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Student Protest

Students protest university system reform

About 70 students joined a march through the centre of Prague Friday, held in protest against a planned reform of the Czech university system that they say would introduce market approach to education. The protesting students each wore a label with a barcode in order to emphasise the threat of students becoming mere products. They chanted the slogan "education is not for sale." [...]

Students Accident

26 students die as bus plunges into river in Rajasthan

At least 26 students of a teacher training college were killed after a bus carrying them plunged 60 feet deep into a river near Sawai Madhopur, 180 km west of Jaipur, early on Monday. The students were from the Mother India Teacher Training College in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. They were returning from Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 58 people including 51 students and seven staff were on the bus. [...]

Foreign Universities

Government allows foreign universities to open campuses

The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses, a government minister said, in a move that could reduce the flow of Indian students abroad.Tens of thousands of students head to universities in the United States, Britain and Australia among others for quality education each year.The long-standing proposal to reform the education sector will now go to parliament for ratification, Road and Transport Minister Kamal Nath told reporters following the cabinet meeting. [...]

University Leaders Forum

200 students attend University Leaders' Forum in Tripoli

Some 200 students from 50 African universities are atten ding the African University Leaders' Forum, which began Friday in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, PANA reported from here. The students will discuss, among others, negative aspects of democratic practice from the liberal perspective, post-colonial Africa and obstacles to the creation of the United States of Africa. [...]

University Bosses

Thousands of university bosses 'earn more than the Prime Minister'

Britain's university heads have seen their pay packets soar in the past decade with their income doubling or tripling while their institutions suffer cuts. More than 80 university vice-chancellors now earn more than the prime minister - with many receiving 15 or 20per cent pay rises in the last year alone. The highest-paid vice-chancellor gets £474,000, with 19 others getting more than £300,000, including employer pension contributions. Gordon Brown earns £197,000 plus pension. [...]

Students Australia

Thousands of young people shunned by Universities head to Australia for work

As tens of thousands of young people risk missing out on a university place this autumn, combined with grim employment statistics, we could see a dramatic increase in the number of young Brits heading Down Under on an Australian Working Holiday visa. According to new figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, more than 200,000 would-be students in the UK are expected to be unable to obtain a university place this year, and new graduates face a challenging jobs market. [...]

Education Germany

German education minister calls for 'zero tolerance' for child abusers

In light of a growing number of child sex abuse cases at schools in Germany, Education Minister Annette Schavan has called for 'consequences.' "There must be 'no tolerance' wherever there was reason to suspect abuse," German Education Minister Annette Schavan told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The education minister said she would be meeting with ministers and educators in the coming days to discuss preventative measures. [...]

Reparierter Bachelor

Unis im Südwesten verbessern ihre Studiengänge

Schon vor dem Bologna-Kongress des Landes am heutigen Montag haben die baden-württembergischen Universitäten ihre Bachelor-Studiengänge auf den Prüfstand gestellt und bessern umfassend nach. An der Universität Heidelberg werden gleich 15 der neuen Bachelor-Studiengänge wieder aufgehoben. Sie hätten sich als zu stark spezialisiert erwiesen, sagte eine Sprecherin der Universität. Künftig sollten wieder größere Einheiten „eine breite wissenschaftliche Ausbildung sicherstellen“.

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Bologna-Reform

Erst reden, dann ändern

Zehn Jahre dauert der Bologna-Prozess an. In Deutschland und Baden-Württemberg gibt es Probleme, Wissenschaftsminister Peter Frankenberg kann sich eine radikale Reform des Hochschul-Tüv-Systems vorstellen. Der Bologna-Prozess in Deutschland läuft so rund wie ein Fahrrad mit einer Acht im Hinterreifen. Dass es Probleme gibt, ist für die einen wegen der Reformausmaße normal.

