Ambasadorul Republicii Federale Germania în România, astăzi, la Universitatea „Cuza” Iași
Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași marchează 30 de ani de la căderea comunismului. Evenimentul este programat astăzi, de la ora 10:00, în Aula Magna „Mihai Eminescu” a instituției. Cu acest prilej va fi susținută o prelegere a E.S. Cord Meier-Klodt, Ambasadorul Republicii Federale Germania în România. Ea este intitulată „Noi suntem poporul! Ce Europă dorim astăzi pentru copiii noștri? 30 de ani de la căderea zidului Berlinului!”. De asemenea, dr. Anneli Ute Gabanyi, reputat istoric și politolog, va susține prelegerea „Revoluția română în context geopolitic”.
„Dezvoltare Internațională și Democratizare”
Prelegerile vor avea loc în cadrul conferinței internaționale de științe politice „Dezvoltare Internațională și Democratizare”, ediția a VII-a. Conferința internațională va reuni peste 50 de cadre didactice universitare, specialiști în diverse domenii, doctoranzi, masteranzi și studenți. La eveniment vor participa membri ai comunității academice din Ucraina, Republica Moldova, România. Evenimentul va cuprinde 10 paneluri tematice. Acestea vor problematiza situații de larg interes din România, Republica Moldova, Ucraina, Federația Rusă, Uniunea Europeană (UE), Orientul Mijlociu, SUA etc. De asemenea, temele și lucrările din cadrul conferinței pun în discuție evoluțiile din ultimii 30 de ani, rolul UE în raport cu alte organizații internaționale. Se va dialoga și pe: parteneriatul estic, probleme de mediu, minorități, migrație, administrație publică, reforma sistemului judiciar. Vor fi avute în vedere și: globalizarea, terorismul, elitele politice, societatea civilă, probleme legate de tineret. Scopul manifestării este acela de a susține și încuraja dezbaterea academică.
Publicație : Bună Ziua Iași
Platformă pentru studenţi din întreaga lume, lansată la Iaşi
Ieri a fost cea de-a treia zi a Summit-ului Mondial Francofon în domeniul Sănătăţii, eveniment desfăşurat la Iaşi, prezidat de prof.dr. Norina Forna, decanul Facultăţii de Medicină Dentară.
Ieri s-a desfăşurat, la Iaşi, cea de-a treia zi a Summit-ului Mondial Francofon pe teme de Învăţământ, Cercetare şi Cooperare în domeniul Sănătăţii, intitulat „Télémédecine dans l’univers francophone“, derulat sub egida AUF - Agence Universitaire Francophone, şi prezidat de profesor Norina Forna, decan al Facultăţii de Medicină Dentară a UMF, preşedinte CID-CDF (Confédération des Doyens d’Expression Totale ou PartielleFrançaise). Într-o lume în care ştiinţele medicale evoluează într-un ritm fără precedent, pe numeroase platforme, învăţământul medical trebuie să menţină ritmul şi să se adapteze la noua realitate, au susţinut cei prezenţi.
O soluţie ar fi facilitarea rapidă şi eficientă a accesului studenţilor la informaţie, pentru a forma adevăraţi profesionişti ai actului medical, adaptaţi la nevoile comunităţii. Astfel, prin utilizarea platformei de telemedicină în domeniul medicinei dentare, se încearcă o abordare diferită în ceea ce priveşte modul de pregătire a acestora, prin intermediul unui canal de comunicare între medicii stomatologi din România şi de peste hotare. „În această eră digitală în care ne desfăşurăm activitatea, ne dorim să profilăm programe internaţionale prin care studentul, practicianul să se poată integra şi performa“, a spus Norina Forna. Programele sunt concentrate pe practica studentului şi în pregătirea formatorilor, iar platforma va putea fi audiată de foarte mulţi studenţi francofoni din lume. În acest sens, o parte dintre formatori sunt deja pregătiţi şi certificaţi, astfel că, în acest moment, pot conferenţia şi realiza conferinţele de la distanţă pe suportul tehnic.
