News & Events

Roundtable meeting in OECD, Paris for cities and regions 10-11 Sep 2009

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.

Just published - IMHE Info July 2009

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.

School Buildings in Today's Crisis

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.

Spaces and places for vocational education and training

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.

Next compendium of exemplary educational facilities

18-Jun-2009

Following the success of the first three editions, CELE plans to publish a new compendium of exemplary educational facilities.

HE and Regions brochure in Spanish: Educación Superior en el Desarrollo Regional y de Ciudades

08-Jun-2009

The second round of the OECD reviews of Higher education in regional and city development has a strong focus in Latin America and Spain, where altogether seven regions will undergo a review process under the OECD lead in 2009-2010. To better serve the regions and their higher education institutions in the Spanish language area, a Spanish version of the Higher education in regional and city development brochure has now been published.

Just published - Higher Education and Regions Newsletter, May 2009

05-Jun-2009

This issue informs about the State of Sonora, Mexico joining the reviews. It also includes information about new communication tools such as the revamped website and the new interactive web 2.0 Community that was launched recently.

School students still being held back by gender perceptions, OECD study shows

26-May-2009

In most countries, girls and boys now show similar results in the OECD’s PISA tests of 15-year-olds. But systematic assessment of gender differences shows that students are still being held back by their own gender-related perceptions.

Environmentally Sustainable Learning Environments: Special Session of the PEB Governing Board

on 20-Nov-2007

A special session of the PEB Governing Board in November 2007 highlighted a range of approaches and good practices in developing environmentally sustainable learning environments.

Informal Meeting of OECD Education Ministers on Evaluating the Outcomes of Higher Education

from 11-Jan-2008 to 12-Jan-2008

An  informal meeting of OECD Education Ministers hosted by the Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on the 11-12 January 2008.  Ministers will discuss: society’s expectations on the outcomes of higher education; how to apply evaluation to policy and practice and assess higher education learning outcomes; and share national experiences with evaluating the quality of higher education outcomes.

OECD to publish results of its latest PISA survey on 4 December

on 04-Dec-2007

How have 15-year old students performed in the 57 countries that participated in OECD's 2006 PISA - Programme for International Student Assessment - tests? Results of PISA 2006 will be published at 10.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 4 December 2007, with news conferences and media briefings that day in Tokyo, Brussels, Berlin, London, Washington and Paris.

Ask the economists: Education - Learn more, earn more?

on 03-Oct-2007

Read the questions and answers from an online question and answer session on the future of education that took place on Wednesday 3 October with Andreas Schleicher, head of the OECD's Education Indicators and Analysis division. 

Education Policies for Inclusion in South Eastern Europe: Challenges and Opportunities - International Conference, 22-23 May 2007, Vienna

from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007

The conference will discuss the evaluation of the OECD activity on “Education Development for Students at Risk & those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe” with national & international stakeholders to develop concrete perspectives for future support; provide information about relevant international & European developments with regard to education for special needs students & raise awareness for support of inclusive practices amongst policy makers at all levels; provide a platform for discussion between education Ministries, the donor community, IOs and NGOs.

Sino-Swiss project - Conference and Study Visits, 16-23 April 2007, Switzerland

from 16-Apr-2007 to 23-Apr-2007

The aim of this Search Conference, part of a project on long-term applied research collaboration between Chinese and Swiss universities and research institutions, is to create a conversation space for researchers, working in the field of higher education, to meet and to identify current and future issues – regarding the governance, quality and financing of higher education – that might impact on the quality and contributions of higher education to the overall development of the country.

OECD-France Seminar - The labour market orientation of tertiary education in France and in OECD countries: Assessment and prospects

from 14-Feb-2007 to 15-Feb-2007

This seminar proposes to take stock of the labour market orientation of tertiary education in France and in OECD countries.

International Japan/OECD Seminar on “Futures Thinking for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession”

from 06-Nov-2006 to 08-Oct-2006

This Seminar is in the core CERI work on futures thinking and the Schooling for Tomorrow project. The Seminar will explore and develop as the over-arching seminar theme the connections between futures thinking, on the one hand, and governance, policy formulation and decision-making in education, on the other.

Other events

Additional conferences and seminars related to educational building.

Table Ronde sur le développement des transferts technologiques Université/Industrie.

from 12-Oct-2006 to 13-Oct-2006

L’OCDE s’est engagée, depuis 2002, dans une série d’activités visant à promouvoir la recherche dans les universités russes et à améliorer la gestion de la propriété intellectuelle en partenariat avec le ministère de l’éducation et des sciences. La réunion de 2006 aura lieu les 12 et 13 octobre à Tomsk et traitera tout particulièrement des échanges de pratiques couronnées de succès entre les universités russes et les universités des pays membres de l’OCDE.