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11-Sep-2007
The 2007 edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance, a compendium of comparable national statistics that provide a basis for policy debate and decisions, will be published at 11.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 18 September 2007.
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03-Sep-2007
The International Centre of Prospective and Higher Studies (CIPAE) has created a new division: Architecture for Education. Founded in 1976, CIPAE is a private international institution which encourages education for all and lifelong learning in government policy as well as in economic, social and cultural organisations. CIPAE, based in Puebla, Mexico, collaborates directly with governments throughout the world and with UNESCO.
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03-Sep-2007
The OECD now offers RSS feeds which automatically deliver the Organisation’s latest news directly to your desktop or website. RSS is short for “Really Simple Syndication” and is somewhat like a free subscription service. You can subscribe to our RSS feeds by topic, such as education, sustainable development, economics and growth, employment, migration, or public governance and management, or by OECD department.
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03-Sep-2007
The OECD recognises the important role that countries play in addressing issues related to sustainable development such as the global climate change problem and new energy options. The Organisation’s objective is to help its members prepare for the future by supporting them with sound policy analysis and options to achieve their goals in an environmentally-effective and economically-efficient manner. A number of projects are underway to implement this across several of the Organisation’s directorates and in the specialised agencies associated with the OECD.
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03-Sep-2007
PEB will organise a school earthquake safety review in which governments from OECD and non-OECD countries, including individual provinces and states, are invited to participate. The review will be composed of a self-evaluation questionnaire and an optional review visit conducted by a team of experts to interested countries.
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20-Aug-2007
Building Schools for the Future is an ambitious programme to rebuild or refurbish all secondary schools in England over a 15-year period at a cost of GBP 45 billion. This report outlines the programme's aspirations and asks whether enough is being done to design, build and maintain schools. It presents environmentally sustainable development initiatives and asks crucial questions to determine if the schools being built will meet education needs in future years. It addresses the dual meaning of “sustainable development” and whether better planning can “future proof”our schools.
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20-Aug-2007
The UK government intends to deliver 200 carbon neutral “eco-schools” in the next three years, to help cut emissions. Here, Mukund Patel explains how the Department for Education and Skills is building schools of the future. This article was first printed in the May 2007 issue of Moderngov, © GovNet Communications.
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02-Jul-2007
The brain never loses its capacity to learn, according to a new publication from the OECD. Contrary to the myth that “everything important about the brain is decided by the age of three,” Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science suggests not only that learning never stops - especially if actively pursued - but that it physically transforms the brain.
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01-Jun-2007
The burgeoning Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is bringing higher education resources within reach of growing numbers of potential users around the world, but education authorities will soon have to grapple with new challenges such as copyright issues and the sustainability of business models, according to a new OECD study.
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