Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Communiqué Pour Paris 8 sur les "lettres d’attention" envoyées par Madame Bonnafous, DGSIP, à la Présidente de l’Université Paris 8 et au Président de l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre le 24 avril 2014. Lire la chronique du 5 mai 2014 : Diktats de Simone Bonnafous. Voir l'article complet...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Évaluation et Autoévaluation des universités en Europe, rapport de recherche pour la Commission Européenne, 31 juillet 1998, 241 pages.
Du 1er février 1996 au 31 juillet 1998, j’ai été coordinateur de cette recherche menée dans 8 pays de l’Europe (11 équipes de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, environ 50 chercheurs ; un budget d’un million d’Écus). Ci-dessous : le résumé de la recherche. Les recommandations (en conclusion du rapport) demeurent d’actualité. Elles n’ont cependant pas anticipé les dérives de l’évaluation : l’évaluationnite, la priorité donnée aux indicateurs de performance quantitatifs et le pilotage des universités par ces indicateurs, la pression à publier, mise sur les enseignants-chercheurs (H Index), l’accentuation de la crise financière… Pour aller plus loin : 125 chroniques du blog sur l’évaluation. Voir l'article complet...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Suite des chroniques sur la Nouvelle Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire de Strasbourg (BNUS). Trois dossiers cruciaux dans lesquels Albert Poirot, administrateur, s’est investi, avec les personnels de son établissement au cours de ces dernières années : chantier de la restauration complète du bâtiment de la place de la République, inauguré en 1895 (l’Alsace était alors dans l’Empire allemand), celui du contrat de site 2013-2017 et de la convention d’association avec l’université de Strasbourg, celui du Schéma directeur de la documentation universitaire pour le site alsacien. Voir l'article complet...
By Seo Young-ji. “I reject a university where injustice is rampant.” It was the afternoon of May 7, and a university student was shouting at the main gate of Chung-Ang University in Seoul’s Heukseok neighborhood. The university has undergone rapid restructuring since it was acquired by the Doosan Group in 2008. Now it has begun making “incursions” into areas that have hitherto been up to the students themselves to decide. Students who have criticized the moves have reportedly been stigmatized and repressed. For Kim Chang-in, a 24-year-old third-year philosophy student, dropping out was a last-ditch show of resistance. More...
By Sara Sabry. It is the front-runner to produce such a classification in the Arab world, official says. Abu Dhabi: “I don’t know which university to go” is something many students in the UAE often say due to the lack of a university ranking system in the country. However, a system is soon to be introduced. It will be a valuable reference tool for thousands of students in the country and bring vital comparative information into the public domain, a top official told Gulf News during the Quacquarelli Symonds Middle East and North Africa Professional Leaders in Education (QS MAPLE) conference. More...
University fellows with a PhD in maths or physics are being offered thousands of pounds in extra wages and benefits to become school teachers in England.
Under a programme joint-funded by the government and businesses they would receive a benefits and salary package of up to £40,000 a year for two years.
Other postdoctoral teacher trainees start on a minimum salary of £17,000. More...
By Tim Dodd. Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has come out strongly in support of allowing Australia's universities and colleges to compete on price by deregulating what fees they can charge students.
In a speech on Thursday that sets the scene for the biggest reforms to higher education in a generation to be announced in the budget, Mr Pyne will say that price competition, freedom from red tape, and giving transparent information to students about study options are critical to improving Australia's higher education system. Read more...
By Adam Fish, The Conversation. Universities and researchers all over the world have a problem with Microsoft. It’s not just that the company forces expensive and dated software on customers. Using products like Microsoft’s email service Outlook is potentially in breach of the ethical contracts researchers sign when they promise to safeguard the privacy of their subjects.By Wagdy Sawahel. The pace of global change in the higher education sector has been so fast and transformational in recent years that the sector’s usual responses will not suffice. Transformational responses are required to stay ahead of the game, particularly in the area of student engagement and retention. Read more...By Jüri Allik. The model of scientific publishing where the reader pays for the costs of publishing seems abnormal. It is clear that new knowledge is mainly beneficial to the public. As most science is done with the taxpayer’s money, it would be expected that all scientific results achieved with such support must be publicly available. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
