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Tag Archives: higher education
Flexible learning during Covid-19: how to ensure quality higher education at a distance
By Michaela Martin and Uliana Furiv, respective lead and consultant working at the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning programme specialist on a project on flexible learning pathways. The Covid-19 outbreak closed universities and other tertiary education institutions in 175 … Continue reading
Posted in emergencies, higher education, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, technology, tertiary education
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How will Covid-19 affect the internationalization of higher education?
University costs. It didn’t take long after universities closed their doors in the United States, for instance, for students to start advocating to get their money back. Twitter is awash with professors concerned about the impact that shutting universities is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, higher education, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, out of school, teachers, teaching, universities
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Roxana, a Romanian student on an Erasmus exchange programme, “learned to look beyond stereotypes”
This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. The EU’s higher education strategy includes a target for at least 20% of graduates to experience part of their study or training abroad. Erasmus is … Continue reading
What is education worth? Should France be hiking its university fees for foreign students?
Recently, in France, not just the gilets jaunes have been protesting, but also students. Why? Foreign students have just been informed their fees are going to be lifted by around 11 times. The change will see international students who are … Continue reading
I have the qualifications and 16 years of experience. Why can’t I find a job?
Beata, a qualified and experienced Polish teacher emigrated to the UK so that her children could learn English, but never managed to get a job there, not even as a teaching assistant. Beata holds a Master’s degree in pedagogy, 16 … Continue reading
Posted in higher education, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged higher education, immigrants, immigration, migrants, migration
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A new Qualifications Passport has global potential for recognising refugees’ qualifications
By Terje Mørland, Director General in the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) and Stig Arne Skjerven, Director of Foreign Education / Norwegian ENIC-NARIC in NOKUT and elected president of the European Network of Information Centres in the … Continue reading
What a waste: Ensure migrants and refugees’ qualifications and prior learning are recognized
Presented at the Global Education Meeting in Brussels, a new paper produced by our Report in collaboration with Education Above All and UNHCR shows that over a third of highly educated immigrants were overqualified for their jobs, compared to a … Continue reading
Hungarian university suspends education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers
Two weeks ago the Central European University (CEU) announced it was being forced to suspend its education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers because of new tax legislation that came into effect on August 24. The law implies a 25% … Continue reading
Everyone benefits from diversity on campus – why the problem with affirmative action?
This week, affirmative action has been making the headlines in the United States. First introduced by President Kennedy in 1961, the policy was designed to ensure non-discrimination in university enrollment. Although originally some universities used strict quotas to admit a … Continue reading
The Chilean students are back for more: protesting for education equality
For the third time in the past 12 years, Chilean students are back on the streets calling for equality in education. This time they are protesting a decision taken by the Constitutional Tribunal to overturn the Higher Education Law, which … Continue reading
