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4 janvier 2013

Humanities students need to apply their knowledge, too

Why are programs with names like “Team builders” only for business students? by Peg Tittle. While reading about our university’s participation in Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE (recently renamed Enactus), it occured to me to wonder why such an endeavour is undertaken only by business students. The program is described as one in which “leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders” (from Wikipedia).
Consider the projects listed below – and then imagine the alternatives:
“Team Builders” led team-building exercises during a weekend program at the YMCA. Imagine if sociology students tried team-building. I think it might be quite different than the exercises undertaken by business students.
“Junior Tycoons” were high school students presented with a basic business plan. Why not present “Junior Diplomats” with a plan for redesigning recess, based on insights from political science, history, and psychology?
“Budgeting for Mental Health Patients.” How about "Philosophy for Mental Health Patients"?
Enactus projects, which train students to apply their knowledge outside academia and also increase the visibility of business in the outside world, probably contribute to the strangle-hold that business activities and business interests have on the world. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

White working class boys could be treated like ethnic minorities by universities, says minister

By Rosa Silverman. White working class boys are so under-represented at universities that they may need to be treated like ethnic minorities when it comes to recruiting students, a government minister has suggested. The number of boys applying to university courses has fallen dramatically and more must be done to ensure they sign up, David Willetts argued. The universities minister said there was no reason why white working class boys should not be targeted in the same way as other disadvantaged groups by the Office for Fair Access (Offa).
The university access watchdog "can look at a range of disadvantaged groups – social class and ethnicity, for instance – when it comes to access agreements, so I don't see why they couldn't look at white, working-class boys," he said.
The minister plans to discuss the issue of making white working class boys a target group for recruitment in university access agreements with Professor Les Ebdon, the director of Offa. Universities have to sign the agreements to receive permission to charge higher fees. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

University is not the only option for gifted school leavers

By Andrew Marszal. There are many alternative, and often cheaper, routes into work for school leavers who don't have a degree – just ask the 20-year-old IT entrepreneur with 27 GCSEs. With the January UCAS application deadline looming, teenagers across the country have spent the Christmas break worrying more about how to get into university than what they will get out of it.
But university is far from the only option for school leavers. There are plenty of alternative – and cheaper – qualifications and routes into work for those unsure about academia, or put off by debts of up to £27,000 for a three-year degree.
And, contrary to the stereotypes often associated with non-traditional qualifications, many young people exploring these options boast impressive academic credentials. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

Number of university applicants slumps by 18,000 in a year

By Graeme Paton. The number of university applications has slumped by 18,000 in 12 months as a hike in tuition fees puts British students off degree courses for the second year running.
Figures show that demand for higher education is down by 6.3 per cent amid a continuing backlash over fees of up to £9,000-a-year.It emerged that 265,730 British students had applied for university places by mid-December – the lowest number since the data was first collated in 2008/9.
The figures – published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service – relate to courses starting in autumn this year and are likely to reignite the debate over higher fees.
Overall, numbers are down by more than 41,000 – 13 per cent – compared with two years ago before the introduction of the new student finance regime.
Today, universities insisted it was too early in the academic year to draw firm conclusions from the data, suggesting that up to four-in-10 students were yet to lodge applications. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

Universities should set up 'summer schools' to help working class children

By Christopher Hope. Universities should set up “summer schools” to help working class children go on to higher education, the Universities minister has said. The summer schools could be targeted at schools “that aren’t sending people to university”, David Willetts said.
In an interview on BBC Radio Four’s Today programme, said: “There have been summer schools for a long time.
“But I want to see real summer schools which aren’t just a visit for an afternoon which involve targeting the schools that aren’t sending people to university and saying – send you kids to this university for two or three summers.
“They can work in the labs, they can have some mentoring from current students, then they can raise their performance and get to universities – that kind of stuff.”
He said universities should not be used as “instruments of class war”, but could offer conditional offers to working class children who come to the summer schools. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

University applications fall: 'some talented young people choose not to go'

As the number of university applications drops by 18,000 in a year, Richard Irwin, Head of Student Recruitment at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, says there are many opportunities for those who choose not to pursue higher education. Figures show that demand for higher education is down by 6.3 per cent amid a continuing backlash over fees of up to £9,000-a-year. It emerged that 265,730 British students had applied for university places by mid-December – the lowest number since the data was first collated in 2008/9. The figures – published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service – relate to courses starting in autumn this year and are likely to reignite the debate over higher fees. See the video. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

Concours national d'aide à la création d'entreprises innovantes

Ouverture des inscriptions au concours national d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes 2013
Le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche lance le 3 janvier 2013 la 15e édition du Concours national d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes. Date limite de dépôt des candidatures: 26 février 2013.
Initié par le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche; organisé en partenariat avec OSEO, ce concours national a pour objectif de faire émerger des projets de création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes, de soutenir les meilleurs d'entre eux, et de faciliter leur maturation grâce à une aide financière et un accompagnement adapté.
Les dossiers de participation sont disponibles:

sur le site du ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche;
sur le site d'OSEO;
auprès des délégations régionales à la recherche et à la technologie (D.R.R.T.) et des directions régionales d'OSEO.

