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Higher Education & Research

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2015

    Successful first ever Further and Higher Education Caucus

    The Education International President Susan Hopgood inaugurated the first ever Further and Higher Education Caucus at the EI 7th World Congress on 20 July in Ottawa, Canada.

    Successful first ever Further and Higher Education Caucus
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 May 2015

    Iraq: Kurdistan’s teachers renew vow to work with education ministry

    The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union has reaffirmed its intension to work with the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research to improve the quality of education, teachers’ status, and working and living conditions.

    Iraq: Kurdistan’s teachers renew vow to work with education ministry
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 March 2015

    Spain’s universities go on strike against government reform

    Public higher education is shutting down today in Spain, as teachers, support staff and students close ranks against the latest government’s reforms, arguing that they open the path to privatisation and hamper access for all.

    Spain’s universities go on strike against government reform
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2015

    Trade unionists gathered in Vienna to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond

    On 15 and 16 January 2015 ETUCE together with EPSU, AK and ÖGB are organizing a training seminar on how to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP, CETA and TiSA.The event is taking place in the premises of ÖGB in Vienna and has gathered 100 trade union representatives...

    Trade unionists gathered in Vienna to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 November 2014

    Higher Education Conference demands quality and equality in education

    Over 80 delegates have convened in Brussels to discuss the state of the art of higher education and research, with a special focus on the effects of privatisation and marketisation.

    Higher Education Conference demands quality and equality in education
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 October 2014

    Canadian academics heighten calls for fair employment

    The theme of this year’s Fair Employment Week, ‘Fair for All,’ highlights the importance of protecting all academic staff, from professors to librarians and researchers, working at universities across Canada.

    Canadian academics heighten calls for fair employment
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 August 2014

    Health crisis forces Higher Ed Conference to relocate

    With the Ebola virus spreading sickness and fear throughout Western Africa, the president of Ghana has cancelled all international events, forcing November’s Higher Education and Research Conference to find a new host.

    Health crisis forces Higher Ed Conference to relocate
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014

    Fragmented career paths in higher education: downward spiral for quality of education in Germany and Sweden - GEW and SULF denounce

    EI/ETUCE affiliates GEW (German Education and Research Workers’ Union) and SULF (Swedish Association of University Teachers) joined in cooperation to fight for quality education and decent working conditions in higher education at the 5th Follow-up Congress on the Templin Manifesto of GEW held on 2 April 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

    Fragmented career paths in higher education: downward spiral for quality of education in Germany and Sweden - GEW and SULF denounce
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2014

    Higher Education: early stage researchers’ status to be solved

    On 6 -7 of March, 38 ETUCE members from 22 different countries, met in the framework of the Higher Education& Research Standing Committee (HERSC) meeting.

    Higher Education: early stage researchers’ status to be solved
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014

    UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education

    The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes beginning on 23 January aimed at disrupting teaching at universities as part of a row over pay. Education unionists have also condemned that claim by the Universities...

    UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014

    UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education

    The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes beginning on 23 January aimed at disrupting teaching at universities as part of a row over pay. Education unionists have also condemned that claim by the Universities...

    UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 January 2014

    Application for Global Labour University programmes opened

    The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply for its Masters in ‘Labour Policies and Globalisation’ course offered by the University of Kassel and the Berlin School of Economics and Law in Germany, and the newly launched GLU Masters in ‘Labour and Global Workers’ Rights’...

    Application for Global Labour University programmes opened
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 December 2013

    Call for applications for teaching excellence award

    The Central European University (CEU) is calling for applications for its third annual European Award for excellence in teaching in the social sciences and humanities. The award, launched in 2011 to mark the CEU’s 20th anniversary, is the first and only such pan-European honour and is accompanied by a €5,000...

    Call for applications for teaching excellence award
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2013

    Japan: Ending tuition exemption a ‘bad decision’

    EI has branded as a “bad decision” Japan’s move to introduce an income cap for its tuition-free programme for public high schools during the 2014 fiscal year. This “will destroy an education policy that has taken root after three years and is supported by parents and educators,” said EI’s Chief...

    Japan: Ending tuition exemption a ‘bad decision’
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 October 2013

    Corporate funding, a threat to academic independence

    Corporate funding of universities could lead to corruption in the higher education sector. That’s according to an article by EI senior advisor David Robinson in a report launched on 1 October by Transparency International. The non-government organisation’s Global Corruption Report: Education is a comprehensive guide to corruption risks in education...

    Corporate funding, a threat to academic independence