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university businessinternationalisationstudy conditionsacademic ethics

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE

by Julian Garritzmann

education and traininG monitor 2016the structure of the european education systems

matchinG skills and Jobs in europeclassification of learninG activities - manual

alternative pathways into the labour marketstudent stress in Germany

international student satisfaction in europe academic corruption perception rankinG

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university business

UK GOvERNMENT PUsHEs FOR UNIvERsITY PRIvATIsATIONlondon, 04.10.2016 (nature) -- a draft law, the Higher Education and Research Bill, is making its way through the house of commons. the bill amounts to the biggest shake-up in the sector for more than a generation. it is designed to make it easier for private companies to set up universities, and to enable more researchers to commercialise their work ... read more

TIME COME FOR A HIGHER EDUCATION MARKET IN ALbANIA?tirana, 18.09.2016 (panorama) -- adrian civici, president of the private european university of tirana, thinks it is. the proportion of albanian students attending private universities has reached at least 20 percent since the founding of the first of such institutions 15 years ago. civici claims the “time has come for a higher education sector with all the elements of the market” ... read more

PORTUGUEsE PRIvATE UNIs IN REsURGENCEporto, 23.10.2016 (público) -- private universities in portugal began to see a fall in student numbers in 1999, but for the second year running, preliminary figures from the national newspaper público show that attendance of private institutions has increased – a feat not seen in 20 years. president of the porto regional sector of the portuguese catholic university, manuel alfonso vaz said, „there is some recovery, after difficult years“ … read more

HUAwEI sTARTs UNIvERsITY PARTNERsHIP IN PORTUGALshanGhai, 12.10.2016 (jn) -- the chinese ict corporation huawei signed an agreement with portugal’s agency for trade and investment in order to establish a partnership programme with portuguese universities. the programme is entirely funded by the company and open to high performing students in the areas of informatics, electronics and telecommunications ... read more | and here

APPLE ExPANDs COOPERATION wITH ITALIAN UNIvERsITIEsnaples, 09.10.2016 (iculture) -- at the opening ceremony of the first iOS Developers Academy in Naples, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, lisa Jackson announced plans to work with at least five universities in the campania region so that more students can attend the iOS Foundation Program … read more

athens (esna) -- at the beginning of october, a series of discussions addressing potential changes to the country’s constitution took place. these discussions also brought those who wanted to allow private universities in Greece into the arena. Private universities are still forbidden by the constitution, but financial forces are putting pressure on the government to act. After the cabinet reshuffle in early november, will the new education minister, kostas Gavroglou, risk another misstep?

Both English and American colleges would profit from legalisation but critics fear that in light of the under-financing of public universities and the absence of an urgently needed plan for reform of Greek higher education, private universities would have just one effect — a deterioration in educational quality.

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IRIsH CAsH COwsdublin, 07.10.2016 (irish examiner) -- Seeking to fill the gap in the market of an english-speaking eu country that brexit will leave in its wake, irish education minister, richard bruton has announced a plan to attract 37,000 more foreign students by the end of the 2019/20 academic year. this would mean an extra 520 million euros a year … read more

HUNGARIAN ACADEMICs PROTEsT IMMIGRATION REFERENDUMbudapest, 01.10.2016 (nepszava) -- in the run up to last weekend’s referendum in hungary, over 140 academics signed a declaration condemning it as “meaningless, unconstitutional and inhumane.” the question asked if the people wanted the eu to be able to set migrant quotas without approval of the national assembly. the vast majority voted against eu quotas, but turnout was too low to validate the referendum … read more

bULGARIAN bRAIN DRAINsofia, 04.10.2016 (utroruse) -- “a major obstacle to better economic growth is the lack of human resour-ces” said vasil velev, chairman of the association of industrial capital in bulgaria about keeping students in the country after graduation. emil stoimenov, a medical student, claimed that as many as half of his classmates were planning on leaving bulgaria after graduation. but until conditions on the labour market improve, he does not see forcing students to stay in bulgaria as a viable option … read more

