Noi președinți ai Senatelor marilor universități din Iași. Cine sunt favoriții
Astăzi, 12 februarie 2020, noile Senate de la universitățile de: Științe Agricole și de Medicină Veterinară – USAMV „Ion Ionescu de la Brad”, respectiv Națională de Arte „George Enescu” – UNAGE urmează să-și desemneze noii președinți. Astfel, la USAMV, cele mai mari șanse pentru a obține un mandat de șef al acestui important for academic este actualul rector de la Agronomie, prof. univ. dr. Vasile Vîntu, iar la UNAGE, prof. univ. dr. Atena Simionescu, rectorul de la Universitatea de Arte
Astăzi, 12 februarie 2020, noile Senate de la universitățile de: Științe Agricole și de Medicină Veterinară – USAMV „Ion Ionescu de la Brad”, respectiv Națională de Arte „George Enescu” – UNAGE urmează să-și desemneze noii președinți. Astfel, la USAMV, cele mai mari șanse pentru a obține un mandat de șef al acestui important for academic este actualul rector de la Agronomie, prof. univ. dr. Vasile Vîntu, iar la UNAGE, prof. univ. dr. Atena Simionescu, rectorul de la Universitatea de Arte.
Pe de altă parte, pe 19 februarie sunt programate alegerile pentru un nou președinte al Senatului de la Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași. Aici, actualul președinte al acestui for, prof. univ. dr. Gabriel Ovidiu Iancu, are cele mai mari șanse sa prindă un nou mandat. Foarte probabil, universitarul Lucian Leuștean de la Facultatea de Istorie a Universității „Cuza” s-ar putea înscrie pentru un nou mandat. În final, la Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” își va alege noul președinte al Senatului pe 27 februarie. E posibil ca conf. univ. dr. arh. Tania Hapurne, actualul ocupant al acestei funcții, să mai obțină un mandat.
Publicație: Bună Ziua Iași
Evenimente organizate de Biblioteca Universității Tehnice „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași
Biblioteca Universității Tehnice „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași organizează, în perioada următoare, o serie de evenimente interesante.
E vorba de workshopul cu tema „Acces electronic la literatura științifică pentru susținerea și promovarea sistemului de cercetare și educație din România”, organizat de parteneri privați, în Sala „Profesor Cristea Niculescu-Otin”, în data de 19 februarie 2020. Sesiunea de instruire privind utilizarea bazei de date EBSCO – Academic Search Complete va avea loc în Sala „Profesor Cristea Niculescu-Otin”, în data de 27 februarie 2020. Sesiunea de instruire este susținută de reprezentantul unei firme, în calitate de furnizor în România al bazelor de date EBSCO, la care Universitatea este abonată prin Proiectul „Anelis Plus 2020”. Urmează workshop-ul cu tema „Sfaturi despre biblioteca digitală IEEE Xplore. Cum să publici la IEEE”, organizat de IEEE Information în parteneriat cu Asociația Anelis Plus, în Amfiteatrul T3, Rectorat, parter, în data de 5 martie 2020.
Publicație: Bună Ziua Iași
Tinerii ieşeni îşi pot înscrie ideile de afaceri în Rubik Garage
Rubik Hub, parte a Agenţie pentru Dezvoltare Regională Nord-Est, a lansat înscrierile pentru a doua ediţie a programului de pre-accelerare Rubik Garage, unul dintre puţinele programe de pre-accelerare din ţară ce oferă suport şi îndrumare startup-urilor la început de drum.
Cu această ocazie, mâine, 13 februarie, şi marţi, 25 februarie, vor avea loc două sesiuni de informare cu privire la detaliile programului.
