In lumina reflectoarelor Studioului BZI LIVE a fost programata o noua editie cu unul dintre cei mai interesanti profesori ai Universitatii Cuza din Iasi
Joi, 4 aprilie 2019, incepand cu ora 15.00, in lumina reflectoarelor Studioului BZI LIVE a fost programata o noua editie proaspata, interactiva si pe domenii universitare si sociale extrem de importante in societatea contemporana • Invitat a fost prof. univ. dr. Corneliu Iatu - prorector pentru strategie, dezvoltare institutionala si managementul calitatii in cadrul celei mai vechi universitati moderne a tarii - Alexandru Ioan Cuza - UAIC din Iasi • Domnia sa, unul dintre cei mai importanti specialisti pe Geografie din Romania, fost decan al Facultatii de Geografie si Geologie de la Cuza, presedinte al Societatii de Geografie din Romania - SGR, universitarul este unul dintre cei mai apreciati profesionisti pe zonele: Amenajarea spatiului rural; Amenajarea teritoriului si urbanism; Amenajari si politici urbane; Forme de manifestare teritoriala a fenomenului turistic; Geografia si managementul destinatiei turistice; Geografia turismului; Geografia umana a Romaniei; Organizare si planificare teritoriala; Planificare strategica in dezvoltarea regionala si amenajarea teritoriului; Planificare teritoriala; Potentialul turistic antropic al Romaniei • Avand in vedere toate acestea, alaturi de implicarea sa pe zona colaborarilor pe line francofona, a activitatilor pe care le coordoneaza ca prorector al UAIC, fin cunoscator al realitatilor din sistemul de invatamant preuniversitar si superior, profesorul Iatu a oferit diverse abordari pe aceste planuri • Emisiunea completa cu universitarul de la Cuza poate fi urmarita AICI
Pe 4 aprilie 2019, incepand cu ora 15.00, in lumina reflectoarelor Studioului BZI LIVE a fost programata o noua editie proaspata, interactiva si pe domenii universitare si sociale extrem de importante in societatea contemporana. Invitat a fost prof. univ. dr. Corneliu Iatu - prorector pentru strategie, dezvoltare institutionala si managementul calitatii in cadrul celei mai vechi universitati moderne a tarii - Alexandru Ioan Cuza (UAIC) din Iasi.
Domnia sa, unul dintre cei mai importanti specialisti pe Geografie din Romania, fost decan al Facultatii de Geografie si Geologie de la Cuza, presedinte al Societatii de Geografie din Romania (SGR), universitarul este unul dintre cei mai apreciati profesionisti pe zonele: Amenajarea spatiului rural; Amenajarea teritoriului si urbanism; Amenajari si politici urbane; Forme de manifestare teritoriala a fenomenului turistic; Geografia si managementul destinatiei turistice; Geografia turismului; Geografia umana a Romaniei; Organizare si planificare teritoriala; Planificare strategica in dezvoltarea regionala si amenajarea teritoriului; Planificare teritoriala; Potentialul turistic antropic al Romaniei. Avand in vedere toate acestea, alaturi de implicarea sa pe zona colaborarilor pe line francofona, a activitatilor pe care le coordoneaza ca prorector al UAIC, fin cunoscator al realitatilor din sistemul de invatamant preuniversitar si superior, profesorul Iatu a oferit diverse abordari pe aceste planuri.
Acesta a dialogat si pe situatia absurda ce tine de intentia actualului ministru al Educatiei, Ecaterina Andronescu de a scoate de la Bacalaureat disciplina Geografie, despre modul in care este afecta mediul natural din zona periurbana a Iasului, traditia si valoarea Scolii iesene de Geografie, proiecte al UAIC dar si despre pericolul iminent al distrugerii Naturii si cum am putea avea un comportamant mai responsabil si mai ecologic. Emisiunea completa cu universitarul de la Cuza poate fi urmarita AICI
Publicație : Bună Ziua Iași
O somitate mondială în Cabală şi iudaism va conferenţia trei zile la Iaşi
Moshe Idel, născut la Târgu Neamţ, este recomandat ca fiind un avizat expert în cercetarea comparată a religiilor şi în cultura română
Editura „Polirom“ anunţă sosirea la Iaşi începând de astăzi a unuia dintre cei mai mari specialişti în iudaism ai lumii - Moshe Idel, care va rămâne până pe 7 aprilie în capitala Moldovei, participând la diverse evenimente. recomandat ca fiind un avizat expert în cercetarea comparată a religiilor şi în cultura română, acesta va fi prezent astăzi în Sala Senatului de la Universitatea „Al.I. Cuza“, de la ora 17 la 19, unde va deschide colocviul Terra Iudaica, urmând a participa sâmbătă, de la ora 10.30, în Aula Magna „Carmen Sylva“ a Universităţii Tehnice la un seminar moderat de Sorin Antohi cu numele „Alchimie şi cabală“.
