Two meetings meetings will be held in May 2016 under the ESPAQ project - Enhancing Student Participation in Quality Assurance in Armenia Higher Education.
The third ESPAQ management meeting will take place between 17-18 May 2016. It will be hosted by the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) at the International Projects Centre, 128 Nalbandyan street, 0025 in Yerevan. More...
The European Students’ Union welcomes the steps forward to make EU education systems more accessible to non-EU students. Yesterday, the European Parliament approved harmonised EU entry and residence rules for non-EU students – a new Visa Directive that will ensure that non-EU students have the right to stay at least 9 months after finishing their studies; the right to move within the EU during their stay and the right to work at least 15 hours a week. More...
By Marina Bradbury. Would you like a machine to decide on your medical treatment, whether you could insure your house, if you should be hired, or what news stories you read? It may be happening to you already. Every time you go online to make a purchase, search for a restaurant, access your bank account or simply interact with your mobile device, you are creating a digital trail of data that is being tracked and stored. This “big data” is fodder for machine learning algorithms that will for example suggest what to buy. More...
By Monika Queisser. The push for policies to improve gender equality at the global level is getting new impetus through the Sustainable Development Goals. SDG No. 5 is devoted to gender equality and aims to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. More...
By OECD Statistics Directorate. Economic growth (GDP) always gets a lot of attention, but when it comes to determining how people are doing it’s interesting to look at other indicators that focus more on the actual material conditions of households. This blog looks at a number of alternative indicators to see how households in Canada are faring. More...
By Annis Turner. A combination of political pressure, supply chain transparency regulations and consumer demand has caused an explosion of ethical supply chain initiatives over the last 15 years for everything from palm oil and coffee, gold and diamonds to cotton, clothing and shoes. Until very recently the antiquities market has been largely left out of these discussions. More...
By Viktoria Kis. Seven years is the right length for apprenticeships – thought Queen Elizabeth I of England as she lifted her feather to sign the Statute of Apprentices in 1563. Seven years would ensure that everyone benefits: apprentices would receive good training and masters would gain from their apprentices’ labour – although it must be admitted that back then, many apprentices died before finishing their training or ran away from masters who starved them. More...
By Andreas Schleicher. In the 2012 PISA test, urban students in Latvia outperformed rural students by the equivalent of more than a year of schooling – half a year more than the average performance difference between these two groups of students across OECD countries. According to a new OECD report, Education in Latvia, giving equal access to a quality education, for students of all ages, must be a priority. More...
By Anthony Mann. The benefits of employers engaging with education has long been reported and promoted within policy circles. The UK’s Department for Education, for example, has recently produced guidance for schools stating the need for student learning from the world of work within careers provision. Internationally, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has reported the benefits associated with employer involvement in education. More...
By Dirk Van Damme. There are few issues in education that raise as much political and ideological controversy as tuition fees for higher education. Across many countries a broad consensus has developed that public education in the age of compulsory schooling should be free of charge. More...
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