Rubik Garage este un program de 6 luni care pune accent pe aliniere, atât în cadrul echipei, cât şi în cadrul comunităţii de mentori cu care startup-urile lucrează. Echipele vor construi şi apoi vor valida produsul sau serviciul lor, unul pe care oamenii să şi-l dorească şi să fie dispuşi să plătească pentru el. Prima întâlnire va avea loc de la ora 18, la Fab Lab Iaşi, iar cea de a doua se va desfăşura la ora 13 la Rubik Mini Hub (în incinta Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”).
Programul are o structură complexă, bazată atât pe interacţiunea on-line cu mentorii şi membrii comunităţii Rubik HUB (ore de mentorat de la antreprenori cu experienţă, webinarii, etc.), cât şi pe o serie de activităţi ce necesită prezenţa fizică a startup-urilor, după cum urmează: Founders Bootcamp (pe 27, 28, 29 martie); 2 module cu ateliere de lucru specifice (primul în perioada 28-29 aprilie şi cel de al doilea pe 21 şi 22 mai); Startup Retreat (21 – 22 Mai), eveniment de networking cu mentorii şi partenerii comunităţii Rubik Hub şi Demo Day (în luna octombrie).
Echipele participante vor beneficia de posibilitatea unui schimb de experienţă în cadrul unui accelerator internaţional, posibilitatea de a participa cu stand de prezentare la o conferinţă internaţională dedicată startup-urilor, spaţiu gratuit de co-working la Rubik Hub, burse pentru decontarea cheltuielilor de cazare şi transport, îmbunătăţirea abilităţilor de pitching, definirea unui model de business viabil şi acces la comunitatea Rubik Hub şi toate beneficiile implicite apartenenţei la un ecosistem de startup vibrant.
Echipele se pot înscrie în program până pe data de 22 martie, accesând pagina on-line: rubikhub.ro. Pentru a fi acceptat în program, un startup trebuie să demonstreze că are potenţial de scalare, dar şi să fie inovativ.
Publicație: Evenimentul
UMF Iaşi pregăteşte simularea concursului de admitere: anul trecut au fost 3.200 de înscrişi
Vor avea loc două sesiuni de simulare.
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa“ din Iaşi a publicat noi informaţii cu privire la cele două sesiuni de simulare a concursului de admitere care vor avea loc anul acesta pe 7 martie, într-o sâmbătă, şi pe 10 mai, într-o duminică.
Pentru prima oară, anul acesta Comitetul de Organizare al proiectului a decis introducerea posibilităţii de a opta pentru o nouă specializare de concurs: Asistenţă de Profilaxie Stomatologică. Aceasta a fost introdusă în Metodologia examenului de admitere în anul 2019, urmând să fie adoptată ca probă la simulare. „Este un proiect de succes, ajuns la a VIII-a ediţie şi de la an la an constatăm că tot mai mulţi elevi se înscriu la simularea concursului de admitere pentru a-şi verifica nivelul cunoştinţelor şi a se obişnui cu atmosfera de examen. Anul trecut, 3.200 de candidaţi au participat la cele două sesiuni“, a declarat prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu, rectorul UMF Iaşi.
Proiectul, care are ca activitate principală simularea procesului de examinare în cadrul concursului de admitere, precum şi evaluarea personală a fiecărui candidat, se află sub egida Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa“ din Iaşi, fiind realizat în colaborare cu toate cele cinci ligi din cadrul instituţiei de învăţământ superior. Scopul declarat al organizatorilor este de a-i ajuta pe candidaţi să se acomodeze cu atmosfera de examen, să-şi testeze cunoştinţele acumulate pentru concursul de admitere şi să observe pe ce segment de materie trebuie aprofundat. „Grupul ţintă este reprezentat de elevii din clasele a XII-a (care studiază în învăţământul secundar superior: licee şi colegii) şi de alte persoane care doresc să se înscrie la UMF (care au urmat un ciclu de învăţământ secundar superior: liceu sau colegiu)“, au mai punctat organizatorii.
