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10 mars 2013

Lessons in English in UAE schools 'violation of constitution' FNC told

The NationalBy Wafa Issa. Teaching in Arabic should be compulsory in state universities, Federal National Council members and linguistic and educational experts have urged.
Lessons taught in Englsh are "a clear violation of the country's constitution", said Jamal Al Mehiri, a cultural adviser in the Dubai government. Article 7 of the Constitution states that "the official language of the federation is Arabic", he said.
"I am asking that the FNC require UAE universities and schools to teach in Arabic, otherwise we will take to court any university that imposes English on our children. Read more...
10 mars 2013

New director appointed at beleaguered Sciences Po

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Jane Marshall. Frédéric Mion, general secretary of the Canal Plus audiovisual group, has been appointed as director of the Parisian Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po.
His appointment takes place after a difficult year for the institute, which started with the sudden death last April of its head, Richard Descoings, and included a scathing report by the state auditor on its financial management during Descoings’ time as director.
Mion (43) is a graduate of Sciences Po, as well as of two of France’s most elite grandes écoles: the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and ENA, the École Nationale d’Administration. He also studied at Princeton University in the United States.
He is a member of the Council of State, France’s highest legal body, and became general secretary of Canal Plus in 2007. Previous posts included, in the early 2000s, advisor to socialist education minister Jack Lang, and he was a member of the Attali commission on the harmonisation of European diplomas. Read more...
10 mars 2013

Universities are trying to woo Northern students

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Matt Krupnick. Latin American universities are taking steps to attract English-speaking students who may have ignored the region previously, by offering more courses in English and seeking accreditation in the United States. Universities from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego are part of an increased push to make campuses more inviting for students from the northern hemisphere, said Fernando Leon Garcia, president of Mexico’s private university, CETYS – Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superio. Read more...
10 mars 2013

Online courses gain popularity at Chinese universities

Global TimesThe trend of learning through open online courses has made its way to China as more of the country's top universities unveil public courses, and the first cross-university open class for college students in Shanghai kicked off on Tuesday night.
The city's university course-sharing platform formally began registering students from 30 schools in the municipality, and the course "Introduction to Philosophy," offered by Professor Wang Defeng with Fudan University (FDU), became the first-ever cross-university public course, welcoming 1,072 students Tuesday. 
Wang's first lecture was broadcast live online Tuesday. Registered students at other universities could log on to watch it. 
"It took quite some effort to register for Wang's class. We call him the Prince of Philosophy," one student wrote on Weibo. Read more...
10 mars 2013

Brazil’s academic capitalism vs Venezuela’s populism

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Katherine Forestier. Latin America is beginning to fall into two distinct higher education camps, with some countries pursuing ‘academic capitalism’ – including collaborations with rich countries of the North rather than within the region – and other countries preferring a more populist route, an international higher education conference heard this week. Orlando Albornoz of Universidad Central de Venezuela described Latin America as divided into nations following academic capitalism such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, versus those preferring academic populism: Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
In a provocative speech at the British Council’s Going Global 2013 conference in Dubai from 4-6 March, Albornoz criticised Brazil in particular for following the academic capitalism path and as being “a good example of what should not be done”. Read more...
10 mars 2013

What motivates Brits and Americans to study abroad?

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Yojana Sharma. Students from the UK and US have different reasons for overseas study. British students say a major motivation is to work abroad and prepare for a career with international companies, while most US students view a period abroad as an opportunity to travel and explore other cultures, with less emphasis on the academic experience or job prospects afterwards. Despite the oft-repeated notion that students in these English-speaking countries lack foreign language skills, four out of five respondents considering overseas study from both countries said they felt confident using a foreign language – and of the top 10 overseas study destinations chosen by UK and US students, seven were non-English-speaking countries. Nonetheless 29% of UK students considering studying overseas said the US was their first choice destination, while 22% of US students chose the UK, according to a new British Council survey, Broadening Horizons: Breaking through the barriers to overseas study, released on Wednesday during the council’s Going Global conference in Dubai. Read more...
10 mars 2013

Higher education as soft power in the age of autonomy

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Yojana Sharma. Higher education is often seen as playing a ‘soft power’ role in international relations. But it is not easy for governments to co-opt universities, and soft power can be both positive and negative, an international higher education conference in Dubai heard this week.
Dorothea Rüland, secretary general of Germany’s Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), said at the British Council’s Going Global conference on 5 March that using higher education for soft power had become more difficult, despite the growing importance of the sector.
In a panel on “Soft Power: Higher education and cultural diplomacy”, delegates heard that the emergence on the scene of new players such as China had changed the landscape of soft power using higher education, which had previously been based on the strength of a country’s higher education and research sectors. Read more...
10 mars 2013

Higher education hubs – Why do we want them?

