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Les universités Chiao Tung à Taiwan et de Louvain en Belgique renforcent leur coopération

Shieh Han-ping [謝漢萍], le vice-président de l’Université nationale Chiao Tung, a conduit en Europe, du 25 au 30 novembre, une délégation de présidents et vice-présidents de facultés de son université. Au cours de cette visite, il a signé plusieurs accords de coopération avec l’Université de Louvain, en Belgique. (..) - Taiwan Info, 29/11/2012

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Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud

Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it

Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature. (...) -By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE, The New York Times, April 26, 2013

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L'université technique de Delft ouvre trois centres de recherche en Chine et un au Brésil

L'université technique de Delft ouvre trois centres de recherche en Chine et un au Brésil | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it

Le 12 novembre 2012, l'université technique de Delft (TU Delft) a ouvert un nouveau centre de recherche en Chine, en collaboration avec l'université de Wuhan, dans les domaines de l'information géographique, la géodésie et la télédétection. Après avoir connu un grand succès avec un centre de recherche sur l'éclairage LED à Beijing l'année dernière, ce nouveau centre de recherche est le premier d'une coopération internationale plus large. Deux autres centres vont suivre dans les prochains mois, un sur la thématique de l'eau et un second concernant les systèmes urbains et l'environnement. (...) - BE Pays-Bas 42, Les Bulletins Electroniques des Ambassades de France, 2012/12/20

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Netherlands: New government hits students hard in budget cuts

The Netherlands’ new coalition cabinet has introduced budget cuts that hit students hard. From September 2014 undergraduate scholarships will be turned into loans for new students. The very popular free public transport pass will be scrapped in 2015. Students are outraged.

The new measures are part of a €16 billion (US$20.6 billion) set of cuts introduced by the new coalition, which consists of the liberal-party VVD and Labour-party PvdA. (...) - University World News, Robert Visscher, 04 November 2012

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Against the marketization of the university

Against the marketization of the university | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it

The crisis in higher education is the result of a privatized culture of management. This is a plea for turning universities back over to the sciences.

 

Over the last 1.5 years, the VU University Amsterdam has been embroiled in a battle against the severe budgetary cuts pursued by the Dutch government. The university board — consisting of three members, one of whom is the former CEO of a port company and another the former CEO of a bank — has launched a reorganization program that includes budget cuts of €33 million. This reorganization will result in 500-600 lay-offs and the elimination of many small educational programs and courses — and it is already underway. (...) - by Jan Abbink, Donya Alinejad, Ellen Bal, Femke Brandt, Lenie Brouwer, Elise Dijkstra, Bertie Kaal, Elly Pauelsen, Dimitris Pavlopoulos, Mark Peters, Marina de Regt... (The authors of this article are lecturers, researchers and administrative employees of the VU Amsterdam.), publihsed by by Donya Alinejad on April 19, 2013, ROAR Magazine

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Spotlight on The Netherlands

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  The Netherlands is using its expertise in tech and agriculture to punch above its weight in the clean-tech revolution. (..) - Naturejobs,  14 November 2012

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