Ulterior, în aceeaşi aulă, va fi lansată şi cartea scriitorului, publicată de „Polirom“, „Experienţa mistică în opera lui Abraham Abulafia“, eveniment la care va fi invitat şi prof.dr. Nicu Gavriluţă, moderator fiind în continuare Sorin Antohi. În volumul său, Moshe Idel analizează şi prezintă tipare din gândirea lui Abulafia, care este considerat a fi unul dintre cei mai importanţi mistici evrei şi fondatorul Cabalei extatice. „Analizând vastul material reprezentat de scrierile abulafiene care ni s-au transmis, volumul deschide calea spre o nouă înţelegere a misticii evreieşti, evidenţiind importanţa Cabalei extatice pentru evoluţia ulterioară a iudaismului mistic“, au precizat reprezentanţii Editurii „Polirom“. Duminică, tot în aula TUIASI, va avea loc evenimentul „Ioan Petru Cluianu. Moshe Idel în dialog cu Sorin Antohi“. La toate evenimentele intrarea este liberă, în limita locurilor disponibile. Moshe Idel este născut la Târgu Neamţ, în 1947, şi a emigrat în Israel la 16 ani.
Publicație : Ziarul de Iași
UMF Iaşi, singura universitate de medicină din ţară într-un important ranking internaţional
Această ediţie a clasamentului cuprinde 450 de universităţi din 76 de ţări u din România, patru instituţii au intrat în acest top.
Un nou clasament universitar realizat de către una dintre cele mai prestigioase instituţii de ranking academic din lume, Times Higher Education, plasează Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa“ Iaşi (UMF) ca fiind singura instituţie de învăţământ medical din România cotată în acest clasament.
University Impact Rankings a devenit, conform reprezentanţilor UMF, singurul clasament global care evaluează universităţile în baza obiectivelor Naţiunilor Unite pentru dezvoltare durabilă, cei de la UMF punctând că există o serie de indicatori urmăriţi în aceste clasamente, grupaţi în trei categorii mari: cercetare, activităţi de sensibilizare şi administrare. Această primă ediţie a clasamentului făcut public săptămâna aceasta cuprinde 450 de universităţi din 76 de ţări.
Din România, patru instituţii au intrat în acest top: Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti (poziţiile 101-200), Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa“ Iaşi şi Universitatea „Babeş-Bolyai“ din Cluj-Napoca (poziţiile 201-300) şi Universitatea din Bucureşti (poziţiile 301^). „Sunt încântat să vă anunţ că UMF este clasată pe poziţia 201-300 în The Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2019. Includerea dumneavoastră în acest clasament reprezintă, în sine, o mare realizare şi marchează instituţia dumneavoastră ca pionier la nivel global, demonstrând atât angajamentul instituţiei dumneavoastrăde a sprijini Obiectivele de Dezvoltare Durabilă ale Naţiunilor Unite prin activităţile de predare, cercetare şi transfer de cunoştinţe, cât şi însuşirea acestor obiective în practicile interne ale instituţiei, în politicile şi procedurile dumneavoastră“, au precizat realizatorii clasamentului într-o scrisoare trimisă rectorului UMF Iaşi, prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu.
