News from ACA
ACA Annual Conference recap: There’s more to mobility than meets the eye
Under brilliant blue skies and warm temperatures in Córdoba, ACA’s 2010 Annual Conference convene...
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“Professors Beyond Borders” takes flight
On April 26, 2010, a new organisation with ties to ACA’s US affiliate partner IIE announced its la...
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European Policy
A step ahead – targets agreed by the Higher Education Ministers
The Council of the European Union has put forward to the June European Council specific headline tar...
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European Commission creates directorate for higher education
On 1 June 2010, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture will creat...
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Governance and funding of European higher education systems
The progress of reforms of higher education governance and funding in the period 1995- 2008 has been...
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Prospective actor on EU’s innovation policy stage
The idea of creating an innovation committee, first voiced by EU's current Commissioner for Research...
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Less paper, more science
The European Commission has recently outlined a ‘new bureaucracy cutting plan’. Commissioner Má...
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EU-Latin America and Caribbean summit focuses on research and innovation
On 18 May, as a concluding component of the VI European Union-Latin America and Caribbean (EU-LAC) S...
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Exploring synergies between the academia and the business world
The 2010 European University-Business Forum was held on 4-5 May in Brussels, bringing together high-...
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OCEANS no longer apart
OCEANS—a new association for students and alumni, staff and faculty members, partners and promoter...
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National Education and the Global Context
Tories and Lib Dems said YES, but not to higher education
With the new Conservative and Lib Dem coalition in power in the UK, new faces were appointed at the ...
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From Denmark to the world
The Danish Ministry of Education has recently published “a strategy for enhanced outbound mobility...
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USA: Higher education reacts to new Arizona immigration law
On April 23, 2010, Arizona State Law S.B. 1070 was signed by the governor of that state, Jan Brewer....
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Germany – more money for higher education
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has adopted a package of new measures a...
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New Hungarian Minister for Education but constant challenges
Following the general elections Hungary has a new conservative ”superminister” responsible for e...
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Campus after Erasmus
Following in the footsteps of the highly successful and globally recognised ‘Erasmus’ programme ...
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France inspired by Germany in its attempt to become “excellent”
In a joint visit with French university and grandes écoles presidents to Germany in mid-May, French...
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Global Competitiveness 2009-2010
The World Economic Forum recently published The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010. According t...
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Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Still open: 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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Call for tenders: network of experts on social aspects of education and training (NESET)
The European Commission recently launched a call for tenders for the creation of a network which sho...
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Call: Prior information notice
Framework contract services to provide expertise and support for European cooperation in education a...
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Publications
Measuring innovation
OECD: Measuring Innovation. A New Perspective. OECD Publishing, Paris, 2010. ISBN: 9789264059467. Pa...
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The condition of education
US Department of Education: The Condition of Education 2010. National Center for Education Statistic...
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Globalisation and higher education in the Arab Gulf States
Donn, G. and Al Manthri, Y. Globalisation and Higher Education in the Arab Gulf States. Sympos...
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Conferences
Upcoming international events
9-11 June 2010EPI: Rentention 2010 - International Conference on Student SuccessChicago, USAhttp://w...
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