By . The government has ruled out an urgent review of the sustainability of the student loans system despite being advised to do so by a group of MPs. More...
Bean warns universities over digital ‘irrelevance’
By . Open University chief uses parting message to urge continued innovation. Universities in the UK risk becoming irrelevant and would be acting irresponsibly if they fail to embrace new education technologies, the vice-chancellor of the Open University has said. More...
Poorer students ‘less likely to graduate with a good degree’
By . Students from poorer backgrounds are more likely to drop out from university and less likely to graduate with a good degree, according to research. More...
Overall value of big donations to universities falls
By . But higher education still biggest recipient of major gifts...
The annual Million Pound Donors Report from the bank Coutts puts the total value of seven- and eight-figure donations to the sector during 2013 at £552.1 million, compared with £570 million during the previous year. More...
Living wage in universities ‘demonstrates HE's values’
By . Universities must pay the living wage if they wish to be seen as a force for good in their communities, a senior academic has argued. More...
Online learning at school 'prepares students for university'
By . Studying a subject online for two years at secondary school prepares young people for the learning expectations of university, research has found. More...
Universities caught up in overhaul of foreign workers program
By Rosanna Tamburri. Universities say recent changes to the temporary foreign worker program make it hard for them to hire the right academics for the post.
The federal government revised the program this summer following news reports that temporary foreign workers were displacing Canadian employees at some workplaces. More...
L'APEC propose un simulateur d'entretien de recrutement en ligne
L'APEC propose en ligne, pour les demandeurs d'emploi, un simulateur d'entretien au recrutement.
L’entretien démarre avec des questions du recruteur (sur 11 types d’items : passé professionnel ; compétences ; motif de candidature ; formation ; personnalité ; situation personnelle ; activités extra-professionnelles ; prétentions salariales ; projet professionnel ; motivations ; conclusion de l’entretien). A l’issue de chaque réponse formulée par le candidat, des conseils APEC via un coach virtuel sont prodigués. Les conseils pratiques sont nombreux et viennent aider concrètement les internautes à se préparer à un entretien en mode réel.
Voir le simulateur d'entretien au recrutement. Voir l'article...
Will Canada Job Grant skills-training funding do the trick?
By Guy Dixon. The Canada Job Grant has been billed as a new boon in skills training. But colleges aren’t so sure.
It should be the perfect fit, with the federal and provincial governments providing new financial assistance to entice employers to get more workers trained. Skills-teaching, especially in industry-relevant areas, is, of course, the raison d’être of colleges. More...
How research can reshape Canada’s workplace culture
By Antonia Maioni. Any professor in the social sciences and humanities will tell you that women outnumber men in their classrooms. But have you ever asked an executive to count the number of women in an airport during peak business travel times? Female enrollment surpassed that of men in Canadian universities years ago, but is this reflected in corporate, political, public service, and scholarly power structures? The short answer is no. The long answer, though, suggests that women have been quietly redefining and renegotiating professional boundaries and career progression trajectories. More...