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IAU
Activities
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
 Special Meeting for
Associations of Universities
Register for the 4th edition of the IAU Global Meeting of Associations
(GMA IV) which will focus on Internationalization of Higher
Education: New Players, New Approaches, New Delhi
(India), 11-12 April, 2011.
Contact: i.dev...@iau-aiu.net
Higher Education and
Education For All (EFA)
As the 3-year IAU project on higher
education and EFA comes to a close, IAU is organising an
Experts’ Conference on HE/Research and EFA/education-related
MDGs and end-of-project Meeting from December 2 to 3, 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters in
Paris,
France. The
aims are to evaluate the progress made for improved inclusion of higher
education/research in EFA and related MDGs and to review the project’s
outcomes. Over 50 invited representatives from the higher education sector
or cooperation agencies/associations are expected to propose concrete
innovative perspectives and actions, addressing macro- or micro-driven
issues, and to map out steps forward. The new UNESCO ADG for Education, M.
Qian Tang, will open the Conference. Contact: i.tur...@iau-aiu.net
PROGRAMMES
Doctoral Programmes
in sub-Saharan Africa
The IAU Pilot Project on Doctoral
Programmes culminated in the organisation of the Seminar hosted by Prof
Oloyede at the University of Ilorin in early November. The
Seminar brought together the representatives of the Pilot Institutions and
the Members of the IAU Task Force created for the project.
Participants reached a series of conclusions and recommendations on the
developments of doctoral study programmes. The final Report is being
drafted and will be submitted to the HEIs for comments before being
disseminated more broadly. On 11 November, the host University
organised a Seminar for representatives of Nigerian Higher
Education. The preliminary conclusions of the project were presented
to them for comments and inputs. HEIs in Nigeria envisage developing a
similar project based on the outcomes of the
Seminar.
Equitable Access and
Success in Higher Education
Ten IAU Member universities from
Asia and the Americas undertook a critical
assessment of their policies and practices designed in order to improve
their performance in terms of widening participation and improving success
rates of under-served learners. Their representatives and the IAU Task
Force which has been coordinating IAU activities in this field met on
November 18 and 19 at the University of Arizona for a two-day seminar
sponsored by the World Bank and the Lumina Foundation. The analytical
report summarizing the institutional reviews, seminar presentations, and
outcomes of this pilot project will be posted online in early 2011. IAU
hopes to continue building on its Policy Statement and develop new initiatives in this critical aspect of higher
education, especially as preparations get underway for the 2011
International Conference which will take place at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya (see
below).
NEW
PUBLICATIONS
Higher Education
Policy (HEP), December 2010
HEP 23/4 has just been
released. Articles in it look at, amongst others, academic
performance of recent immigrant groups in California, cost sharing in Kenyan
higher education, and university-industry partnerships in doctoral
education. More details, and to subscribe / buy
on:
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/hep/journal/v23/n4/index.html
IAU
Representation
On November 17, the IAU Secretary-General made two
presentations about internationalization during the International
Education Week at the University of Arizona. She spoke first about the
latest trends in internationalization to university staff responsible for
international relations and projects in various Faculties and schools of
the university and then shared a panel with Jamil Salmi who spoke about
World Class Universities, basing his comments on his latest book on this
topic.
Isabelle Turmaine, IAU Director, Information Centre and
Communication Services, attended OpenED 2010 on OER: Impact
and Sustainability, in Barcelona, Spain in November. This first
OpenEd Conference outside the United
States was organized by the Universitat Obierta de
Catalunya - an IAU Member – the Open Universiteit and Brigham Young University. The IAU supported the
event. Based on information from and discussion held at the Conference,
she is considering setting up a project to facilitate the use of Open
Education Contents (OER) by and through academic librarians. Should you be
interested, please contact: i.tur...@iau-aiu.net
http://openedconference.org/2010/
http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/handle/10609/4182/browse?type=title&submit_browse=Title
7th International PEACE
Conference, Barcelona, Universita Politecnica de
Catalunya, 22-23 November 2010
IAU participated in this
seventh meeting to promote academic cooperation between Palestine and Europe. The IAU Director of Membership and
Programme Development was invited to participate in the Opening session
with Prof Barakat, Vice president, Hebron University and President of PEACE,
Mr Andreu Claret, Executive Director Anna Lindh Foundation, and Mrs Monica
Margarit, Director of Fundación Universidad.es. She also made a
presentation during the session on The Promotion of Dialogue among
Cultures and Civilisations in which Prof. Federico Mayor, President,
Foundation for a Culture of Peace and Co-Chair UN Alliance of
Civilisations and Prof. Baydar, Rector, Suleyman Demirel University, IAU
Administrative Board Member took part. All speakers called for HE to
promote intercultural learning and dialogue at all
levels.
http://www.peace-programme.org/home.html
5th GUNI International
Conference on « Higher Education’s Commitment to Sustainability: from
Understanding to Action » - Barcelona, UPC, 23-25 November
2010
The role of Higher Education in the promotion of
sustainable development is key and thanks to the engagement of HE leaders,
faculty, staff and students, improvements can be measured as shown in the
reports. Several Board Members of IAU participated in the Conference in
which the IAU Director of Membership and Programme Development organised a
parallel session with UNEP on «The Good practices : sharing actions for
change » where the outcomes of the Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles
piloted by UNEP, and in which IAU and 16 IAU Member Institutions
participated, were presented. She also organised a working group on
« Moving from Understanding to Action » and shared the conclusions of the
working group during the closing plenary session. The results of the
GUNI – AIU – AAU project on the Role of Universities in promoting
sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa were presented by Prof. Goolam Mohamedbhai,
former president of IAU. They will be published online on the IAU website
in January.
