Catégorie: Fusion
Trois universités de technologie se fédèrent
Par Aurore Chabaud . Les établissements de Troyes, Compiègne et Belfort-Montbéliard se sont associés pour mieux se développer
C'est bien connu, l'union fait la force. Un adage que les universités de technologie de Troyes, Compiègne et...
Fusion des universités de technologie de Compiègne, Troyes et Belfort
Trois universités de technologie (UT), celles de Compiègne
(UTC), de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) et de Troyes (UTT), viennent de
s'unir pour offrir plus de mobilité à leurs étudiants, tant en France
qu'à l'international. Des...
MUSC, College of Charleston officials discuss potential merger
By Lauren Sausser . Charleston Mayor Joe Riley held a series of three meetings last week attended by top administrators of both the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina about potentially merging the two centuries-old institutions.
“The response was...
Fusionner, rationaliser, économiser
Blog Educpros de Pierre Dubois. L’université de Lorraine résulte de la fusion au 1er janvier 2012 des universités de Nancy 1, de Nancy 2, de Metz et de l’Institut Polytechnique de Lorraine. La fusion s’accompagne d’une...
University Mergers in Russia: Not an Easy Route to Success
By Jamil Salmi . A study of recent university mergers in Russia confirms some of the findings presented in my 2009 book
“The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities” about the
difficulties of constructing top institutions following the merger
approach. ...
University mergers need to confront identity issues
B y Igor Chirikov . Recently the Russian government announced far-reaching plans to support
15 leading research universities in their efforts to achieve
international competitiveness and have an impact on global university
...
Limits on research lead to ‘bonsai’ universities
By Roger Moore. The draft letter of expectation that the provincial government recently sent to the University of Alberta is great cause for concern for those who value the benefits of research. Research is essentially an assembly line: at the forefront there are fundamental researchers...
Gov't raises merger of teacher training
By Janet French. Just seven months into office, University of Saskatchewan president Ilene Busch-Vishniac says provincial government officials have twice questioned her about the "efficiency" of running two teacher training programs in Saskatchewan.
Busch-Vishniac said she has...
L'Université de Caen Basse-Normandie s'associe à l'EM Normandie
Les deux établissements viennent d'officialiser la signature d'un accord cadre de coopération, portant notamment sur la recherche et la formation, aussi bien en mode présentiel ou à distance. L'objectif de ce rapprochement est de renforcer leur attractivité...
ParisTech installe une direction internationale entre six écoles
Renforcer la visibilité à l'étranger, recruter davantage d'étudiants internationaux, réaliser des économies d'échelle…, tels sont les bénéfices à venir de la création d'une direction internationale commune...
Mergers: who benefits?
One academic's experience of coalescing institutions was not a positive one, largely owing to a lack of forethought or consideration.
Some years ago, the university I work for merged with a further education college about 30 miles away. The merger posed some immediate challenges for staff:...
Universities propose regional cluster plan
By SEÁN FLYNN. The higher education system should be reconfigured into five regional clusters, according to new proposals from the university presidents.
But the presidents rule out any forced mergers of colleges. They stress colleges should continue to be “autonomous...
University merger policy sets long-term goal for academia
Six local universities will merge
into three due to the nation's declining birth rate, the Ministry of
Education (MOE) said yesterday.
The decreasing number of students
led the MOE to downsize the number of universities and polytechnic
institutes. The ministry has been reviewing...
Authorities seek to revamp education system
By Irina Ivoilova , Rossiyskaya Gazeta . In any interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Moscow State University Rector
Viktor Sadovnichy shared his view that only a small number of
universities deemed ineffective will be shut down. Most of them, he
believes, will be restructured.
Some...
Collaborations, alliances and mergers in higher education
Collaborations, alliances and mergers in higher education: Lessons learned and guidance for institutions
This document sets out lessons learned from collaborations, alliances
and mergers in higher education, and guidance for higher education
institutions. It follows HEFCE...
What is the best way to communicate mergers and change in HE
Social media has enabled more people to have a say – and that personal
engagement is crucial when communicating large-scale projects, says Justin Shaw .
Whether it's the £200m acquisition of the College of Law (by Montagu Private Capital last month) or the merger of fully...
Widerstand gegen Hochschulfusion in Brandenburg
Wissenschaftler der BTU wehren sich gegen die geplante Fusion mit der Fachhochschule Lausitz. In Brandenburg spielt Energie eine große Rolle. Das Land ist führend
bei der Windenergie, die umweltschonende Verarbeitung der
Braunkohlevorkommen ist ein großes...
La course aux regroupements des universités de Province: le prix à payer
Par Loïc Grard, professeur de droit public, Université de Bordeaux. 2012 marque une étape symbolique dans la recomposition du paysage universitaire provincial. Les nouvelles universités de Lorraine et d'Aix-Marseille vont faire leurs premiers pas. Elles...
Les fusions d'universités s'accélèrent
Par Isabelle Ficek. Aboutissement d'un long processus, Aix-Marseille Université, un mastodonte de plus de 70000 étudiants, s'est substituée le 1er janvier aux trois universités du bassin. Yvon Berland en sera élu président demain.
Et de...
Welsh education minister emphasises importance of mergers
By David Matthews . Welsh universities must merge if they are to be sustainable, the minister for education has reaffirmed.
Speaking at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education Conference in Cardiff, Leighton Andrews called for the merger of the University of Glamorgan, Cardiff...

