Formation Continue du Supérieur

Par Delphine Jouenne. LE CERCLE. Halte aux idées reçues, le rôle des littéraires au sein des entreprises doit être valorisé, dans un monde formaté qui tente de se réinventer. Oui, les formations littéraires en entreprise peuvent être de vrais atouts!
Non, un étudiant en sciences humaines n’est pas incompétent en entreprise. Il a tout autant conscience, si ce n’est plus, du monde qui l’entoure et de la sphère économique dans laquelle il évolue. Il est capable de s’adapter et d’offrir une autre vision de son travail au sein de l’entreprise. Cependant, rares sont les recruteurs et les dirigeants capables d’appréhender ce type de profil, souvent dédaigné dans le cadre d’un recrutement. Les formations en sciences humaines offrent un fort esprit d’innovation dans un monde de plus en plus formaté. Les entreprises ont tendance à vouloir recruter des profils "écoles de commerce", estimant que ces esprits sont les plus à même de pouvoir "rentrer dans le moule" en étant très vite opérationnels. Or, dans une économie qui se cherche, le renouveau ne pourra se faire que par le recrutement de profils différents, ayant la capacité de proposer des idées neuves. Suite de l'article...

Le président français promet de faciliter les formalités de visa et de créer un bon environnement pour les étudiants chinois.
La France va faciliter les formalités de visa et créer de bonnes conditions de vie et d'études pour attirer davantage d'étudiants chinois, afin d'assurer un brillant avenir à l'amitié sino-française et aux échanges sino-européens, a déclaré vendredi le président français François Hollande dans son discours prononcé à l'Université des Communications de Shanghai.
Les formalités de visa seront accélérées, a promis M. Hollande, en proposant d'établir des "familles chinoises" dans les universités françaises pour rendre service aux étudiants chinois. Selon lui, le renforcement de la coopération sino-française dans les domaines de l'éducation, des technologies et de la santé ainsi que la promotion des échanges entre les jeunes, non seulement contribuent à l'approfondissement de l'amitié et à l'amélioration de la confiance mutuelle, mais répondent aussi au besoin de chercher un nouveau mode de croissance et de faire face aux défis mondiaux.
Actuellement, 35.000 étudiants chinois font leurs études en France, et environ 30.000 élèves français à l'école secondaire apprennent le chinois. Les écoles secondaires donnant des cours de chinois sont de plus en plus prisées par les familles françaises, ce qui signifie que les Français attachent une grande importance aux échanges et à la coopération avec la Chine, a-t-il indiqué.
Avant son discours, M. Hollande a également inauguré l'école d'ingénieurs ParisTech -Université des communications de Shanghai, qui formera des ingénieurs dans le cadre du partenariat entre les deux universités.
M. Hollande est arrivé vendredi après-midi à Shanghai, la seconde étape de sa visite en Chine les 25 et 26 avril.

The Language of Reasons
Today’s post is by international hip hop activist Umar Alim Al-Junaid, author of “The Book on Language Learning: 10 Reasons Why African Americans NEED to Learn a Second Language”
In comparison to the rest of the world, some would say that being born in America has its divine-like advantages, some would argue the opposite. Yet, when it comes to language we can all agree that for the past 300 plus years English has been the most important language of capitalism.
The reasons I wrote “The Book on Language Learning: 10 Reasons Why African Americans NEED To Learn A Second Language” are many, but for now I’m going to give you the top 10, in no particular order.
Cultural Literacy. Cultural literacy means having exchange with other cultures with reflection and through an inclusive knowledge of the world around us. So, I wanted to write a book that celebrates art, history, and experience. Personally, I have found that the best way to do that is by learning the language of a particular culture/s that we find interesting which, in turn, I feel is a an overall celebration of the human family.
Business/Economy. I wanted to write a book that places acquiring a second language of utmost importance for American citizens as it pertains to our current economic situation as a country, but especially for those of us in the African American community who suffer the worst. According to an article by Rakesh Kochhar, Richard Fry, and Paul Taylor for the Pew Research Center “the typical Black household has just $5,677, Hispanic households $6,325 in wealth and the typical White household $113,149”. Keep in mind that this is total assets after debt during the great recession. And considering that careers in language are predicted to grow over the next 10 to 20 years it would be in the US interest to become serious about becoming a bi-lingual society. English is the lingua franca of global business, but for how long? Read more...

