Join the 3rd edition of Think Education and Research on 30-31 January 2018 at the Paris-Dauphine University to share practices in innovation in higher education and research and discuss with relevant actors. The programme for these two days is now online and registration is open. More...
In preparation of the UNESCO global conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, to be held in Paris on 21-23 November 2018, UNESCO is currently organizing regional events in different parts of the world in partnership with quality assurance agencies and relevant regional or global organizations. Switzerland will be hosting the event for Western Europe.
The UNESCO Regional Consultation Meeting for Western Europe will take place in the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) on 15-16 February 2018 under the title "The role of Quality Assurance in Higher Education: challenges, developments and trends". The event is co-organized by UNESCO' s Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning systems and the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ) with the support of the Swiss National Commission for UNESCO. In parallel, the National accreditation agency of the Russian Federation (NAA) and the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development (AKKORK) are co-organizing the related event for Eastern Europe, to be held in Moscow in April 2018. More...
The 11th International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) conference took place in Vancouver, Canada, under the theme “Climate. City. Campus.” The Conference Summary report is now available.
The conference, which was co-hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the City of Vancouver (CoV), showed the power of collaboration between campuses and cities. Attendees gained insight into the UBC-CoV strategic relationship and saw successful practical examples. More...
Not many sociological concepts make it into the Urban Dictionary. The fact that NEET – young people Neither in Employment nor in Education or Training – is there demonstrates the enormity and permanence of the phenomenon as well as the social anxieties it has generated. In 2016, a third of the planet's youth was NEET, while almost 17 million young Europeans aged 20 - 34, or 1 in every 5 were NEET. Young people have begun to use the acronym to describe themselves. "I am a NEET," they say, or "soy ni-ni" in Spanish and "sou nem-nem" in Portuguese. More...The 2016-2020 Government has started implementing reforms in the education sector. The main aim of these reforms is to ensure the quality and effectiveness of education. In order to reach these aims there should be some management changes; the core curriculum needs to be revised and the systemic pedagogical issues must be solved. Furthermore, Lithuania faces issues concerning the teachers’ sector; more than 50 percent of teachers are over 50 and this sector attracts very few young teachers. The transformation of the teaching sector involves improving teacher training and continuous professional development, as well as improving working conditions and career opportunities for teachers. More...When children have physical health problems, schools are soon aware of them. Similarly awareness-raising activities on the importance of physical health are commonplace, whether the focus is on nutrition, hygiene or sport. But although children are equally likely to suffer from mental as physical health problems, mental health is much less likely to be addressed in schools. Why is this, and what is the impact of neglecting mental health in education. More...
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