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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2013 The Mismeasure of Higher EducationThe Mismeasure of Higher Education
David Robinson
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Report highlights lack of women and BME university professors
A new report by the University and College Union (UK) warns that at the current pace of change it will take almost 40 years for the proportion of female professors to reach the same level as the proportion of female staff in universities and almost 16 years for black and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Report highlights lack of women and BME university professors
A new report by the University and College Union (UK) warns that at the current pace of change it will take almost 40 years for the proportion of female professors to reach the same level as the proportion of female staff in universities and almost 16 years for black and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Student success in higher education
Student success and learning outcomes have become the focus of higher education policy around the world. In most cases, the emphasis is on holding institutions and teachers accountable for achieving measurable outputs – like graduation rates and standardized test scores – with some significant implications.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Report of the 8th Education International Higher Education and Research Conference
EI affiliates have pledged to work more closely together to defend and promote the professional, academic, trade union, and human rights of the higher education community. The commitment was made at EI’s 8th Higher Education and Research Conference, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 25-27 September.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 EU launches new university ranking
U-Multirank, a new university ranking system, was launched last month under the Irish EU Presidency at a conference in Dublin. Proponents say the new system marks a radical departure from the traditional methods of ranking higher education institutions which tend to focus mainly on research performance.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Germany set to eliminate tuition fees
University tuition fees have been eliminated in Germany as the last two remaining states to charge students have change course.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 AHELO – Is it feasible?
The OECD has released the first two volumes of the Feasibility Study of the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). The first report focuses on the development and implementation of the study while the second provides information about data analysis and national experiences.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 HER development cooperation consortium
A number of EI’s higher education and research affiliates are joining forces to foster capacity building initiatives with sister unions in developing countries. The EI consortium is being established to pool resources to better support the strengthening of trade unions in the sector.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 EI policy statement on tuition fees
At its meeting last October, the EI Executive Board unanimously adopted a new policy statement on tuition fees.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2012 The Vandals at the Gate
Defending higher education in an age of austerity - a view from the University and College Union (United Kingdom) By Kathy Taylor, President, University and College Union, United Kingdom
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2012 Building international solidarity through development cooperation among Higher Education Unions
There is a popular Ghanaian saying, “All fingers are not equal”. Indeed, some are stronger than others, some are longer than others, and some are efficient than others. At certain times, however, they collaborate to overcome difficult challenges.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2012 The retreat of the government from Higher Education: the Italian case
In the recent OECD report, Education at Glance 2012, a number of indicators clearly show the critical state of education in Italy. This country invests less than two per cent of its GDP in higher education and research, its graduate numbers are falling, as is the number of its researchers...
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Evaluation – a necessary evil?Evaluation – a necessary evil?
Sylvain Marois
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Disciplining the unruly subject:Disciplining the unruly subject:
Sandra Grey
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Tuition fees on the rise:Tuition fees on the rise:
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Education union opposes tuition fees:Education union opposes tuition fees:
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 A dangerous experiment:A dangerous experiment:
Kathy Taylor