News from ACA
New leaders in ACA member organisations
We are happy to announce that two ACA member organisations have recently appointed strong personalit...
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The 100th edition of the ACA Newsletter – Education Europe
No one could be more surprised than we are: this is the 100th edition of the ACA Newsletter – Educat...
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Erasmus: a race for millions
According to data recently published by the European Commission, approximately 1 846 600 students ha...
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Evolving the European research agenda
Planning to start next year a communication on possibilities for simplifying the implementation...
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Broader horizons for the second round of Erasmus Mundus
Following a call for proposals opened in February 2009, a total of 63 new master’s and PhD courses h...
(+more)Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Call for tender: Study on entrepreneurship learning in vocational and higher education
The purpose of this invitation to tender by Cedefop is to launch a 12-month study on identifying and...
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Call for proposals: creation of apprentice mobility network
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals (EAC/28/2009) for the creation of a transn...
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Call for proposals: Socio-economics and humanities focused research projects
The 7th Framework Programme's (FP7) small and medium sized collaborative projects call for socio-eco...
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Future call on university-business cooperation in EU countries
The European Commission calls for a study on the cooperation between higher education institutions a...
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Call for tender: Research on economic benefits of VET
Cedefop – the European Center for the Development of Vocational Education and Training – will offer ...
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Still open call for tenders: Interim evaluation of the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2009
The European Commission has launched a public open tender (EAC/32/2009) to provide an interim evalua...
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Still open call for proposals: Cooperation in higher education and training between EU and Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea
The 2009 Industrialised Countries Instrument - Education Cooperation Programme (ICI-ECP) call for pr...
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Still open call for tenders: European expert network on economics of education (EENEE)
The European Commission has launched a call for tenders (EAC 22/2009) regarding a network, which wil...
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Still open call for proposals: Support for evidence-based policy making
The European Commission has launched a specific call for proposals to develop networks of knowledge ...
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Still open call for proposals: Support to the organisation of a European Skills Competition 2010
The European Commission is calling for proposals (EAC/27/2009) for support to the organisation of a ...
(+more)National Education and the Global Context
An initiative for community colleges in the US
Barack Obama stands for his promises, at least as far as higher education is concerned. After focusi...
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German education monitor 2009
The 2009 edition of the German education monitor (Bildungsmonitor) has just been published. This edu...
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High aspirations
How can a university prove the value of its educational offer to potential students? In a world of g...
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Netherlands: More fuel for higher education
The Dutch government has announced additional funds for two novel initiatives to enrich its higher e...
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How to become the world’s largest university – or how not to…
Who would have thought that the world’s largest university, in terms of student numbers, is in Roman...
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The ambition of UNESCO IN AFRICA
UNESCO recently launched a journal to create better visibility of the Organization’s involvement and...
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UK: A-level results’ euphoria and related worries
Britain has every reason to celebrate, it seems. Figures released by the Joint Council for Qualifica...
(+more)Publications
International organizations and HE policy
Bassett, R. M. and Maldonado-Maldonado, A. (Eds). International Organizations and Higher Education P...
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Quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe
Kohoutek, J. (Ed.). Implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher E...
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Internationalisation of higher education: The Nordic Experience
Carlsson, J., Jensen, P. H., Nyborg, P., Skulason, P. and Uronen, P. The Internationalisation of Hig...
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UNESCO: Trends in global HE
Altbach,P. G.,Reisberg, L. and Rumbley, L. E. (Eds.). Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an...
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How to recruit and retain higher education students
Cook, T. and Rushton, B. S. How to Recruit and Retain Higher Education Students. A Handbook of Good ...
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Effective teaching and learning environments
OECD. Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments. OECD Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9789264068...
(+more)Conferences
Upcoming international events
10-11 September 2009Bournemouth University conference: "Education for Sustainable Development: ...
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