http://www.guni-rmies.net/conference2010/
Dr Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Director Membership and
Programme Development participated in the 5th annual Meeting of the
UNDESD Reference Group – UNESCO, Paris, 29-30 November 2010
where she was invited to talk about Higher Education for Sustainable
Development during a Panel discussion on “Education for Sustainable
Development and UNESCO’s mandate: Key areas for synergies and work” and to
organise a workshop for UNESCO staff on the same topic.
http://www.unesco.org/en/education-for-sustainable-development/
Ross Hudson, IAU Programme Officer attended the 2nd
Annual African
Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE)
conference, held in Kampala, Uganda, from 4 to 5 November
2010. The theme of the conference was Internationalization of Higher
Education and Research in Africa:
Responding to Opportunities and Challenges. Mr. Hudson presented some of
the key findings of the IAU 3rd Global Survey as they applied to
Africa.
http://www.anienetwork.org
For detailed information on these activities, contact us at:
i...@iau-aiu.net
More on the Association at: http://www.iau-aiu.net
Reminder
of Important IAU
Dates
2010
- December 2-3:
Invitational Meeting, IAU project on Higher Education and EFA/related
MDGs, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. Contact: n.kym...@iau-aiu.net
2011
- April 11-12: IAU
Global Meeting of Associations (IV)
on Internationalization
of Higher Education: New Players; New Approaches,
co-organized with the Association of Indian Universities and the Indian
Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi, India
- November 17-18: IAU
2011 International
Conference on Strategies
for Securing Equity and Success in Higher Education, Kenyatta
University, Nairobi, Kenya
2012
- November 12-17: IAU
General Conference on
Higher Education and the Global
Agenda, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, USA
IAU
Partnership Events
- British
Council Going Global 2011 on World Education: The New
Powerhouse? Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre, March 11-12, 2011. IAU Members are offered a 100 GBP discount on
the cost of
registration.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal/
- Observatory on Borderless Higher Education 2011 Global Forum
on Levelling
the International Playing Field: A New Global Regionalism for
Sustainable Partnerships, Student Mobility and Open and Distance
Learning, May 25-27, 2011, Vancouver, Canada
http://www.obhe.ac.uk/the_2011_global_forum__canada/
News/Opportunities from around the
World
UNESCO
UNESCO: Call for Participation
Applications are open for the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research
Fellowships Programme that the Government of Japan has been offering for
over a decade in order to support and encourage candidates from developing
countries to undertake research in the areas of Environment, Intercultural
Dialogue, Information and Communication Technologies, and peaceful
conflict resolution. Deadline: January 7.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=14635&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
UNESCO: Engineering
Education
UNESCO has issued the report Engineering: Issues, Challenges and
Opportunities for Development, the first ever international
report on engineering by UNESCO. Entirely based on voluntary contributions
from the international engineering community, it gives an overview of what
engineering is, identifies issues and challenges, details applications,
and discusses engineering education, training and mobility. The aim is to
promote better public understanding of engineering and its role in
society, and to highlight ways of making engineering and engineering
education more attractive to young people, especially
women.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001897/189753e.pdf
UNESCO: Haiti
Almost a
year after the tragic earthquake struck Haiti, local students who
benefited from UNESCO’s help tell their stories.
http://www.unesco.org/en/higher-education/dynamic-content-single-view/news/haitian_students_say_
blagodaria_thank_you_to_unesco_and_bulgaria/back/11995/cHash/699c3bb6b2/
UNESCO Bangkok:
Gender
UNESCO Bangkok has released an advocacy brief on
Gender Issues in Higher
Education that investigates the current status and trends in
higher education in the Asia-Pacific region from a gender perspective,
discusses gender mainstreaming as a strategy for promoting gender equality
in tertiary education, highlights good practices and issues
recommendations to fulfil this purpose.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001898/189825E.pdf
UNESCO Bangkok: Human
Resource Development
UNESCO Bangkok has released all papers
and presentations of the 14th UNESCO-APEID International Conference on
Education for Human Resource Development held from October 21 to
23
in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference
examined the relationships and links between the world of education and
the world of work in order to strengthen them. The themes broached were:
Developing Knowledge, Skills, Competencies and Values for the 21st
Century; Diversifying Pathways to Education for Human Resource
Development; Institutional Frameworks to Support Education and Training
for Human Resource Development.
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/apeid/apeid-international-conference/14/papers-and-presentations/
UNESCO Beirut: Regional
Policy
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab
States - Beirut has released a publication entitled Towards an Arab Higher Education Space:
International Challenges and Societal Responsibilities that
comprises the proceedings of the Arab Regional Conference on Higher
Education (ARCHE+10) that was held in Cairo, Egypt from May 31 to June 2,
2009 and a Regional Report describing the state of higher education in the
Arab region from 1998 to 2009.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001892/189272m.pdf
UNESCO Instituto
Superior para la Educación Superior
en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC): Cultural
Pluralism
The November issue of IESALC Bulletin on Cultural Diversity and
Interculturality in Higher Education: Trends and experiences in Latin America presents the developments
of the Cultural Diversity and Interculturality in Higher Education in
Latin America Project launched in July 2007.