Beyond Babel: Linguistic and intercultural skills for tomorrow
Today’s post is written by Anne-Lise Prigent, the editor in charge of education publications at OECD Publishing. Tonight, the OECD is hosting a conference on how multilingualism can improve communication by enriching thought.
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world”, Wittgenstein said. This limit holds for English, the world’s lingua franca. In 2006, the British Council warned that “monoglot English graduates face a bleak economic future as qualified multilingual youngsters from other countries are proving to have a competitive advantage (…) in global companies”.
The world’s economic centre of gravity is shifting, and so is its linguistic landscape, as the OECD’s Trends Shaping Education points out: “English was long the dominant language of the Internet, but that is changing. There are now over 250 languages represented on the Internet, with English, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish making up the top five.”
Mandarin now is the most widely spoken language in the world, followed by English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French. The relative number of English native speakers will decrease whereas Spanish, Hindi and Arabic will soar. The number of non-native English speakers will overtake that of native speakers over the next century.
Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth thinks that languages can help us out of the crisis. She stresses that Europeans need better language skills to answer labour markets’ needs. In 2011, only 42% of European 15-year-olds were competent in their first foreign language, with huge variations between, say, Sweden (82%) and Britain (9%).
In a context of increasing global competition, language skills are becoming crucial. A survey of SMEs found that a significant amount of business is being lost because of inadequate language skills. Read more...

The University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over the failure of government to implement a visitation panel report.
Dr Clement Chup, the Chairman, University of Abuja branch of ASUU, who disclose this at a press conference, said Federal Government's delay in implementing the white paper was not in the interest of the university.
He said the union's resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike followed government's failure to listen to the university's longstanding complaints over governance crisis at institution.
According to him, the specific element of the crisis is the continuing delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the 2012 Presidential Visitation Panel.
Chup said the implementation of the report would no doubt commence the needed cleansing and rebuilding that would bring lasting solution to the crisis in the university. Read more...

By Natalie Stechyson. Post-secondary says new standards even the playing field. The University of Calgary has seen a sharp increase in the number of aboriginal applicants offered coveted medical school spots since the school began a new initiative aimed at levelling the playing field. And those aboriginal students are performing just as well and earning the same grades as their non-aboriginal counterparts, according to new research.
“We’re trying to make a previously uneven playing field even, but what we’re also trying to do very carefully is not slant it in the other direction,” said Dr. Ian Walker, the director of admissions for undergraduate medical education at the University of Calgary.
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By Oliver Staley. During the Cold War, scientists working at the laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology produced ideas and inventions, such as distant early- warning radar and satellite-tracking systems, designed to help the U.S. prevail over the Soviet Union.
Today, MIT is working with the Russians rather than against them.
Just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kremlin, rising from a field once used for agricultural experiments, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology will have a curriculum designed by MIT and financial backing from the Russian government, Bloomberg Markets will report in its June issue. Read more...

My question was based on the fact that Polish is a local language regarded as the world’s fourth hardest, right after Arabic. However, unlike Arabic, it has no use outside of Poland.
Sara was eloquent. She explained: “I didn’t just choose this country for its natural beauty and wonderful cities, only. After all, Germany is right next door, and has similar merits, plus the more global language and image.
“After much research, I saw that European and German students found Polish universities, especially in medicine, science and technology, superb.  They are right. Education here is that good. Did you know that Jagiellonian University was established in 1364, in Kraków City. It is the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world. Read more...

Das sind zentrale Ergebnisse der Studie "Wandel von Lehre und Studium an deutschen Hochschulen - Erfahrungen und Sichtweisen der Lehrenden (LESSI)", die das International Centre for Higher Education Research der Universität Kassel (INCHER-Kassel) im Auftrag des Projekts nexus der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) mit Sitz in Bad Godesberg durchgeführt hat.
Etwas mehr als die Hälfte der befragten Lehrenden ist jedoch mit den Veränderungen von Lehre und Studium unzufrieden. Kritikpunkte sind unter anderem die stärkere Verschulung des Studiums beziehungsweise eine Einschränkung der eigenen Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre. Mehr...