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Fernstudium

Fernstudium liegt im Trend

Die Zahl der Feierabend-Studenten wächst. Platzhirsch am Markt ist die Fernuniversität Hagen, wo die Hälfte aller Fernstudenten eingeschrieben ist. Zudem gibt es Präsenzuniversitäten, Fachhochschulen oder Berufsakademien. Private Bildungsträger investieren kräftig in den Markt. Robert Kopinski ist kein Stubenhocker. Doch obwohl der 27-Jährige in Peking lebt, zieht es ihn an den Wochenenden nicht in die engen Gassen nahe der Verbotenen Stadt, sondern an den Schreibtisch, wo er sich durch Bücher und Skripte rackert.

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Protesten gegen den Bachelor

Das letzte Aufgebot

Eigentlich protestieren die Studenten seit Dezember nicht mehr. In der Berliner Humboldt-Universität aber gibt es noch einen letzten Rebellen Pete hat sich seine Ecke in der alten Mensa so eingerichtet: Luftmatratze, Schlafsack, Teelichter, Bücher und ein Haufen Klamotten, darauf eine Ingwerwurzel. "Ist doch eine schöne Leseecke", sagt er. "Und auch gut zum Yoga-Machen." Im Moment liest er "Das Unbehagen in der Kultur" von Sigmund Freud, zumindest einige Passagen.

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Lern-experten

Dozenten lernen von Studenten

Studierende wissen oft am besten, wie ein Dozent lehren muss, damit sie gut lernen. Doch bislang wurde die studentische Perspektive bei der didaktischen Schulung von Hochschullehrern vernachlässigt. Nicht so an der Universität Bochum. Hier sagen zwölf "Lern-Experten", das sind Studenten aus verschiedenen Fachbereichen, worauf es ihnen in der Lehre ankommt und was besser werden soll.

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Studienkosten

Ohne Geldsorgen: Studienkosten richtig einschätzen

Berlin (dpa/tmn) - Ein Studium zahlt sich auf lange Sicht aus. Akademiker verdienen später in der Regel besser als andere und sind seltener arbeitslos. Bis zum Abschluss ist es aber ein langer Weg. Angehende Studenten dürfen dabei auch den finanziellen Aufwand eines Studiums nicht unterschätzen. Studienabbrecher scheitern oft an Geldsorgen. Daher gilt es, die Kosten des Unilebens realistisch abzuschätzen und die Finanzierung frühzeitig zu klären. [...]

Studenten Ferien

Studenten haben in den «Ferien» viel zu tun

Studenten sind faul. Sie besuchen ab und an eine Vorlesung, oder auch nicht und haben mehr als 20 Wochen im Jahr frei. Weihnachts-, Sommer-, und derzeit Wintersemesterferien. Soweit das Klischee. Die NZ hat sich umgesehen, was Nürnberger Studenten in ihren «Ferien» zu tun haben. [...]

Student Protest

Students protest university system reform

About 70 students joined a march through the centre of Prague Friday, held in protest against a planned reform of the Czech university system that they say would introduce market approach to education. The protesting students each wore a label with a barcode in order to emphasise the threat of students becoming mere products. They chanted the slogan "education is not for sale." [...]

Students Accident

26 students die as bus plunges into river in Rajasthan

At least 26 students of a teacher training college were killed after a bus carrying them plunged 60 feet deep into a river near Sawai Madhopur, 180 km west of Jaipur, early on Monday. The students were from the Mother India Teacher Training College in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. They were returning from Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 58 people including 51 students and seven staff were on the bus. [...]

Foreign Universities

Government allows foreign universities to open campuses

The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses, a government minister said, in a move that could reduce the flow of Indian students abroad.Tens of thousands of students head to universities in the United States, Britain and Australia among others for quality education each year.The long-standing proposal to reform the education sector will now go to parliament for ratification, Road and Transport Minister Kamal Nath told reporters following the cabinet meeting. [...]

