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26-Nov-2010
Andalusia is the most populous region in Spain with over 8 million people.
Historically a crossroads of three cultures – Hispanic, Jewish and Arabic – it has enjoyed remarkable growth and development over the past decades, but still lags behind the Spanish averages in key socio-economic indicators. How can the region and its universities fuel local growth and create jobs and new businesses? How can the Andalusian University System improve students’ learning and employment outcomes? How can the region capitalise on its existing assets and promising clusters?
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12-Nov-2010
This issue invites you to join the OECD Conference Higher Education in Regions in Seville in February 2011. It also includes brief reports of the review visit to Free State and Lombardy and the publication of Peer Review Reports in Bío Bío (Chile), Paso del Norte (United States of American and Mexico) and Rotterdam (Netherlands).
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12-Nov-2010
The Bío Bío Region has pioneered regional development in Chile. It has a high concentration of higher education and research activity. Its universities and other higher education institutions have made significant progress in widening access to education. But challenges remain: the Bío Bío Region continues to suffer from brain drain as well as higher than average unemployment and poverty rates. This joint OECD and World Bank review explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for the development of the Bío Bío Region.
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02-Nov-2010
Professor Peter Coaldrake, Vice-Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), has been elected to Chair the Governing Board of the OECD’s Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE). In May 2009, Professor Coaldrake became Chair of the Board of Universities Australia, the peak body of Australia’s universities. Professor Coaldrake will take up his new responsibilities on 1 January 2011.
www.chancellery.qut.edu.au/vicechancellor/vicechancel.jsp
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03-Nov-2010
The Paso del Norte Region is the largest metropolitan area on the US-Mexican border. The long-term competitiveness of the region is under a threat due to ongoing violence, brain drain and environmental degradation. To break out of the low skill/low wage economy, Paso del Norte needs to improve educational attainment levels on both sides of the border. It will also need to foster new business formation and provide jobs and entrepreneurial skills to higher education graduates.
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03-Nov-2010
A young and dynamic city, Rotterdam is one of the few in Europe where the average age of the population is decreasing. It is ethnically and culturally diverse and has high potential for attracting the “creative class”. The Rotterdam region is home to two leading research universities and several other innovative higher education institutions. This report looks at how to encourage growth in the Rotterdam region, through the transfer of technology and knowledge, and through realising the potential of its people.
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25-Sep-2010
The need for good governance has dominated the debate on the effectiveness of higher education. The growing institutional autonomy and expansion of university missions have been accompanied by the emergence of governance arrangements and quality assurance guides, codes and set of principles. The report discusses the distinction between governance arrangements and quality guidelines, as well as the possible need to define appropriate guidance for institutions. A selection of governance arrangements and quality guidelines are in annex.
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25-Sep-2010
L’exigence de bonne gouvernance domine les débats sur l’efficacité de l’enseignement supérieur. Le développement de l’autonomie institutionnelle et l’extension des missions universitaires ont été accompagnés par l’émergence de cadres de gouvernance et de guides, de codes ou corpus de principes d’assurance qualité. Ce rapport étudie la distinction entre les cadres de gouvernance et les guides de qualité, et explore la possibilité de guider de manière adéquate pour les établissements. Une sélection de cadres de gouvernance et de guides de qualité est présentée en annexe.
Version espagnole
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06-Aug-2010
The final version of the self-evaluation report for the Region of Lombardy (Italy) is now available. The report was prepared by Lombardy Regional Institute for Research(IReR) and a number of regional stakeholders, as an input to the OECD Review of Higher Education in Regional and City Development.
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08-Jul-2010
This issue invities you to join the OECD roundtable for regions participating in the reviews or interested in them. It also includes brief reports of the review visit to Penang and gives updates on Paso del Norte (United States of American and Mexico) and Rotterdam (Netherlands).
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This report will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in the broad international picture of education, as well as for those wanting to know more about OECD work in this important domain.
Education Today 2010: The OECD Perspective
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