esna - Bulletin N°144 - 19 December 2012 higher ed research // p7 books // p5 calls // p11 events // p10 press review December 2012 www.esna.tv responsible editor: Tino Brömme • The STaTe of UniverSiTy Policy for ProgreSS in eUroPe • MaPPing MobiliTy 2012 IN DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION • Do r&D Tax incenTiveS leaD To higher wageS for r&D workerS? • hUMan righTS PrinciPleS of inTernaTional STUDenTS • inTegraTion anD/or DiverSificaTion • cloUD coMPUTing in higher eDUcaTion anD reSearch inSTiTUTionS anD The USa PaTrioT acT • neeTs - yoUng PeoPle noT in eMPloyMenT, eDUcaTion or Training • 46Th cenSiS rePorT on The Social SiTUaTion in iTaly /EDUCATION • DUTch STUDenT hoUSing MoniTor • legiTiMacy in croSS-borDer higher eDUcaTion IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS OF INTERNATIONAL BRANCH CAMPUSES • harneSSing The SkillS of MigranTS anD DiaSPoraS To foSTer DeveloPMenT: POLICY OPTIONS • how higher eDUcaTion can aDvance Social MobiliTy • reD arMy SQUare 2 STUDENT LIFE AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL FACULTY OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY PRAGUE DURING ‘NORMALISATION’ 1969-1989 • ignoranT yobS? LOW ATTAINERS IN A GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY • worlD yearbook of eDUcaTion 2013 EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONALISM AND POLITICS: GLOBAL TRANSITIONS, NATIONAL SPACES AND PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS quality issues university business higher education policy EU news research policy
DaniShProfeSSorSUSeonlyafifThofTheirTiMeonTeachingcopenhagen, Dec. 9 (Momentum) -- a study by the university of copenhagen shows that out of 4,500 teaching-related tasks, only 887 used in teaching - i.e. just under 20 percent. education minister morten Østergaard said: “that sounds very low. here is the need for a thorough look at the balance of research and teaching” ... read more
ThinkTankwarnSagainST“QUaliTyaSSUrance”creePinginToUniverSiTieSQueBÉc, Dec. 10 (Montreal Gazette) -- Supply and demand may be the rule in an economy, but should it be the underlying mission of a university? Quebec’s institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économiques (iriS) says an emphatic “no!” — but researchers at the think tank are worried they are losing the battle as the first workshop of the Summit on higher education at the end of november seemed to produce a widely accepted proposition for a new governing body to oversee university quality ... read more
governMenT‘exaMS’foriTalianScienTiSTSTriggeroUTcryrome, Dec. 13 (science) -- an unprecedented government effort to shore up the quality of italian science by reviewing the work of individual scientists and institutions has triggered a firestorm of protest. critics say the government review is using flawed criteria ... read more
legalacTionagainSTPorTUgUeSeUniverSiTyinToUlontoulon, Dec. 14 (rcm pharma) -- the french authorities have filed a lawsuit against the “misuse” of the term ‘university’ by the subsidiary of the private university fernando pessoa (ufp) in la garde near toulon, operating since the 12th of november. french science minister, geneviève fioraso, said the institution was in “total breach of the education code.” rector Salvato trigo spoke of “xenophobia” in face of the accusations ... read more
graDeinflaTionblowSUPgerManUniverSiTieSBerlin, Dec. 19 (the local) -- when 80 per cent of students graduate with one of the top two grades, questions start being asked. “the grades which students currently receive say almost nothing meaningful about their real achievement,” says wolfgang marquardt, head of the german council of Science and humanities ... read more
STUDenTSUnfazeDbyTheirProfeSSorS’inDUSTryTieSuSa, Dec. 4 (medpage) -- Conflict of interest disclosure in the classroom shapes medical students’ views on industry relationships, but doesn’t make them more cynical about their own education, researchers found ... read more
SwiSShighereDUcaTionMakeSaPacTwiThMicroSofTZurich, Dec. 12 (switch) -- the “microsoft education alliance agreement” is supposed to bring benefits to the entire Swiss university community. it includes the promotion of ict, as well as a central framework agreement for software licenses, and also leads to cost savings ... read more
ThankSToiTSUniverSiTieS,PolanDaTTracTSUSTechgianTSwarSaw, Dec. 12 (Hechinger Report) -- poland has continued to grow during the global financial crisis as neighboring countries declined. an impressive, decade-long campaign to raise the quality of higher education ... read more
UkrainianProfeSSorSTolDToDowngraDeSTUDenTSToPayfewerSTiPenDSkieV, Dec. 3 (Kyiv Post) -- ukrainian students came out on protest in kyiv on august 1 to demand to raise their stipends. the government bowed to pressure and raised the stipends then. now professors in a few universities revealed that their universities are allegedly trying to cut the number of stipends by downgrading students ... read more