http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=597&lang=en
UNESCO/African
Union: History
Education
The African Union Commission and the Science
Committee of UNESCO project on the Pedagogical Use of the General History
of Africa issued a joint press statement
in support of the achievement of the aim of the project which is to
renovate history teaching in African schools and higher education
institutions.
http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2010/october/pr/cp/26
10 10_Joint Communique - AU_UNESCO.docx
Other international
initiatives
International Association of Technology, Education and
Development (IATED): Educational Innovations
The International Conference of Education, Research and
Innovation (ICERI) was held in Madrid, Spain in November. Through the
presentation and discussion of new educational or research projects and
innovations, the aim of the conference was to promote international
collaboration in Education and Research in all educational fields and
disciplines.
http://www.iated.org/concrete2/technical_program.php?event_id=8
International
Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS): Islam and Higher
Education
Presentations of the International Conference on
Islam and Higher Education on Contemporary Higher Education Needs in Muslim
Countries, held from November 8 to 9 at IAIS in Malaysia are now available for
download. Sessions broached: Islam and Higher Education in Muslim
Countries, Synthesizing Traditional and Modern Knowledge, the Search of a
Model for Higher Educational Curricula, Islam and Higher Education in
Muslim-Minority Communities, Higher Education Reforms in Muslim Countries,
Distant and e-Learning in Higher Education, Islam and the Idea of a
Role
Model University in the 21st
Century.
http://iais.org.my/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=217:international-
conference-on-islam-and-higher-education&catid=21:upevetns&Itemid=90
Islamic Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO): Educational
Quality
The fifth Islamic Conference of Higher Education and
Scientific Research Ministers on Enculturation of Quality in Academia, Research
and Innovation Towards Prosperity of Ummah took place in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
from 19 to 20 October 2010. The Resolutions and the Kuala Lumpur
Declaration adopted during this conference concern the ranking of Islamic
world universities, the creation of the Islamic Network of Women
Scientists and the implementation of a strategy for science, technology
and innovation.
http://www.isesco.org.ma/english/confSpec/MinistresEnseignementSup/Documents/R%C3%A9solutions%20anglais.pdf
http://www.isesco.org.ma/english/confSpec/MinistresEnseignementSup/Documents/Declaration%20Kuala%20lumpur%20Ang.pdf (Declaration)
Mediterranean Office for Youth (MOY): Student
Mobility
MOY involves 16 countries bordering the Mediterranean. From 2011 to 2014, it will carry out
a pilot programme for the mobility of students and young professionals and
create a resource centre on Mediterranean mobility. A call for proposals
for the MOY label is available.
http://www.mediterraneanofficeforyouth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=181&lang=en
Scholars at Risk
Network (SAR)/Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR): Academic
Freedom
On the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day, SAR and
NEAR launched a website for the promotion and defence of academic freedom.
The site summarises their project to raise awareness about academic
freedom and related values and provides materials to develop education and
advocacy activities and to expand the community of academic freedom
advocates.
http://www.academicfreedom.info/workshops/home.html
http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/Events-News/Article-Detail.php?art_uid=2391 (Press release)
Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida): Call for Participation
Sida and the Swedish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs have made available their shared database
called Researchers for Development
Analysis (REDA). It is intended as a tool to strengthen the
role of research in Swedish development cooperation. Researchers who
register in the database will be considered for peer-review processes,
commissioned tasks and research, evaluations or direct
consultations.
http://sida.orbelon.com/researcher-database/for-researchers.aspx
United Nations:
University IGO Links
The UN Secretary General addressed the
United Nations Academic Impact for a Better World conference. He stated
his support to the initiative to create new partnerships by engaging with
the higher education sector that he officially launched on 18-19 November
.
http://www.un.org.cn/cms/p/news/27/1590/content.html
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/pi1966.doc.htm
(Launch)
United
Nations University (UNU): Universities
The constitutional
act of the United Nations University Institute for the Alliance of
Civilizations was signed in Barcelona in November. Its areas of
research will be educational research and training, migrations, youth and
the new role of communications media.
http://www.educacion.es/horizontales/prensa/notas/2010/11/alianza-civilizaciones.html (in Spanish)
World
Bank: Educational Strategies
The draft of the World Bank Education Strategy 2020
is available for comments and feedback. The document entitled Learning for All: Investing in People’s
Knowledge and Skills to Promote Development analyses the
reasons for a new strategy; describes the framing, directions, and process
(through external consultations) to develop it; and discusses the key
issues for its implementation.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:
22474207~menuPK:282402~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:282386,00.html
World Bank: Educational
Strategies (Africa)
The
World Bank has released its Draft Africa Strategy, Africa’s Future and the World Bank’s Role in
it. It analyses the proposed strategy, based on three,
interdependent themes: competitiveness and employment; vulnerability and
resilience; and governance and public-sector capacity. It also describes
the instruments to be used for its implementation. The final strategy is
due for publication in March 2011.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,print:Y~isCURL:Y~
contentMDK:22765606~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258644,00.html?cid=EXTAFR1
World Bank.
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD):
Gender
The World Bank has published a report on Bridging the Gap: Improving Capabilities and
Expanding Opportunities for Women in the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) Region. It outlines the challenges which are still faced
by women despite the progress made in reducing gender gaps and suggests
policy options to address these challenges.
http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=
282386&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187295&theSitePK=282386&entityID=000334955_
20101027074715&searchMenuPK=64187295&theSitePK=282386
World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS): Call for Participation
The WSIS
Team has launched an open consultation on thematic aspects and the format
of WSIS Forum 2011. The questions currently discussed on the WSIS
community are: What are the key themes that need to be addressed at the
WSIS Forum? Are there any new innovative formats that can help stimulate
discussions and partnerships towards the achievement of the WSIS Goals?
