30 noiembrie 2019
UMF Iași, decorată cu „Ordinul Meritul pentru Învăţământ“ în grad de Mare Ofiţer
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa“ (UMF) din Iaşi a fost decorată cu „Ordinul Meritul pentru Învăţământ“ în grad de Mare Ofiţer de către preşedintele României cu ocazia Zilei Naţionale a României. Distincţia a fost înmânată rectorului UMF Iaşi, prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu, de către preşedintele Klaus Iohannis în cadrul unei ceremonii care a avut loc ieri la Palatul Cotroceni.
Conform reprezentanţilor UMF distincţia a fost oferită în semn de apreciere „pentru rezultatele de excepţie obţinute în formarea intelectuală şi umană a tinerelor generaţii, precum şi în procesul de cercetare ştiinţifică, remarcându-se ca model de excelenţă în învăţământul superior românesc şi contribuind, pe această cale, la ridicarea prestigiului comunităţilor locale şi naţionale“.
Klaus Iohannis a subliniat în timpul ceremoniei de decorare că educaţia este una dintre priorităţile sale în calitate de preşedinte al ţării. „În acelaşi timp, educaţia este liantul care a contribuit la construirea statului român modern şi care va fi indispensabil în asigurarea coeziunii sociale şi a dezvoltării economice de care ţara noastră are atât de multă nevoie. Un rol important în arhitectura sistemului educaţional îl joacă universităţile noastre“, a precizat preşedintele României în discurs.
În cadrul aceleiaşi festivităţi au fost premiate şi decorate mai multe personalităţi ale României, dar şi alte două universităţi: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara şi Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu.
„Mă bucur enorm că eforturile noastre, ale conducerii, cadrelor didactice, studenţilor şi personalului administrativ, de fapt ale întregii familii UMF Iaşi, sunt recunoscute şi apreciate la cel mai înalt nivel, că reprezentăm un «model de excelenţă în învăţământul superior românesc»“, a declarat rectorul Viorel Scripcariu.
Publicație : Ziarul de Iași
Hundreds of thousands of students join global climate strikes
Large turnouts in Madrid before UN summit, and in Sydney after deadly wildfires
Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets from Manila to Copenhagen as part of the latest student climate strikes to demand radical action on the unfolding ecological emergency.
School and university students around the world walked out of lessons on Friday with large turnouts in Madrid, where world leaders will gather on Monday for the latest UN climate summit, and Sydney, where protesters demanded action after devastating wildfires.
In London, crowds called for the climate crisis to take centre stage in next month’s election and condemned Boris Johnson for not taking part in Thursday night’s televised climate debate.
Millie Hedley, 17, from Watford, said: “I can’t vote, which is very annoying, but I try to do as much as I can to let the government know that all these students here, we want our voices heard.”
Frida Roper, 17, said she was suffering from severe “eco-anxiety” as evidence mounted of the scale of the climate breakdown.
“I watched the climate debate last night and two of the party leaders didn’t even bother to show up [Tory party leader, Johnson, and Brexit party leader, Nigel Farage]. It’s one of the most important topics regarding everyone’s future, more important than Brexit … if this doesn’t happen, I won’t have a future.”
Student activists wear gas masks during the strike in Sydney. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who inspired the movement when she staged a solo protest outside the Swedish parliament last year, said despite millions taking to the streets those in power had taken no meaningful action.
“World leaders say they hear us and that they understand the urgency. But in one year of climate strikes, nothing has changed, nothing,” she said.
“For every step made forward, we went five steps back. The scientists say we have never been less likely to stay below 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels].”
In Manchester several hundred young people gathered outside the Central Library at St Peter’s Square, accompanied by lecturers on strike from Manchester University.
Holding a placard saying “I’m the only one allowed to fuck up my future”, Keyleigh Waterhouse, 18, said she was striking because politicians were not taking the climate emergency seriously enough.
“Boris Johnson not showing up to the Channel 4 debate on the climate showed he doesn’t care. He’s not understood and he’s not bothered.”
Eight-year-old Juno Thomas had made a poster saying “Team Greta”. Along with her friend Iris Fenemore, also eight, the girls had walked out of their primary school in Whalley Range, south Manchester, accompanied by Iris’s mother.
“If we don’t stop destroying the planet then loads of people and animals will die,” said Juno.
Public concern over the climate is now at its highest recorded level, while a majority of people say climate will influence how they vote in the election next month. In September, 300,000 people in the UK joined the last global climate strike, which coincided with the UN climate summit.