hUngariangovernMenTwanTSTowiDenUniverSiTyacceSSBuDapeSt, Dec. 6 (BBJ) -- hungary's government on thursday unveiled a broad-reaching plan that aims to make higher education accessible to more students while creating disincentives for dropping out. government spokesman andrás giró-Szószz said the merit-based system will allow as many people as possible to enter university, not just the ones with money. State-sponsored student loans will serve as a disincentive for leaving university before graduating, he said, adding that the dropout rate is almost 50 per cent at present ... read more
SlovenianSTUDenTSanDUniverSiTyTeacherSUniTeDagainST“DeSTrUcTivegovernMenTPolicy”ljuBljana, Dec. 6 (Planet) -- thousands of students and higher education employees rallied in front of the parliament on thursday to protest against the planned changes to the law on higher education and proposed cuts as mps convened to pass the 2013 and 2014 budgets. mps passed an amendment returning 16 million euro to higher education just after the protest ... read more | video
eMPowereDUniverSiTieSbooSTeUroPe’ScoMPeTiTiveneSSmaaStricht, Dec. 10 (scienceguide) -- “highly performing universities are a boost for europe’s competitiveness in a global knowledge economy,” say researchers of empower european universities (eeu), a ngo headed by former Dutch education minister jo ritzen. according to a new EEU report the most effective determinant of educational quality is policy autonomy ... read more
frenchUniverSiTyProfeSSorSDecryafailingSySTeMpariS, Dec. 11 (france24) -- five years after a controversial reform granted france’s public universities greater autonomy over budget, staff, curriculum and funding, professors seem to be anything but happy. many blame the dire situation on the controversial 2007 ‘pécresse law’ ... read more
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liSBon, Dec. 12 (tvi24) -- for portugal’s education minister nuno crato, the path of cooperation between higher education institutions is ‘inevitable’ and the country can only gain from this policy. he also did not exclude the cancellation of courses “if the demand is low and another institution within 20 km offers the same course” ... read more
newMergerTobecalleDUniverSiTyofSoUThwaleScarDiff, Dec. 17 (Wales Online) -- Wales’ first super-university will be called the university of South wales when a merger goes ahead next year. the newly-formed institution will be created from a merger between the university of glamorgan and the university of wales newport ... read more
rUSSiaShakeSUPiTSUniverSiTieSmoScow, Dec. 17 (nature) -- the new year is unlikely to be a happy one for thousands of russian university teachers and students whose institutes are facing massive cuts and closures in 2013, following a controversial performance review. The move reflects the determination of russian authorities ... read more
hUngaryfaceSeUinfringeMenTProceDUreovergraDUaTeSBuDapeSt, nov. 27 (Politics) -- hungary is ready to face a ‘pilot procedure’ — which precedes a possible infringement procedure — the european commission may launch in connection with limitations on the free movement of university graduates. a law effective from the 2012/13 academic year requires students with a state grant to sign a contract agreeing to work in hungary after graduating for twice the number of years spent studying ... read more
coMMiSSionProPoSeSyoUTheMPloyMenTgUaranTeeBruSSelS, Dec. 5 (EC) -- as requested by the european council and european parliament, the commission's youth employment package includes a proposed recommendation to member States on introducing the youth guarantee to ensure that all young people up to age 25 receive a quality offer of a job, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed ... read more
coMMiSSionlaUncheSeUSkillSPanoraMaBruSSelS, Dec. 7 (EC) -- the european commission today officially launched the EU Skills Panorama, a website presenting quantitative and qualitative information on short- and medium-term skills needs, skills supply and skills mismatches ... read more
ParTialagreeMenToneUreSearchbUDgeTBruSSelS, Dec. 14 (silicon republic) -- eu research ministers met in Brussels this week to discuss the european union’s new programme for research and innovation horizon 2020, which will start in 2014 with a proposed budget of 80 billion euro. the ministers reached an agreement on part of the funding package for research and innovation. the agreement reached by the ministers covers the details of the priority areas for eu funding in the next period ... read more
SingleeUPaTenTagreeDfor2014BruSSelS, Dec. 14 (CW) -- after 40 years of debate and diplomacy, a historic agreement to establish a single, harmonised european patent system has been achieved. the compromise deal was voted through on tuesday 10 December by a large cross-party majority of meps. the promise from the european commission is that as a result the cost of filing a patent will fall 87 per cent from 36,000 euro today to 4,725 euro ... read more
