Catégorie: Europe
Uni-Tests in Griechenland: Ptychiomania heißt Abschlusswahn
Aus Thessaloniki berichtet Georgios Christidis. Ihr Land liegt am Boden, das treibt sie an: Griechenlands Schüler kämpfen wie die Löwen um Studienplätze an den besten Unis. Die harten Auswahltests dauern zwei Wochen und sind ein nationales Faszinosum, TV-Sender...
Korruption in Russland: Warum studieren, ich kann doch schmieren
Von Charlotte Haunhorst. Professoren bekommen in Russland nicht besonders viel Geld, deswegen verdienen viele durch Studenten dazu: Wer nicht lernen kann oder will, schiebt dem Dozenten einige tausend Rubel rüber. Erlaubt ist das nicht, trotzdem soll mindestens jeder dritte Student...
Studienplatzvergabe: Ein ganz klein bisschen weniger Chaos
Die Studienplatzvergabe über hochschulstart.de kommt weiterhin sehr langsam in Gang: Für nur 170 NC-Fächer können sich Studienanfänger auf der zentralen Website bewerben, für fast 5000 müssen sie sich direkt an die Hochschulen wenden. Ein Ende des...
Reading, Writing, Algorithms: Should IT Classes Be Required?
By Hilmar Schmundt . Education experts in Germany are pushing to modernize the country's basic curriculum by making instruction in computer science mandatory. But opponents say it doesn't deserve the same status as subjects like math, Latin and biology. Hannah is creating a red convertible...
Economic recovery stifled by serious brain drain
B y Makki Marseilles . Over the past two centuries large numbers of unskilled and semi-skilled
Greeks have left the Aegean shores in search of a better future. Today’s
emigrants are highly skilled professionals, with postgraduate
...
Turkish PhD students drawn to US and Germany
B y Basak Bilecen . Nowadays university campuses are full of international students pursuing
different programmes with different interests. Students from Turkey are
no exception and are among the very highly mobile student populations. An...
Postgraduate students flood in from more nations
B y Alan Osborn . As befits its high standing in the academic world, the UK draws
postgraduate students from more than 150 countries, representing a high
and steadily rising proportion of all students in British universities. In 2011-12 there were...
Die Lückenfüller
Studienanfänger kommen zunehmend ohne Abitur oder schlecht vorbereitet an die Unis. Diese müssen nun Nachhilfe geben. So einer wie Leopold Kittel, der hat doch an einer Universität nichts
verloren. Einer mit Realschulabschluss, Ausbildung zum Kraftfahrzeug-Mechatroniker...
Head attacks 'unreliable' university background checks
By Graeme Paton . Universities are making “unreliable” checks on teenagers’ family background and postcodes to hit controversial admissions targets, a head teachers’ leader has warned. Mike Griffiths, president of the Association of...
UK research in danger of losing young blood to German universities
A reform of the German university sector could be 'disastrous' for UK research, says Peter Mayr , with huge implications for the sciences globally. The influential German Council for Humanities and Science ( Wissenschaftsrat )
is discussing a reform of the German university sector that,...
How would UK higher education fare if Britain left the EU?
Students might benefit in the short term but we risk falling standards and increased taxpayer costs, says Gill Wyness . Education secretary Michael Gove unleashed another political storm this week when he said he would vote against EU membership in a referendum . The question of whether the...
University Recognition of Prior Learning Centres
University Recognition of Prior Learning Centres: Making Lifelong Learning a Reality. Kraków, Poland, 26-27 September 2013.
Venue: Jagiellonian University , Faculty of Management and Social Communication.
Organizers: Jagiellonian University and Foundation for the Development of...
Torino Process Conference declaration - 2013
The conference ‘Torino Process: Moving Skills Forward’ has concluded with a declaration. The document, agreed among the participants of the conference and based on the findings of the second round of the Torino Process ,
spells out the main policy priorities in the vocational...
Démocratiser Erasmus
Geneviève Fioraso : "Je veux démocratiser Erasmus"
INTERVIEW par Marie Quenet - Erasmus existe toujours! En novembre, certains disaient le programme menacé, victime des restrictions budgétaires. En décembre, les Etats européens ont...
Call for contributions: upcoming book on student governance
By Marielk. Are you working with issues on student governance ? A call has been announced for contributions to a book on themes concerning student engagement in contemporary Europe. The broad key themes include:
* Students’ role in the society:...
Understanding restructuring in SMEs in Europe
Eurofound publishes new comparative research on restructuring in SMEs in Europe: Understanding restructuring in SMEs in Europe
Small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) make up more than 99% of European businesses and account for about two thirds of private sector employment. SMEs are...
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Council (16-17 May)
Is the European Union's youth policy up to the job in today's difficult economic and social climate? Can the European Union do more to help sports organisations tackle doping? Will the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership affect the EU's commitment to cultural...
Université franco-allemande - former des spécialistes binationaux
Propos recueillis par Christina Gierse. Ingénieurs, techniciens, juristes, cadres commerciaux, chercheurs… Les
spécialistes franco-allemands sont souvent recherchés sans succès par
les recruteurs faute de candidats. L’UFA (Université...
Erasmus pour tous - cinq millions de bénéficiaires potentiels
Jusqu'à cinq millions de personnes (soit presque deux fois plus
qu'actuellement) pourraient bientôt avoir la chance d'aller étudier ou
suivre une formation à l'étranger grâce à une bourse d'Erasmus pour
tous, le nouveau programme de...
Call to give students more of a say in running of universities
By Andrew Denholm . ACADEMICS and students should have more say over how much university principals get paid, according to the chairman of an influential report on the sector.
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, the principal of Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University, also called for...

