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9 juin 2014

'Admit state school pupils to university with lower grades'

By Graeme Paton. Research commissioned by the Department for Education says that universities should accept pupils from comprehensives with lower entry grades than students from state grammars and private schools. Read more...

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9 juin 2014

20 new ideas from UK universities that will change the world

By Chris Parr. A “magic carpet” that protects the elderly from falls and clothing that detects cancer risk among ground-breaking higher education research projects. The theme of Universities Week 2014, which started today and runs until 15 June 2014, is the relevance of university research and its everyday impact on our lives. More...

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9 juin 2014

Brazil passes goal for education as World Cup looms

By Isabel López Ruiz. Brazil will aim to be spend 10 per cent of GDP on education within a decade after a national plan was passed by the country’s main legislature. The National Congress of Brazil passed the National Education Plan (Plan Nacional de Educação, PNE) on 3 June, around four years after the proposal was initially tabled by the Ministry for Education. More...

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9 juin 2014

Bright comprehensive pupils ‘just as likely’ to reach 'high status' unis

By Jack Grove. DfE report suggests grammar schools appear not to have huge influence on HE path once background taken into account. Bright pupils who go to comprehensive schools are almost just as likely to attend a high-status university as grammar school children with similar backgrounds, a study says. More...

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9 juin 2014

Forget about impact factors – the revolution is upon us!

By Brianne Kent - The Black Hole. Publication in high impact journals often drives both the experiments and the career trajectory of early career researchers. Hardly a day goes by in the lab without somebody lamenting the peer review system or the latest rejection (or acceptance!) in Cell, Science or Nature. It is the source of much consternation and last week the University of Cambridge’s Graduate Student and Postdoc Forum (GRASP) hosted an evening discussion to try and identify a way forward for young researchers to help change the system. More...

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9 juin 2014

Cutting down your resume is not the end of the world

By Liz Koblyk. For a mere two to three pages of text, your cover letter and resume can cause a lot of heartbreak. This is especially the case if you are looking for your first non-academic job.
Cutting down your CV, and condensing or even eliminating your academic experience in order to create a focused resume can be painful. More...

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9 juin 2014

OISE explains its decision to drop BEd programs

By Moira MacDonald. Some education deans are concerned about fairness and repercussions on their programs.
One of the country’s largest teacher education programs turned heads in early May with an announcement that it will drop its bachelor degree programs and return to its roots as a graduate studies institution. More...

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9 juin 2014

Social media use is sporadic among researchers

By Marie Lambert-Chan. Montreal conference assesses science’s presence on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.
Blogging, tweeting and posting photos on Instagram do not come naturally to researchers, who are more comfortable communicating the results of their labours in scientific journals, seminars, conferences and traditional media.
This insight emerged from the presentation “#Science in #Social Media: Love it, or : ) 404 Error?” at the 82nd Conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) held this year in Montreal. More...

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9 juin 2014

Careers for PhDs a big topic at this year’s Congress

By Natalie Samson. Panel urges Canadians to reconsider the aim of grad studies in humanities.
Humanities and social sciences graduate programs, their faculty members and administrators, aren’t doing enough to prepare students for life post-PhD. That was one message to come out of this year’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, hosted at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., from May 24 to 30. A four-person panel representing the Future of Graduate Training in the Humanities Project, sponsored by several partners including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, discussed its White Paper on the Future of the PhD in Humanities, published late last year. More...

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9 juin 2014

L'EPIDE lance son nouveau site internet

Depuis 9 ans l'EPIDE propose dans le paysage de l'insertion des jeunes publics éloignés de l'emploi une offre de service à caractère originale par une pédagogie adaptée et permettant aux jeunes d'être acteur de leur avenir mais aussi celui de la société. Aujourd'hui l'EPIDE lance son nouveau site internet pour ainsi se doter d'un nouvel outil de communication plus moderne et fonctionnel, conforme aux nouveaux modes de communication digitaux et consultable sur smartphone et tablette.

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