eUroPeanMiniSTerSbackreSearch-bUDDyPlanBruSSelS, Dec. 18 (nature) -- europe’s leading scientific institutions could work with less-developed regions to create a new type of research centre, suggests a proposal backed by science ministers last week. under the ‘teaming’ proposal, the partners
would put forward joint business plans ... read more
eUroPeancoMMiSSionTorank500UniverSiTieSBruSSelS, Dec. 18 (Romania Insider) -- 500 universities have been invited to sign up for inclusion on the u-multirank listing to be completed in early 2014. the ec performed a selection process aiming to build a consortium of independent organisations that would carry out the listing ... read more | press release
PaTrioTacTcan“obTain”DaTaineUroPe,reSearcherSSaylonDon, Dec. 4 (CBS) -- european data stored in the ‘cloud’ could be acquired and inspected by u.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies, despite europe's strong data protection laws, university researchers have suggested. the research paper, titled “Cloud Computing in Higher Education and Research Institutions and the USA Patriot Act,” written by legal experts at the university of amsterdam, explains that businesses, schools and universities located outside the united States which use cloud services could be forced by u.S. law enforcement to transfer data to u.S. territory for inspection ... read more
largegerManreSearchUniverSiTieSjoinforceSBerlin, Dec. 8 (Tagesspiegel) -- in a quest to improve conditions for science, research and teaching, 15 german research-oriented universities with medical faculties have launched an association to jointly promote their strategic interests ... read more
SPain:“irreParableDaMageToUniverSiTieSanDr&D”maDriD, Dec. 12 (MP) -- Spanish university rectors have signed a common statement demanding that higher education, research and innovation are to be considered “an investment, not a cost.” they fear that the planned cuts in the general Budget of 2013 by 18 per cent in higher education and by 80 per cent in non-interest expenses in r&D will cause an “irreparable damage” ... read more
SweDen’SScienTificPoSiTioninDeclineStockholm, Dec. 16 (UWN) -- why is Sweden’s breakthrough research in comparative decline? in 2010, a report showed that the production of cutting-edge research had fallen below that of Denmark, the netherlands and Switzerland. this month a new report has called for funding changes, stronger academic leadership, and clear career paths and good conditions for young researchers ... read more
DenMark:recorDinveSTMenTinhigh-TechreSearchcopenhagen, Dec. 17 (jv) -- twenty market-oriented high-tech research collaborations have been carefully selected, and they receive a record sum of research funding: 594 million crowns (80 million euros) provided by the Danish national advanced technology foundation, universities and companies. 38 research groups from six universities and 36 companies are participating ... read more
iTalylagSbehinDeUcoUnTrieSinreSearchSPenDingrome, Dec. 18 (ANSA) -- italy has been one of the most sluggish spenders on research in the european union, the national statistical agency istat said tuesday. italy spent the equivalent of 1.26 per cent of the country’s gDp on research, compared with an eu average of 2.01 per cent ... read more
caTalanUniverSiTieSrePreSenT60PercenTofreSearchinSPainBarcelona, Dec. 19 (universia) -- a report of the catalan university association acup states that the region is responsible for 60 per cent of the national and of 0,6 per cent of global scientific production ... read more
surveyeraSUrvey2012BruSSelS, Dec. 6 (EC) -- research organisations and research funders are crucial for the daily implementation of the european research area (era).through this survey the european commission seeks to identify existing practices, needs and barriers where organisations believe further action is needed in order to complete a single market for researchers, knowledge and technology ... answer online
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globalinTellecTUalProPerTyfilingSconTinUeTogrowgeneVa, Dec. 11 (wipo) -- a new wipo report shows that while the global economy continued to underperform, intellectual property (IP) filings worldwide kept growing strongly in 2011. it also finds that China’s patent office became the largest in the world ... read more
reDarMySQUare2StuDent life at the philoSophical faculty During normaliSationthis book, written by three young historians from the faculty of arts of the charles university in prague, carries the name of the institution’s communist-era address “red army Square 2”. it is a study about the university’s history during ‘normalization’ – the last 20 years of the communist regime – analysing the life and work of students and professors in a system where spying and paranoia were common.the book not only gives a description of the organisational and political structures of a particular institution, but also focuses on the conduct of academics and students and their dilemmas. what compromises had intellectuals to make after 1968, to teach at a university? how was personal and scientific integrity possible although the institution was fully loyal to the communist party standards? what did it mean for a