UKRAINE’s ACADEMIC DIAsPORA IN GERMANYkiev, 20.10.2016 (researchresearch) -- ukraine is looking to reform, and two laws, on higher education and on scientific and technical activity, have been adopted; both could lead to significant change. A network initiative of ukrainian scientists abroad is trying to accelerate this process ... read more

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EUROPEAN-CHINEsE LOvE AFFAIRbeiJinG, 09.10.2016 (shanghai daily) -- china has signed agreements on the mutual recognition of degrees with 19 eu member states, including Germany, france and italy. the chinese education ministry also expressed desire to focus on the ‘balanced flow’ of students between china and europe. 303,000 chinese students were studying in europe at the end of 2015 … read more

EU-sTUDENT FUNDING GUARANTEE ExTENDEDlondon, 11.10.2016 (bbc) -- eu students applying for a place at english universities for the next academic year will be eligible for loans and grants, ministers have said. the arrangement will be honoured even if the uk exits the eu in that period ... read more

sTUDENTs OF THE wORLD ON THE MOvEbrussels, 01.10.2016 (aca) -- the proportion of international students continues to rise, according to this year’s Education at a Glance report. their numbers have grown by 5 percent in 12 months … read more

FRANCE INTERNATIONALparis, 26.09.2016 (france strategie) -- higher education institutions in france undertake 600 internationalisation pro- grammes that 37,000 students take part in worldwide, the first comprehensive report on france’s universities’ activities abroad shows. the report suggests that these activities are more opportunistic than part of a clear strategy … read more

FRENCH sTUDENTs LOvE bELGIAN DEGREEsbrussels, 26.09.2016 (france tv info) -- french students have long travelled to walloon for degrees in medicine, physiotherapy and pharmacy. but now, thanks to the lower cost of living and less stringent entry conditions, the phenomenon has spread to areas such as graphic design and architecture, so much so that 11 percent of students at francophone belgian unis are indeed French … read more

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study conditions

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OUTberlin, 11.10.2016 (spiegel) -- over

half of Germany’s students feel stressed, according to a study by health insurer aok. the larger exam burden that is a consequence of the bologna reforms is

cited by those involved in the study as a main factor. young women suffer more

than men … read more

IRIsH sTUDENTs DEMAND FREE HIGHER EDUCATIONdublin, 26.09.2016 (irish times) -- the irish students’ union usi has announced that on the 19th october it will demonstrate for public investment into tertiary education. it added that an income-contingent loan system was not good enough, as the debt-burden would act as a deterrent against studying … read more

LEss sUPPORT FOR FRENCH sTUDENTsparis, 18.10.2016 (le point) -- in a press conference, rector

of the panthéon-sorbonne university in paris, Georges

haddad, has lamented the pitiful financial situation faced by

universities and their staff. “we are on the ropes permanently. students are not less well trained, they are less well supported.” he added, “a country that does not respect its teachers cannot claim to love its youth” … read more

NEw PAY-As-YOU-GO DUTCH TUITION sCHEMEthe haGue, 03.10.2016 (div) -- a proposal from the dutch education minister Jet bussemaker would make it possible for students at some universities to pay per credit. thus students who are ill or have responsibilities as a carer or parent, for example, would be able to focus their studies in a way that suits their own circumstances … read more | and here

FAILED DEMOCRATIsATION IN bELGIUMhasselt, 28.09.2016 (knack) -- “the democratisation of universities has failed.” this is the brutal assessment of hasselt university rector luc de schepper. Quoting oecd statistics, the rector highlighted that in belgium, the proportion of highly educated young people with poorly educated parents is lower than it was twenty years ago, at 22 compared to 30 percent … read more

