Game-changer for open access?
Dutch universities are in a fight with academic publisher Elsevier over its reluctance to change to open access. Scientists are therefore urged to put pressure on the publisher. The Dutch academic...
View ArticleTech and education in dialogue
While education is still seen as a public good in many countries, a large industry of educational services and technologies is on the rise. The OECD wants to bring these worlds together in a dialogue...
View ArticleFreedom does not come for free
The Dutch discussion around ‘rendementsdenken’ as was fueled by the Maagdenhuis-occupation, inspired philosopher Peter-Paul Verbeek at the University of Amsterdam to reflect up academic freedom and the...
View ArticleHigher education loses social mobility
Higher education became the main route towards social mobility and ‘Bildungsbürgertum’ of developed countries. Is it still performing this crucial task for society? OECD’s Dirk van Damme asks some...
View ArticleOpen Access for all
The European Universities Association is developing “a roadmap to assist European universities in the transition to Open Access.” EUA wants to be proactive here, beacuse “Open Access is high on...
View ArticleWill EU-copyright strengthen HE?
The European Commission has issued a Communication on the modernisation of copyright which will set the tone and pace of the change to come. The Communication sets out how the Commission intends to...
View ArticleHigh school is not enough
"The success of our economy and society writ large depends on a more highly educated citizenry. Smart ideas for economic opportunity and social cohesion know no boundaries." Martha Kanter leads the...
View ArticleHE debates Brexit
Ahead of the referendum on UK membership in the EU university leaders and many scientists in the UK are mobilising against the so-called Brexit. EUA strongly supports its British colleagues who...
View ArticleHow to govern tomorrows education today
What models of governance are effective in complex education systems? OECD/CERI analyses in a new publication how “our societies, education systems are increasingly diverse regarding students, teachers...
View ArticleScience for President
With Trump as the GOP candidate and Clinton ‘almost there’ it is time to put science and technology high on the agenda in the 2016 USA campaign. You can be part of this! ScienceDebate.org, backed by...
View ArticleReady for the digital revolution
“Europe is facing a widening skills gap”. According tot he European Commission new technologies “are making many manual jobs obsolete, while creating demand for new types of skills.” Action at a...
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