This EUA Webinar will look at these questions in relation to a forthcoming document from the EUA Council for Doctoral Education entitled “Taking Salzburg Forward” (referring to the Salzburg Principles and Recommendations). This document, which will be published later this month, gives recommendations related to the current state of doctoral education as well as its future. In particular, it refers to digitalisation, open access, research ethics and integrity, and the globalisation of doctoral education. More...
Dutch Presidency issues Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science
On the occasion of the two-day conference “Open Science – From Vision to Action” organised by Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker as part of the Netherlands EU Presidency, the “Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science” was released on 6 April 2016.
The action plan includes specific objectives to accelerate the transition to open science in Europe. More...
EC info day on health, demographic change and wellbeing in Horizon 2020
On 8 July 2016, the Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission will organise an info day in Brussels on the calls for proposals focused on health, demographic change and wellbeing under the societal challenges pillar of Horizon 2020. More...
Educating at home: what can we learn
However, while educational reforms in Europe push towards earlier and longer schooling, some people make a deliberate choice to educate their children at home. In the past, this was the case for the parents of Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, Thomas Edison, and Pierre Curie, among many world famous personalities, testifying that learning at home could be as beneficial as learning at school. Today's research evidence, mostly from the US, also indicates that home educated children nowadays perform as well as school educated ones, if not better. More...
EPALE Migrant Education Week
The current migration crisis has emphasised the vital role of adult education in supporting the integration and skills development of migrants across the European Union. More...
EU making solid progress towards key targets on early school leaving and tertiary education
New data from Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, shows that, on average, EU countries are on track to meet education targets for early school leaving and tertiary education. More...
Séance académique "20 ans de formations universitaires en formation continue au Luxembourg organisées pas la CSL"
Le 17 mars 2016 le Luxembourg Lifelong Learning Center a organisé, au Cercle municipal, une séance académique à l’occasion des 20 ans de formation continue universitaire au Luxembourg. Afin de souligner l’importance de la formation continue universitaire la remise des diplômes universitaires a également eu lieu à cette occasion. Voir l'article...
La bière de l’IUT d’Avignon
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Communiqué de presse. Fin mars 2016, trois étudiants en Génie Biologique à l’Université d’Avignon ont reçu les premiers prix pour meilleure bière et meilleur dossier lors du concours inter-IUT des industries alimentaires et biologiques Déf’IAB 2016. Leur production, baptisée La cascadeuse, Bière Blonde de fermentation haute, a été créée de toutes pièces, en quelques mois. Voir l'article...
A European quality framework for apprenticeships
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launched a European quality framework for apprenticeships at a conference on 14 April. Cedefop Director James Calleja praised the initiative saying that the focus on quality emphasises the need for high standards, a professional approach and a relevant context in which learners experience a combination of real work and education and training. More...
Reconnaissance des diplômes des réfugiés - CIEP- Centre ENIC-NARIC
Le CIEP et le centre ENIC NARIC proposent sur leur site internet un intéressant document présentant les actions menées par le centre ENIC NARIC France en faveur de la reconnaissance des diplômes des réfugiés. Le document proposé ici poursuit par des exemples d'initiatives menées dans d'autres pays européens, tel que la Suède, la Norvège, les Pays Bas. Voir l'article...