TEMPERATURE RIsEs ON bULGARIAN sTUDENT HOUsING MARKETsofia, 24.10.2016 (standart) -- rents in student areas of Sofia have increased beyond the affordable threshold of 500 lev (250 euro) per month, and in some areas greater than 600 lev, according to consulting company primo. brokers fear that this is unhealthy for the market, which risks “overheating” and reducing the number of transactions … read more

bERLIN’s sTUDENTs sTRUGGLE FOR LIvING sPACEberlin, 26.09.2016 (rbb) -- berlin is one of 19 university cities in Germany where the housing market is graded as acutely critical, according to a new study. in comparison with last year however, the situation has only got slightly worse, where in other cities

it has heated up significantly

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CODE OF ETHICs FOR sRPsKA UNIvERsITIEsbelGrade, 18.10.2016 (rtrs) -- dejan popovic,

president of the national council for higher education in the bosnian entity the republic of srpska, has announced the introduction of a national code of ethics for universities. violations include plagiarism, misuse, falsification of research and unethical behaviour to others … read more

GHOsTwRITING ON THE RIsE IN AUsTRIA

vienna, 21.10.2016 (orf) -- more and more students in austria are using paid essay-writing services to do their work for them, according to plagiarism expert stefan weber. he even

paid 250 euros himself to try out one such service and received work

he was “certain would be graded ‘very good’ or good’ if i were to hand it in at an

Austrian university” … read more

ITALIAN UNIvERsITIEs UNDER sCRUTINYrome, 07.10.2016 (tag24) -- italy’s national anti-corruption chief raffaele cantone vowed to wage war on nepotism, cronyism and graft in the country’s universities. “we are drowning in reports from lecturers, especially regarding the awarding of professorships. there is a strong link between corruption and brain drain,” he said ... read more | and here

NEPOTIsM AT GERMAN ACADEMIAfrankfurt, 16.10.2016 (huffpost) -- how corrupt are German universities? students perceive there to be foul play at hand in the awarding of doctorates and professorships, according to a recent survey. conducted in eleven countries, it reveals that Germany’s students’ perception of corruption in this area is worse than in the ukraine, which is often portrayed as a hotbed of malpractice. only italy, spain and the Czech Republic fared worse … read more

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ROMANIAN DOCTORAL sCHOOLs UNDER INvEsTIGATIONbucharest, 03.10.2016 (agerpres) -- romanian education minister, mircea dumitru, has announced that he will begin to investigate doctoral schools for intellectual theft. he added, “the university is not, cannot be, nor should be an institution acting politically”, stressing that academic integrity is vital for the reputation of the community on an international level … read more

CROATIA: CONTROvERsIAL DEAN sUsPENDEDZaGreb, 03.10.2016 (vijesti) -- vlatko Previšić, the stubborn dean of the faculty of philosophy at the university of Zagreb has been suspended in an almost unanimous decision by the university senate. but students have refused to recognise his appointment, citing irregularities in the election process … read moreim

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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE the politics of tuition fees and subsidies in oecd countries, 1945–2015this book analyses the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free. what are the redistributional consequences of these different tuition-subsidy systems? analysing the variety of existing systems, Garritzmann shows that across the advanced democracies “four worlds of student finance” exist. historically, however, all countries’ higher education systems looked very much alike in the 1940s. the book develops a theoretical model, the time-sensitive partisan theory, to explain why countries have evolved from a similar historical starting point to today’s very distinct four worlds. the empirical analyses combine a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative evidence, studying higher education policies in all advanced democracies from 1945-2015.

Julian Garritzmann springer, august 2016

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REvOLUTIONIsING GLObAL HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY innovation and the boloGna processthe ‘traditional’ university model has been transformed globally, fuelled by disruptive technologies, new learning platforms, increasing fiscal austerity, and the rise of knowledge economies. The bologna process, a european initiative intended to streamline higher education standards and

qualifications, offers modernised, innovative pathways to learning including shortened degree timetables and a three-cycle system. now comprised of 48 participating countries, the initiative has had a significant impact across global higher education.

this volume examines the issues central to the process as told from the viewpoints and experiences of stakeholders who have been involved with it at

various stages of progression. This volume explores the significant successes and challenges the bologna process has faced over the last decade, where it is now,

and where it is headed. it presents data on countries and individuals involved with the process as well as students’ growing connections and concerns about bologna reforms. it also looks ahead to the europe 2020 goals and what these may represent to differential policy actors, not only for the group of original signatories, but for those countries newer to the process.

