It’s so much easier to educate students for our past than for their future. Schools are inherently conservative social systems; as parents we get nervous when our children learn things we don’t understand, and even more so when they no longer study things that were so important for us. More...
In the span of a few decades, Portugal has transformed into an inclusive democracy. Its citizens enjoy a good standard of living, and despite being severely impacted by the financial crisis, the country’s economy is growing once again. More...
In a small town just outside Montreal, Jake [not his real name] struggles with drug addiction. His dependence on numerous substances has brought him in and out of hospital and rehabilitation programmes many times. What is striking about Jake’s addiction is how he acquires the drugs: not from a neighbourhood drug dealer, but through the post and courier companies. More...
“Sorry, our website is temporarily unavailable.” While this message may cause you some inconvenience when surfing the web, it’s costly for companies. For over 50% of firms, the unavailability of their sites can cost as much as US$1,000 per minute. And technical shortcomings are not the only reason websites go down–targeted cyber attacks are too. More...
Recently, a group of 15-year-old students from a girls’ secondary school in the Palestinian Authority audited the construction of a swimming pool in their town. Part of a competition organised by Integrity Action, a civil society organisation, the girls chose to do this because the local government had decided to build a male-only pool and they felt it was not meant for the whole community. More...
Learning via mobile devices, e-assessments, MOOCs (massive open online courses) and virtual reality are, in this order, the four most published e-learning topics in 2017. This is the conclusion of the E-Learning Research Report 2017 by the UOC’s eLearn Center, the online research, innovation and learning centre which analysed the 855 pieces of scientific research published on this subject area during this period that had the greatest impact. More...
On June 8, the Center for Innovation and Technology of the Polytechnical University of Catalunya (CIT UPC) will host a workshop on 'Improving technology transfer in Europe', within the framework of the Science2Society (S2S) project. The objective of the event is to provide a space for debate and exchanging experiences in technology transfer, through the pilot projects that are being developed in S2S. More...
On 16 May, at a key moment in the definition of the EU policies supporting research and innovation, the University of Pisa signed an agreement for the constitution of Tour4Eu (Tuscan Organisation of Universities and Research for Europe). This non-profit association subject to Belgian law, which brings together the Tuscan region and the seven Tuscan universities (University of Pisa, University of Florence, University of Siena, University for Foreigners of Siena, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Scuola Normale Superiore and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies), promotes the interests of the Tuscan system for research within the EU, potentiating internationalization and encouraging European project planning. More...
EQAR is pleased to announce the launch of DEQAR, the Database of External Quality Assurance Results, which aims to support transparency of quality of European higher education and how it is managed. More...
The School of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will host the International Educational Seminar on Roads, Bridges and Tunnels (ISRBT2018) in Thessaloniki, from 9 to 15 November 2018. More...
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