University Leaders Forum

200 students attend University Leaders' Forum in Tripoli

Some 200 students from 50 African universities are atten ding the African University Leaders' Forum, which began Friday in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, PANA reported from here. The students will discuss, among others, negative aspects of democratic practice from the liberal perspective, post-colonial Africa and obstacles to the creation of the United States of Africa. [...]

University Bosses

Thousands of university bosses 'earn more than the Prime Minister'

Britain's university heads have seen their pay packets soar in the past decade with their income doubling or tripling while their institutions suffer cuts. More than 80 university vice-chancellors now earn more than the prime minister - with many receiving 15 or 20per cent pay rises in the last year alone. The highest-paid vice-chancellor gets £474,000, with 19 others getting more than £300,000, including employer pension contributions. Gordon Brown earns £197,000 plus pension. [...]

Students Australia

Thousands of young people shunned by Universities head to Australia for work

As tens of thousands of young people risk missing out on a university place this autumn, combined with grim employment statistics, we could see a dramatic increase in the number of young Brits heading Down Under on an Australian Working Holiday visa. According to new figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, more than 200,000 would-be students in the UK are expected to be unable to obtain a university place this year, and new graduates face a challenging jobs market. [...]

Education Germany

German education minister calls for 'zero tolerance' for child abusers

In light of a growing number of child sex abuse cases at schools in Germany, Education Minister Annette Schavan has called for 'consequences.' "There must be 'no tolerance' wherever there was reason to suspect abuse," German Education Minister Annette Schavan told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The education minister said she would be meeting with ministers and educators in the coming days to discuss preventative measures. [...]

Google Apps

Sept millions d’étudiants utilisent Google Apps + Roadtrip

Depuis l’automne 2009, nous avons vu de plus en plus d’étudiants et de professeurs profiter de Google Apps Education Edition. Nous avons vu notre nombre d’utilisateurs actifs croître — d’abord nous avons eu 5 millions, puis 6 millions, et aujourd’hui nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que nous avons franchi le cap des 7 millions. [...]

Photographie

Rabais pour étudiant photographe

Être un étudiant pauvre ne signifie pas que vous devez mettre vos plans de Voyage en attente. En fait voyager en tant qu’étudiant, que ce soit à domicile ou à l’étranger, peut être fait sur un petit budget car il existe de nombreux contrats là pour vous faire profiter de. [...]

L'Eglise et les étudiants

L'Eglise participe à la mobilisation pour le logement étudiant

À Créteil, l’aumônerie de l’université Paris 12 et le Secours catholique ont développé depuis deux ans un réseau de solidarité pour permettre aux étudiants l’accès à un logement digne. [...]

Grève étudiante

Des étudiants lillois lancent une grève des loyers

Excédés par l’état de leur logement, 400 étudiants de l’académie de Lille ont décidé une « grève des loyers » qui pourrait s’étendre. [...]

Forum

Étudiants « décrocheurs » : un forum pour que les jeunes puissent rebondir

Mardi, l'Association pour faciliter l'insertion des jeunes diplômés (AFIJ) organise un forum à Lille. Celui-ci se déroulera à la cave des Célestines, de 13 h à 17 h. Le but de l'AFIJ est notamment de venir en aide aux jeunes bacheliers jetant l'éponge dès la première année d'études. Pour permettre à ces étudiants « décrocheurs » de s'installer dans un nouveau circuit de formation, l'AFIJ a mis en place l'expérimentation Rebond. Les détails avec Amélie Radecki, chargée de mission « insertion » à l'AFIJ. [...]

Université

Vers un nouveau découpage de la carte universitaire

Les facs françaises figurent encore en bas de tableau dans les palmarès internationaux, tels que ceux de Shanghai ou du Times. La loi sur l'autonomie vise clairement à leur permettre de mieux exister à l'international, en les rendant plus compétitives. Tout d'abord en les incitant à développer des projets d'établissement : elles pourront, par exemple, créer plus facilement des centres de recherche ou des départements. [...]