Joseph m. piro routledge, april 2016Order

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skills

CLAssIFICATION OF LEARNING ACTIvITIEs - MANUALthe cla covers all types of learning opportunities and education/learning pathways. it is intended to be applicable in all countries irrespective of the nature of their systems of education and training. its aim is to harmonise statistics related to learning activities across countries. in that extent, the cla is to be applied to social statistics when it comes to collect qualitative information on different aspects of participation in education and training.

european union, september 2016Download

THE sTRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN EDUCATION sYsTEMs 2016/17this report provides information on the structure of mainstream education in european countries from pre-primary to tertiary level for the 2016/17 school and academic year. it includes national schematic diagrams, an explanatory guide and maps showing the main organisational models of pre-primary and compulsory education. the information is available for 43 european education systems covering 38 countries participating in the erasmus+ programme.

european commission/eacea/eurydice, september 2016Download

MATCHING sKILLs AND jObs IN EUROPEemployees face a constant challenge to learn new things to keep up with rapidly changing skill demands. many of these workers are professionals and technicians occupied in fast-evolving sectors, such as ICT and financial services. But change does not only affect high-skilled workers; the majority of employees in semi-skilled occupations have also seen their jobs require a greater variety of tasks since they started them. launched in 2014, cedefop’s survey asked 49,000 adult employees across all 28 member states how their skills and qualifications match the needs of their jobs. The ESJ survey is the first to look at skill mismatch over time.

cedefop, october 2015Download

this year’s education and training monitor explores societal challenges in more depth and addresses migration, demography and the key competences that education should help develop. the monitor then analyses progress in raising educational outcomes at eu level and in individual member states. finally, via the cross-national comparison of education systems and in the country analysis, the report presents and examines plenty of policy initiatives that can help make education more responsive to societal and labour market needs.

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING MONITOR 2016

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students

ALTERNATIvE PATHwAYs INTO THE LAbOUR MARKET policy reportthis cipd report expands the discussion on the vast expansion of the uk’s higher education sector and responds to some of the criticisms made of the original. the report goes on to document the extent of occupational filtering down since the 1970s. Attention is then concentrated on 29 occupations. it is clear that graduates are occupying more and more jobs that were once occupied by their non-graduate parents. this raises the question as to what the graduates themselves, and what society at large, gains from their university attendance.

chartered institute of personnel and development, 2016Download

sTUDENT sTREss IN GERMANY an emprical studyuntil now, there have been no investigations to show how stressed students actually are during their studies for different forms of institution or degree, for individual subject fields or for specific regions of Germany. this is the aim and theme of this study, in the scope of which, over 18,000 students in Germany were asked how stressed their degree is making them. this study is thereby the largest of its kind to have been undertaken in Germany. the report, which is based on an online survey carried out in June/July 2016, is consciously broad and covers technical colleges, universities and other forms of higher education institution in equal measure, as well as all kinds of regions, degree courses and types.

uta herbst, markus voeth et al. aok, october 2016 in GermanDownload

INTERNATIONAL sTUDENT sATIsFACTION IN EUROPEthe fourth edition of the student satisfaction awards are based on 15,965 reviews written by students. in the reviews, students can rate their experience out of 10, by assessing to which extent they would recommend this experience to their friends.

studyportals, october 2016Download

ACADEMIC CORRUPTION PERCEPTION RANKINGthe acpr is so far the biggest survey on academic corruption in european universities and was undertaken in Germany, france, Great britain, italy, poland, romania, spain, sweden, the czech republic, ukraine and hungary. all participants graduated from a university in one of these countries. it involved 5,725 university graduates and evaluates perceptions of five areas of corruption: university admission, the awarding of grades, diplomas and promotions, and the recruitment of scientific personnel.

