News from ACA
Thank you, Christian Bode. Welcome Dorothea Rüland.
At the end of September, Dr Christian Bode, DAAD Secretary General for the last 20 years, handed ove...
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Student mobility: Yesterday, now and tomorrow…
Enhancing the global attractiveness of the European higher education system and (by extension) incre...
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A world-class seminar on world-class higher education
What does the term ‘world-class’—when applied to a program, an institution, and even an entire...
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The Mediterranean Office for Youth: Supporting mobility in the Mediterranean area
The Mediterranean Office for Youth (MOY) is a new initiative involving 16 different countries border...
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Greetings and farewells at the Secretariat
October brings with it an important staff change at ACA, with a handover of office management respon...
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EU’s plan to do “much better” in innovation by 2020
In mid-October, the European Commission made public its master plan for transforming the European Un...
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Easing the way for mobile researchers
This month the Directorate General for Research of the European Commission released a new report on ...
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Belgian Council Presidency Conference gives strong endorsement for “Youth on the Move”
This newsletter reports on conferences only in exceptional cases. The Belgian Council Presidency Con...
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Brussels hosts 2nd EU-US Education Policy Forum
On 11 October 2010, representatives from the European Commission and the US Department of Education,...
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UNICA turns 20
The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) celebrates this month the 20th anniv...
(+more)National Education and the Global Context
UK: Higher education funding in the cross-hairs
The month of October brought profoundly unsettling news to the higher education community in the UK....
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IAU’s 3rd Global Survey Report reveals regional differences, common fears
The International Association of Universities (IAU) has released its 3rd Global Survey Report, Inter...
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Germany: New internationalisation audit initiative moves forward
Like many higher education institutions around the world, universities in Germany aim to top attract...
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IREG-5 convenes in Berlin
The International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence convene...
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US community colleges’ day in the sun
The first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges was convened in Washington, DC on 5 October ...
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New governments, faces, and funding in The Netherlands and Sweden
Election results in both Sweden and The Netherlands have resulted in some important changes, with im...
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China steps up efforts to narrow domestic gaps in higher education
On 8 October, China announced the latest round of the “Ethnic Minority Enrollment Scheme for Top-N...
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Italy: An end to university reform, at least until the end of the year
14 October should have been a big day for the Italian Minister of Education, Mariastella Gelmini. Ea...
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Hong Kong invests to enhance quality of private higher education
On 13 October, Hong Kong announced in its 2010/11 Policy Address the establishment of a HKD 2.5 bill...
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Germany: “Das neue BAföG”
Agreement on the long-awaited 23rd amendment to the BAföG (or in English, the Federal Training Assi...
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US: Blue Ribbon Panel on Global Engagement announced
The American Council on Education (ACE) announced in early October that it has convened a high-level...
(+more)Public Tenders and Calls for Proposals in the EU
Call for proposals: EACEA - Key Activity 3 – Structural support
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals entitled “Jean Monnet programme support...
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Call for proposals: 2010 Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
With a total budget of nearly EUR 7 billion for this 7-year financial framework, the Lifelong Learni...
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Call for proposals: Tempus IV – Reform of higher education through international university cooperation
The European Commission has opened a call for proposals for the fourth phase of the Tempus programme...
(+more)Publications
The Lost Soul of Higher Education
Schrecker, E. The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, a...
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Student-Centred Learning. Toolkit for Students, Staff and Higher Education Institutions
Education International and The European Students’ Union. Student-Centred Learning. Toolkit for St...
(+more)Conferences
Upcoming international events
Upcoming ACA events: 3 December 2010ACA European Policy Seminar: “Mobility under the magnifying gl...
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