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News & Events
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31-Jul-2009
We are pleased to announce that the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso has been accepted as a member of IMHE, becoming the first university from Chile to join the Programme. Chile is one of the accession candidate countries and participates in 17 committees and working groups within the OECD. Rector Alfonso Muga visited the OECD and IMHE last May, together with a high level Chilean delegation. The University expects to benefit from IMHE membership through enhanced collaboration with universities worldwide and access and exposure to international expertise.
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22-Jul-2009
This issue invites you to join the OECD roundtable for regions participating in the reviews or interested in them. It also includes brief reports of the first two previsits to Berlin and the Bío Bío region and invites you to register in EducationToday – OECD's Education Lighthouse.
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09-Jul-2009
For the first time, the government presents a White Paper to the Parliament focusing exclusively on the Quality of Kindergartens in Norway. Three main aims are presented in the White paper : Ensure equity and high quality in all kindergartens, strengthen the kindergarten as a learning area, and that kindergarten should offer all children the possibility to participate in an inclusive community.
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03-Jul-2009
This meeting will take stock of progress made in the regions involved in the 2nd round of the OECD reviews of HE in regional and city development. It is also open to regions and HEIs who have joined the 3rd round or are planning to do so.
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26-Jun-2009
Get the latest news from the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. This issue talks about Vocational Education and Training (VET)’s response to the financial crisis, as well as institutional governance and quality assurance, with updates on the international assessment of higher education learning outcomes (AHELO) and the reviews on higher education in regional and city development.
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22-Jun-2009
To get a picture of the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on educational building programmes so far, the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has been conducting a survey of member countries and regions. The survey focuses on three main issues: the impact of the crisis on publicly funded projects, the impact on projects funded by private finance initiatives or through a public-private partnership, and the extent to which the crisis has affected the construction industry’s ability to build schools.
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18-Jun-2009
Those responsible for the planning of vocational education and training (VET) institutions face some specific challenges: for example, maintaining and improving specialised equipment, or integrating the latest technology. The Governing Board of the Programme on Educational Building (PEB) discussed some of the issues at a special session in November 2008.
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18-Jun-2009
Following the success of the first three editions, CELE plans to publish a new compendium of exemplary educational facilities.
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Events
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from 13-Oct-2008 to 14-Oct-2008
The Second Meeting of the Group of National Experts brought together 58 participants representing 22 countries as well as international organisations and independent researchers. The meeting was designed to share experience, discuss additional research findings, hear about the progress made by other international organisations in the area and discuss the policy evaluation framework to be used for country reviews.
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from 01-Oct-2008 to 07-Oct-2008
This review is based on co-operation between the OECD and non-member economies around the world. It is particularly interesting for those involved in educational policy, as well as for professionals directly working in the education system of South Africa. It covers the entire system of education, from pre-school to tertiary education and lifelong learning, and analyses it in terms of its economic, social and political impact.
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from 02-Sep-2008 to 03-Sep-2008
Chief executive officers of the education ministries of OECD member countries met in Seoul, Korea on 2-3 September 2008 to discuss Addressing the Challenges of Policy Implementation in Education. They were joined by education CEOs from several non-member countries and representatives of international organisations. The meeting, chaired by Woo Hyung-Sik, Korea’s Vice Minister of Education, Science and Technology, generated insights into effective strategies to implement education policy reform and explored the processes of policy formulation and implementation.
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Education is influenced by the world we live in. The new OECD book "Trends Shaping Education" looks at specific impacts on schooling of things happening elsewhere in our lives, from climate change and the growth of the Internet to changing lifestyles and family structures. Does the diversification of family forms mean a changing balance of responsibilities between the school and the home? And what is the impact on schooling of other phenomena, from the rise of obesity to the spread of mobile phones?
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on 09-Sep-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will launch the 2008 edition of OECD’s annual Education at a Glance at a news conference at 11.00 a.m. on 9 September 2008 in Paris. This rich compendium of comparable statistics provides valuable underpinning for policy debate and decisions by education authorities.
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from 11-Sep-2008 to 12-Sep-2008
A workshop on 11-12 September 2008 explored how the OECD can contribute to the development of strategies, curricula, and sustainable schools for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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from 02-Jun-2008 to 03-Jun-2008
As part of the New Millennium Learners Project (NML), the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), together with the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research organised an Expert Meeting on Gender, ICT and Education on 2-3 June in Oslo, Norway.
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from 21-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
What better place for 140 delegates to discuss how changing higher education needs will impact on facilities than the campus of the Helsinki University of Technology at Otaniemi in Espoo, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto? What better place for 22 speakers to explore the future of universities than in Finland where hotly debated proposals for university reform could have a profound effect on facilities and buildings used by universities? PEB's "Higher Education: Spaces and Places" conference took place on 21-23 May 2008; a full report will soon be available.
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from 03-Apr-2008 to 04-Apr-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, tertiary education is more important than ever to help countries achieve their economic and social goals. Education authorities from around the world will meet at an OECD conference Lisbon on 3-4 April 2008 to discuss how to ensure that tertiary education systems best serve these wider public purposes.
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from 08-Sep-2008 to 10-Sep-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven economy, higher education is a major driver of economic competitiveness. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will participate in a panel discussion focusing on value for money in higher education. Other sessions of the conference will cover such topics as Assessing Learning and Employment Outcomes and Reputation and Ranking – the impact on institutional strategy and behaviour of international ranking tables. Registration is now closed.
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