Concursul simulat se poate da pentru următoarele specializări: Medicină, Medicină dentară, Asistenţă de Profilaxie Stomatologică, Farmacie, Bioinginerie medicală, Asistenţă medicală generală, Nutriţie si dietetică, Balneo-fiziokinetoterapie şi recuperare, Tehnică dentară. Taxa de participare este de 40 de lei, iar formularele de înscriere se completează până la data de 22 februarie. Concursul de simulare de admitere constă în susţinerea unei teze (test-grilă) care va dura 3 ore, exact în forma în care va avea loc concursul de admitere din vară.
Publicație: Ziarul de Iași
Keir Starmer calls for end to 'scandal' of spiralling student debt
Labour leadership frontrunner would keep party’s policy of scrapping tuition fees
Keir Starmer would keep Labour’s policy of scrapping student tuition fees if he became the party’s leader, he has announced, in a fresh attempt to demonstrate he would not ditch Corbynism wholesale.
The pledge to abolish the £9,000 annual fees was one of the most eye-catching policies in Labour’s manifesto for the 2017 general election, and also featured in 2019.
In a statement released by his campaign team, Starmer said: “Labour must stand by its commitment to end the national scandal of spiralling student debt and abolish tuition fees. We lost the election, but we did not lose our values or determination to tackle the injustice facing young people going to university.”
The tuition fee policy was costed at a net £7.2bn a year – making it the party’s third most expensive promise, after providing free social care.
That price tag would have included the restoration of student maintenance grants – which Starmer called on the chancellor, Sajid Javid, to bring back immediately.
The shadow Brexit secretary is well ahead of his three rivals, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry, in terms of nominations from grassroots constituency Labour parties (CLPs).
But he has sought to stress throughout the contest that in policy terms he will not “oversteer”, despite Labour’s disastrous performance in December’s general election.
Some leftwing MPs and party members are concerned Starmer could drag the party towards the political centre-ground. The deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon has warned against “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” or returning to “business as usual”.
Starmer said: “Under the Tories, tuition fees have tripled and young people are leaving university with nearly £60,000 worth of debt. Let’s be blunt: we need to end the scandal of spiralling student debt.
“Young people cannot wait another four years for a Labour government to tackle this issue. That is why I would urge the chancellor to use next month’s budget to invest in the next generation by restoring maintenance grants for students in further and higher education.”
Ballot papers for the leadership contest are expected to be posted out next week, and the result is due to be announced on 4 April.
The field appears likely to be narrowed down to three at the end of this week. The deadline for gathering 33 CLP nominations is Friday, and Thornberry appears likely to fail to meet that threshold.
An alternative route to the final ballot paper was to win the support of trades unions or other affiliated organisations with 5% of the affiliated membership, but the shadow foreign secretary has been unable to do so.
Starmer’s campaign team are concerned that Long-Bailey was given a head start because she has the backing of Momentum, the campaigning machine which helped Corbyn retain the leadership in 2016.
But they have volunteers ready to run phone banks across the country once the membership database is made available to them.
The Starmer and Long-Bailey teams have been embroiled in a row over the use of membership data, with Labour HQ reporting two Starmer staffers to the information commissioner over an alleged breach of data protection rules.
Momentum published a campaign video on Tuesday, hailing Long-Bailey’s “principles”, and pointing out that she was one of the 48 Labour MPs, along with Corbyn, Diane Abbott and John McDonnell, who rebelled against the leadership to vote against Tory welfare cuts in 2015, instead of abstaining.
“If we believe in our principles, then we believe that we will eventually be proven right,” the narrator says. “If we just agree with the Tories, then we can never hold them to account, as voters will think we’re all the same.”
Publicație: The Guardian
'The victimisation was horrible': why are so many disabled lawyers treated badly?
