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The Crisis in Higher Education - Technology Review

Posted October 3, 2012 - 09:07

Online versions of college courses are attracting hundreds of thousands of students, millions of dollars in funding, and accolades from university administrators. Is this a fad, or is higher education about to get the overhaul it needs?

An interesting and informative article in Technology Review by Nicholas Carr.

Proposals due Nov 15 for CU Expo 2013: The Canadian-led international conference on community-university partnerships

Posted October 1, 2012 - 20:01

Proposals are due Nov 15 to present at CU Expo, the Canadian-led international conference on community-university partnerships, set to take place June 12-15,

2013 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.  The CU Expo website is now live and information on proposal submission is posted at http://bit.ly/N33FtM

PASCAL featured in 'Best of the Web' listings in Guardian Higher Education Network newsletter

Posted September 29, 2012 - 11:55

PASCAL is features in the 'Best of the Web' listings in this week's Guardian Higher Education Network newsletter, linking Hans Schuetzes blog  Community Engagement and University Rankings. 

Click the image below or use this shortlink: http://bit.ly/SpNOAt .

Best wishes

John

Guardian HE network

Practice in Participation

Posted September 28, 2012 - 11:26

Practice in Participation (www.practiceinparticipation.org) is a web-based portal that is both a digital resource and a forum to contribute and access field-based knowledge on participatory practices. The portal has been developed as a tool for promotion of participation and empowerment of the hitherto excluded and marginalised citizens of our societies.

Growing importance of international qualifications affects training landscape

Posted September 26, 2012 - 15:59

International qualifications - awarded by social partner organisations or multinational companies rather than public authorities - now cover fields as diverse as ICT, welding, sports, air transport, financial services and hairdressing. A recent Cedefop study - "International Qualifications" (featured below and attached for download) asks what this trend means for education and training standards and for the wider recognition of qualifications.

Call for papers: ESREA triennial conference, Berlin, September 4-7, 2013

Posted September 25, 2012 - 19:35

I'm happy to announce that the conference website for the ESREA triennial conference taking place in Berlin September 4-7, 2013, is now open at: http://ebwb.hu-berlin.de/aktuelles/esrea 

Featured below is the call for papers. Deadline for submission is January 15. 

Best wishes

Andreas Fejes

Associate Professor, PhD (Docent, Fil Dr)

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