Submission of a written contribution can be made using the following
online form until 15 December 2010.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2011/forum/pages/OC_ThematicAspects-StepThree.html
(form)
http://www.wsis.org/forum
Regional initiatives
Africa
Association of African
Universities (AAU): Call for Participation
The call for
abstracts for the Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents
of African Universities (COREVIP) is open until December 15, 2010. Its
theme is Strengthening the Space of
Higher Education in Africa. The Conference will take place in
Stellenbosch,
South
Africa, from May 30 to June 3,
2011.
http://www.aau.org/?q=content/call-abstract-corevip-under-theme-strengthening-space-higher-education-africa
Association of African
Universities (AAU): Call for Participation
The call for
nomination for the AAU African Higher Education Excellence Award (AHEEA)
is open until December 30, 2010. It is awarded for distinguished
contributions to higher education and research in Africa.
http://www.aau.org/?q=content/nominate-your-candidate-aau-african-higher-education-
excellence-award-aheea-distinguished-co
Association of African
Universities (AAU): ICT
AAU and the Ministry of
Education of Ghana
organized the High-Level Conference on
the Connectivity of West and Central African Higher Education
Institutions in Accra, Ghana, from October 18 to 19.
Its objectives were to assess the current situation, compare it with that
of other regions and propose measures to improve the connectivity of
higher education institutions in Africa.
http://events.aau.org/introduction.php?id=14&/lang=en
Council for the Development
of Social Science Research in Africa:
Social Roles
CODESRIA has released Public and Private Domains and the Social Role
of Universities in Africa. It discusses the social role
of African higher education institutions in the challenges of the public
sphere.
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1184
OER Africa: OER
A list of open
educational resources (OER) search engines is provided on the OER Africa
website as part of its activities to facilitate access to OER to African
academics.
http://www.oerafrica.org/OERNews/tabid/283/mctl/details/newsid/186/Default.aspx
Panafrican Institute of
University Governance (IPAGU): New Publication
IPAGU, a
joint Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and
Association of Commonwealth Universities project for the modernization of
the governance of higher education in Africa, has released the first issue of its
Newsletter.
http://www.ipagu.org/News-bulletin
Regional Universities Forum
for Capacity
Building in
Agriculture (RUFORUM): Agricultural Education
The
Ministerial Meeting on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa which
took place in Kampala, Uganda from November 15 to 19, aimed at
strengthening the higher education sector in Africa.
http://web-dev-csc.gre.ac.uk/conference/conf66/index.php?p=725
Southern African Regional
Universities Association (SARUA): Zimbabwe
SARUA has
released three new publications on higher education in the Southern
African Region: Rebuilding Higher
Education in Zimbabwe (1) on the Leadership dialogue workshop
to support the rebuilding of Zimbabwe’s higher education sector;
http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/volume-2-number-1-2010
Southern African Regional
Universities Association (SARUA): Educational
Finance
Investment
in Higher Education – New Directions (2) on the trends in
higher education investment in the region;
http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/volume-2-number-2-2010
Southern African Regional
Universities Association (SARUA): ICT
ICT Infrastructure and Connectivity: New
Capacity, New Opportunities (3) that present possibilities
linked to the connectivity of the region.
http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/volume-2-number-3-2010
Americas
Association of Public and
Land-grant
Universities
(APLU)/Asociación Colombiana de Universidades (ASCUN)/Phelps Stokes
Foundation: Minority Groups
APLU, ASCUN and the Phelps
Stokes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Agreement on October 29 to
establish a collaborative partnership between Afro-Colombian
(Colombia) and
Historically Black Land-grant Universities (United States of
America).
http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1828
Cooperación Latinoamericana
de Redes Avanzadas (CLARA) & Inter-American Organization for Higher
Education (IOHE): e-Collaboration
IOHE and CLARA signed
a cooperation agreement at the Congress of the Americas which took place in Calgary, Canada, last October for the
creation of an e-Collaborative space in the fields of Science,
Technology and Innovation.
http://oui-iohe.org/blogoui/en/2010/11/08/caie-2010-towards-the-creation-of-a-common-area-of-
higher-education-members-of-the-iohe-reach-a-vast-consensus-in-establishing-internationalization-objectives-2/
Mercosur: Call for
Participation
La Universidad de
la
República de la República Oriental
del Uruguay has launched a call for proposals to public and private
universities in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in the Framework
of the Programa de Movilidad MERCOSUR en Educación Superior (Mercosur
mobility programme in higher education). This project aims to implement
academic exchange networks between universities in MERCOSUR countries.