Friday’s action comes after more alarming news on the scale and scope of the climate crisis. This week scientists warned the world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points posing an “existential threat to civilisation”.
Two days earlier a separate study from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization revealed that the concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere had hit a record high.
Publicație : The Guardian
Students protest against Liverpool university's claim that support for strike is 'unlawful'
Students block building access as universities are accused of strong-arm tactics to disrupt staff strikes
Students at the University of Liverpool blocked senior managers from entering their offices this morning in protest at an email sent by the university warning students that it is “unlawful” for them to join pickets in support of striking lecturers.
The blockade took place on the fifth day of strikes over pay and pensions involving 60,000 members of the University and College Union. The students erected barriers in front of doors and put up banners voicing students’ solidarity.
The blockade at three entrances of the university’s Foundation Building was organised in response to an email sent by pro vice-chancellor Prof Gavin Brown on 22 November. He warned students that if they do not attend teaching sessions held during the strikes they “will be marked as absent, which will have an effect on [their] attendance record”.
Prof Brown added that alternative learning materials may not be made available for students who fail to attend classes, and that the university “will not give consideration at exam boards” for absent students.
Similar to some other universities, the email warned international students that if they choose not to cross picket lines to attend teaching sessions, they “risk jeopardising their visa”.
Ché Spencer Pote, a third-year history and sociology student at the university involved in the blockade, said the students were motivated by the “hostile environment that’s coming from the management of the university”.
"It became clear very quickly that the university wasn’t willing to talk about [the strikes] or listen to any other kind of views, and they were stopping our right to picket which they have no right to do,” she said.
Pote said she has not seen evidence that other universities have issued similar warnings. “That’s what made it so shocking, the University of Liverpool seems to have taken it a step further than everyone else.”
Spencer Pote described the response from private security as “forceful”. “It was very much a peaceful protest, we were just sitting in deckchairs in front of the entrance, and they did forcibly remove us from one of the entrances while threatening arrest,” she said.
University and College Union general secretary Jo Grady said Liverpool’s response mirrored similar strong-arm responses aimed at disrupting the strike deployed by other universities. “Tactics employed by universities to threaten, confuse or intimidate staff and students are a silly sideshow by universities desperate to avoid actually engaging with the issues at the heart of the disputes. We warned earlier in the week that these types of tactics failed last year, only hardening strikers’ resolve and angering students,” she said.
“Let me be clear, if universities want to resolve the disputes and avoid further disruption, they will achieve that by talking to us, not by threatening staff and students.”
On 22 November, a pro vice-chancellor at the University of Birmingham, Tim Jones, sent an email to staff warning that picketing would be considered trespassing since the university campus is private land. One thousand people have since signed a petition – including several legal academics – calling on Jones to withdraw his claims or provide legal justification.
The legal academics write in the petition that the university is a public authority under the Human Rights Act 1998, and as such “the rights to protest and to engage in industrial action are protected by articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights”.
Meanwhile, students at the University of Birmingham are calling on their students’ union, the Birmingham Guild of Students, to support the strikes, rather than staying neutral. Students have asked that the Guild give up its rooms for teach-outs, which would allow learning to continue during the strike outside of the university, however they have so far been refused.
Sheffield Hallam University has also been accused on social media of asking students to spy on lecturers by requesting that students complete a record of missed teaching.
A University of Liverpool spokesperson did not comment on the email sent by Prof Brown warning students that joining pickets is “unlawful”.
She said: “A small number of students temporarily blocked access to one of our buildings this morning. They were asked to grant access to staff and agreed to do so.”
A spokesperson for the University of Birmingham disputed that the university had said participating in the strike constituted trespassing.
He said: “We have worked with UCU’s designated picket supervisor during the current industrial action and pickets have been held every day at the locations agreed with UCU, which are at all of the main entrances to campus. There is a long tradition of pickets being held safely and peacefully at these locations by a number of unions. This is what they have proposed to do in line with the Government’s code of practice on picketing. This approach to the location of pickets being outside of premises is common across higher education and other sectors .
“Our focus remains on ensuring the safety of all our staff irrespective of whether they are striking, as well as that of students and visitors.”