A new study says that more than half of disabled lawyers have experienced bullying or discrimination at work
When Isobel Rogers, 29, who has chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), was offered her first job at a law firm she was “thrilled and really optimistic”. But it wasn’t long before the bullying started. Rogers told her new employer about her disability and asked for reasonable adjustments, which included a request to occasionally leave the office before 7pm. “After that [my managers] would deliberately schedule meetings at 6.55pm,” she says. “When I did leave the office earlier, as agreed, I’d get texts saying I had to go back. I’d be in pain, fatigued, and alarmed by the way the situation was escalating, but I’d have to go.”
The long working hours and stress made Rogers’s pain worse. “I felt completely hopeless,” she says. “I was waking up at 4am with the worst pain I’ve ever had. It was worse than when I had brain surgery,, but the victimisation was the most horrible thing.” She left after just a few months.
More than half of disabled lawyers have experienced “ill treatment” such as bullying or discrimination in the workplace, and most say it was because of their disability, according to research by Legally Disabled, a copartnership between Cardiff University and the Law Society. The research was based on 55 interviews and nearly 300 survey responses, making it the largest study of its kind in the UK. Many respondents said they had experienced “ridiculing or demeaning language” (40%) and “exclusion or victimisation” (47%).
Many disabled lawyers also said they were reluctant to disclose their disability or to ask for the adjustments they needed, both during the recruitment process and once in work. Many of those who did speak up, like Rogers, said their disclosure made things worse.
Janine* has multiple disabilities and is due to qualify as a solicitor this year. She says she’s experienced years of discrimination and setbacks. “It took me five months to get a job after university and I was asked about my sick leave record in several interviews,” she says. In one firm she even faced disciplinary action after taking time off work due to disability related illness. “I felt personally attacked,” she says. It also made her condition worse. “I didn’t sleep and had to take medication. It’s a vicious cycle.”
The government estimates that 19% of working-age adults are disabled. Despite this, disabled lawyers say there are few role models in senior positions. Jonathan Fogerty, 46, has been a tetraplegic and wheelchair user since breaking his neck diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool more than 30 years ago. His experience has been largely positive, he says, but adds that he rarely sees other disabled lawyers. “In all my working career I’ve seen very few solicitors with any form of impairment,” he says.
The legal profession could be particularly vulnerable to exploitative behaviour due to its hyper competitive work culture, two-year-long training contracts where juniors must impress senior lawyers, and long hours. Practices like billable hours, where lawyers must record how they spend every minute of their working day to calculate how to bill a client, and after-hours networking events, may disadvantage disabled people. “They are ableist practices, but no one thinks about it,” Debbie Foster, who led the research, says.
Jane Burton, chair of the disability division at the Law Society, says legal workplaces that are not inclusive miss out. “Disabled people are often good listeners, and have empathy and useful life experience because they understand things can go wrong. They also have problem solving skills – many have to, just to get out of their front door.”
On the other hand, companies that are more inclusive reap the benefits. Burton points to global law firm Reed Smith as a good example. Carolyn Pepper, a partner at the firm, says they were inspired by the 2012 Paralympics to make changes. “Having a disability is no barrier to being a fantastic lawyer,” she says. We realised there was a talent pool that was going untapped by us.”
They sought advice from the disability division of the Law Society and made it clear they wanted people with disabilities to apply. The firm now asks everyone who joins whether they would benefit from any accommodations. They also overhauled their application process, removing the online verbal reasoning test and training their graduate recruitment team in disability awareness.
The number of candidates who disclose disabilities at the application stage has since doubled, they say, with more than 10% of new graduate joiners saying they have a disability.
Pepper says this has improved the culture of the workplace for everyone. Jonathan Andrews, an associate at the firm who recently did his training contract and who also has autism, says the impact is huge. “It makes you more productive and happier,” he says. “I can be my true self, rather than having to worry about hiding my disability and can put that energy into my work instead.”
The report from Legally Disabled says a “zero-tolerance policy” is needed to address bullying of disabled people, as well as clearer disciplinary policies and reporting procedures. It recommends that employers redesign roles and working practices to include adjustments such as flexible and remote working. Staff and managers should also complete disability awareness training.