Deadline: December 30, 2010.
http://proyectomilenio.com/2010/11/08/programa-de-movilidad-mercosur-en-educacion-superior/ (in Spanish)
Asia
Singapore/China/India:
Regional Cooperation
The National University of
Singapore (NUS) held the first China-India-Singapore Dialogue on Higher
Education - an event organized to provide a platform for
discussions and exchange of views between key policy makers and higher
education leaders from China, India and Singapore and to raise awareness on
the developments in higher education in China and India among the Singaporean
community.
http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/events/indiachina/CIS%20Dialogue%20report.pdf
Europe
Coimbra Group of
Universities: Educational History
The Coimbra Group held
its 25th Birthday Seminar in Brussels, Belgium in October on The Forgotten Origins of Universities in
Europe. Themes addressed were: Irish Schools and Scholars: Makers of the
Middle Ages? Madrasah and University: Knowledge as Identity and
Legitimacy; The Islamic Doctorate and Universitas – on the Origin of the
Social Dimension in Western Mediaeval Cooperatives; Women’s Hidden or
Denied Contribution to Western Academic Knowledge; and Magnaura - The
Imperial University of Constantinople.
http://www.coimbra-group.eu/index.php?page=news
European Association for
Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA): Educational
Quality
ENQA has published ENQA: 10 years (2000-2010) – A decade of European
cooperation in quality assurance in higher education on the
occasion of its 10th anniversary. It presents an overview of ENQA’s major
milestones and identifies opportunities and challenges for the next
decade.
http://enqa.eu/files/ENQA%2010th%20Anniversary%20publication.pdf
European Association of
Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE): Bologna Process
EURASHE held its
20th Annual Conference on Implementing
Bologna: from Rhetoric to
Reality in Tallinn, Estonia in October. Themes that
were broached included: Strategic university planning after Bologna;
International Openness indicators of internationalisation; mobility;
Linking education- research-innovation; and Socio-economic background of
students in mass higher education.
http://www.eurashe.eu/RunScript.asp?Page=136&p=ASP\Pg136.asp
European Commission:
Educational Policy
The European Commission has published
its 2011 annual work programme. In addition to its flagship initiative on
Youth on the Move and
Digital Agenda, the EU will
look at ways to modernise higher education and foster innovation and
knowledge and propose another flagship initiative on News Skills and Jobs.
Concerning research, its work will include issues such as partnerships in
research and innovation and access to scientific
information.
http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/programmes/
European Distance and
e-Learning Network (EDEN): OER
EDEN held a Research Workshop on User Generated Content Assessment in Learning:
enhancing transparency and quality of peer production in
Budapest,
Hungary in
October. Themes included Connecting Research with Policy and Practice; A
Holistic Approach to Defining Excellence in Online Education; Openness and
Quality – Beyond User Generated Trash; and The Challenge of Quality in
peer-produced e-Learning Content.
http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=524
European Drivers for a
Regional innovation Platform (EU-DRIVERS): Regional
Innovation
EU-DRIVERS held a Conference on Universities leading regional innovation: New
partnerships at a time of economic crisis in Barcelona, Spain in November 2010. It was
the first in a series of three annual conferences organized as part of the
EU-Drivers project to create a regional innovation virtual community; find
solutions for better regional cooperation; and enable the dissemination of
reports.
http://www.eu-drivers.eu/images/stories/EU-DRIVERS_Project_Concept.pdf
European Investment Bank
(EIB): Loans
The EIB is granting a 450 million euro
loan to Turkey for research and
innovation capacity. The funds will co-finance Turkey’s contribution to the
science and technology programmes implemented by the Scientific and
Technological Research Council in order to promote the integration of the
Turkish Research Area into the European Research
Area..
http://www.eib.org/about/press/2010/2010-182-the-eib-provides-eur-600-million-for-the-knowledge-
economy-and-the-environment-in-turkey.htm?lang=en
European Network of
Indicator Designers: Indicators
The 2010 Science and
Technology Indicators (STI) Conference on Creating Value for Users took place
in Leiden,
The Netherlands, in September. Themes included Enriching the Indicator
Base for the Knowledge Economy; Research Performances of Young
Researchers; Indicators as Support Tools for Policy and Management; and
Evaluation of Research Groups.
http://www.enid-europe.org/conference.html
European Quality Assurance
Register for Higher Education (EQAR): Educational
Quality
EQAR has published the Summary Report of the 1st Register
Committee which gives an account of its criteria and procedures
and decision-making for inclusion in the Register during its past two-year
mandate.
http://www.eqar.eu/fileadmin/documents/eqar/official/RC_04_1_SummaryReport_2008-2010.pdf
European University Association (EUA):
Diversification of Education
EUA held its annual
conference on Diversities and
Commonalities – the changing face of Europe’s universities in October at the
University of Palermo, Italy. The focus was to assist institutional
leaders in understanding better and responding to the different pressures
they face, in particular to sharpen their specific institutional profiles.
The Conference highlighted examples of strategies and practices adopted by
university leaders in different contexts to enhance institutional missions
and attract and retain high quality staff, cater to diverse student
profiles, and consider incentives for developing diverse research
strategies and research portfolios.
http://www.eua.be/palermo.aspx
European University Association (EUA):
Educational Quality
A new study entitled Examining Quality Culture. Part I: Quality
Assurance Processes in Higher Education Institutions analyses
the implementation of quality assurance (QA) processes in European
universities and how they are being used to develop a ‘quality
culture’.
http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publications/Examining_Quality_Culture_Part_1.sflb.ashx
Furthermore, EUA issued a Policy Statement on Quality and Quality
Assurance in the European Higher Education Area in
October.
http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publications_homepage_list/EUA-QA-Policy-2010.sflb.ashx
Joiman Project: Joint
Degrees
The Final Seminar of the JOIMAN project took
place in Vilnius,
Lithuania
in October. Joiman is a project financed by the European Commission to
provide a platform in which partners can share knowledge and know how on
solutions to the problems faced during the first stage of the Erasmus
Mundus Programme. Common tools or strategies will be created to support
Higher Education Institutions on issues related to Joint Degrees’
management.
https://www.joiman.eu/activities/Lists/DevelopmentActivities/DispForm.aspx?ID=18&Source=
https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ejoiman%2Eeu%2Factivities%2Fdefault%2Easpx
Inter-Regional
Cooperation
African Union/European
Union: Educational
Policy
The 3rd Africa-EU Summit took place in November
2010
in Libya. Under its main theme of
Investment, Economic Growth and Job
Creation it included a side event on higher
education.
http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/node/398
http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/side-event-conference-higher-education (Side event on HE)
Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM): Educational
Policy
The 2nd ASEM Rectors’ Conference took place at
Korea University (KU) in Seoul on 26-27 October 2010. It brought
together some 80 university leaders and representatives of ASEM higher
education institutions, networks and organisations at the highest level.