professor to cooperate with the State Security?charles university was founded in 1348 and is the oldest institution for higher education in central europe. in September 1939 the university was subordinated to the german ministry of education in Berlin. after anti-german student riots on 17 november 1939 (now marked as international Students’ Day), it was closed along with all other higher-education institutions and remained shut until the end of the war. after the communist coup in 1948, the new regime started to arrange purges and repress all forms of disagreement with the official ideology, and continued to do so for the next four decades, with the second wave of purges in the beginning of the 1970s.
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jakub jareš, Matěj Spurný, Katka Volná
faculty of arts charles university november 2012
iSBn: 978-80-7308-426-4 405 pp. paperback ca. €14.00
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Sally tomlinson routledge | november 2012
iSBn: 978-0-415-52577-0 168 pp. paperback £22.99
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worlDyearbookofeDUcaTion2013eDucatorS, profeSSionaliSm anD politicS: gloBal tranSitionS, national SpaceS anD profeSSional projectS Educators, professionalism and politics offers ways of understanding how and
with what consequences national systems of education and the work of education professionals are being reregulated in the context of contemporary global transitions. This volume focuses firmly on the educators themselves. It documents the way educators encounter and renegotiate ideas and practices that travel globally as they seek to enact their established professional projects. the chapters examine the effect of global transitions on educators and education, and offers new perspectives on educational work in different parts of the world today.
terri Seddon, john levin (eds.) routledge | December 2012
iSBn: 978-0-415-52914-3 336 pp. hardback ₤85.00
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ignoranTyobS?low attainerS in a gloBal knowleDge economyWhat happens to young people who are defined as lower attainers or having learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy? This book, using original discussions in england, the uSa, germany, malta and finland, provides an examination of countries which converge on the issue of the low attaining population, despite differing on political, economic and cultural dimensions. it synthesises a range of issues and suggests how those with learning difficulties might, with govern-ment and employer support, contribute to a flexible labour market.
policy report – TheSTaTeofUniverSiTyPolicyforProgreSSineUroPe“empowering universities through an appropriate regulatory environment and resources is key to innovation and competitiveness,” says prof. ritzen, chair of the
foundation empower european universities (eeu). this study measures and compares the extent to which national governments’ policies foster this contribution across europe. the study stresses the relevance
of policies which are ‘empowering’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments. the assessment relies on quantitative scores, based on the contribution of policies regarding funding and autonomy to higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy indicators across 32 european countries.
eric richters, Sjoerd roodenburg, renze kolster
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cecile hoareau, jo ritzen, gabriele marconi eeu | December 2012 | englishDownload
Boris lokshin, pierre mohnen univ. of maastricht | july 2012
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australian human rights commission | 2012
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Berit askling heik oslo |
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MaPPingMobiliTy2012in Dutch higher eDucationNuffic has produced the annual Mapping Mobility report since 2010. It provides an update of recent developments in student mobility to and from the netherlands and, where possible, offers additional information on other types of internationalisation.
Dor&DTaxincenTiveSleaDTohigherwageSforr&DworkerS?eViDence from the netherlanDSthis paper examines the impact of the Dutch r&D tax incentive scheme on the wages of R&D workers. The authors construct firm specific R&D tax credit rates that vary over time following variations in the Dutch r&D tax incentive program. using instrumental variables they estimate a wage-sharing model with an unbalanced firm-level panel data covering the period 1997-2004.