„Peste tot în lume se creditează aceste cursuri live. Toţi practicienii trebuie să aibă un cont, în care să poată intra, să fie identificaţi şi evaluaţi ori de câte ori au nevoie. După cum se ştie, peste tot în lume se evaluează fiecare medic în funcţie de educaţia medicală continuă pe care o derulează“, a mai spus Norina Forna. Delegaţiile participante au fost alcătuite din peste 20 de membri din Franţa şi ţări francofone, respectiv Benin, Belgia, Camerun, Republica Democrată Congo, Republica Congo, Liban, Madagascar, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia, Uruguay, alături de Republica Moldova şi România.
Publicație : Ziarul de Iași
University pension crisis is result of mania and mismanagement
Defined-benefit pensions could always be afforded, argue Bill Cooke and Peter Muchlinski
The race-to-the-bottom logic from two former professors of cutting “gold-plated” university pensions to pay for future generations (Letters, 3 December) is uncalled for. University employers actually boast in their strike-breaking propaganda that the average pension is £17,000 pa. If we old professors get more, others – those who retired as lecturers, or entered the profession late in life – are already getting less. Worse, Waspi women who lost out in the gender pay gap are simultaneously robbed by the retrospective raising of the state pension age.
Defined-benefit university pensions could always be afforded, for all staff. The percentage of UK university income going to salaries and pensions is in steady decline, yet the Universities Superannuation Scheme has assets of £65bn, larger than the sovereign wealth fund of France. The underlying problem is plate glass, not gold-plate. Balance sheet pensions and salary “liabilities” make it harder for universities to leverage their student-fee income stream to build big, shiny lecture theatres (to be fronted by hourly-paid, temporary lecturers); but also hotels and shopping malls.
Unfounded claims of the inability to employ people decently, to pay fair salaries, and meet longstanding and affordable pension commitments derive from the hubris of but a few stupendously overpaid university Hoffas, who would rather be property magnates than lead a workforce of committed staff. This mania’s consequences are indeed inflicted disproportionately on students, and on newer colleagues, and therefore on younger generations.
Our role as oldie profs should be to campaign in solidarity with younger people rather than rehearsing Daily Mail language of gold-plated pensions. I will be donating to the union strike hardship fund, and I invite other university pensioners who can afford it to do the same.
Professor Bill Cooke
Manchester
- Professors Hadden and McLellan argue that retired academics should have their pensions reduced to help subsidise contributions by current staff. Their letter deflects attention from more significant factors leading to the pension crisis including the historic mismanagement of the USS scheme, the channelling of funds from student fees into infrastructure and senior management salaries, and the casualisation of the workforce, which reduces pension contributions for employers.
Not all retired academics are as well off as the professors assume. I wonder how many can really afford to give up part of their pension?
Peter Muchlinski
Emeritus professor of law, Soas, University of London
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Publicație : The Guardian
Would you pass the Oxford University interview questions?
Thousands of prospective students face questioning at top institution over next fortnight
The University of Oxford has released a sample of interview questions to assist prospective students who want to secure a place at the prestigious institution.
Among the list of questions are: “Is war the opposite of politics?” and “What is the significance of the brain’s ‘face area’ and it being stimulated when people see and recognise faces?”
Over the next fortnight, Oxford candidates will have at least two interviews as part of the admissions process and the institution has issued advice in a bid to make the experience less daunting.
Prospective modern languages students could be asked about why it is important to still learn French or Italian in a world where the dominant language is English.
Meanwhile, aspiring engineers could be asked to sketch the physical forces behind velocity that determine the process of kicking a football into the air.
Dr Samina Khan, director of admissions and outreach, said: “We know that there are myths and misconceptions about the Oxford interview, so we put out as much information, and have many student helpers on hand to put the student at ease.
“Having an idea of what to expect allows them to prepare for their interviews and goes some way towards reducing the unknown.”