The meeting, organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), the ASEAN
University Network (AUN) and KU, issued recommendations for the 3rd ASEM
Education Ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen, 2011.
http://www.asef.org/index.php?option=com_project&task=view&id=661
Association of African
Universities (AAU)/Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC): Industry and
University
AAU and AUCC launched the Renewal and Strengthening of Africa Higher
Education Institutions Project in November. The project aims at
linking more closely African universities with the private sector. It has
three components: strengthening African university outreach;
university-industry linkages; and strengthening AAU stakeholder relations.
http://www.aau.org/?q=content/the-official-launch-aau-aucc-partnership-project
United States of
America/Africa: Educational Grants
The Carnegie
Corporation of New
York has published the second in a series of three
publications examining the 10-year partnership of a multi-foundation
collaboration which started in 2000. The second case study entitled
Lessons from a Ten-Year Funder
Collaborative: A Case Study of the Partnership for Higher Education in
Africa analyses the successes and weaknesses of the partnership
and its impact on higher education in Africa.
http://carnegie.org/news/press-releases/story/news-action/single/view/how-foundations-
collaborate-a-case-study-reveals-successes-hard-lessons-from-a-10-year-initiative/
National and institutional
initiatives
Afghanistan: Educational Strategies
The draft version of the National Education Strategic Plan
for Afghanistan
(1389-1393/2010-2014) prepared by the Ministry of Education defines the
policies and objectives of the education sector for the next five years.
The plan is articulated around five priority programmes: General and
Islamic Education; Curriculum Development, Teacher Education and Science
and Technology Education; Technical and Vocational Education and Training;
Literacy; Education Management.
http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Afghanistan/Afghanistan_NESP_II_2010-2014_draft.pdf
Australia: Educational Finance
The
Ministry of Tertiary Education has initiated a review of the higher
education base funding to set up the principles for public investment in
higher education, including the appropriate balance between public and
private contributions to the cost of education or the distribution of
funding by discipline, the share of funding from Government, students and
other sources.
http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Policy/Documents/BaseFundingReviewTerms.pdf
Australia: Gender
Universities
Australia has released
the Universities Australia Strategy for Women:
2011-2014 to enhance employment equity for women. The document
identifies seven key goals, and a number of measures to be taken and lists
activities that Universities Australia is committed to or will support
over the next three years in order to address employment equity issues
across the higher education sector.
http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/resources/486
Australia: Science Planning
The Australian
Research Council has released its Strategic Plan 2010-11 to 2012-13
that reviews its priorities and defines key objectives for the next three
years, as well as strategies to achieve them, and performance indicators.
The areas of focus are: research, capacity, policy, evaluation, promotion
and effective and efficient organization.
http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/strategic_plan_10-13.pdf
Belgium (French Community): Enrolment
The
rectors and deans of five faculties of medicine have expressed concern
about the 30% increase in the number of students entering medicine and
dentistry studies. They insisted on the need to preserve the quality of
medical training.
http://www.cref.be/Communiqu%C3%A9_06102010.pdf (in French)
Burundi: Educational Legislation
The
Decree issued on September 13, 2010 lists the missions of the Ministry of
Higher Education and Scientific Research.
http://www.burundi-gov.bi/Missions-du-Ministere-de-l,1536 (in French)
Canada: Research Integrity
The Council
of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on Research Integrity has released a
report on Honesty, Accountability and
Trust: Fostering Research Integrity in Canada. It presents
a comparative study of the current research integrity system, identifies
four gaps in Canada’s policy framework,
defines eleven fundamental principles of research integrity and proposes
the creation of a body, the Canadian Council for Research
Integrity.
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/assessments/completed/research-integrity.aspx
Canada: Quebec: Equity
The Conseil
supérieur de l’Education published the Report on the State and Needs of Education
2008-2010 entitled Conjuguer équité et performance en éducation,
un défi de société (Balancing Equity and Performance in Education: A
Challenge for Society). It analyses the evolution of the Québec
education system at the general, adult and postsecondary education levels,
and proposes six approaches for making it more equitable and
efficient.
http://www.cse.gouv.qc.ca/fichiers/documents/publications/CEBE/50-0192-Summary.pdf
Canada: Quebec: Graduate
Studies
The Conseil supérieur de l’Education has
prepared a Brief entitled Pour une
vision actualisée des formations universitaires aux cycles supérieurs
(Towards an Updated Vision of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies)
for the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports. Based on
a review of literature, consultations and interviews, it defines the
trends and characteristics of graduate and post-doctoral studies in
Quebec
and formulates objectives to ensure the sustainability of their
development and their response to individual and collective
needs.
