News from ACA
« Le nouveau ACA est arrivé»
Two weeks ago, ACA proudly announced its new visual identity. The change in design reflects the evol...
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ACA Annual Conference less than two months away!
Don’t forget to register for the main event of the year. This year's ACA Annual Conference will take...
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Dorothea Rüland to become DAAD’s next Secretary General
DAAD, the world’s largest scholarship organisation, has announced the outcome of the search for the ...
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Perspektywy takes important role in IREG Observatory
The IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence, a body dedicated to the improvement of int...
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How to best accommodate the needs of international students?
This was the main question explored by participants and speakers alike at the second ACA European Po...
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Happy birthday, Bologna
On 11 and 12 March, education ministers of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) convened for an...
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Europe 2020: little progress on strategy for growth and jobs
At the meeting of the European Council of 25 and 26 March, Europe’s heads of state and government ma...
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European Innovation Scoreboard 2009 – still improving but until when?
The European Innovation Scoreboard, recently released for 2009, comparatively assesses, on beha...
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EU Blue Card
The EU Blue Card aims to serve EU’s purpose to attract, allocate and retain highly qualified immigra...
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New Director at EAIE
From 1 April 2010 Mr. Leonard Engel will become the European Association for International Educ...
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Recent highlights from the European institutions
Two interesting reports touching on different aspects of two of the three essential missions of...
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The Swiss take the final step to join the EU education club
At the beginning of March, the second chamber of the Swiss Parliament, the Council of States, finall...
(+more)National Education and the Global Context
Germany launches new phase of its ‘Initiative for Excellence’
On 12 March, the third call for proposals under Germany’s ‘Initiative for Excellence’ was launched, ...
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US - long live the new student-loan scheme!
It has been a long way, but the Americans are finally there. More than a year after President Obama ...
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New Education Ministers in Denmark and in the Netherlands
Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen recently presented his new government. For the first tim...
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"Competing on the basis of quality - tuition fees for foreign students" in Sweden
Last month the Swedish government has finally decided to start implementing tuition fees for foreign...
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How is higher education going in the African continent?
African countries, and leading amongst them, South Africa seem to be more and more aware of the...
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“All for one” for education
The Dutch higher education landscape is one association richer with the establishment of Stichting v...
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Visa or not visa – this is the question in the UK
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) recently published a survey on experiences...
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Spaniards - not so interested in the free movement of researchers?
At a first glance, so it would seem. The European Court of Justice recently ruled that Spain, the EU...
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Higher education reform in India
The Indian government has recently approved the Foreign Educational Institution Bill which now is on...
(+more)Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Still open: Call for proposals 2010 - EU-US Atlantis Programme
The ATLANTIS programme is focusing on implementing joint or dual transatlantic undergraduate degrees...
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Still open: Call for proposals 2010 ERASMUS MUNDUS II
The 2010 Erasmus Mundus call for proposals has been launched by the European Commission at the begin...
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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...
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Call for tenders: Framework contract for evaluation, evaluation related services and support for impact assessment
The European Commission recently launched a call for tenders for a framework contract for evaluation...
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Call for proposals: Support for European cooperation in Education and Training (ECET)
This recently launched call for proposals aims to fund initiatives to support the establishment and ...
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Calls: Prior information notice
Framework contract services to provide expertise and support for European cooperation in education a...
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Calls: Prior information notice
European network of experts in the social sciences of education and training (NESSE)
The overall ob...
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The first decade of working on the European Higher Education Area
CHEPS, INCHER-Kassel, ECOTEC: The Bologna Process Independent Assessment. The first decade of workin...
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‘Trends 2010’ – first ten-years overview and a glimpse to the future
Sursock, A. and Smidt, H. Trends 2010: A decade of change in European Higher Education. EUA, 2010. I...
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EURYDICE’s Focus on Higher Education in Europe 2010
Eurydice: Focus on Higher Education in Europe 2010: The Impact of the Bologna Process. EACEA, Brusse...
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Bologna at the Finish Line
ESU: Bologna at the Finish Line. ESU, Brussels, 2010. Pages: 130
Bologna at the Finish Line is part...
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Lessons learned by OECD
OECD : Learning Our Lesson. Review of Quality Teaching in Higher Education. Institutional Management...
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UNESCO measures participation in education
UIS-UNESCO: Measuring Educational Participation: Analysis of Data Quality and Methodology Based on T...
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Higher Education in Egypt
OECD, The World Bank: Reviews of National Policies for Education: Higher Education in Egypt 2010. OE...
(+more)Conferences
Upcoming international events
6-7 April 20102nd International Conference on Higher Education and Quality AssuranceMuscat, Sultanat...
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