Mar 06 2014

Call for participants: Summer school about students in higher education

Posted in Opportunities in Higher Education

ss2014The 2nd international summer school in higher education studies has announced the call for participants. The summer school in 2014 will be titled: “Who are the Students in Higher Education? Changing Roles, Changing Systems, Changing Lives”, and it will be  on June 8-14, 2014 in St. Petersburg (Pushkin, Tsarskoe Selo).

The summer school is organised by The Institute of Education at National Research University – Higher School of Economics, and it is open for early career researchers, institutional researchers, as well as doctoral students.

The faculty for the summer school this year includes: Isak Froumin (Institute of Education, HSE), Simon Marginson (Institute of Education, University of London), Rajani Naidoo (School of Management, University of Bath), Pedro Teixeira (Research Centre on Higher Education Policy (CIPES) and Faculty of Economics, University of Porto), Jussi Välimaa (Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla).

To apply you need to provide an application form, 500-1000 word summary about your current project and a recent CV. More information about the theme and application procedures can be downloaded here (pdf), and on the website.

Application deadline March 20, 2014.


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Mar 04 2014

Open PhD positions available at the Department of Education in University of Oslo!

Posted in Opportunities in Higher Education

uio logo nyThe Department of Education at University of Oslo (IPED), the hosting institution of Hedda, has announced two open PhD positions.

There are multiple options for thematic focus, but as a PhD candidate in the area of higher education you would be affiliated with the research group HEIK – Higher Education: Institutional dynamics and Knowledge cultures. Those who are interested in applying should contact the research groups to discuss the application. HEIK has a multi-disciplinary and multi-level approach to processes of change in higher education, including a wide array of possible topics.

The PhD positions are based on paid fixed term employment, and the appointment is made for a period of up to four years (25% of which is devoted to required duties, usually in the form of teaching activities).

The announcement states the minimum requirements:

  • Successful completion of a Master’s degree programme or similar higher education programme in the subject area in question or in another relevant subject area.
  • Minimum B grade or equivalent for the Master’s degree (ECTS grading scale).

Furthermore, it is specified that the selection will be based on (more…)


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Feb 26 2014

Follow the live stream of a conference on European integration in Western Balkans higher education – tomorrow!

Posted in Conferences and Seminars

herdataWe are delighted to inform you that tomorrow, 27th of February, we will bring you LIVE the final conference of a project: European integration in higher education and research in the Western Balkans (NORGLOBAL). 

The project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and is a cooperation between Department of Education (IPED) and the Centre for European Studies (ARENA) at the University of Oslo, the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) in Norway, as well as partners from the Western Balkan region, including University of Zagreb in Croatia, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade in Serbia and Centre for Education Policy in Serbia.

You can read more about the project results and outcomes on the main project website.

The live stream will be available from 10.00 Norwegian time (CET) and will carry out throughout the day tomorrow with keynotes, book presentations and panel debates.

You can log on as a “guest” on this link.

View the conference programme here.


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Feb 24 2014

Seminar: Educating the Deliberate Professional Through Workplace Learning

Posted in Guest Bloggers and Commentary, Resources and Info

We are delighted to share with you another seminar recording from the research group HEIK (Higher Education: Institutional dynamics and Knowledge cultures). HEIK is a research group located at the Faculty of Educational Sciences in University of Oslo, the coordinating institution of Hedda.

This video features Assoc. Prof. Franziska Trede (Charles Sturt University), the title of the presentation is “Educating the Deliberate Professional Through Workplace Learning“. The seminar was recorded in January 2014 in Oslo. You can read the abstract for the session here.


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Feb 21 2014

Call for papers: 11th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform

Posted in Conferences and Seminars

HER2014The 11th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform will be held between August 25 to 27, 2014, at the Memorial University, St. John’s, in Newfoundland (Canada). This year, the key theme is focused on students. The key theme for the workshop is outlined as following:

Presentations are invited, and discussions will primarily focus, on themes related to reforms and innovations regarding accessibility and affordability of post-secondary studies, conditions and modes of learning, the transition from study to work, and, for adult students, the integration of higher education with other aspects of their professional, personal and civic life. As the relationship between HE and labor markets and employment systems is changing and the borders of HE expanding, there are many new institutional innovations, programs, forms of learning, and transition mechanisms and routes both into HE, from HE to the world of work, as well as from employment and domestic and civic duties back into HE.

Download the Call for Papers here (pdf) with extended information about the conference theme.

Papers and panels that address the above-mentioned and related themes are invited. Proposals for individual papers should not exceed 400 words, those for panels not 800 words in length.

  • Proposals should be submitted to the Organizing Committee before or on May 2nd, 2014.
  • Submissions can be made to HER2014@mi.mun.ca.
  • Details concerning communication, registration, accommodation, and the program can be found at the workshop website.

Wonder how the workshop is like? Read a review about the previous workshop in Ljubljana. 


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