A spokesperson for Sheffield Hallam said: “We have put in place a number of measures to help ensure that we have the clearest possible picture of any activities impacted. This will enable us to make alternative arrangements where required, in order to ensure that student learning opportunities are maintained. This is particularly important as staff aren’t obliged to tell the University of their decision to take industrial action in advance of planned activities. The form is one of a number of channels available to help us understand which sessions have not taken place.”
Publicație : The Guardian
I'm striking because insecure academic contracts are ruining my mental health
I love my job, but the yearly search for new work is harming my health and forcing me to put my life on hold
This week, staff in 60 universities across the UK have been on an eight-day strike over pensions, pay and employment conditions. This has included growing casualisation in universities – which, as a researcher employed on a fixed-term contract, is my life.
I’m not alone. A recent University and College Union (UCU) survey reported that 70% of the 49,000 researchers in higher education are currently employed on fixed-term contracts, as are 37,000 teaching staff (the majority of whom are paid hourly).
I have met many of these staff on the picket line this week. We have been heartened to receive the support of senior staff with permanent contracts who want equal security for all their colleagues, as well as students astounded by our precarious employment conditions.
Don’t get me wrong: I love my job. I love being a researcher and working in a university. I feel privileged to be surrounded by staff and students who are passionate about learning and research. I love being a health services researcher and producing work that has a real impact on patients. However, as one of the many research staff within the higher education sector, precarious conditions are making it incredibly hard to continue.
I got my PhD at the end of 2016 and was thrilled when I secured a job within the same university as a research associate. Since then I have been employed on four separate contracts, varying from 12 to 18 months. This means that I, like so many other research, teaching and support staff, have to continually search and apply for what is basically the same continuous role.
This constant job search has a detrimental effect on my research projects, as the last few months of a contract are spent looking for my next position – and I usually have to leave before the project ends to start a new role. Likewise, it is not unusual for me to be working on publications during evenings and weekends. This excessive workload leaves little time for career development, such as writing fellowship bids or developing independent research interests that enable progression and research leadership.
A report by the Higher Education Policy Institute described an “epidemic” of poor mental health among higher education staff. It blamed excessive workloads, performance management, and insecure, short-term employment contracts. I’ve felt this first-hand: for most of this year I have been feeling physically and mentally unwell due to the stress of not knowing where I would be working after September.
Research opportunities in my area were scarce at my university and I started looking across the UK. But relocating to a new city on your own is challenging, especially when it’s for only 12 months. I can’t imagine how hard it is for people with children or other dependents.
This kind of uncertainty makes it impossible to have any long-term plans. The decisions that permanent employees take for granted become no-go areas: you can’t buy a house or start a family. Even planning annual leave is difficult due to uncertainty and the time needed for job applications and interviews on an almost annual basis.
Going on strike is never an easy decision. I hate causing disruption to the team I work with and losing eight days’ pay, especially so close to Christmas. Striking is particularly hard for staff in precarious employment situations – not only for financial reasons but also for the fear of being branded a “troublemaker”. I share these worries but I am just one of many in precarious employment. The current strike action, and possible future strike action, is unfortunately necessary: we must demand fair and secure working conditions for all staff for the benefit of teaching, research and staff wellbeing.
Publicație : The Guardian
Record rise in student nurses – but unions warn it isn’t enough to cover NHS shortfall
It come as charity warns of less qualified staff plugging workforce gaps in nursing
The number of students accepted on nursing courses at UK universities has reached a record high – but unions warn that significant shortages remain in the workforce.
Figures from Ucas show the number of nursing applicants has risen by 6.7 per cent across the UK, ending a decline that began when the government scrapped bursaries for student nurses in 2017.
But unions say the numbers are still “nowhere near” enough to end the ”staffing crisis” facing the nursing sector.
The warning comes as another report from the Health Foundation charity says the NHS is relying on less qualified staff to plug workforce gaps due to a huge shortage of nurses.
At present, there are almost 44,000 nursing vacancies across the NHS (12 per cent of the nursing workforce), but this could hit 100,000 vacancies in a decade as thousands of nurses opt to retire or leave the profession, the report warns.
The latest Ucas figures show there were 54,225 applications to study nursing in 2019, compared to 50,805 applications last year. But the numbers are still lower than 2016 when 66,730 applied.
In 2017, the government removed nursing bursaries, requiring nurses and midwives in England to pay £9,000 a year in fees and living costs, which led to the drop in the numbers studying nursing.
But this year universities across the UK accepted a record number of students onto degree courses – 30,390 in total, compared to 28,540 last year.
