News from ACA
ACA Annual Conference 2009: registrations are now open
It was worth your wait. ACA is pleased to announce that registrations are open for the ACA 2009 Annu...
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Staff changes
ACA says goodbye to Barbara Müller, who’s time at the ACA Secretariat in Brussels is coming to an en...
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New ACA publication looks into the future of European higher education
The Academic Cooperation Association is delighted to announce its latest publication in the series o...
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The new President of ACA - Welcome Rolf Tarrach!
ACA is pleased to announce that the General Assembly of its member organisations unanimously elected...
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The ACA Secretariat wishes you…
…a wonderful Christmas and most prosperous New Year. Many thanks for your faithful readership...
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EUR 60 million for 76 projects under Tempus IV
The European Commission has selected 63 university cooperation and 13 other noteworthy projects to r...
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Multilingualism revisited
Three months after the most recent European Commission’s communication on multilingualism (for furth...
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Cooperation with North America and Asia-Pacific
The European Commission continues to think and act globally in terms of higher education cooperation...
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‘Vision 2020’ for the ERA
After having given its support for increasing the mobility of researchers within the EU (for backgro...
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Make room for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation (EYCI)
As 2008 – the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue – is brought to a close, the European institut...
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A stronger European Training Foundation
A majority of the European Parliament voted on 16 December to reinforce the EU’s external support fo...
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Catch the ESNtrain!
On 16 October 2009, the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) will celebrate its 20th anniversary. As the da...
(+more)Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Open tender on the creation of a global university ranking
The European Commission has published a call for tenders on 'Designing and testing the feasibility o...
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Still open: European Commission support for European associations
The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the "Structural support for Euro...
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Still open: Events organisation and promotion actions
The European Commission launched a call for tenders with the aim of entering into a multiple framewo...
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Lifelong Learning Programme 2009 — next deadlines
The European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme general call for proposals was launched in Oct...
(+more)National Education and the Global Context
Finland’s response to recession: more funds to research
Promoted by the global economic crisis, the new education, science, technology and innovation policy...
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Marketing Lithuanian HE
As the branding of higher education systems seems for be in fashion (Canada has recently come up wit...
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Spanish students against Bologna
At the beginning of this month, several groups of students have demonstrated their discontent with t...
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UK – a world-class higher education system
Earlier this year, the Secretary of State John Denham announced his intention to develop a framework...
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First evaluation shows Germany’s excellence initiative is on track
Two years ago, Germany started a programme to propel its research universities into the global premi...
(+more)Publications
OECD measuring school performance
OECD. Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes: Best Practices to Assess the Value-Added of Schoo...
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Reconstruction of education in Latin America
Schiefelbein, E. F. and McGinn, N. F. Learning to Educate: Proposals for the Reconstruction of Educa...
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Higher Education to 2030
OECD. Higher Education to 2030 – Volume 1: Demography. OECD Publishing. Paris, 2008. ISBN: 978-92-64...
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The international dimension of African higher education
Knight, J. and Teffera, D. African Higher Education - The international dimension. Boston College - ...
(+more)Conferences
Upcoming international events
21-23 January 2009The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU): &quo...
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