Primele locuri în top sunt ocupate de Universitatea din Auckland (Noua Zeelandă) şi McMaster University (Canada), iar University of British Columbia (Canada) şi Universitatea din Manchester (Marea Britanie) sunt la egalitate, pe locul 3. Japonia este cea mai reprezentată naţiune în top, cu 41 de instituţii, urmată de SUA cu 31 şi de Rusia cu 30. „Sunt mândru că UMF Iaşi este, din nou, singura instituţie de învăţământ medical românesc cotată în topul realizat de Times Higher Education. Universitatea noastră s-a situat pe poziţii foarte bune în ce priveşte indicatorii Sănătate şi bunăstare (pe locul 64 din 420 de universităţi), şi în clasamentul global s-a situat în intervalul 201-300 din peste 450 de universităţi din întreaga lume“, a declarat prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu. În clasamentul referitor la obiectivul Sănătate şi bunăstare, care cuprinde 420 de universităţi din 74 de ţări, UMF Iaşi este singura universitate românească, ocupând locul 64.
Publicație : Ziarul de Iași
Adevărul Live: Doi cercetători, despre DANUBIUS-RI, cel mai mare proiect de infrastructuri pentru cercetare
Cercetătorii ştiinţifici Adrian Stănică şi Manuela Sidoroff au fost invitaţi la Adevărul Live pentru a vorbi despre proiectul de infrastructură de cercetare pan-europeană DANUBIUS-RI şi proiectul DANS, care îşi propune noi direcţii de cercetare în România, cum ar fi influenţa microplasticilor asupra vieţii marine.
Adrian Stănică este directorul general al Institutului Naţional de Cercetare – Dezvoltare pentru Geologie Marină şi Geoecologie (Institutul GeoEcoMar, pe scurt) iar Manuela Sidoroff este preşedintele şi directorul general al Institutului de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Ştiinţe Biologice Bucureşti. Cei doi au invitaţi au vorbit despre ce aduce nou proiectul DANUBIUS Research Infrastructure (DANUBIUS-RI) pentru cercetarea din România şi care sunt tematicile abordate.
Cei doi cercetători au vorbit despre proiectul DANUBIUS-RI, o infrastructură pan-europeană în domeniul râuri-mări, condusă de România şi va conduce cercetările interdisciplinare care au ca scop fundamentarea managementului integrat al acestor sisteme la nivelul intregului bazin hidrografic. O atenţie specială este acordată mediilor de tranziţie (delte, estuare), încă insuficient cunoscute şi înţelese în detaliu.
Pasiunea celor doi invitaţi pentru domeniile de cercetare Geologie şi Biologie porneşte încă din copilărie, respectiv adolescenţă.
„Eu am fost studentă la Matematică, apoi, am lucrat încă din facultate iar prelucrând multe informaţii legate de diverse modele de creştere am ajuns în Biotehnologie şi aşa m-am specializat, doctoratul fiind în acest domeniu” , a spus directorul general al Institutului de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Ştiinţe Biologice Bucureşti, Manuela Sidoroff.
„Când eram copil, era o perioadă când erau două teme majore, am crescut văzând diferite emisiune ale ruşilor şi americanilor, erau numeroase documentare de popularizare a ştiinţei. Am ştiut de mic că ori vreau să ajung în Cosmos, ori voi deveni geolog, fiind tentat şi de partea de paleontologie. Am mers la Facultatea de Geologie şi din prima vara, după anul I am mers pe teren. Am luat-o cu munca de jos, luând probe, analizându-le, învăţând să lucrez pe specializarea mea, sedimentologie costieră”, a spus directorul general al GeoEcoMar, Adrian Stănică.
Geologia – istoria planetei
Tinerii cercetători care vin în cele două institute sunt mulţi dar rămân puţin în domeniu, spun cei doi invitaţi. „Sunt tineri deosebiţi, curioşi, care învaţă mult şi dispuşi să înveţe şi să facă sacrificii pentru studiul geologiei. Geologia e un domeniu fabulos de cercetare, foarte interesat, cu multe satisfacţii”, a spus Stănică.
DANUBIUS-RI este un proiect de infrastructuri de cercetare care permite oamenilor de ştiinţă să cerceteze în laboratoare foarte moderne. „Acesta va fi operaţional peste circa patru ani, e ca un puzzle, cu piese care colaborează între ele. Aduce împreună cercetători din diferite domenii de cercetare din mai multe ţări din Europa.
