéro vert et des réunions d'informations sont mis en place. Objectif : "les former aux modalités d'échange avec un pays tiers".
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Brexit.-Des-actions-Etat-Region-en-direction-des-PME
MOOC S trategies of European Institutions
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MOOC S trategies of European Institutions
Lizzie Konings, Darco Jansen, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, 2018/11/21
This is from last year, but I only just found it, and it remains relevant today. It's the results (71 page PDF) of a questionaire of European higher education institutes (HEI) on their approaches to MOOCs. More...
Le BREXIT : Se préparer
Le Royaume-Uni a acté sa sortie de l’Union Européenne par référendum. L’accord de retrait s’éloigne. La sortie sans accord se profile. Le Royaume-Uni est un partenaire commercial historique de la Guadeloupe. C’est le 2ème client et le 12ème fournisseur de la Guadeloupe. Plus...