Recent recruitment campaigns by the NHS and a growth in younger applicants considering a career in nursing are likely to be behind the rise, a report from Ucas says.
The figures come after the Conservatives were criticised when it emerged that 18,500 of the 50,000 extra nurses promised in their election manifesto would be coming from retaining existing nurses.
Patricia Marquis, director for England at the Royal College of Nursing, said: “This modest good news still shows England’s nurse training levels are nowhere near reaching the scale and pace required to end the nurse staffing crisis.”
Sara Gorton, head of health at Unison, added: “Even with this increase more nurses are still leaving the NHS each year than students starting courses.
“Almost a quarter leave before qualifying, often because of financial hardship and growing student debt.”
Dr Katerina Kolyva, executive director of the Council of Deans of Health, which represents universities in nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, warned: “There is still more work to be done to increase the numbers of students choosing these very rewarding careers to meet the rising demand for health and social care services across the UK.
“We continue to call the introduction of maintenance grants for healthcare students to support recruitment and retention.”
The Ucas figures also revealed that around half of school-leavers were accepted onto degree courses with A-level grades lower than the advertised entry requirements this year.
Students from the poorest backgrounds were more likely to take up places with lower grades than advertised compared to all undergraduates nationally, the latest data shows.
This may be due to “contextualised offers” – in which an institution takes into account a student’s schooling and background when deciding whether to make an offer, the admission service said.
Claire Sosienski Smith, vice president for higher education at the National Union of Students (NUS) said: “We of course welcome the increase in offers and applicants this year, however the education sector cannot afford to be complacent.
“Applications have increased markedly more in Scotland and Wales than in England, which could show the appeal of a fairer and more generous maintenance package to applicants.
“England has become the outlier within the UK for its lack of non-repayable maintenance support. This is something that NUS and representatives of the education sector are calling on the next government to change.”
Clare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said: “Today’s report shows the unprecedented opportunity for anyone currently thinking of applying to university to be ambitious with their choices.
“The trends identified through our analysis are very likely to continue into this year, with universities, colleges, and schools continuing to support students from a variety of backgrounds.”
Publicație : The Independent
Prendre une année de césure durant ses études: les erreurs à ne pas commettre
Quel que soit le projet retenu, l’année de césure doit être organisée à l’avance, sous peine d’être déçu par cette parenthèse.
L’année de césure est une année charnière. Tout en conservant leur statut d’étudiant, les jeunes peuvent interrompre leurs études durant un an n’importe quand, même si la césure est généralement proposée entre la quatrième et la cinquième année de master.
Cette parenthèse qui doit être validée par l’établissement peut être envisagée sous la forme de stages, d’études à l’étranger, d’un service civique, d’une création d’entreprise… Voici les erreurs à éviter pour que ce soit un succès.
1. S’y prendre à la dernière minute
«Il faut commencer par vérifier quel sera son statut, s’assurer d’avoir droit à une convention de l’école si l’on fait un stage par exemple», souligne Rima Gilbert, conseillère à Neoma BS. Si l’on a choisi de partir dans une université étrangère, la préparation de l’expatriation doit commencer tôt pour espérer une place. Il faut vérifier le niveau de langue exigé, obtenir un visa, etc. Si l’étudiant opte pour un stage, le risque est de voir les missions les plus intéressantes déjà prises. La date n’est pas anodine non plus. Arnaud Coiffe, étudiant à EDC, a commencé son stage de césure en octobre. «Je me suis fermé des portes, car ils débutent en septembre, voire en août», confie le jeune homme. Résultat, son premier stage correspondait plutôt à celui d’un étudiant de troisième année de licence.
2. Ne retenir qu’une seule option
Il faut toujours prévoir un plan B. «Dans le cas d’un semestre en université partenaire par exemple, certains cours choisis peuvent ne pas ouvrir», remarque Gérald Duffing, directeur du programme ICN grande école.
3. S’empêcher d’utiliser son réseau
Ne pas utiliser son réseau, familial, amical et ne pas recourir à celui de l’école est une grosse erreur. «Les forums entreprises sont une excellente façon de trouver un stage, plutôt que de répondre à des annonces en faisant un envoi massif d’un même CV», conseille Pauline Govart, responsable Cap Career à EM Strasbourg. Fréquentez les forums emplois qui permettent de discuter avec les ambassadeurs des entreprises.
