Les gouvernements italien et chinois ont signé le 23 mars un accord pour sceller l'entrée de l'Italie dans les "nouvelles routes de la soie", et cela malgré les réticences de Bruxelles. Plus...
11 avril 2019
11 avril 2019
Le virage européen sur la Chine
C’est un changement de perspective que connaît aujourd’hui la politique chinoise de l’Europe. Tout récemment, l’attention se portait encore sur la dimension de politique d’influence dans les visites de Xi Jinping aux différents états membres de l’UE - après le Portugal et l'Espagne il y a quelques mois, l’Italie et même Monaco (38 000 habitants) avant la France. Plus...
11 avril 2019
L'Europe face à la Chine : une révolution copernicienne
La dernière communication de la Commission européenne (et du SEAE) sur la Chine ne laisse rien passer à cette dernière. "Ce n'est plus une économie en développement". Un "rival systémique" et, sur les questions économiques, un "concurrent stratégique". Un grand exportateur de centrales à charbon, qui entrave ainsi la lutte contre le changement climatique. Plus...
9 avril 2019
Secretary General Jagland condemns the deadly mosques attack in New Zealand
On behalf of the 47-nation Council of Europe, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has made the following statement:
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrific terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, that has left so many people dead and seriously wounded. Our deepest condolences go to the families of the victims and to the people of New Zealand”. More...
7 avril 2019
Les diplômés de l’EPF doivent être reconnus pour leur forte opérabilité à l’international
Blog "Il y a une vie après le bac" d'Olivier Rollot. Une autre question essentielle est celle du modèle économique. Alors que le PIB en parité de pouvoir d’achat en Afrique subsaharienne francophone se situe entre 1000 et 4000$ par habitant, comment développer une offre compatible avec une dépense de formation considéré comme acceptable aux alentours de 2500€ par an alors qu’en France nous sommes à un niveau au moins quatre fois supérieur. Plus...
6 avril 2019
Just one cohort of international students who stay in the UK to work pay £3.2 billion in tax – and they aren’t taking jobs
The UK’s tax revenues from international students post-graduation shows the tax and National Insurance payments of just one cohort of international students who stay in the UK to work after their studies amounts to £3.2 billion. More...
6 avril 2019
Why today’s International Education Strategy is welcome but guaranteed to fail unless we adopt more ambitious policies
Today’s new educational exports strategy is welcome. It puts hard numbers on what we can achieve, which usefully focuses minds. There is a new target of £35 billion in education exports, including 600,000 international higher education students in the UK, by 2030. More...
5 avril 2019
New Welsh curriculum may make education more holistic but students might miss out on subject knowledge
Curriculum reforms are currently taking place in several more economically developed countries and regions across the world. Wales, New Zealand, British Columbia and more are overhauling their education systems to provide a radical response to changes brought about by globalisation and digital technologies. More...
5 avril 2019
Once captives of Boko Haram, these students are finding new meaning in their lives in Pennsylvania
Of all the challenges faced by people who’ve been displaced, perhaps none is more important than to find new meaning in their lives. And so it is with the four young women who are students in a college prep class that I teach at Dickinson College. More...
4 avril 2019
Outsourcing Teaching
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Outsourcing Teaching
Keep in mind that though Tech Central Station looks like a news site, it is in reality a political activist site (this has been well documented) and is therefore pushing an agenda here. That said, it is nonetheless relevant to take note of what is being proposed here: that instead of people in developing nations logging onto and studying with established western educational institutions, people in wealthier nations may log on to and study with much more affordable (and, possibly, service oriented) online institutions set up in coutries like India or China. More...
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