News from ACA
ACA welcomes new stagiaire
The ACA Secretariat warmly welcomes Dora Harsfalvy to the team. A Hungarian native, Dora gained thre...
(+more)
What’s New in Brussels 2010
If you want to be among the first to get the latest news on European higher education policy develop...
(+more)
New Secretary-General for VLHORA
As of 16 November, Marc Vandewalle is the new Secretary-General of the Flemish Council of Hogeschole...
(+more)
In memoriam Burton Clark
Burton Clark, one of the most influential higher education researchers of the past decades, died in ...
(+more)
Study in Finland - but not in Finnish
The Finnish Centre for International Mobility, CIMO, has carried a large-scale survey of degree prog...
(+more)European Policy
New leaders of the European Union
With the last obstacle to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty removed last month, the top EU jobs ...
(+more)
Higher education reform in Europe: no time to sit back
On 25 November, the European Commission published its 2009 report on progress towards the Lisbon obj...
(+more)
Thou shall learn to be creative
As reported in the December 2008 edition of the ACA Newsletter – Education Europe, the year 2009 had...
(+more)
European Commission - Alea iacta est?
This November has certainly been an exciting month for EU politics. Not only have the two ...
(+more)
The EYC makes itself heard again
On 26 and 27 November 2009, ministers of education and other high-level education representatives of...
(+more)Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Still open: General call for proposals for the Lifelong learning programme
The European Commission has opened the general call for proposals for all the lifelong learning prog...
(+more)
Still open: Call for proposals to support European associations
The European Commission has announced the annual call for proposals for European associations active...
(+more)National Education and the Global Context
Teaming up: Commonwealth Secretariat and UNESCO on education
On 30 October, the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNESCO signed a cooperation agreement to work togeth...
(+more)
Greek higher education - one step forward and two back?
A month ago Anna Diamandopoulu took office as the Greek Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning an...
(+more)
Open Doors 2009 - Record numbers
The annual Open Doors Report on international educational exchange – published by the Institute of I...
(+more)
Protests - targeted at whom?
In yet another wave of fury and disappointment, thousands of German students have taken to the stree...
(+more)
2009 academic ranking of world universities
One month after the Times Higher Education (THE) global rankings, Shanghai Jiao Tong University rele...
(+more)Publications
Developing countries boost their R&D efforts
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, UIS Science and Technology survey results, UIS, Québec. 2009.
The...
(+more)
OECD: Higher Education to 2030
OECD. Higher Education to 2030, Volume 2: Globalisation. OECD Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9789264056602....
(+more)
OECD: Working out Change - Systemic Innovation in Vocational Education and Training
OECD, Working out Change - Systemic Innovation in Vocational Education and Training. OECD Publishing...
(+more)
Ranking of universities and higher education institutions for student information purposes?
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) Ranking of universities and other high...
(+more)
Thesaurus for education systems in Europe - new edition
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, Eurydice, TESE – Thesaurus for Education System...
(+more)
The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight
Adelman, C. The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight. Ins...
(+more)Conferences
Upcoming international events
4 December 2009ACA European Policy Seminar: “Better taught in English? Institutional language strate...
(+more)