4. Se ruer sur la première offre venue
Lorsqu’on néglige de se renseigner auprès des stagiaires qui ont déjà travaillé dans l’entreprise, l’étudiant risque de mauvaises surprises. De la même façon, pour un semestre d’étude à l’étranger, il vaut mieux s’informer auprès des étudiants, pour en apprendre davantage sur les cours, le logement et la vie quotidienne.
5. Ne pas varier les expériences
Si le premier stage se déroule dans une grande entreprise, pourquoi ne pas opter pour une PME pour le second? Elles n’ont pas la même notoriété, mais d’autres atouts. Le grand groupe offre plus d’encadrement, la PME plus d’autonomie.
6. Oublier l’école
Ne plus regarder ses mails, ne pas vérifier s’il y a des soutenances, un rapport à rendre est une grosse erreur. Sans compter que les expériences pendant la césure peuvent ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives.
Publicație : Le Figaro
À la Station F avec des diplômés de l’Edhec
Seize start-up sont accompagnées au sein de l’incubateur de l’Edhec situé à l’intérieur de Station F.
En entrant à la Station F, lieu parisien dédié à la création d’entreprises lancé par Xavier Niel en 2017, c’est l’effervescence. Dans le 13e, ce bâtiment ultramoderne et lumineux héberge notamment l’incubateur de l’Edhec. Dans un grand bureau, une quarantaine de jeunes diplômés de l’école de commerce sont réunis autour de quatre longues tables. Écouteurs ou casques sur les oreilles, ils fixent l’écran de leur ordinateur d’un air concentré.
Parmi les 16 start-up, Pressmium a tout pour réjouir les journalistes. Fondée par Aloïs Bazin de Jessey, fraîchement diplômé de l’Edhec, cette application permet de lire des articles payants de plusieurs médias sur une même application de téléphone mobile.
Un «pitch test» devant un jury de professionnels
Pour intégrer l’incubateur, Aloïs a monté un dossier et s’est surtout soumis au «pitch test», un exercice durant lequel le jeune a présenté à l’oral son projet pendant cinq minutes devant un jury de professionnels. «Nous voulions notamment intégrer l’incubateur pour bénéficier des mises en relation avec des experts», explique-t-il. Car en plus d’un hébergement, les diplômés de l’Edhec sélectionnés profitent d’un accompagnement gratuit, qui leur permet de rencontrer des spécialistes (experts-comptables, avocats…) qui les guideront dans leur développement. «Nous évaluons l’investissement dans chaque start-up à 5 000 euros en moyenne», précise Jean-Michel Ledru, directeur de l’incubateur Edhec Entrepreneurs.
Justine Soudier fait partie de l’équipe de cinq personnes qui encadre les «incubés». «Mon travail consiste à bien connaître les start-up afin de trouver les bonnes ressources à leur proposer. Il s’agit ainsi de faire le lien en leur présentant les interlocuteurs adéquats. Pour mieux cerner leurs besoins, je fais des points réguliers avec chacun d’entre eux», raconte-t-elle.
L’Edhec prend alors des parts sociales.
«Évoluer ici, c’est stimulant au quotidien», assure, reconnaissant, Sacha Bigiaoui, cofondateur de Petty Well, une entreprise proposant une alimentation saine pour animaux domestiques. «Un tel endroit, c’est un facilitateur, c’est du temps gagné», renchérit Pierre Barnier, fondateur de Famileat, qui commercialise des plats familiaux livrés à domicile. Les entreprises les plus prometteuses peuvent ensuite intégrer le programme d’«accélération». L’Edhec prend alors des parts sociales. Ces entrepreneurs rêvent de marcher dans les pas de Julie Chapon et de son application à succès Yuka, qui permet d’évaluer la qualité nutritionnelle d’un produit alimentaire. La fondatrice avait en effet intégré le programme d’accélération de l’Edhec avant de voler de ses propres ailes.
Publicație : Le Figaro
« Sur le logement étudiant, les promesses faites sont intenables »
Marc Prévot, responsable jusqu’en avril des plans pour le logement étudiant, assure, dans une tribune au « Monde », que les objectifs fixés ne seront pas atteints et déplore que le gouvernement ne réagisse pas « à la mesure de l’enjeu ».
Tribune. Le logement des étudiants représente un enjeu majeur de la politique de l’enseignement supérieur. La qualité et le loyer modéré du logement figurent parmi les conditions de la réussite universitaire. C’est aussi l’accès des enfants de familles modestes aux diplômes nécessaires à une vie professionnelle épanouie qui est en jeu. Le candidat Emmanuel Macron à la présidence de la République s’était engagé sur la construction de 60 000 logements pour étudiants pendant la durée de son quinquennat. Il s’y ajoute à présent 20 000 logements pour jeunes actifs, soit un total de 80 000.