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Katherine Forestier and Yojana Sharma. Significant planning and investment have been devoted to developing higher education hubs around the world, but the reasons that drive host countries to set up areas that can attract foreign branch campuses can be diverse, a global higher education conference heard this week. Among the key motivations are to internationalise and modernise the higher education sector in the host country, develop a skilled workforce and retain students, attract foreign direct investment and increase the country’s economic competitiveness, and enhance geopolitical status using soft power, according to Jane Knight, adjunct professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, at the University of Toronto. Hubs can be classified into three types: those that want to attract international students; talent development; and knowledge and innovation. Read more...
10 mars 2013

En Guadeloupe, un EPA gérera la formation professionnelle

http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpgSur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques.Plus de deux ans et demi après avoir suivi le dossier sur le plan juridique (voir En Guadeloupe, un établissement public régional de formation professionnelle), nous revenons en Guadeloupe pour suivre le devenir de l’ex-AFPA, conduite dans le mur par l’incurie de ses responsables, grâce aux précieuses informations diffusées par le CARIF-OREF.
On peut s’interroger sur le choix d’un EPA, et non d’un EPIC, car à l’évidence il y a dans les activités que réalisera cet établissement public des activités à caractère industriel et commercial, et pas seulement des activités à caractère administratif. A moins que les spécificités de l’outre-mer autorisant un statut particulier pour cet établissement permettent aussi d’échapper aux régles de base qui, en métropole, régissent la formation professionnelle? Article entier...
http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/abherve/files/abherve.jpg The blog of Michael Abhervé for Economic Alternatives. More than two and a half years after completion of the folder on the legal (see In Guadeloupe, a public regional vocational training), we return to Guadeloupe to follow the fate of the former AFPA, driving into the wall by misconduct of its officers, thanks to valuable information disseminated by the CARIF-OREF. More...
10 mars 2013

Nouveau statut, nouveau nom pour la formation: Guadeloupe formation

Guadeloupe FormationCréé dans l’urgence pour palier la liquidation de l’Afpa Guadeloupe, le Centre régional de formation professionnelle (CRFFP) disparaît à son tour.
En, lieu et place, un établissement public administratif de formation professionnelle lui succède, il s’appellera Guadeloupe formation. Cette nouvelle structure relavant du privé, disposera de moyens juridiques adaptés pour gérer l’orientation « des jeunes et des adultes à la recherche d’un emploi ».
La collectivité régionale s’est donc attelée à la tâche et a tenté de dénicher la forme administrative à la plus adaptée aux défis actuels. Apparemment, ce serait celle relative aux établissements publics administratifs (EPA). Le nouvel EPA sera chargé:
•    D’organiser et de gérer le réseau des centres et points d’information et de conseils sur la VAE en contribuant à assurer l’assistance aux candidats à la VAE;
•    D’organiser des actions de répondant aux besoins de formation en élaborant une offre de formations certifiantes;
•    De gérer ses centres de formations et ses dispositifs d’hébergement;
•    Ou en encore de mener des activités de recherche, d’étude, d’évaluation, de prospective, d’ingénierie et de formation des formateurs au bénéfice de tous les opérateurs de la formation professionnelle.
Parmi les élus amenés à siéger au sein de cette nouvelle structure pour gérer la formation: la présidente de Région Josette Borel-Lincertin, Justine Bénin (pour sa compétence en matière de formation professionnelle), André Attalah (président de la commission éducation), Jocelyn Mirre (président de la commission du développement économique), Philippe Ramdini (président de la commission jeunesse et président des missions locales), ainsi qu’Hèlène Polifonte (présidente de la commission tourisme et continuité territoriale).
Source: France-Antilles, n°12908, lundi 18 février 2013, 3p.
Guadeloupe FormationCruthaithe faoi leachtú tuirlingthe éigeandála ar an Guadalúip AFPA, imíonn Ionad Oiliúna Réigiúnach Gairmoideachais (CRFFP) freisin.
I, ina ionad sin, éiríonn oiliúint riaracháin phoiblí, beidh sé ar a dtugtar oiliúint Guadalúip. Seo relavant phríobháideach nua struchtúr a bheidh, tá modhanna dlíthiúla a bhainistiú treoshuíomh "daoine óga agus daoine fásta ag lorg i gcomhair poist." Níos mó...
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