Proiectul DANUBIUS-RI va oferi soluţii la diferite probleme ale sistemelor fluviu-mare dar şi ale problemelor societăţii globale, precum poluare şi încălzire climatică”, a conchis directorul general al GeoEcoMar.
Hub-ul de cercetare al proiectului DANUBIUS-RI va fi la Murighiol, în Tulcea.
Publicație : Adevărul
Universities that 'pressure sell' unconditional offers are 'unethical', Education Secretary warns
Universities that “pressure sell” unconditional offers are “unethical”, the Education Secretary has warned as he urges institutions to stop the practice.
Damian Hinds has called for a review of university admissions, arguing that it is unacceptable for students to feel “backed into a corner” when deciding which offer to take up.
The number of unconditional offers has risen sharply in recent years, with students now 30 times more likely to receive one than five years ago.
Fierce competition between universities to attract students has seen sixth form pupils increasingly offered places regardless of their exam results.
Some institutions hand out “incentivised” offers, where they tell students that their offer will be unconditional but only if they accept it as their first choice university.
The universities watchdog has warned that applying “psychological pressure” or “creating an impression of urgency” in decision making could be a potential breach of consumer protection law.
The Office for Students (OfS) published a report in January that examined the impact of unconditional offers on students’ decision making.
It found that applicants who accept an unconditional offer are more likely to miss their predicted A-level grades by two or more grades.
“It is simply unacceptable for universities to adopt pressure-selling tactics, which are harming students’ grades in order to fill places,” Mr Hinds said.
“‘Conditional unconditional’ offers are damaging the reputation of the institutions involved and our world-leading sector as a whole.” Mr Hinds said he intends to write to 23 institutions – including Birmingham University which is a member of the Russell Group - “urging them to stamp out this unethical practice”.
Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, “aggressive” selling tactics are banned, which includes a seller exerting “undue influence” on a consumer by psychological means.
According to the regulations, “undue influence means exploiting a position of power in relation to the consumer so as to apply pressure, even without using or threatening to use physical force, in a way which significantly limits the consumer’s ability to make an informed decision”.
Headteachers have been increasingly concerned about the impact that unconditional offers have on student motivation and achievement.
They have complained that students who are awarded unconditional offers “take their foot off the gas” because they are no longer concerned about their grades.
Nottingham University, Sussex University and St Mary’s University, Twickenham have announced that they will no longer make unconditional offers.
John Brewer, Pro Vice Chancellor of St Mary's University, said in October that he ended unconditional offers in a bid to “maintain standards of entry”.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of the Office for Students (OfS), said: “It is not in students’ interests to push them into decisions that may not be right for them, and admissions practices are clearly not working if they are having a negative impact on students’ choices or outcomes.”
A spokesman for Universities UK said there are benefits they are working with Ucas to review guidance on unconditional offers. “It is essential that admissions processes and policies are fair and transparent, underpinned by clear criteria and in the best interest of students,” they said.
Publicație : The Telegraph
Are university bribes worth it?
Karan Khemka weighs up the economic and moral returns on paying for a place at a top-ranked institution
Court appearances have started for Operation Varsity Blues, the largest college admissions scandal ever investigated by the FBI. Fifteen parents accused of paying bribes were in court, but the proceedings were dry, with the exception of a request for foreign vacation travel to Mexico by one of the defendants, to which the prosecution replied that there were adequate domestic holiday options at the family’s homes in Montana and Northern California.
Behind all the discussion on the legality and morality of paying for places in selective universities lies the question: is it worth it in dollars and cents? While the amounts vary, most of the alleged bribes investigated by Operation Varsity Blues were in the $100,000 range. Many of the defendants in the case are shrewd professional investors and businesspeople. Did they correctly estimate the payback on their alleged investment in getting their children into top universities? It depends.
An analysis comparing income outcomes from leading US universities and colleges based on the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings and earnings data from the department of education’s US College Scorecard demonstrates that, on average, a student from a top 10 US university earns $16,250 more per year on graduation than a student graduating from a university ranked between 20th and 30th.