La réalité des prévisions de construction faites en mars 2019 par la mission chargée du logement étudiant est tristement mais catégoriquement inférieure. Pour la partie logement étudiant, elles se situent à 50%, c’est-à-dire seulement 30 000 logements sur les 60 000. Ce score déplorable est par ailleurs inférieur au score du quinquennat précédent qui avait atteint 40 000 logements. Personne ne se hasarde à évoquer le vrai chiffre et sa gravité. L’opinion n’est pas aujourd’hui informée, au moment où l’on parle de précarité étudiante, que 30 000 étudiants de familles modestes seront laissés sur le bord de la route et ne pourront pas accéder à un logement à loyer social pendant le quinquennat actuel.
Comment en est-on arrivé là ? Entre 2013 et 2017 a été décidé un « Plan 40 000 » pour le logement des étudiants sous la responsabilité d’une mission du même nom. Ce Plan 40 000 a réussi puisque les enquêtes statistiques réalisées chaque année auprès des services des préfets et recteurs ont permis de comptabiliser 39 600 logements construits en 5 ans. Il s’agit ici de choses concrètes, c’est à dire de logements terminés avec remise des clés aux étudiants. L’objectif a été atteint à 99 %. Il faut noter que les constructeurs HLM sont largement à l’origine de ce succès puisqu’ils ont réalisé 83 % de ces constructions.
Publicație : Le Monde
2 decembrie 2019
Absolvenții Facultății de Arhitectură Iași, premiați la un important festival internațional în Uzbekistan
Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași, prezentă și în acest an la un eveniment academic internațional. E vorba de cea de-a IX-a ediție a „International Festival of Architectural, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia”. Acesta a avut loc în perioada 14 – 18 noiembrie 2019 și a fost organizat în acest an de către Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Acesta face parte din Turin Polytechnic University din Tashkent, Samarkand State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Bukhara Institute of Technology (Uzbekistan).
Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași a participat la „International Festival of Architectural, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia”. Principalul organizator a fost Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Kazakhstan). Din partea Universității Politehnice a participat la acest eveniment prof. univ. dr. arh. Mihai Drișcu. Acesta este decan al Facultății de Arhitectură „G.M. Cantacuzino”. El a fost membru al comisiei de jurizare pentru secțiunea „diplome de arhitectură” în edițiile precedente.
Absolvenții Universității au participat la concurs și au câștigat un premiu întâi
Absolvenții Universității au participat la concurs și au câștigat un premiu întâi. Asta prin arh. Tudor Vlad. De asemenea, au obținut și două premii III, prin arh. Andreea Calancea și arh. Elis Hairi. Totul în contextul în care au fost jurizate 350 de diplome de arhitectură din peste 900 de proiecte înscrise, din 19 țări participante.
„Cu ocazia acestui eveniment, între universitățile participante au fost inițiate acorduri de colaborare. Asta pentru programe de mobilități de studiu pentru studenți și mobilități de predare și de formare pentru cadre didactice. S-a amplificat deschiderea mediului universitar ieșean către zona extra-europeană”, au precizat reprezentanții Facultății de Arhitectură.
În cadrul festivalului au avut loc și vernisajul expoziției lucrărilor înscrise la concursul internațional al proiectelor de diplomă. Au fost și excursii în locuri istorice și obiective turistice din orașele Tașkent, Samarkand și Bukhara.
Publicație : Bună Ziua Iași
Lib Dems warn of Brexit brain drain as EU academics quit
Figures show 11,000 have left UK universities in three years since referendum
Brexit is contributing to a serious brain drain in UK universities, say the Liberal Democrats, after it emerged that almost 11,000 EU academics had left since the 2016 referendum.
The figures, based on freedom of information responses from universities, show 10,918 left in the three years starting with the 2016-17 financial year. In 2018-19, 4,014 quit, 31% more than in 2015-16, and 40% more than in 2014-15.
The figures are almost certain to be underestimates of the real total, because the study is based on 81 universities that responded to the requests. Universities UK, the main representative body for the higher education sector, has 136 members.
Numbers varied significantly between institutions. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London reported no EU staff leaving, while Oxford University said 1,515 had done so over the three years. Edinburgh University saw 1,271 depart, and Cambridge 1,292.
