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Education and design: OECD event to launch Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities, 29 September 2011

27-Sep-2011

Investments in well-designed, multi-purpose local education facilities serve as a visible commitment to the community and a cost-effective way to revitalise local economies.

Le bulletin d’informations N.13 de l’enseignement supérieur dans les régions, septembre 2011

12-Sep-2011

Cette publication vous invite à vous associer à l’OCDE / IMHE Séminaire: La collaboration entre l’éducation professionnelle et universitaire, le 17-18 Octobre 2011 à Donostia-San Sebastián. Ce bulletin comprend également la publication des rapports d’examen de l’OCDE dans l’État de Paraná (Brésil) et de Penang (Malaisie).

Australia: OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education

18-Aug-2011

The Country Review of Australia is the third report published in this series. It provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework in Australia, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches.

New CELE report on standardised design for schools

13-Aug-2011

In some countries today, standardised design is presented as a cost-effective solution, which reduces design and construction costs while producing a range of tried and- tested educational environments that support teaching and learning. Could this be a model for the future? Read the CELE report from a web conference on this topic.

Quality of Higher Education in the Spotlight

07-Jul-2011

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) hosted a meeting at which a group of 10 experts recommended that institutions provide greater assistance to teachers in order for them to accomplish their educational mission.

Click here for the press release. For more on IMHE's Quality Teaching project, click here.

CERI Conference visit reports

28-Jun-2011

CERI analysts and experts are invited all over the world to participate in conferences and to present their work. This section highlights reports back from some of the most interesting missions.

Les résultats du PISA 2009 Volumes 1-5 sont disponibles en français

22-Jun-2011

Vous pouvez les télécharger en cliquant ici .

L'inclusion des étudiants handicapés dans l'enseignement tertiaire et dans l'emploi

08-Jun-2011

Cet ouvrage analyse la transition des jeunes adultes handicapés vers l’enseignement tertiaire et vers l’emploi. Il analyse les politiques développées par plusieurs pays de l’OCDE et identifie les tendances récentes en termes d’accès à l’éducation et à l’emploi ainsi que les meilleures politiques et pratiques en matière de transition.

Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning

27-May-2011

This new CERI project Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning (ITEL) is conceived as a future-oriented and innovation-focused contribution to OECD’s work on teachers and teaching. It focuses on the pedagogical knowledge base and competences of teachers and how they should be redefined to be in line with recent developments in understanding effective learning.


Events

Save the date! IMHE General Conference 2012

from 17-Sep-2012 to 19-Sep-2012

The dates for the next IMHE General Conference have been selected, so block them in your agenda!

www.oecd.org/edu/imhe/generalconference

OECD Roundtable on Higher Education in Regional and City Development

from 15-Sep-2010 to 16-Sep-2010

This event attracted 90 participants from 23 countries, including representatives from HEIs, regional governments, OECD country delegations, OECD and international organisations such as the EU, UNESCO IIEP, World Bank and Lumina Foundation. The meeting provided opportunities for shared learning between the cities and regions taking part in the OECD reviews of HE in regional and city development to discuss the key issues arising from the reviews, such as widening access and talent attraction, regional innovation, Green Growth and urban regeneration. The presentations are available online.

OECD Final Conference on Higher Education in Cities and Regions

from 10-Feb-2011 to 11-Feb-2011

This conference will bring together representatives, mainly from universities and national, regional and local governments from the participating regions and will launch the final synthesis report of the second round of the OECD reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development. This international conference will be jointly organised with the Regional Government of Andalusia and the University of Seville.

“IMAGINE! Exploring radical visions for tomorrow's schools ... and how to make them work”, 20-22 September 2010, Vienna, Austria

The rich output from discussions at this conference – including videos, posters, photos from school visits, presentations and other material collected over the workshop sessions – is now available at http://www.gbl.tuwien.ac.at/imagine2010/documentation/index.html

Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org

CELE-brate at the Compendium launch event on 29 September 2011!

The launch event for CELE’s flagship publication Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011 will commemorate OECD’s anniversary by bringing together top designers and educators in a two-hour webcast to celebrate 50 years of educational facilities design. See also www.oecd.org/edu/facilities/compendiumlaunch.

CELE and EIB organise workshop on strategic investment planning for educational infrastructure

From 28-29 June 2010, the European Investment Bank and OECD/CELE co-organised a workshop on Strategic Investment Planning for Educational Infrastructure at EIB Headquarters in Luxembourg, as part of a joint international project launched in 2009.

CELE co-organises event on usable and sustainable learning environments

How do you create usable environments for learning? This was the challenge posed to the International Symposium “Usability and Sustainability of Learning Environments”, held in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 11-13 May 2010.

7th Meeting of the OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) - "Financing ECEC Services"

from 21-Jun-2010 to 22-Jun-2010

The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss financing ECEC services, in particular:
 • collecting data on costs and financing;
 • reviewing outcomes of investment in early childhood education and care; and
 • designing effective funding strategies to increase ECEC financing, improve efficiency and ensure equity and quality of child outcomes.
 Countries are invited to share recent policy developments and emerging findings from their own experiences and national research. 

13th OECD Japan Seminar "Pursuing Professional Development and Attaining Program Management and Leadership Quality in ECEC"

from 07-Jun-2010 to 09-Jun-2010

The 13th OECD Japan Seminar will take place from 7-9 June 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.  The topic is “Pursuing Professional Development and Attaining Program Management and Leadership Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)”.  The seminar will be co-hosted by the University of Tokyo, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and the OECD.



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