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Postdoctoral Researchers at European Universities: Profiles, Roles and Institutional Support Structures. EUA-CDE Thematic Peer Group Report
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Tim Engels; Alexander Hasgall; Ana-Maria Peneoasu; Peter Hanenberg – European University Association, 2024
Postdoctoral researchers are important contributors to European higher education, playing significant roles in research, but also in teaching and societal engagement. Despite their valuable contribution, the situation of postdoctoral researchers remains challenging in Europe as issues such as temporary or short-term contracts, high workloads and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postdoctoral Education, Universities, Graduate School Faculty
Erasmus+ Sport Cluster Meeting on "The Role of Sport in Education: Enhancing Skills Development and Dual Careers Perspectives". Final Report
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European Education and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2021
This report compiles the results of the Erasmus+ Cluster Meeting on "The role of sport in education: enhancing skills development and dual careers perspectives" gathering 120 participants including project leaders, policy makers and high-level speakers on 4-5 December 2019. This final report follows the meeting agenda, devoted to three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Physical Education, Skill Development
Developing National Career Development Support Systems: Pathways to Enhance Lifelong Career Guidance, Career Education and Career Development Support for Workers
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Kadletz, Florian; Kettunen, Jaana; Moreno da Fonseca, Pedro; Vuorinen, Raimo – European Training Foundation, 2021
Career development support comprises activities such as career guidance, careers education and staff development for workers. Career development support is key to the implementation of lifelong learning, active labour market policies and instrumental to successfully achieve social and economic targets. In the face of mounting challenges brought by…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Education, Lifelong Learning
Career Paths in Teaching: Thematic Peer Group Report. Learning & Teaching Paper #2
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European University Association, 2019
Attention to career paths in teaching and staff development, in order to enhance learning and teaching, has gained importance in the European policy arena in recent years. This paper is the result of the work carried out by the European University Association (EUA) Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group on "Career paths in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Faculty Development, Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries
Towards a Cultural Shift in Learning and Teaching. Learning & Teaching Paper #6
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Loukkola, Tia; Peterbauer, Helene – European University Association, 2019
Universities across Europe are calling for a more student-centred, inclusive university environment bringing together all actors of the university community, while also implementing measures to achieve such a cultural shift. Members of the EUA [European University Association] Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups are -- each based on their…
Descriptors: Universities, Peer Groups, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods
The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a Turbulent Era
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Finkelstein, Martin J.; Conley, Valerie Martin; Schuster, Jack H. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
Over the past 70 years, the American university has become the global gold standard of excellence in research and graduate education. The unprecedented surge of federal research support of the post-World War II American university paralleled the steady strengthening of the American academic profession itself, which managed to attract the best and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Change, Global Approach, Comparative Education