This short guide, created as part of a Grundtvig learning partnership: AEPT 2020 - Adult Education Pathways Towards 2020 - is a presentation of principles underlining good practices of adult lifelong learning with a special focus on senior learners. These principles are strictly related to the concept of motivation – the unique, driving force behind any form of learning. OEE Editorial. More...
Public universities to aid revitalization
The government plans to embark on a local revitalization plan that enlists the help of municipality-run public universities in fighting depopulation outside of metropolitan areas, according to sources.
By creating industries that draw on university research capabilities and raising the profile of local public universities to boost student enrollment, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry aim to prevent an outflow of young people from nonurban areas to big cities when they enter or graduate from university. More...
UK universities' minister Greg Clark in India to 'welcome' students
Hit by a drop in Indian students in its universities due to stricter visa regime, the UK is sending a minister to India this week to reverse the unwelcoming image of Britain.
Minister for Science and Universities, Greg Clark, will lead a delegation of prominent UK university vice-chancellors to Delhi this week to address the growing unwelcoming image of Britain among Indian students due to a stricter visa regime. More...
More university students means more drop-outs, claims senior vice-chancellor
By . Drop-out rates at university will rise as a result of the Government's plan to lift the cap on student recruitment, one of the country's leading university vice-chancellors has warned.Professor Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, said he feared a growing number of universities would be forced to merge as competition for places increased. Read more...
For-profit colleges sue Obama admin over 'irrational' new guidelines
By Claire Zillman. The schools have asked a judge to reject the new regulation, which bases for-profit colleges’ access to federal loan programs on graduates’ debt load.
The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, a trade group that represents for-profit colleges, sued the United States Department of Education and Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday over rules the Obama administration released last week that penalize career training programs for burdening students with massive debt while offering few job prospects. More...
Minimising brain drain – The pros and cons
Role of universities in the fight against corruption
The Poznan Declaration is a first important step for higher education in joining governments, businesses and civil society in the global fight against corruption. And it is high time to do so. Read more...