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By Marielk. We are pleased to forward you a call for chapters for the book “Higher Education and Contemporary Challenges”, edited by Filipa M. Ribeiro (University of Porto, Portugal), Yurgos Politis (University College Dublin, Ireland), and Bojana Culum (University of Rijeka, Croatia).
The book will be published by IGI Global in the Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series that encompasses all research dealing with higher education pedagogy, development, and curriculum design, as well as all areas of professional development, regardless of focus.
The following research questions form the core of this book:

• What is and/or should be HE’s role in today’s society?
• How is HE influencing the understanding of social issues by students, policy-makers and even HE researchers?
• How can we improve the distribution of research?
• How can young researchers cope with the emergent standards in HE research and with the changes in the nature of knowledge itself?

Proposal deadline November 15, the proposal should clearly explain the topic of the chapter as well as how it fits with the book theme.
Read more about the outline of the book, suggested research themes as well as the procedures for submitting the proposals by downloading the call for proposals here (pdf).

Author:     Smith, Mark; Piasna, Agnieszka; Burchell, Brendan; Rubery, Jill; Rafferty, Anthony; Rose, Janna; Carter, Lauren
Summary:     Despite much legislative progress in gender equality over the past 40 years, there are still gender gaps across many aspects of the labour market. Inequalities are still evident in areas such as access to the labour market, employment patterns and associated working conditions. This report explores gender differences across several dimensions of working conditions, examining relevant country differences, analysing the different occupational groups of both men and women, and comparing the public and private sectors. It also looks at the impact of the crisis on gender segregation in employment. Based on findings from the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), conducted in 2010, the analysis offers a striking picture of women and men at work across 34 European countries today.
An executive summary is also available.
Pages:     104
Document type:     Report
Reference:     ef1349
Published:     24 October, 2013
Download PDF: EN.

In September 2011 a regional meeting of Ministers of Education was held in Kyiv under the Ukrainian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Following on from the success of this meeting, the 2^nd regional meeting of Ministers of Education on the Implementation of the European Higher Education Area was held in Strasbourg on 22-23 November 2012.
The third regional meeting of Ministers of Education on the implementation of the European Higher Education Area was held in Yerevan under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 17-18 October 2013. The meeting was co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, the Council of Europe and the European Students’ Union. In comparison to previous meetings, it also included delegations from the countries of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation. The meeting was attended by the delegations of Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as well as by observer organisations.
The meeting focused on different parts of the Bologna structural higher education reform process, with a particular focus on the self-certification and implementation of national qualifications frameworks and student participation in the higher education governance.
At the end of the meeting a declaration was adopted.

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Contacts
Council of Europe
Unit for Regional and Bilateral Co-operation
Department of Education
Directorate for Democratic Citizenship and Participation
DG II: Democracy
67075-Strasbourg, France
Ms Katia DOLGOVA-DREYER
katia.dolgova-dreyer@coe.int
Ms Lilit YEGHIAZARYAN
lilit.yeghiazaryan@coe.int

Main documents
- Declaration (in English and in Russian)
- Programme (in English and in Russian)
- Powerpoint and text presentations
Plenary session:
Qualifications Frameworks in the Context of Structural Reforms in the European Higher Education Area by Mr Sjur Bergan, Head of the Education Department
National Qualifications Frameworks: Self-Certification and Beyond Challenges by Mr Stephen Adam, Higher Education Expert
National Qualifications Framework and Recognition of Qualifications by Ms Carita Blomqvist, Chair of the Lisbon Recognition Committee (2007-2013), Finnish National Board of Education
Overview of the Student Participation in the Higher Education Governance by Ms Milica Popovic
Parallel sessions:
Towards the 2015 Bologna Ministerial meeting: main challenges in the implementation of the EHEA by Ms Gayane Harutyunyan, Head of the BFUG Secretariat
Student Participation in Higher Education Institutions Governance by Ms Gabriela Bergan and Mr Tiago Martins
National Policy on Student Participation in Institutional Governance: Yerevan State University case by Mr Ruben Markosyan, Vice-rector of the Yerevan State University
Students’ Participation in the Governance of HEIs: Armenian reality by Mr Sargis Asatryants, Vice-Chairman at Armenian National Student Association

Regional meeting of Ministers of Education on the EHEA implementation to be held in Yerevan
The regional meeting of Ministers of Education on the implementation of the European Higher Education Area will be held in Yerevan under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 17-18 October 2013. The meeting is co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, the Council of Europe and the European Students’ Union. The meeting is open to the delegations of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
The meeting will focus on different parts of the Bologna structural higher education reform process, with a particular focus on the self-certification and implementation of national qualifications frameworks and student participation in the higher education governance.
At the end of the meeting a declaration will be adopted.

• Read the full press release "Kaunas to host Erasmus+ info event for Eastern Partnership countries" (IP/13/987)
• Website of the event: http://www.infodaykaunas.com/