Dr Matthew Williams, from Jesus College, explained why a would-be politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) student might be asked whether war is the opposite of politics.
He said: “In common usage, ‘politics’ can include ‘war’, not be opposed to it. So the ambition is to encourage students to think outside the box, and imagine an interpretation of politics that could even be considered to be positive and optimistic – politics as the avoidance of conflict.
“The best responses will notice that terms like ‘war’ can mean physical acts of violence, but could also include cyberwarfare, or financial piracy. And, politics could be considered at the level of states and all the way down to the level of families.
Nick Yeung, from University College, advised psychology candidates how to explain the significance of the brain’s “face area” and it being stimulated when people see and recognise faces.
He said: “Facial recognition is a skill that is very useful and we mostly take for granted. By asking this, we are looking for the candidate to think critically about experimental design, and what we can learn from the results.
“For example, does the experiment have a clear hypothesis and predictions? Is it well designed to test these? Are the methods used appropriate? Does the experiment have necessary control conditions?”
He added: “As well as thinking critically, we’re also looking for the candidate to think creatively, for example about how the experiment could be improved and what the results of such an experiment might tell us about how people think and how the brain works.”
The advice comes as thousands of prospective students are due to attend interviews at the university this month.
Dr Khan said: “There are no trick questions, everything that we ask has a purpose, and that is to show us how a student thinks and responds to new ideas and information, in an academic conversation akin to the tutorials that they will take part in if they come to Oxford to study.”
Publicație : The Independent
Les universités européennes courtisent les bacheliers français
À 18 ans, ils ont choisi de quitter le pays dès leur bac en poche. Un choix à réserver aux plus autonomes.
Une fois leur bac en poche, Maximilien, Alice et Raphaël ont quitté le système éducatif français pour tourner leurs regards vers d’autres horizons. Aujourd’hui, ils sont étudiants en bachelor business administration, respectivement à l’université de Saint Gallen en Suisse, à l’École de management de Rotterdam et à l’Instituto de Empresa (IE) à Madrid. «Au début, je me demandais ce que j’allais bien pouvoir faire au fin fond de la Suisse allemande», se souvient, amusé, Maximilien, parti à Saint Gallen.
Les raisons de ce départ précoce? Maximilien souhaitait intégrer une école prestigieuse sans passer par la case «prépa», quitter le cadre très scolaire du lycée et commencer à étudier plus tôt des matières «directement liées à ce qu’il veut faire plus tard». Au final, le résultat est positif. Le jeune homme apprécie le côté responsabilisant de son école. Même constat pour Alice, à l’école de management de Rotterdam, qui a «le sentiment d’avoir été poussée à grandir et à se projeter plus vite dans son avenir» que ses amis français en prépa.
Les amis d’Alice à Rotterdam viennent des quatre coins du monde.
Autre avantage, l’ouverture culturelle. Car faire un bachelor dans une école européenne, c’est aussi profiter d’une ouverture à l’international appréciable. Mexique, Colombie, Norvège, Allemagne, Chine… Les amis d’Alice à Rotterdam viennent des quatre coins du monde. Et Raphaël côtoie plus de 130 nationalités différentes à l’IE. «Je ne réagis plus de la même manière quand je rencontre de nouvelles personnes, je suis plus ouvert et curieux qu’avant», raconte-t-il. Arrivé il y a deux ans à Madrid sans parler un mot d’espagnol, il pense désormais avoir atteint le niveau «B2» et se débrouille «plutôt bien dans la vie de tous les jours».
Mais attention, le système universitaire de ces grandes universités européennes exige beaucoup d’autonomie. «Nous sommes assez livrés à nous-mêmes. Nous choisissons comment répartir nos crédits et la présence en cours n’est pas obligatoire», prévient Maximilien. Et gare à ceux qui manqueraient d’assiduité: pour passer en deuxième année, un minimum de 4 points sur 6 dans chaque matière est requis.