Universities have introduced measures to try to keep EU academics in place, with Oxford saying a year ago it would pay any administrative costs for staff from EU countries and their families to stay in the UK permanently after Brexit.
The Lib Dem statistics only cover departures, and not EU nationals entering the UK to take up academic posts. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that the overall number of EU academic staff rose slightly between 2016-17 and 2017-18, the most recent data available, from 35,920 to 37,255.
However, the sector has previously warned that Brexit is likely to harm the country’s universities because of factors including uncertain immigration procedures and the loss of research funding.
In September, Universities UK said a survey of members had found that almost 60% had lost existing or potential staff to overseas institutions; 55% had seen a change in their level of collaboration with other countries; and 50% had experienced a change in demand from EU students.
In a briefing on Boris Johnson’s departure plan, Universities UK said that while it was greatly preferable to a no-deal Brexit, the sector still faced potentially losing out on academic talent, as well as being hit in areas such as research collaboration and access to funding, and sending students abroad as part of their degree.
Separately, in October the Royal Society said the UK’s share of EU research funding given out per year has fallen by almost a third since 2015.
Layla Moran, the Lib Dems’ education spokeswoman, said it was “deeply concerning that Brexit has already driven so many talented academics to abandon the UK”.
She said: “Our universities are being threatened by a Brexit brain drain, exacerbated by Boris Johnson’s reckless promise to crash us out of the EU by 2020 no matter the cost.”
“This is sadly not surprising given the Tory party has adopted the xenophobic rhetoric of Nigel Farage, making our colleagues, friends and family from the EU feel unwelcome.”
Publicație : The Guardian
« Je suis une femme tout à fait banale qui a contracté le VIH en étant étudiante »
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de lutte contre le sida, cette jeune femme de 27 ans regrette que la jeunesse se sente « invincible ».
Le parfum fleuri de Lucie Hovhannessian embaume la salle d’un élégant café des Grands Boulevards, à Paris. A 27 ans, cette jeune femme qui se décrit comme « fan de séries, de cinéma et de jeux vidéo » prévient d’emblée, comme pour éviter tout malentendu : « Je suis normale. » « Je suis une femme blanche tout à fait banale qui a contracté le VIH en étant étudiante », résume-t-elle, entre deux gorgées de cappuccino fumant.
Lucie a découvert sa séropositivité à 20 ans, lors d’un test avant une opération chirurgicale. Son histoire, elle l’a racontée dans un livre, Presque comme les autres, ma vie de jeune séropositive (Robert Laffont, 2018). Une manière pour elle de briser un tabou, de raconter le VIH à notre époque et d’informer, parce qu’« un livre sur sa vie ou un film comme 120 battements par minute est tout aussi efficace qu’une campagne de prévention ».
« Quand le médecin me l’a annoncé, c’était comme si un trou noir venait de s’ouvrir devant moi. Pourtant, je savais que j’avais pris des risques… », confie-t-elle. A cet âge, Lucie avait eu sept partenaires masculins, dont « deux ou trois » sans s’être protégée. « Je pensais que cela ne concernait que certaines populations où le virus est surreprésenté, comme les gays ou les personnes d’Afrique subsaharienne. Que ça n’arrivait qu’aux autres, et pas à une gamine de 20 ans de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges », lance cette jeune femme de la classe moyenne – son père est ingénieur, sa mère ancienne gérante d’un magasin d’alimentation bio.
Ne rien dire aux autres
Lorsqu’elle a appris qu’elle était séropositive, Lucie était étudiante. Elle venait d’arrêter sa licence de sociologie à l’université de Nancy. Elle s’apprêtait à quitter sa région natale pour commencer un DUT (diplôme universitaire de technologie) d’information-communication à Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), option journalisme.
Rapidement, les questions l’assaillent. « Et si les profs me stigmatisaient ? Et si les élèves me regardaient autrement ? » Elle décide de garder le silence sur sa maladie. Seuls deux camarades sont dans la confidence. « Je venais de commencer mon traitement et de déménager. Tout était nouveau pour moi, je ne me voyais pas en parler car je n’avais pas encore mûri la situation », explique-t-elle. Sa maladie, Lucie préférait en parler d’une façon indirecte, au travers des travaux qu’elle réalisait pour ses cours. « Je faisais des micros-trottoirs ou des articles sur la prévention du VIH. »
Publicație : Le Monde
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