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European Flagship Universities: Autonomy and Change
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Gornitzka, Åse; Maassen, Peter – Higher Education Quarterly, 2017
The article introduces this special issue of Higher Education Quarterly in which results of a research project on "European Flagship Universities: Balancing Academic Excellence and Socio-economic Relevance" are presented and discussed. The Flagship project aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Challenges, Difficulties and Barriers for Engineering Higher Education
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Valero, Miguel – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2022
Higher education in general, and engineering higher education in particular, is constantly under pressure to introduce reforms that improve the employability of graduates. Among the most common claims is the development of a more active and competency-based teaching oriented to the development of professional and personal skills. The university…
Descriptors: Barriers, Higher Education, Engineering Education, Employment Potential
The Underlying Action-Oriented and Task-Based Approach of the CEFR and Its Implementation in Language Testing and Assessment at University
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Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines