|
|
News & Events
News
|
15-Jan-2008
Read the latest news information of the IMHE Programme
|
|
11-Dec-2007
Scotland's schools receive high marks in the latest OECD Review of National Policies for Education, which notes that Scotland has one of the most equitable and best performing education systems in OECD countries.
|
|
04-Dec-2007
OECD’s latest PISA survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds shows that some countries have seen significant improvements in student performance since 2000.
|
|
29-Nov-2007
Finland once again takes the number one spot in OECD's three-yearly PISA test of the abilities of a sample of 15-year old secondary-school students, followed by Hong Kong (China) and Canada in second and third place, according to advance details of results that will be published in full next week.
|
|
28-Nov-2007
The organizers of the IMHE programme’s biennial international conference have put out a call for sponsorship. This highly mediatised conference will be held in the prestigious new OECD Conference Centre in Paris from 8 to 10 September 2008 on “Outcomes of Higher Education: Quality, Relevance and Impact”. It would be of benefit for your company to be associated with the conference to gain international visibility and recognition in the field of higher education.
|
|
19-Sep-2007
Universities could play a stronger role in the economic, cultural and social development of their regions, according to a new OECD report. Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged argues that regional engagement by universities is beneficial both to local development and the institutions themselves.
|
|
19-Sep-2007
In some respects, Poland has joined the ranks of countries with a modern, responsive and creative system of tertiary education. But the process of modernisation is incomplete and the tertiary system must accelerate further reforms to respond to the social and economic pressures facing Poland.
|
|
18-Sep-2007
More widespread university education means more prosperous economies and provides rich rewards in the labour market for those who graduate. Furthermore, the job prospects for the less well qualified do not appear to be damaged by the expansion of higher education and may even be improved, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance.
|
|
18-Sep-2007
This conference on 19-21 September 2007 in Valencia, Spain, will:
• Provide an opportunity for policy makers to reflect on the role of higher education institutions in regional development in the globalising knowledge-based economy.
• Help national and regional governments and HEIs to develop strategies for ensuring global excellence and local focus of higher education.
• Explore the strategic role of HEIs as drivers of regional economic, social and cultural development.
• Provide an opportunity for networking and sharing good practice.
|
|
14-Sep-2007
How can OECD countries mobilise higher education to support regional development? What role can higher education institutions play in linking regions to the global knowledge economy?
|
Top of page
|
|