http://www.cse.gouv.qc.ca/fichiers/documents/publications/Avis/50-0474-Sommaire_EN.pdf
Colombia: Educational Quality
The
Ministry of Education is organizing the Talleres Regionales IES 2010 (Higher
education institutions regional workshops 2010) to help university staff
involved in quality assurance to improve their institutions’ management
models, academic planning and self-assessment.
http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/cvn/1665/w3-article-253259.html (in Spanish)
Congo: Private Education
The
Accreditation Commission, which met for the first time from October 13 to
16, issued 2-year provisional agreements to 12 private higher education
institutions.
http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=43386&oldaction=liste&
regpay_id=0%20&them_id=0&cat_id=3&ss_cat_id=64&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=10&select_year=2010 (in French)
Cuba: Access to Education
The
Minister of Higher Education confirmed, on November 1, 2010, that access
to higher education must remain an educational priority, quality of
pre-university education must be improved and access to higher education
should better meet national economic needs.
http://www.mes.edu.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=182&Itemid=2 (in Spanish)
Djibouti: Educational Buildings
The
President has laid the first stone of the future University of
Djibouti which will
comprise the necessary infrastructure for hosting spin-offs in addition to
classrooms, lecture theatres and laboratories.
http://www.africatime.com/djibouti/nouvelle.asp?no_nouvelle=558354&no_categorie=UNE (in French)
Ecuador: Educational Legislation
The
text of the new Ley Orgánica de
Educación Superior (Higher Education Act), approved by the
Government of Ecuador, was published in the Registro Official on October
12, 2010. It includes amendments concerning the electoral process for
rectors and other academic staff members.
http://www.senplades.gov.ec/web/18607/585 (in Spanish)
Representatives of the Consejo Nacional de
Educación Superior (CONESUP) and other
academic organizations of Ecuador held a meeting with the
President of the Asamblea Nacional to express their concern about the new
Higher Education Act.
http://www.asambleanacional.gov.ec/200910281305/noticias/boletines/asamblea-y-conesup-
retoman-dialogo-sobre-nueva-ley-de-educacion-superior.html (in Spanish)
France: Professional Integration
The
first national survey on the professional integration of holders of the
master degree has been carried out with the participation of universities.
The results give integration rates by university, by major field and by
discipline.
http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/pid24447/taux-d-insertion-professionnelle-
des-etudiants-par-universite-et-discipline.html (in French)
Germany: Sustainable Development
The
International Greening Education Event (IGEE) 2010 took place in
Karlsruhe
in October. It analysed the issues of sustainability in different
university contexts, as well as in a lifelong education
perspective.
http://www.etechgermany.com/en/IGEE2010/igee2010.html
Hong-Kong: Access to Education
In his
Policy Address of October 13, the chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) announced a significant increase in the number
of publicly-funded undergraduate places in the University Grants Committee
(UGC)-funded institutions. The publicly-funded senior year undergraduate
places will be doubled to reach a total of 4,000 per year by 2012/13
onwards. Additionally, the number of first-year-first-degree places will
be raised to 15,000 for each cohort as from the 2012-13 academic
year.
http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/ugc/publication/press/2010/pr13102010.htm
India: Student Registration
The
Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to
create an electronic registry of all students to help to track their
mobility from primary/elementary through secondary and higher education
and between institutions. The attribution of a unique identification
number to be printed on the performance record of each student to avoid
fake degrees is also planned.
http://www.education.nic.in/Press/Rell27102010.pdf
Ireland: Completion Rate
The Higher
Education Authority has published A Study of Progression in Irish Higher
Education. It offers an updated snapshot of the progression of fulltime
students between 2008 and 2009 in order to serve to
improve rates of completion and graduation.
http://www.hea.ie/en/node/1386
Mexico: Educational Supervision
The
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has released the second
edition of the Estudio Comparativo de
Universidades Mexicanas - ECUM (Comparative study of Mexican
universities). It provides a new electronic tool, the Explorador de Datos
(ExECUM), consisting of an interactive database which compares 60 public
and private universities in areas such as academic staff and programmes,
research, scholarly publications. This study is not intended to serve as a
national university ranking system but as a comparative information
provider to help to define new institutional policies and
strategies.
http://www.ecum.unam.mx/node/1 (in Spanish)
New
Zealand: New Ministry
Planned to be
operational in early 2011, the new Ministry of Science and Innovation was
created from the merger of the Foundation for Research, Science and
Technology, and the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST).
It will advise the Government on New Zealand’s science and
innovation system and supervise investments in research, science and
technology.
http://www.msi.govt.nz/
New
Zealand: Economic Value
Universities
New
Zealand - Te Pokai Tara - has published
the report prepared by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
(NZIER) on The Economic Value of
University Investment. It demonstrates how government
investment in teaching and research has an impact on economic growth.
http://www.nzvcc.ac.nz/files/The_Economic_Value_of_University_Investment_FINAL.pdf
New
Zealand: Entrance Examinations
The New
Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has launched consultations
on:
- a proposed University Entrance requirement that would raise the
level of achievement required, simplify the subject component along
with the content of the list of approved subjects, and set out updated
numeracy and literacy components. Deadline: December
6.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/consultations-and-reviews/proposed-changes-to-the-university-entrance-ue-requirement/
New
Zealand: Educational Qualifications
-
proposals for the periodic review of sub-degree tertiary qualifications
with the objective to reduce the number of certificate and diploma
qualifications and to ensure that they remain relevant for learners and
the industry. Deadline: December 10.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/consultations-and-reviews/periodic-reviews-of-tertiary-qualifications/
Norway: Research Infrastructure
The
Norwegian Roadmap for Research
Infrastructures provides an overview of Norwegian
infrastructure development in order to serve as a guide for national and
international partnerships.
