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The growing awareness that knowledge-based capital (KBC) is driving economic growth is prevalent in today’s global marketplace. KBC includes a broad range of intangible assets, like research, data, software and design skills, which capture or express human ingenuity. The creation and application of knowledge is especially critical to the ability of firms and organisations to develop in a competitive global economy and to create high-wage employment.

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

Congratulations, College Graduate. Now Tell Us: What Did You Learn?

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"A few years ago, two researchers tracked a representative sample of 2,300 students at 24 colleges and universities who took the CLA (the Collegiate Learning Assessment) three times in their college careers: at the beginning of their freshman year, at the end of their sophomore year, and finally, before graduation. "The study’s bottom line: 45 percent of students in the study made no gains in their writing, complex reasoning, or critical-thinking skills during their first two years of more...

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

eLearning Africa - Networking, Special and Social Events

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Visit EAST! Day: Tuesday May 28th – Friday May 31st Location: Next to Registration Desk The eLearning Africa Scholarship Trust(EAST) awards scholarships to low-income African education and ICT practitioners, enabling them to attend eLearning Africa. Through their participation at the conference, recipients of scholarships are able to grow their networks, gain new skills and contribute their valuable experiences to the wealth of knowledge shared at the conference. Visit the EAST stand to find more...

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Grégory Vespasien on May 8, 2013

"Water Pressures: A Documentary"

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In March, 2010, Northwestern University students and a video film flew to India to meet villagers and learn about water scarcity firsthand. A Northwestern/Rajasthan Exchange was established with the help of the UNDP. In 2012, project members created the hour-long Water Pressures documentary to showcase how villagers and water experts from water-scarce Rajasthan collaborated with students and faculty from Northwestern University, which sits on the shores of Lake Michigan in Illinois. more...

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John Daly on April 8, 2013

Embedding Public Engagement in the Curriculum

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This framework aims to provides a tool for thinking about how the outcomes of experiential learning could be incorporated into the assessment of student learning. It draws together skills and attributes that are required to do public engagement well, and focusses on what learning might look like in relation to this. The framework draws from learning from both the NCCPE and the vinspired students projects and it was created to help enhance the role that Public more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 6, 2013

short courses on peacebuilding, citizen participation and decentralisation

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The Hague Academy for Local Governance organises this spring/summer training courses on Peacebuilding, Citizen Participation and Decentralisation. There are still places available. Peacebuilding and Local Governance 27 May - 7 June 2013 in The Hague In this course we discuss how local authorities can contribute to social cohesion, security and conflict-prevention, and how they can strengthen basic services and create economic opportunities in a conflict-sensitive manner. We more...

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The Hague Acade... on April 5, 2013

Education Technology Success Stories

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Advances in technology are enabling dramatic changes in education content, delivery, and accessibility. While there are many innovations in education technology, this report highlights five education technology success stories. Each has demonstrated the ability to improve efficiency and effectiveness in education systems. From language teaching robots to educational games, each has the potential to help students and teachers. We review these education success stories in order to offer lessons more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 3, 2013

An idea on how to make some money and help U.S. students!

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The Supreme Court has declared it legal to buy text books published abroad at low prices and resell them in the United States. Since the prices of text books in the United States average $65 new and $51 used,and since the same texts are often much less expensive in South Asia, East Africa or West Africa, there are profits to be made. There are more than 10 million U.S. students buying university text books. You might even find crowd funding for your enterprise. A Thai student is estimated to more...

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John Daly on March 24, 2013

Morocco: an uncertain leader in youth employment

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In this year’s African Economic Outlook (AEO) report, Morocco was identified as the only country in Africa with a “well developed” youth unemployment programme.[i] On the surface it appears that the Moroccan government must be doing something right. Perhaps Morocco can offer an example for others to follow, but 2012 headlines featuring desperate unemployed graduates and self-immolation tell a radically different story. The eLearning Africa news service has been finding out more about more...

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Alicia Mitchell on March 21, 2013

Improving Measures of Science, Technology, and Innovation: Interim Report

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The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), at the U.S. National Foundation, is 1 of 14 major statistical agencies in the federal government, of which at least 5 collect relevant information on science, technology, and innovation activities in the United States and abroad. The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 expanded and codified NCSES's role as a U.S. federal statistical agency. Important aspects of the agency's mandate include collection, acquisition, more...

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John Daly on March 19, 2013

Global Agenda Outlook 2013

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The Outlook on the Global Agenda 2013 is the flagship publication of the 1,500 global experts from the Global Agenda Councils, over 900 of whom met face-to-face during the Summit on the Global Agenda 2012 in Dubai. The content of the report is based directly on the most compelling debates within the Network, and is complemented by data from two extensive surveys taken from different communities across the Forum. This year, the report is organised according to six themes: globalization, more...

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John Daly on March 19, 2013

An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead

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Given the state of the global economy, tensions in international relations, massive gaps between wealth and poverty, the deepening threat of climate change and the ubiquity of weapons of mass destruction, our contention is that we need a generation better educated, in the broadest and most profound sense of that word, than ever before. As will become clear in the course of this paper, we see many possibilities but are by no means certain what the way forward is - because there is no single way more...

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D C on March 18, 2013

Google Lime Scholarship for Computer Science & Engineering Students with Disabilities

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Application deadline: Midnight PST on Monday, February 18th! Recipients of the 2013 Google Lime Scholarship will each receive a scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year. Selected students will also be invited to attend the annual Google Scholars’ Retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, in 2013. All candidates will also be considered for software engineering internship opportunities wiht Google. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates’ more...

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D C on February 17, 2013

Canada Facing Critical Engineering Market Skills Shortage

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GLOBE-Net - February 5, 2013 - A study recently released by Engineers Canada on the engineering labour market in Canada shows that Canada is facing a short supply of engineers with more than 10 years of specialized experience. The report projects 95,000 professional engineers will retire by 2020. Canada will face a skills shortage because the workforce cannot be replaced fast enough by incoming Canadian or experienced internationally trained graduates.

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Frank Came on February 9, 2013

Call for proposals for the 8th edition (2013) of ERNWACA Research Grants Programme

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The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa is launching the call for proposals for the 8th edition (2013) of the Research Grants Programme. Themes: Higher Education in the service of the economy and the community ; Professional Training and apprenticeship. Deadline for submission of interdisciplinary research projects at national level: 10 April 2013. Eligibility: Junior researchers (preferably 3 to 4 researchers per team, including women). Being more...

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Darave Dramane on February 1, 2013

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