By . University leadership and policy wonks excitedly await the results of yearly university rankings. Part of the excitement is waning, however, due to the same (old) institutions being listed every year. In the EAIE Barometer study, 35% of practitioners indicated that improving international reputation or position in rankings is one of the top three reasons for internationalising. More...
Refugee qualifications: European guidelines
By . This week on the EAIE blog, we are highlighting the spring issue of Forum magazine on the theme of ‘Internationalisation in a conflicted world’. In our highly interconnected world, conflict increasingly affects us all. How internationalisation professionals cope with this reality is a key question in our daily practice. Today’s author stresses the international legally-binding rights of refugees to have their qualifications evaluated when documentation is missing, and provides a summary of European guidelines on how to cope. More...
Guaranteeing student safety and liberties as a hosting university
By . This week on the EAIE blog, we are highlighting the spring issue of Forum magazine on the theme of ‘Internationalisation in a conflicted world’. Conflict comes in many shapes and sizes and perhaps always has. Yet, in our highly interconnected world, conflict increasingly affects us all. How internationalisation professionals cope with conflict in its many forms becomes a key question in our daily practice. Yesterday on the blog, an author discussed pre-departure questions from students regarding participating in student protests abroad. More...
Guaranteeing student safety and liberties as a sending university
By . This week on the EAIE blog, we are highlighting the spring issue of Forum magazine on the theme of ‘Internationalisation in a conflicted world’. Conflict comes in many shapes and sizes and perhaps always has. Yet, in our highly interconnected world, conflict increasingly affects us all. How internationalisation professionals cope with conflict in its many forms becomes a key question in our daily practice. More...
Internationalisation in a conflicted world
By . This entire week on the EAIE blog, we are highlighting the spring issue of Forum magazine on the topic of ‘Internationalisation in a conflicted world’. Conflict comes in many shapes and sizes and perhaps always has. Yet, in our highly interconnected world, conflict increasingly affects us all. How internationalisation professionals cope with conflict in its many forms becomes a key question in our daily practice. More...
Signature d’une convention de partenariat entre le CIEP et l'Institut du monde arabe
Jack Lang, président de l’Institut du monde arabe (IMA), et Daniel Assouline, directeur du Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP), ont signé le 14 décembre 2015 une convention de partenariat dans le domaine de l’évaluation appliquée à la langue arabe. Les deux établissements vont ainsi développer conjointement un test de positionnement de compétence en langue arabe, ainsi qu’un diplôme d’arabe.
Paris universities deny claim of ‘lottery’ for medical students
The governing body of universities in the Paris region has denied a report published Thursday in respected daily Le Monde that medical schools will resort to a lottery system to choose from an overflow of first-year students.
According to the story in Le Monde, medical schools in the Paris region have become so popular that they could no longer cope with the sky-high number of applications. More...
New 'all-gender' washrooms set to open at University of Ottawa
By Trevor Pritchard - CBC News. Members of the University of Ottawa's social sciences department are in the final stages of setting up two "all-gender" washrooms designed for more than one person at a time — washrooms believed to be the first of their kind in the city.
The two washrooms will be located on the 11th floor of the university's social science building, home to the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies. More...
iTEP begins English language testing in Iran
By Beckie Smith. The International Test of English Proficiency has been granted a special education exemption to the US trade embargo by the US Treasury Department to open the exam centres in Tabriz and Tehran. More...
La reconnaissance des diplômes des réfugiés : quel dispositif pour une reconnaissance souple et adaptée ?
Le CIEP – Centre ENIC-NARIC France organise une journée d’échange de bonnes pratiques sur la reconnaissance des diplômes des réfugiés. Cette rencontre a pour objectif de lancer une réflexion commune sur les procédures à adopter pour l’évaluation des diplômes des réfugiés, en référence à l’art. 7 de la Convention de Lisbonne.
L’objectif est de trouver une approche commune et de sensibiliser l’ensemble de ces acteurs à la question de l’évaluation des certifications des réfugiés obtenues dans leurs pays d’origine, leur facilitant ainsi mobilité et intégration sociale et professionnelle.
Cette journée réunit plusieurs acteurs concernés par l’intégration des réfugiés : établissements d’enseignement supérieur, administrations publiques, Commission Européenne, Conseil de l’Europe, l’Unesco ainsi que des organisations non gouvernementales. Voir l'article...