News & Events

News

Improving School Leadership Background Reports are now available

10-May-2007

Background reports analyse national approaches to school leadership, focusing on school governance and leadership, on how school leadership and learning outcomes, on attractiveness of the role and training and professional development of school leadership.

Encourager succès et productivité : des outils pour que l’université devienne un lieu de travail attractif

07-May-2007

Conférence à Paris les 3-4 septembre organisée aves les Universités de Cambridge et de Harvard, Universitas 21.
Les institutions « qui réussissent » attirent, retiennent et motivent les meilleurs et les plus brillants du corps enseignant et des chercheurs. Elles sont également soutenues par du personnel technique et administratif excellent, du personnel de maintenance et toute une gamme d’autres travailleurs. Inscrivez-vous et prenez connaissance des méthodes et des exemples qui fonctionnent.

"What Works" 2007 - Supporting Success and Productivity Practical Tools for Making Your University a Great Place to Work, 3-4 September 2007, Paris

04-May-2007

Higher education is going through a period of unprecedented change. Institutions are under pressure to improve quality, increase efficiency and open up access. Internationalisation, accountability and engagement are expected of them. They compete for reputation, funding and students, and, increasingly, for the highly-skilled faculty and staff who have choices about where to work. This IMHE/OECD conference is jointly organised with Coache, Universitas 21 and the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

Interactive whiteboard for primary classrooms

04-May-2007

A pioneer in supplying interactive whiteboards, SMART Technologies Inc. describes how this tool contributes to the primary classroom.

Improving school earthquake safety in India

04-May-2007

GeoHazards International is working with the staff of Ludlow Castle School and local New Delhi engineers to provide an earthquake-safe learning environment for this government school’s students. The programme is part of a larger pilot project supported by the governments of India and the United States to build local capacity to reduce the risks posed by existing buildings with inadequate earthquake resistance.

On the Edge: Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education (Education Working Paper No. 7)

27-Apr-2007

This report examines the conditions needed to secure the future financial sustainability of institutions of higher education from a national (policy) and institutional (management) perspective.

Funding Systems and their Effects on Higher Education Systems - International Report (Education Working Paper No. 6)

27-Apr-2007

This study focuses on higher education funding systems in: Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Portugal and the Slovak Republic. Each study was designed and conducted within an overall common framework by a project partner from the respective country.
 

New school design panel in the United Kingdom

24-Apr-2007

The UK Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) will establish a new panel to help local authorities deliver well-designed schools. The new panel will consider the designs from every construction team bidding to build or refurbish secondary schools. The CABE panel will assess their proposals and provide an evaluation to each local authority. CABE will also provide expert support and advice to local authorities leading up to the assessment.

The new CERI brochure is out!

23-Apr-2007

The brochure on OECD work on research and innovation in education has just been published

The new IMHE Info April 2007 issue is available on the website

17-Apr-2007

This newsletter is published three times a year by IMHE, the unique OECD international forum designed for higher education institutions.

This issue presents the initial findings on the project entitled “ Supporting the Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Development” which looks for innovative solutions on how to manage the regional interface.




Top of page

Focus

This book identifies good practices in the design and implementation of evaluation and teacher incentive systems.

Evaluating and Rewarding the Quality of Teachers: International Practices

OECD Education Lighthouse

Register to join this collaborative space and help chart the way for the education sector to navigate through the current crisis and shape the post-crisis economy and society.

OECD Education Lighthouse