• Did you read?
  1. Classifying European Institutions for higher education (stage II)
  2. US 2006 Physics Academic Workforce survey
  3. ScienceGuide Newsletter - July 2008, number 1



• Events
  1. Trends in Quality Assurance' Corvinus University, Budapest (HU) 2008-11-20/22
  2. Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area: Methods and Effects' Beethovenhalle, Bonn (DE) 2008-11-03/04



• Books
  1. Higher Education Governance in Europe - Policies, structures, funding and academic staff
  2. 'Students, Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education' Mike Byram and Fred Dervin (eds.)
  3. Echanges et Mobilités Académiques - Quel bilan ?' Fred Dervin et Michael Byram (éds.)



• Science (Physics) Education Conferences and Summer Schools in 2008 & 2009
  1. The Physics Higher Education Conference 2008
  2. EUPEN General Forum EGF2008
  3. FISER’09, 'Frontiers in Science Education Research 2009'

1 Classifying European Institutions for higher education
(stage II)
The CEIHE II project is a follow up of the CEIHE project. Started in September 2006, the project was finalised in May 2008. The project is run by an international project team, lead by prof. dr. Frans van Vught. The project team benefits from the advice of an advisory board, in which large number of (associations of) higher education institution participate, and of a stakeholder group, comprising stakeholders and interest groups. The results of the second phase of this project were disseminated during the Berlin conference of 10/11 July. You will find more information on this conference, including all the presentations, on the website.

More info:
http://www.utwente.nl/cheps/research/projects/ceihe/
or
http://www.utwente.nl/cheps/research/projects/
ceihe/berlinconference/presentations/

2 US 2006 Physics Academic Workforce survey

The Statistical Research Center (SRC) of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has recently posted data on its web site from the 2006 Academic Workforce survey. These data focus on three areas:

a) the overall picture of the number of faculty members in physics and astronomy departments, including a description of the relationship between number of faculty members and number of bachelor’s degrees awarded;

b) the representation of women among physics and astronomy faculty, including the representation of women among newly hired assistant professors; and

c) changes in the physics academic workforce since 1998, including the relationship between retirements and the number of faculty members recruited by physics departments.

More info:
http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/facultytrends.html

3 ScienceGuide Newsletter - July 2008, number 1

We are happy to present to you the first ScienceGuide Newsletter, with a special focus on quality and rankings of Higher Educaton. Read about its purpose and service to you on ScienceGuide.

Subscribe here:
http://www.scienceguide.nl/subsc.asp

E.g. 'HE-quality high on Sarkozy's EU-agenda'

More info:
http://www.scienceguide.nl/article.asp?articleid=105781

1'Trends in Quality Assurance' Corvinus University, Budapest (HU) 2008-11-20/22

The 3rd European Quality Assurance Forum will explore European and international trends in quality assurance. It will examine the implications of these developments for quality assurance in European higher education and internationally and ask, specifically, if these developments increase quality levels in higher education.

Following the success of the first two European Quality Assurance fora (respectively, at the Technische Universität München and at La Sapienza Universita di Roma), the third forum, co-organised by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE and supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, is hosted by Corvinus University

More info:
http://www.eua.be/events/quality-assurance-forum-2008/home/

2 'Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area: Methods and Effects' Beethovenhalle, Bonn (DE) 2008-11-03/04

Thanks to a special grant from the German federal Ministry of Education and Research the Quality Management Project is in the position to organise the traditional 'Autumn Conference' once again. This year’s conference will deal with questions linked to the outcomes of Quality Assurance methods in terms of leadership and management. Furthermore, the question of how they can be useful in the equilibrium of university autonomy and public/state responsibility for Higher Education is going to be discussed. On the first day, different national systems of quality assurance and enhancement will be presented. The second day will deal with issues relating to the intended and unintended effects and outcomes of quality assurance and enhancement within the institutions. The closing of the conference will be done with a panel debate, discussing how the German system fits into the European and global frameworks and how the balance of autonomy and public responsibility can be kept in equilibrium.

More info:
http://www.hrk.de/eng/projekte_und_initiativen/
hrk_at_a_glance_2148.php

1 Higher Education Governance in Europe - Policies, structures, funding and academic staff'
Brussels, Eurydice, 2008 148 p. ; 27x20 cm
ISBN 978-92-79-08524-6

The modernisation of higher education is one of the top priorities of decision-makers at national and European level, in the framework of the Lisbon process and the establishment of a European higher education area. This new Eurydice publication examines different aspects of the issue of higher education governance: its structures, the funding and control mechanisms with respect to public funds, autonomy in raising and using private funds, and the management of academic staff.

More info:
http://www.eurydice.org/portal/page/portal/Eurydice
/showPresentation?pubid=091EN

2 Students, Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education' Mike Byram and Fred Dervin (eds.)
Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008 ISBN 9781847186034

The effects are on host universities, on the university community of staff and students, on the ways in which staff and students understand the nature of university study, on the ways students may or may not integrate with a local community. By experiencing something different - for institutions, an influx of students with different ideas about academic study, for students an interaction with ‘locals’ and with other ‘internationals’, for staff a challenge to their assumptions about teaching and learning - all see themselves in a new light and are often forced to change. This book charts the changes which are happening now and will undoubtedly continue for the foreseeable future. It therefore offers all involved a reflection on their own experience and practice and the means of improving them.

More info:
http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Students--Staff-and-Academic-
Mobility-in-Higher-Education1-84718-603-3.htm

3 ECHANGES ET MOBILITÉS ACADÉMIQUES - Quel bilan ?'
Fred Dervin et Michael Byram (éds.) l'Harmattan,
Paris 2008 288 p. ISBN 978-2-296-06149-1

Les mobilités internationales se multiplient dans le monde entier. Qui se déplace véritablement et pourquoi ? Qu'apportent ces mobilités à ceux qui bougent et à ceux qui reçoivent ? Face au manque réel de préparation interculturelle mis en évidence par les chercheurs et les organismes officiels, ces mobilités devraient-elles être accompagnées d'une formation spécifique ?

More info:
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=26570

1 The Physics Higher Education Conference 2008
University of Edinburgh (UK) 2008-09-04
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/phec_2008

2 EUPEN General Forum EGF2008
"Physics Studies: Global Views, Local Needs"
(RO) 2008-09-04/06
http://www.eupen.ugent.be/

3 FISER’09, 'Frontiers in Science Education Research 2009'
Famagusta (TR - North Cyprus) 2009-03-22/24
http://fiser.emu.edu.tr/

 

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