Prévu initialement du 28 novembre au 12 décembre 2016, le report du scrutin de l’élection syndicale TPE a été annoncé par Myriam EL KHOMRI, ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi, de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social. Nouvelles dates : du 30 décembre 2016 au 13 janvier 2017. Voir l'article...
Économie sociale dans les Hauts-de-France : un développement à conforter
Employant un peu plus d’un salarié sur dix dans les Hauts-de-France, l’économie sociale y est un peu moins présente qu’à l’échelle des régions de province. Elle rassemble près de 210 000 salariés inégalement répartis sur les territoires. Voir l'article...
Universities should increase transparency in admissions
Universities will be forced to come clean to prospective students about the real Australian Tertiary Admission Rank cut-offs for their courses, following recommendations to the Turnbull government from the nation's top higher education panel, writes Matthew Knott for The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more...
Record foreign student numbers find jobs on graduating
A record number of foreign students took jobs in Japan immediately after graduating from universities and vocational schools last year, according to recently released Justice Ministry data, reports The Japan Times. Read more...
Students call for protection of undocumented students
Students at colleges across the country planned and held demonstrations to pressure their universities to protect undocumented students when Donald Trump becomes president, writes Susan Svrluga for The Washington Post. Read more...
International students top one million for first time
By Mary Beth Marklein. US universities enrolled 1,043,839 foreign students last year, and 313,415 US students studied abroad in 2014-15, the latest year for which that dataset is available, according to Open Doors, released by the non-profit Institute of International Education or IIE. Read more...
Rectors seek more responsibility for quality assurance
By Michael Gardner. The German Rectors’ Conference or HRK has presented proposals for a new accreditation system for study programmes. Read more...
What direction next for university rankings?
By Waldemar Siwinski. There are clear signs that a new order is emerging in the sphere of academic ranking. Over the past years rankings have stormed the higher education world and changed it or, at least, changed its image. Read more...
Why the world needs a new model for universities
By Safwan M Masri. Civil conflict, terrorism and public health scares are only some of the concerns causing unprecedented disruptions across communities worldwide. These crises take on greater immediacy and importance today due to their increasingly global nature. Read more...
International educators build bridges, not walls
By Rahul Choudaha. Many international educators who dedicate their professional lives to building bridges of mutual respect and trust around the world are still processing the impact of this jolt. Broadly speaking, internationalisation is about infusing diverse perspectives and experiences from nations and cultures on all aspects of higher education. Read more...