PrinciPleSToProMoTeanDProTecTThehUManrighTSofinTernaTionalSTUDenTSthese principles are based on these internationally-agreed standards. they have been developed in consultation with key individuals and organisations, including international students and their representative bodies, representatives of the international education sector, academics, government departments and agencies, and organisations that provide services to international students.
inTegraTionanD/orDiverSificaTion. the role of Structure in meeting expectationS on higher eDucationin this paper, it is argued that structural measures undertaken around the world in the 1970s in order to meet the expansion might be more or less congruent with recent claims for specialization and competition. By using Sweden as a case, the relationship between objectives and structural models is brought to the forefront. against the background of the Swedish reforms, this paper also discusses the relationship between university, society and markets in a short-term and long-term perspective.
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cloUDcoMPUTinginhighereDUcaTionanDreSearchinSTiTUTionSanDTheUSaPaTrioTacTthis report looks at the possibilities for the u.S. government to obtain access to information in the cloud from Dutch institutions on the basis of u.S. law and on the basis of Dutch law and international co-operation. it concludes that the u.S. legal state of affairs implies that the transition towards the cloud has important negative consequences for the possibility to manage information confidentiality, information security and the privacy of european end users in relation to foreign governments.
neeTs-yoUngPeoPlenoTineMPloyMenT,eDUcaTionorTrainingcharacteriSticS, coStS anD policy reSponSeS in europethe economic crisis has severely damaged the employment prospects of the young generation, and employment among young people is now at the lowest level ever recorded by eurostat. to better capture the extent of economic inactivity among the young, the concept of neet – not in employment, education or training – has been developed. this report analyses the labour market situation of young people in Europe, with a specific focus on the NEET group. It examines the determinants of belonging to the neet group, and measures the economic and social costs of neets. it also assesses how member States through policies and interventions have sought to support young people to gain a foothold in the labour market.
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DUTchSTUDenThoUSingMoniTorthis monitor, developed by students, emphasises the importance importance of having sufficient student housing, by predicting a shortage of 33,000 student accommodation units by 2020, for both local and international students. it consists of a forecasting model (the so-called apollo model) including a total of 29 students cities. this forecast has been translated into quantitative and a qualitative indicators for student housing. for the qualitative statement, a nationwide survey has been conducted in may 2012; 35,000 Students have participated.
legiTiMacyincroSS-borDerhighereDUcaTioniDentifying StakeholDerS of international Branch campuSeSthis article investigates the process of legitimacy building by iBcs through identifying who iBcs view as their salient stakeholders and analysing how they legitimise their international presence to those stakeholders in the home country, host country, regional and global environments. Data are drawn from 45 branch campus mission statements collected from university websites.
harneSSingTheSkillSofMigranTSanDDiaSPoraSTofoSTerDeveloPMenT: policy optionSThe first part of this paper will trace a broad outline of the skill profile of migrants, seeking to isolate the most important recent developments. the following two sections will endeavour to draw lessons from these changes for mobility and for the mobilisation of expatriate skills. A final section will look more specifically at the role of, and at co-operation between, the multiple parties involved in harnessing the skills of diasporas to foster development.
uniVerSity challenge: howhighereDUcaTioncanaDvanceSocialMobiliTythis report asks what universities are doing to help create a Britain that is more socially mobile, and what more they could do. it looks at the remarkable growth that has taken place in the higher education sector, and analyses who has benefited from this expansion. having set the scene, it explores some of the key barriers and evaluates the scope of universities’ responsibility in knocking them down. The final chapter examines the government’s higher education policy.
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learningbyDoing-MakinginTerDiSciPlinariTyworkBrussels, 15 January 2013
the conference will seek to overcome the challenges in properly integrating contributions from the Socio-economic Sciences and humanities into different research fields.
rankingSanDTheviSibiliTyofQUaliTyoUTcoMeSinTheeheaDublin, 30-31 January 2013
Bringing together over 150 higher education stake-holders from across europe to explore the information needs of users of university rankings, from students and academics to employers and policy-makers, this conference will facilitate discussion about how evaluation can advance these strategic priorities.