Jonathan Radcliffe, a partner at Reed Smith who says he had to hide his disability for many years, says a lot of firms are jumping on the bandwagon and want to appear inclusive. “But they’ve got to be genuine and follow through,” he says.
Natasha Hirst, an independent researcher who worked with Foster on the study, says that encouraging firms to publish the disability pay gap would help. She also believes reserving some training places for disabled candidates would be a positive step.
For Rogers, things have improved. Her new workplace has made a number of adjustments, such as providing flexible working hours. “It makes the world of difference,” she says. “It’s allowed me to have a job I’m able to do.” In contrast to her first role, she now enjoys going to work and says it even helps with her disability. “I find the atmosphere uplifting,” she says. “So if I’m having a bad pain day, I find going into the office actually helps me.”
Publicație: The Guardian
L’anxiété de performance, souffrance psychique des premiers de la classe
Ce trouble anxieux touche des étudiants qui, face à l’évaluation permanente et la peur de l’échec, ne se sentent pas légitimes et s’« effondrent ».
A la veille des premiers examens et des travaux de groupe à rendre, Lucie, étudiante en master « droits de l’homme » à Sciences Po, accumule les retards dans les divers exposés qu’elle doit terminer. Elle s’angoisse, ne dort presque plus, et se sent isolée. Paniquée, elle cherche à prendre un rendez-vous dans un bureau d’écoute psychologique universitaire pour enrayer ce cercle vicieux – en vain, car le centre qu’elle contacte est surchargé. Un soir après les cours, enfermée dans les toilettes de l’école de la rue Saint-Guillaume, Lucie a le souffle court. Et des pensées suicidaires. Elle finit par se rendre aux urgences psychiatriques de l’hôpital Sainte-Anne.
« J’y ai été admise une première nuit avant qu’un psychiatre pose des mots sur mon mal : dépression atypique anxieuse. Ils m’ont gardée un mois », raconte, cinq ans après, la jeune femme qui préfère utiliser ses mots à elle : « Entre mes 15 et mes 25 ans, j’ai vécu un stress de performance, un doute permanent vis-à-vis de la réussite scolaire. Quand je suis arrivée sur le campus parisien de Sciences Po après trois ans à Nancy et en Allemagne, je ne me sentais pas légitime, pas à ma place. On me rappelait souvent que j’étais passée par la procédure internationale et non par le concours. Je me suis trouvée isolée, constamment en retard aux cours ».
La machine à succès scolaire se grippe : absentéisme, décrochage, isolement, dépression, prise de produits psychoactifs…
« Stress de performance » ou « anxiété de performance » : les psychologues classent ce trouble anxieux parmi les phobies sociales qui toucheraient principalement les « premiers de la classe ». Des étudiants brillants qui ont tout réussi, concours, admission, oraux, examens, et entrée dans une grande école d’élite. Et qui, progressivement, à la faveur d’un examen, d’un choix d’option, ou d’une fin d’année où il faut s’insérer sur le marché du travail, s’effondrent. Comme si l’édifice qu’ils avaient réussi à bâtir depuis l’enfance, cette forteresse imprenable de bonnes notes suivie d’une orientation impeccable, ne tenait plus à l’épreuve du passage à l’âge adulte. La machine à succès scolaire se grippe : impossible de rendre un exposé en temps et heure, absentéisme fréquent, décrochage, isolement, dépression, prise de produits psychoactifs…
« L’anxiété de performance est une anxiété liée aux situations d’évaluation. Elle implique des signes et symptômes parfois somatiques variés dont le stress, la peur – dont la peur de l’échec – et la détresse, avec un fort retentissement sur la vie scolaire, professionnelle et parfois personnelle », explique Guillaume Fond, psychiatre à l’hôpital de la Conception à Marseille, auteur de plusieurs études sur la santé mentale des étudiants en médecine.
Publicație: Le Monde
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