Raphaël a été testé à l’oral lors de son entretien d’admission
Comment intégrer ces bachelors proposés par ces universités étrangères? Le prérequis est d’avoir un bon niveau d’anglais pour pouvoir suivre les cours. Raphaël a été testé à l’oral lors de son entretien d’admission, et Alice, déjà bilingue grâce à son père australien, a dû en fournir la preuve en passant le test du Toefl.
Et après? Après avoir goûté si jeunes aux destinations européennes, les trois étudiants voient encore plus loin pour leurs échanges universitaires et n’hésitent pas à changer de continent. «La Rotterdam Management School a de très bonnes universités partenaires, c’est une carte maîtresse et une grosse opportunité pour les étudiants qui viennent ici», souligne Alice. Et ce goût de l’international ne semble pas près de les quitter: à les écouter, la perspective d’une vie professionnelle en France semble déjà loin. «Avant, je pensais vivre toute ma vie à Paris. Maintenant, je me vois beaucoup voyager pour mon travail, par exemple en Asie ou en Amérique du Sud», conclut Raphaël.
Publicație : Le Figaro
Fermeture du Centre du don des corps de l’université Paris-Descartes
La plus grande structure anatomique de France va subir une inspection après la révélation par « L’Express » de conditions indignes de conservation des défunts et de vente de cadavres.
Le scandale a été révélé par une enquête d’Anne Jouan dans L’Express du 27 novembre : jusqu’en 2018, et peut-être au-delà, le Centre du don des corps (CDC) de l’université Paris-Descartes a accueilli pendant des années, dans des conditions indignes, des défunts ayant fait don de leur corps à la science. Non seulement les règles d’éthique sur le respect dû aux corps étaient bafouées, mais les locaux, situés au 5e étage de la faculté de médecine de la rue des Saints-Pères, se sont enfoncés dans le délabrement et l’insalubrité. Des « pièces anatomiques » (membres, organes) étaient vendues, pour une bonne part à des organismes privés, pour servir à des tests divers.
Par un Tweet publié à la suite de la parution de l’article, la ministre de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Frédérique Vidal, annonce avoir « ordonné la fermeture du centre et lancé, en accord avec [la ministre de la santé] Agnès Buzyn, une inspection afin d’établir la réalité des faits et de proposer des moyens d’action plus efficaces ». Déclaration qui a suscité quelques sarcasmes, Frédéric Dardel, conseiller spécial dans le cabinet de Mme Vidal depuis un arrêté du 28 juin 2019, ayant été président de l’université Paris-Descartes de 2011 à 2019.
Membres épars, putréfaction…
Dans un communiqué, l’université Paris-Descartes « tient à présenter ses excuses aux familles sur cette situation. L’université souhaite apporter des précisions et réaffirme son engagement plein et entier au respect de la dignité des donneurs et de leurs familles ». Tout en retenue, le communiqué explique : « Après plusieurs décennies d’activité, certaines installations du centre sont devenues vétustes. Dans le même temps, les pratiques se sont transformées et les exigences sociétales en matière de respect de la dignité et de la transparence ont renforcé nos devoirs éthiques. Cela a nécessité de revoir en profondeur les procédures et installations du site. » Et l’université de rappeler la mise en place d’une réhabilitation du site « depuis début 2018 », avec un « vaste plan de travaux voté fin 2017 », qui « prendra fin à l’horizon 2023 ».
Concernant le centre du don des corps de l'Université Paris Descartes, j'ai ordonné la fermeture administrative du centre et lancé, en accord avec @agnesbuzyn, une inspection afin d'établir la réalité des faits et de proposer les moyens d'action les plus efficaces. https://twitter.com/UParisDescartes/status/1199724859187769346 …
S’appuyant sur un rapport assorti de photographies, adressé en 2017 par le nouveau directeur du centre au président de l’université, la description que publie L’Express est moins aseptisée : puanteur, corps empilés, membres épars, corps en proie à la putréfaction du fait de la détérioration des chambres froides non sécurisées et attaqués par les rats, locaux sans ventilation ni climatisation…
Publicație : Le Monde
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