Retraite

Les Français voient leur retraite à 62 ans

Les Français, actifs et étudiants, estiment en moyenne qu'ils partiront à la retraite à 62 ans mais quatre sur 10 pensent travailler au-delà de 65 ans, selon un sondage BVA pour La Matinale de Canal+ diffusé aujourd'hui.

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Il Venezuela come l'Iran. I giovani scendono in piazza contro il governo

Gli studenti venezuelani protestano contro il bavaglio all’informazione, si oppongono all’insicurezza dilagante che rende le strade di Caracas e delle altre città luoghi dove sentirsi alla mercè di qualunque delinquente, scendono in piazza contro la dilagante povertà, la mancanza di infrastrutture e ospedali e contro il razionamento di acqua e luce. [...]

Le Università cinesi respingono le accuse

Le Università cinesi non ci stanno e respingono al mittente le accuse. L'attacco a Google, insomma, non proverrebbe da infausti esperimenti accademici, né da tecnologici passatempo di studenti interessati alle tecniche dell'hacking. [...]

Inaugurato l'anno accademico dell'Università de L'Aquila alla presenza di Fini

Si è svolta presso la Tensostruttura di Coppito la tradizionale cerimonia di inaugurazione dell'anno accademico dell'Università de L'Aquila. Oltre ai rappresentanti degli organi istituzionali dell'Ateneo, degli studenti e del corpo docente all'evento ha presenziato anche il presidente della Camera, Gianfranco Fini, in rappresentanza del Governo. [...]

Immatricolazioni

Università, immatricolazioni in calo fanno eccezione gli atenei del Nord

In calo le immatricolazioni negli atenei italiani, ma solo al Centro e al Sud. Nelle regioni settentrionali le new entry nel sistema universitario sono in continuo aumento. Ancora una volta, i dati relativi alla formazione dei giovani mostrano un'Italia spaccata in due. Ma quella del Belpaese sembra anche un'università sempre più per soli ricchi. Gli ultimi dati sembrano confermare proprio questa linea. Anche perché non è un segreto che le tasse universitarie (e tutte le altre spese connesse allo studio) sono in continuo aumento e la spendibilità del titolo finale è sempre minore. [...]

studenti italiani all'estero

A caccia dei cervelli in fuga

L’intento è quello di fare in modo che i cervelli in fuga non fuggano più e quelli che sono fuggiti trovino interessante tornare. Per questo è stato presentato un progetto di legge - che, per la verità, è vecchio di un anno, ma che solo una settimana fa è approdato in commissione Finanze alla Camera - con il titolo di «Incentivi fiscali per il rientro dei lavoratori in Italia». [...]

Riforma Gelmini

Riforma: più tasse e meno offerta

«L’introduzione del numero programmato in tutte le facoltà non è positivo»: su questo Fabio Tasinato, rappresentante degli studenti di Scienze politiche (Udu), è tassativo. E aggiunge che, oltre alla selezione all’entrata, i tagli all’Università provocheranno l’aumento delle tasse per gli iscritti e una forte discriminazione nel diritto allo studio: «Un ragazzo che ha appena preso la maturità e trova davanti a sé la barriera dei test si sentirà fortemente scoraggiato a intraprendere la carriera universitaria… dovrà studiare ancor prima di diventare matricola, sempre che superi il test, senza neppure sapere cosa dovrà studiare per affrontare questi benedetti test». [...]

Padova: "Affittasi camera a studenti purché non siano della Lega Nord"

Forse c’entra il fatto che Padova sia una delle poche città venete guidate dal centrosinistra, ma da queste parti c’è più di qualcuno che ha identificato il demonio con la Lega Nord. Tra questi ci sono di sicuro quei tre studenti universitari che, in pieno centro, hanno affisso un banale cartello «Affittasi stanza» con una piccola, inequivocabile, condizione: «No Lega». [...]