5ThworlDconferenceoneDUcaTionalScienceSRome, 5-8 February 2013
this conference aims to bring together the educational scientists, administers, councilors, education experts, teachers, graduate students and civil society representatives to share and to discuss theoretical and practical knowledge in the scientific environment.
oPenacceSSDialog‘PUbliShoPenacceSSorPeriSh?’Amsterdam, 6 February 2013
the aim of this event, a combination of a symposium and a workshop, is to raise awareness of open access by discussing controversial statements.
conferenceoneDUcaTionanDManageMenTinnovaTionRome, 24-25 February 2013
the primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in education and management innovation. another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world.
eUroPe2020conference-agenDafornewSkillSanDjobSDublin, 28 February - 1 March 2013
this conference will discuss how local and regional authorities can improve education and respond to the need for more flexible careers, contributing this way to europe's growth strategy.
inTegraTingconTenTanDlangUageinhighereDUcaTionMaastrict, 10-13 April 2013
in the decade after the implementation of the Bologna Declaration in europe, universities have been offering many programmes at bachelor’s and master’s level in other languages. iclhe 2013 focuses on the integration of disciplinary content learning and language learning affecting higher education institutions worldwide.
eUa:eUroPeanUniverSiTieS–globalengageMenTGhent, 11-12 April 2013
the conference will explore different interpretations and drivers of the globalisation of higher education as well as internationalisation processes in institutions.
DreaMS,TheSPiriTofinnovaTionGothenburg, Sweden, 6-8 June 2013
the ecsite annual conference is an interactive event on science communication drawing 1,000 professionals from science centres, natural history museums, universities, aquariums, zoos, research institutes and private companies.
inTernaTionalconferenceforenTrePreneUrShiP,innovaTionanDregionalDeveloPMenTIstanbul, 20-21 June 2013
the objective of the conference is to gather decision makers, innovation experts and practitioners to generate discussion and exchange on the potential of entrepreneurship promotion and innovation to national and regional competitiveness.
STairwaySToexcellenceinreSearchManageMenTanDaDMiniSTraTionVienna, 1-4 July 2013
The conference marks the final round of the 7th european framework programme for research and will focus on the new challenges with regard to the upcoming horiZon 2020 programme, combining research and innovation management to foster professional development for all stakeholders.
events 2013
All European Higher Ed ConferencesESNA Calendar online
reSearcher’SnighTthis event addresses the public at large regardless of age and scientific background. It aims at a positive impact of the researchers' job in daily life of citizens and wants to promote research careers, in particular towards young people and their parents.
the next researchers’ night will take place on September 27, 2013. eligible are legal entities such as
universities, foundations, Smes; a grant will cover costs for up to seven months; budget: €4 million.
MariecUrieinDUSTry-acaDeMiaParTnerShiPSanDPaThwaySthis action seeks to enhance industry-academia cooperation in terms of research training, career development and knowledge sharing, in particular with Smes, and including traditional manufacturing industries. it is based on longer term cooperation programmes with a high potential for increasing mutual understanding of the different cultural settings and skill requirements of both the industrial and academic sectors. participants can be research organisations, universities, or commercial enterprises, the participation of other third countries and of international organisations is possible. the budget is €81 million.
ercconSoliDaTorgranTerc consolidator grants are designed to support researchers at the stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. the grants will strengthen independent and excellent new individual research teams that have been recently created. the aim is to fund projects carried out by individual teams which are headed by a single principal investigator. consolidator grants can be up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 5 years in the following fields: physical sciences and engineering, life sciences and social sciences and humanities. total budget: €523 million.
careerinTegraTiongranTSthese grants are intended to improve the prospects for the permanent integration of international researchers who are offered a stable research post in europe after a mobility period. All areas of scientific and technological research above doctoral level will be considered, the grant is a contribution to research costs over two years. Budget: €40 million.
lifelonglearningPrograMMe2013Besides comenius, erasmus, leonardo da Vinci, grundtvig and jean monnet, the programme offers support to activities for policy co-operation, in the fields of languages, information and communication technologies and dissemination and exploitation of results. the total budget is 1.276 billion euro.
The 2013 call has five priorities: Develop strategies for lifelong learning and mobility, encourage cooperation between the worlds of education,
training and work, support initial and continuous training of teachers, trainers and education and training institutions' managers, promote the acquisition of key competences throughout the education and training system, and promote social inclusion and gender equality in education and training, including the integration of migrants and roma.
8 January 2013 FP7-PEOPLE-2013-niGHT
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7 March 2013 and 18 september 2013 FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CiG
