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12-Mar-2009
A professor of a well-known business school in Spain once remarked that the one thing people forget to do in a crisis is “think”. He could have added “think innovatively”. For 40 years, that is precisely what OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) has been doing: helping educators and policymakers think and so better tackle challenges and prepare for the future.
- OECD Observer -
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10-Mar-2009
In some respects, Spain has joined the ranks of countries with a modern, responsive and creative system of tertiary education. But the tertiary system must accelerate the pace of reform to respond to the social and economic pressures facing Spain.
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05-Mar-2009
In recent years, Japan has made significant progress in modernising its tertiary education system but reforms of the system must continue to respond to current social and economic pressures in Japan.
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05-Mar-2009
05/03/2009 – Like many other countries, China faces the dilemma of expanding its tertiary education system within a tight fiscal constraint. Special challenges in China include the unprecedented scale in student numbers and the rapidly rising aspirations of students and parents for upward social mobility through education.
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05-Feb-2009
The OECD Council approved last month the transformation of the Programme on Educational Building (PEB) into the Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE).
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26-Jan-2009
On 12-14 November 2008, the City of Guanajuato, Mexico, welcomed local and international experts to exchange knowledge and experience on the development of school buildings.
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26-Jan-2009
The OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) and the European Investment Bank launch a joint project on strategic investment planning for educational infrastructure.
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18-Dec-2008
This issue is entitled "Breaking ranks: assessing quality in higher education".
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01-Dec-2008
The Australian Institute of Architects has awarded the Brisbane Girls Grammar School, featured in PEB Exchange, with the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture. The honour went specifically to the school’s Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre.
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01-Dec-2008
Higher education institutions can make an important contribution to economic, social and cultural development in their cities and regions. In early 2008, OECD/IMHE issued a call for regions interested in the 2nd round of reviews of HEIs in regional and city development. By mid-November 2008, the following regions had fully committed to the review: City of Berlin (Germany), the state of Veracruz (Mexico), the Galilee (Israel), Bío Bío Region (Chile) and The Paso del Norte region (US-Mexico).
For more information, see the website , and contact: jaana.puukka@oecd.org
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