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04-Apr-2008
Higher education institutions (HEIs) in England will benefit from a new fund to provide repayable grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Projects funded under the new scheme will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, from both existing and new buildings, and enable HEIs to save money in the long term and to benefit from carbon trading. Projects might include better energy management, on-site renewable energy generation, waste management, and sustainable construction and refurbishment.
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25-Feb-2008
This latest issue features these articles: Modernising Portugal’s Secondary Schools; New Zealand: Modernising Schools in a Decentralised Environment; Changing School Architecture in Zurich; US Academic Libraries: Today’s Learning Commons Model; Implications of Curriculum Reform for School Buildings in Scotland; Evaluating School Facilities in Brazil.
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08-Feb-2008
In March 2007, the Portuguese government announced an ambitious plan to modernise secondary schools by improving the quality and usefulness of its teaching and learning facilities, while putting schools back into the centre of the community of which they are an integral part.
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01-Feb-2008
PEB is pleased to welcome Alastair Blyth who joined us from the University of Westminster in August 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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