In the context of a $100,000 or more payment to secure a place in one of these universities, this may not sound like a good investment. But if we assume that this income differential holds over a 40-year career (and it may well expand as careers mature and those with the best first step in the business world continue to succeed more than others), even if we discount future earnings at a rate of 3 per cent per annum, that $16,250 annual income differential equates to approximately $375,000 of additional earnings today, accounting for the time value of money.
While there are a lot of assumptions in this long-term estimate, the economic calculus determines that a one-time payment today of $100,000 to attend a top 10 versus a top 20 to 30 university is indeed a good investment.
In fact, the equation holds even further down the rankings – the same arithmetic on the present value of the differential in lifetime earnings between an institution ranked 90 to 100 versus 150 to 160 is approximately $115,000.
The economic return argument for paying your way into a university is proven by the universities most commonly cited in Operation Varsity Blues: Yale (ranked third), USC (17) and Georgetown (30). Why bribe to get into Georgetown when it is ranked so far below USC and Yale? Because the average income of a fresh Georgetown graduate is $85,800 – above average for even a top 10 university.
While the sums support the rationale for parents paying for back-door admission for their children to leading US universities, the reality goes beyond the economic calculus to the real world legal and moral consequences. Many of those accused by the FBI are otherwise upstanding citizens with means. They are successful entrepreneurs who provide meaningful employment for thousands of people, they volunteer in their local communities or have committed their careers to investing in social causes.
Why did they feel that the back door was an acceptable path to advance the lives of their children? There are probably complex and nuanced answers for each individual, but they’re aided by the inescapable fact that the back door of donating millions directly to the university to secure a place is legal and well-known.
Universities defend this approach by arguing that the resources gained through these donations result in a benefit for society through the advancement of the university.
However, there is no evidence showing that these types of donations have driven top-ranked universities to expand their enrolments. And it’s unlikely that they actually could rely on these donations to support more students on campus because as a source of cash they are unpredictable and “lumpy” in nature (big in one year, small in others) while the fixed costs assumed by a university to serve more students are harder to unwind.
The result is that back-door entrants take spots from poorer and more deserving students and, as the graduate income data then demonstrates, the cycle of economic disparity is perpetuated.
By accepting huge donations, are universities on a moral slippery slope that then presents to parents and students the proposition that paying for admission is possible and permissible? Funding a building or paying off a sports coach are both “cheating” the system because they bypass qualified students – who went down the traditional route of being accepted on academic or athletic merit – but result in the same outcome (minus the unexpected legal consequences in this instance).
Prestigious, resource-rich US private universities (like many of the ones implicated in this scandal) are tax-exempt, receive significant (if not most) research funding from the government and rely on federal government Title IV funding to make ends meet for their undergraduate programmes. They would do well to use this scandal as an opportunity to carry out their mission of service with equity to maintain their special place in society.
Publicație : The Times
‘Comprehensive’ review of English university admissions launched
Alongside concern about unconditional offers, Damian Hinds wants focus on improving access
The Westminster government has ordered a “comprehensive” review of admissions practices in English universities, amid concern about the “unacceptable” use of so-called “conditional unconditional” offers.
Damian Hinds, the education secretary, said that he would ask the Office for Students to conduct the review as the Department for Education confirmed that he had written to 23 universities calling on them to stop issuing conditional unconditional offers, which become unconditional only when an applicant selects the university as their firm choice.
Mr Hinds said that universities that made conditional unconditional offers were “backing students into a corner”, potentially deterring applicants from exploring other options that could actually be more suitable for them.
The intervention comes after the OfS warned that using conditional unconditional offers – of which there were 66,315 made last year, equivalent to 6.9 per cent of all offers – were “akin to pressure selling” and could breach consumer law.
As details of Mr Hinds’ letter were circulated, several universities to which it was addressed said that they had already stopped using conditional unconditional offers.
The details of the broader review will be announced later, but the DfE said that Mr Hinds would ask the OfS to undertake it in guidance sent to the regulator setting out his priorities for the next financial year.
“The scope of the review would be developed in due course. But the education secretary would like the OfS to look at ways of improving current practices, including greater access and participation for students from under-represented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds,” the department said.