Ils doivent être envoyés exclusivement par messagerie électronique jusqu'au mardi 26 février 2013, soit à la direction régionale d'OSEO de la région de résidence principale du candidat, soit à la mission ou à la délégation régionale à la recherche et à technologie, pour les candidats résidents dans les COM et les DOM et à la direction d'OSEO d'Ile-de-France Paris pour les candidats résidant à l'étranger.

Règlement, dossier de participation

A lire attentivement: Règlement du concours national 2013.
Dossier de participation: Dossier de participation "en émergence", Dossier de participation "création-développement".
Fiche de candidature à remplir en ligne en ligne et à joindre à votre dossier de participation: Dossier de participation "en émergence", Dossier de participation "création-développement".
Les dossiers de participation seront envoyés exclusivement par messagerie électronique jusqu'au 26 février 2013 (limite de 8Mo par courriel, 5 courriels maximum) à la direction régionale d'OSEO de la région de résidence principale du candidat.
En savoir plus: Généralités sur le concours, Consulter le palmarès 2012, Foire aux questions. Contacts presse: Cécile Corradin - 01 55 55 99 12, Elodie Flora - 01 55 55 81 49.
Clárú Osclaíonn chomórtas náisiúnta a chruthú de na cuideachtaí teicneolaíocht nuálach i 2013
An Aireacht Oideachais agus Taighde Sheol 3 Eanáir, 2013 Cabhraíonn an t-eagrán 15ú lá an Chomórtais Náisiúnta a chruthú cuideachtaí teicneolaíocht nuálach. Spriocdháta le haghaidh iarratas: 26 Feabhra 2013. Cuireadh tús ag an Aireacht um Ard-Oideachas agus Taighde, a eagraíodh i gcomhar le OSEO aidhm an comórtas náisiúnta chun tionscadail a fhorbairt do chruthú cuideachtaí teicneolaíochta nuálaíocha chun tacú le an chuid is fearr acu, agus a éascú aibithe trí chúnamh airgeadais agus tacaíocht chuí. Níos mó...

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4 janvier 2013

If you want to make it with Moocs, you must stand out from the crowd

By Chris Parr. Edinburgh's chief information officer offers advice for Futurelearn platform. Chris Parr reports.
The UK's first massive open online course platform will succeed only if it can fend off competition from established US providers and challengers based closer to home, an expert has claimed.
Jeff Haywood, vice-principal for knowledge management and chief information officer at the University of Edinburgh - the first UK institution to offer Moocs on one of the big US platforms, Coursera - believes that the success of Futurelearn, The Open University's Mooc platform, will depend on its ability to stand out from a growing crowd.
"Moocs work only if you can get massive publicity - if you don't have the publicity, you don't have a Mooc," he said. "It is a barrier that anyone hoping to launch a Mooc has to overcome." Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

QAA pursues no-risk legal strategy with support from taxpayer guaranteed

By David Matthews. The Quality Assurance Agency will be bailed out by the taxpayer if it is sued by a private college that fails an inspection, it has emerged.
The UK Border Agency and the QAA signed a deed of indemnity in August 2011 that covers legal costs of up to £1 million a year.
Responsibility for carrying out "educational oversight" inspections, which colleges must pass if they wish to sponsor international students, has been given to the QAA and a number of other bodies.
The deed covers any legal action taken either by institutions or by students as a result of "decisions, actions or omissions" by the QAA - a charity funded by subscription fees from institutions and contracts from funding councils - as part of its educational oversight role.
Failing such an inspection could severely damage a college's business model as it would be prevented from accepting overseas students. Read more...

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4 janvier 2013

Year-on-year fall in applications continues

By Jack Grove. University applicant numbers have continued to fall for the second consecutive year - with around 18,000 fewer people applying to higher education compared to the same time last year, new figures show.
The number of applicants applying by 17 December for undergraduate study at UK universities fell from 321,908 for the 2012 entry cycle to 303,861 this year - a 5.6 per cent fall, according to statistics released today by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
Excluding early applications which were submitted by 15 October for Oxbridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary courses, applications are down by 7.2 per cent according to analysis by the Million+ group of new universities.
The figures follow last year's 6.4 per cent dip in applicant numbers at the same point in the applications cycle as students prepared to face tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year for the first time. Read more...

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