milata kG/youGov, october 2016 in GermanDownload

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All European Higher Ed Conferences ESNA Calendar Online

EUROPEAN QUALITY AssURANCE FORUM Ljubljana, 17-19 November 2016

ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016: UNIvERCITIEs

Budapest, 20-21 November 2016

“CHALLENGEs OF THE DIGITAL ERA FOR EDUCATION, wORKING AND LEARNING”

Porto, 22-25 November 2016

EUCEN “DIGITALIsATION IN UNIvERsITIEs CONTINUING EDUCATION”

Barcelona, 24-25 November 2016

OEb CONFERENCE 2016: OwNING LEARNING

Berlin, 30 November - 2 December 2016

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HIGHER EDUCATION As A DRIvER OF REGIONAL DEvELOPMENT

Bratislava, 6-7 December 2016

“REsEARCH INTO HIGHER EDUCATION” AND “EARLY CAREER REsEARCHERs

CONFERENCE” Newport, Wales, 6-9 December 2016

INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION: GLObAL CITIzENsHIP IN A CHANGING wORLD

London, UK, 10-13 December 2016

ENQA CONFERENCE: sOCIAL DIMENsION OF E-LEARNING

12-13 December 2016

INTERDIsCIPLINARITY AND THE 21sT CENTURY REsEARCH-INTENsIvE

UNIvERsITY Brussels, 14 December 2016

sOCIAL DIMENsION OF E-LEARNING – ADDREssING CHALLENGEs THROUGH QA Athens, 12-13 December 2016

EUROsTUDENT REsEARCHERs’ FORUM Vilnius, Lithuania, 1-2 February 2017

EURAsHE sEMINAR ON QUALITY AssURANCE Brussels, 6-7 February 2017

PROFEssIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION 4.0: A CHANGE FOR UNIvERsITIEs OF APPLIED sCIENCEs Le Havre, 30-31 March 2017

EUROsTUDENT POLICY-MAKERs CONFERENCE Malta, 6 April 2017

22ND ANNUAL EARMA CONFERENCE: “NEGOTIATING REsEARCH” Malta, 24-26 April 2017

GOING GLObAL London, 22-24 May 2017

5TH wORLD CONFERENCE ON REsEARCH INTEGRITY Amsterdam, 28-31 May 2017

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calls for proposals

INNOvATE TRAINING NETwORKsthe innovative training networks (itn) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit. ITN supports competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, research infrastructures, businesses, smes, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across europe and beyond.

the budget is €370 million. opened: 15 september 2016 | deadline: 10 January 2017

REsEARCH AND INNOvATION sTAFF ExCHANGEthe rise scheme will promote international and inter-sector collaboration (staff exchanges and knowledge transfer) between research and market. the scheme helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services or processes. rise involves organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors based in and outside europe. support is provided for the development of partnerships in the form of a joint research and innovation project. rise projects can focus either on one dimension of mobility (intersectoral / international), or include a combination of both.

the expected budget is €80 million. opening: 1 december 2016 | closing: 5 april 2017

POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MEAsUREs FOR REsEARCH INFRAsTRUCTUREsthis call focuses on reinforcing european research infrastructures policy and international cooperation. the e-infrastructures topic for 2016-2017 foresees support to the implementation and monitoring of the open research data pilot. it will provide support for coordination of european, national and/or regional policies and programmes. international co-operation will enable european communities to be linked with third countries.

budget: proposals requesting a contribution from the eu of up to €1.5 million for the first area and between €3 and 3.5 million for the second area (RDA). Opening: 8 december 2016 | deadline: 29 march 2017

MsCA NATIONAL CONTACT POINTs facilitate trans-national co-operation between national contact points (ncps) for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA), with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to applicants, taking into account the diversity of actors. various mechanisms may be included, such as benchmarking, joint workshops, enhanced cross-border brokerage events, training sessions linked to msca as well as to responsible research and innovation, twinning schemes, etc.

the budget is €1.5 million. opening: 10 January 2017 | deadline: 04 may 2017

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