Formation Continue du Supérieur

The current Lifelong Learning Programme ends in 2013. Erasmus for All is the new programme proposed by the European Commission for education, training, youth and sport. It would start in 2014.
EAEA is urging all members to react to the Proposal. On this page we follow the procedure and offer useful resources to act in national and European levels.
Background
European Council endorsed Europe 2020 Growth Strategy in June 2010. The reform agenda aims to assist Europe overcome from the crisis, coming out stronger through a strategy for inclusive, smart and sustainable growth. Education and training are at the core in reaching the aims of Europe 2020. The planned regulation, Erasmus for All, sets out the provisions for a new single programme covering education, training, youth and sport.
Key Legislative Documents

• Commission's Legislative Proposal: Erasmus for All
• Commission's Communication on Erasmus for All
• Committee for Education and Culture Draft Report, Rapporteur Doris Pack
• Amendments for the Draft Report proposed by MEPs

• EAEA Response to Commissions proposal
• EAEA Statement on the Draft Report of Committee for Culture and Education/Pack Report
• EAEA press release on Erasmus for All vote at the EP Committee on Culture and Education.

Donations to British universities increased 8.5 percent, to $890-million, last year, boosted by new efforts to encourage schools to engage with alumni, the Financial Times writes. The annual Ross-Case report on higher-education philanthropy in Britain found that 204,000 people gave to 150 institutions that were surveyed in the 2010-11 fiscal year, a 10 percent rise from the previous year.
The study credited a three-year, $320-million “matched funding scheme” aimed at promoting alumni relations as a contributing factor in the income gain. Schools that took part in the program backed by the Higher Education Funding Council of England, a public body, boosted donations by 130 percent. The elite universities of Oxford and Cambridge continued to dominate the sector, taking in 44 percent of 2010-11 donations. In other education news, a Rice University alumni has contributed $25-million toward the Houston school’s planned social-sciences building, the Houston Chronicle reports. Read more...

A new report says U.K. universities raised more than $1.1-billion in the 2010-11 fiscal year, a 35 percent increase over five years, but could see far greater philanthropic returns by improving student experience, building fundraising programs, and reaching out to alumni, Times Higher Education and Civil Society Media report. The study, commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, estimated that university giving would top $3.2-billion by 2022 if 5 percent of former students became contributors. Currently 1.2 percent of British university alumni are donors, compared to 10 percent in the United States. Read more...

Genevieve Fioraso a souhaité la tenue, dès mercredi 19 décembre, d'une première journée d'échanges avec les organisations représentatives des personnels de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche et des étudiants, à qui les orientations de la future Loi sur l'Enseignement supérieur et la Recherche ont été présentées.
Mieux assurer l'insertion professionnelle de tous les étudiants, simplifier l'organisation de la recherche et de son évaluation, faciliter le décloisonnement entre grandes écoles, universités et organismes de recherche, concilier efficacité et collégialité dans les instances universitaires : les quatre objectifs dessinés par le Président de la République s'inscrivent en parfaite cohérence avec le rapport des Assises de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche qui lui a été remis lundi 17 décembre par le Professeur et prix Nobel Françoise Barré-Sinoussi et Vincent Berger.
Pour la première fois, une Loi fera simultanément évoluer l'Enseignement supérieur et la Recherche. Le projet sera présenté d'ici mars 2013 au conseil des ministres.

Articles
Since 1995 I have been posting my articles online. I started because I was worried that my contributions to online forums - such as Hotwired - would disappear. Some are long, others are short. Some of my posts are formal essays, others are responses to an email discussion list. And because I have varied interests, my articles reflect varied interests as well. In one breath I will be talking about web programming, then in another about online learning, then in yet another about global warming or new media. And everything in between. Currently 1,259 articles are listed here. This page lists them in chronological order. There's also a organization by category.

1. The Rise of MOOCs, April 23, 2012.
2. Let's Get to Work, April 21, 2012.
3. LCT Poll , April 20, 2012.
4. Notes from Tallinn, April 18, 2012.
5. Review: The Edupunks' Guide, by Anya Kamenetz, April 5, 2012.
6. We'll Take Them, April 1, 2012.
7. That Something Else Better, March 29, 2012.
8. Code for Repression, March 28, 2012.
9. The Centre Moves, March 18, 2012.
10. Education as Platform: The MOOC Experience and what we can do to make it better, March 12, 2012.
11. The Senate, March 10, 2012.
12. What a MOOC Does, March 1, 2012.
13. Knowledge, Learning and Community, February 27, 2012.
14. The OEO Logo and CC, February 26, 2012.
15. Open Season on Pedestrians, February 24, 2012.
16. Social Media: An Interview, February 23, 2012.
17. Let the People Keep Their Pets, February 21, 2012.
18. The Fracking Calculation, February 19, 2012.
19. Taking the North Seriously, February 12, 2012.
20. E-Learning: Générations, February 11, 2012.
21. E-Learning Generations, February 11, 2012.
22. Council Hears Royal Oaks School Rezoning Presentation, February 6, 2012.
23. Proposal to Rename Park Presented to Council, February 6, 2012.
24. Arguments for Moving Moncton High School Don't Hold Water, February 2, 2012.
25. Moncton Moments, February 1, 2012.
26. Passwords on gRSShopper, January 29, 2012.
27. Advice to Teachers on Online Learning, January 26, 2012.
28. The Argument from Theft, January 11, 2012.
29. Knowledge and Recognition, January 11, 2012.
30. Data, January 10, 2012.
31. Memory and Memorization, January 7, 2012.
32. Creating the Connectivist Course, January 6, 2012. Read more...