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Higher Education & Research

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2010

    Students and staff train to disseminate student centered learning practices

    Nearly 40 staff and student union members have gathered in Bratislava, Slovakia, to undertake an intensive three-day training programme on advocacy and lobbying skills for the promotion of student centered learning.

    Students and staff train to disseminate student centered learning practices
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2010

    EI Higher Education and Research Conference fosters unity

    EI’s 7th International Higher Education and Research Conference was held in Canada, from 10-12 September, and was attended by more than 130 participants from all corners of the globe.

    EI Higher Education and Research Conference fosters unity
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2010

    Teachers and students join to promote student-centered learning

    As part of its ongoing project with the European Students’ Union (ESU), EI organised a training seminar on student-centered learning (SCL) recently from 1-4 July in Sliema, Malta.

    Teachers and students join to promote student-centered learning
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 June 2010

    Teachers and students together improve teaching in higher education

    Results from the ‘Time for student-centred learning’ study show that teachers are committed to improving their ways of teaching and are ready to listen to students’ opinions on pedagogical practices.

    Teachers and students together improve teaching in higher education
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2010

    Staff and students agree higher education should centre more on students

    European higher education staff and students' unions have expressed agreement that higher education should move further towards the needs of the student. This is a key finding from the survey by the European Students' Union (ESU) and the staff union Education International (EI).

    Staff and students agree higher education should centre more on students
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 April 2010

    Teachers and students join forces!

    Building on the official launch of the European Higher Education Area at the 10th Anniversary Bologna Ministerial Conference last month, EI announces the signature of a new agreement with the European Students’ Union (ESU).

    Teachers and students join forces!
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 March 2010

    EI attends launch of European Higher Education area at Bologna Anniversary Ministerial Conference

    The Ministers responsible for higher education in 47 countries of Europe gathered at the 10th Anniversary Bologna Ministerial Conference, celebrated on 11-12 Mar in Budapest and Vienna, for the official launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

    EI attends launch of European Higher Education area at Bologna Anniversary Ministerial Conference
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 March 2010

    EI publishes report on academics' perception of the Bologna Process

    Education International has just published a report on “Enhancing Quality – Academics’ Perceptions of the Bologna Process” specially aimed for dissemination at the Bologna Anniversary Conference taking place in Budapest and Vienna in March 2010.

    EI publishes report on academics' perception of the Bologna Process
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 January 2010

    Basic Academic Freedoms and Rights Violated in Israel and Palestinian Territories

    The academic freedom and professional rights of higher education teaching personnel in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are increasingly under assault as a result of the continuing political conflict in the region, according to a report released today by Education International and the Canadian Association of University Teachers.

    Basic Academic Freedoms and Rights Violated in Israel and Palestinian Territories
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2009

    EI supports demands by academic community in Latvia

    On 1 December, Latvian Higher Education Staff and Student Unions held a demonstration against budget cuts in the higher education and research sector. EI offers its full solidarity to the Latvian academic community, and has, together with ETUCE, made clear its support for the demands being made.

    EI supports demands by academic community in Latvia
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 July 2009

    Academic Freedom International Study

    A joint publication of EI and the University and College Union of the UK, this study highlights constraints on academic freedom in five countries: Burma, Colombia, Israel, Palestine and Zimbabwe.

    Academic Freedom International Study
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 July 2009

    The academic profession discussed at the World Conference on Higher Education

    EI, together with close to 40 representatives from EI-affiliated higher education unions, has been actively participating in the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris which started on 5 July with EI’s Vice-President Irene Duncan Adanusa intervening in one of the opening sessions.

    The academic profession discussed at the World Conference on Higher Education
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 July 2009

    Speech by Penni Stewart, President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers at the World Conference on Higher Education organised by UNESCO in Paris, 7 July 2009

    I want to address the state of the academic profession, both by looking back at developments and progress made since the last World Conference, but also by looking forward to where we might be going. Of course, the overriding issue today is how the current global economic recession may affect...

    Speech by Penni Stewart, President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers at the World Conference on Higher Education organised by UNESCO in Paris, 7 July 2009
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2009

    EI stresses the rights of academic staff at UNESCO's World Conference on Higher Education

    In her address on the opening day of UNESCO's second World Conference on Higher Education in Paris, EI Vice-President Irene Duncan Adanusa stressed the rights of academic staff and the need for the full application of the 1997 Recommendation outlining those rights.

    EI stresses the rights of academic staff at UNESCO's World Conference on Higher Education