http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/Norwegian_Roadmap_for_Research_Infrastructure_now_in_English/1253962625815
South
Africa: Language of Instruction
The
Minister of Higher Education and Training addressed the Roundtable on
African Languages in Higher Education the aim of which was to reflect on
and propose an action plan on the use of African languages in higher
education in Africa.
http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=13956&tid=23039
South
Africa: Qualifications Framework
The
Council of Higher Education (CHE) has released its first Communiqué on its
extended functions that comprise the development and management of the
higher education qualifications framework (HEQF). This Communiqué outlines
the process for the review of the HEQF and the implementation plan for the
alignment of existing programmes and qualifications in line with the
requirements of the HEQF.
http://www.che.ac.za/documents/d000211/
Sri
Lanka: Recognition of Degrees
The
University Grants Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka has released the Guidelines for the Recognition of Degrees
Awarded by Higher Educational Institutes, a document that
describes the elements to be examined when evaluating an institution prior
to its being granted a degree awarding status. These comprise: Governance
and management; Academic programmes, Standards and Quality Assurance;
Academic and Research Competencies of Staff; Educational
Environment.
http://www.ugc.ac.lk/en/news-and-events/787-guidelines-for-the-recognition-of-degrees-awarded-by-
higher-educational-institutes.html
Switzerland: Indicators
The conference
Research Quality in the Humanities:
Towards Criteria and Procedures for Evaluating Research took
place at the University of Zurich in October. It discussed
bibliometrics for measuring research quality in the humanities and social
sciences.
http://www.psh.ethz.ch/tagung2010/
Trinidad and
Tobago: ICT
The Minister of Science
Technology and Tertiary Education launched the National Knowledge and Learning Network
(NKLN) initiative on October 18, 2010. In coordination with the
Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN), it will help to improve
the quality and competitiveness of the higher education sector by
expanding Internet connectivity and improving IT-based
learning.
http://stte.gov.tt/MediaCentre/PressReleases/NKLN.aspx
Uganda: Accreditation
The National
Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has released its Guidelines for Accreditation and The Full List
of University Accredited Programmes
2010.
http://www.unche.or.ug/brief.php?id=3
http://www.unche.or.ug/brief.php?id=4
United
Arab Emirates: Transition from School to Higher
Education
In his address to the annual convocation of the
United Arab Emirates University in October 2010, the Minister of Higher
Education and Scientific Research emphasized the need for close
collaboration between higher and secondary education institutions in order
to define appropriate exit standards for secondary school students to
access university and to improve the curricula.
http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Universities_must_work_with_secondary_schools/42870.htm
United
Kingdom: Educational Grants
The
Government has set out plans for reforms to higher education and student
finance. They will offer more generous financial support for students from
low income backgrounds to go to university. Graduates who have completed
their studies and are among the country's higher earners will make a
greater contribution towards the cost of their education. As their
earnings increase, so will their contributions. The bulk of funding will
follow the choices of students, rather than flowing as a block grant from
the Government as at present.
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=416343&NewsAreaID=2
United
Kingdom: Higher Education Providers
A
secondary school in Norfolk is to offer
university degrees in law and business administration from the University of
London.
http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/News/Pages/news-20101029-3f70a77c2a314080bc7c18ec62a72885.aspx
United
Kingdom: Equity
The Higher Education
Academy has launched a programme across Scotland’s
higher education and further education sectors to embed equality and
diversity in the curriculum. The joint programme involves
Scotland’s Colleges and the
Equality Practitioner Networks and will support the delivery of the
Scottish Funding Council’s equality and diversity framework for 2010-13.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/news/detail/2010/embedding_equality_and_diversity_in_FE_and_HE_scotland
United
States of America: Education Governing
Boards
Cornell University has released Governor’s Choice: Gender Composition of
Trustee Boards at Public Universities. Based on a survey of
selected 4-year colleges and universities, the working paper examines the
composition of trustee boards, the percentage and role of female trustees,
and their impact on governance at public
universities.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/upload/cheri_wp137.pdf
United
States of America: Educational Autonomy
The
Association of American University Professors has released a special issue
of Academe on The Conflicted
University. It examines
the future of research at universities across the country and the impact
of economic and political interests on the independence and transparency
of research.
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/2010PRS/Academepr.htm
United
States of America: Learning Outcomes
The New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning
and Accountability initiative aims to improve student learning
in U.S. colleges and universities.
To date 71 presidents have signed an agreement to take steps to gather
more evidence about student learning and use it to improve the quality of
learning.
http://carnegie.org/news/press-releases/story/news-action/single/view/college-university-
presidents-announce-alliance-to-improve-student-learning/
United
States of America: Foreign Students
The Council of
Graduate Schools (CGS) released the Findings from the 2010 CGS International
Graduate Admissions Survey Phase III: Final Offers of Admission and
Enrollment in November 2010. It provides a statistical
analysis of the results of a survey of 494 colleges and universities on
the recent evolution international graduate admissions by country/region
of origin and by field of study.
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/R_IntlEnrl10_III.pdf
Vietnam: Academic Libraries
The paper
Systematic performance measurement for
university libraries in Vietnam presented at the ALSR 2010
Conference Towards Future Possibilities, hosted by the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, from March 11 to 12, provides an overview of the
performance of Vietnamese university libraries.
http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/programme/pdf/Session6A_Ninh.pdf
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