On conditional unconditional offers, Mr Hinds said that it was “simply unacceptable for universities to adopt pressure-selling tactics”, arguing that they were “damaging the reputation of the institutions involved and our world-leading sector as a whole”.
He said that he was “concerned about the wider picture of how some universities are getting students through their doors, so I am asking the OfS to look at how well current admissions practices serve students and how they can be improved, so we can protect the integrity of our higher education system”.
Mr Hinds’ statement followed similar interventions on grade inflation and essay mills, and have been seen by some as an attempt to take back control of the DfE’s stance on higher education from his more junior colleague, Chris Skidmore, the universities minister, ahead of the publication of the review of post-18 funding.
Mr Skidmore has been seen as being sympathetic towards universities, whereas Mr Hinds’ interventions could be about building the case for the review to shift funding from higher education to further education – and potentially about building a case for the reintroduction of student number controls.
Mr Skidmore said that the admissions review “will be an important moment for the sector to ensure the system works in the interests of students, and provides a truly accurate measure of performance for universities going forwards”.
Paul Cottrell, acting general secretary of the University and College Union, said that the new review would be the “perfect opportunity” to shift to a system of post-qualifications applications, where students apply to university once they have got their grades.
Gordon Marsden, the shadow universities minister, said that the rise in unconditional offers was “a direct result of the Tories’ marketised approach to higher education, which has piled pressure on institutions to recruit students”.
“Any review of current admissions processes must be robust, independent and wide-ranging. It must focus not just on unconditional offers but also the case for post-qualification admissions and the lack of progress on improving access and widening participation in our higher education sector,” Mr Marsden said.
Publicație : The Times
Open University platform scales up citizen science
Members of the public will be able to run their own experiments, producing data that could be valuable for scholars
Finding participants for research studies is a perennial challenge for academics – but a new online platform developed by the Open University and the BBC promises to take mass participation in science to a new level.
nQuire has been designed to run experiments set up not just by scholars and broadcasters but by members of the public, too, claiming to combine citizen science and enquiry learning – so study participants learn how to design and run their own investigations.
Mike Sharples, emeritus professor of educational technology at the OU, said he expected “colleges, community groups and individuals” as well as academics to run projects on nQuire, which he described as “quite a flexible platform for mass-scale social science”. The data that these community-led experiments create could in turn be of significant use to scholars.
The OU, Professor Sharples said, could help researchers “structure the surveys, make sure all missions are legal, decent and honest, and that data are secure and robust”. The BBC connection, meanwhile, gave projects “profile, credibility and weight”. The platform has been designed to cope with cases where hundreds of thousands of people want to participate in a particular project.
After a few pilot studies, the nQuire site has formally launched with the Forest 404 Experiment, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, on the therapeutic effects of sound. Participants will be directed to the platform from a BBC podcast also called Forest 404, a futuristic science fiction drama.
Alex Smalley, a PhD student and science communicator at the University of Exeter, is leading a team from Exeter and the University of Bristol working on the Forest 404 study. He said he hoped that they would get thousands of participants to complete a randomised set of questions exploring their responses to natural sounds (some of it from the BBC natural history archive), and poetry about nature read by Pippa Haywood, one of the actresses on the podcast.
Despite decades of “research showing that spending time in nature is good for health and well-being”, noted Mr Smalley, little of it had focused on sounds, so “in soundscape research the sample is almost unprecedented”. The findings could be very useful in “designing spaces to create positive sounds”, whether in urban parks or virtual reality.
Professor Sharples was keen for future “missions” to be developed by those outside the academy.
“We’re developing the platform for open access to the authoring tool”, he explained, “to allow anyone to create a mission. That requires a ‘pilot project’ area to develop and run new missions and an approval process to move the mission from pilot to live. We’ve nearly finished that development and should have it ready within a month.”
Although it is still early days, Professor Sharples noted that previous, less elaborate platforms developed by the OU had attracted interest from “teachers in Argentina, China, New Zealand and Vietnam measuring noise in school classrooms and the local community; an environmental group recording areas of flooding in Bangkok; a French Mooc course asking students to post images of coastal erosion. That’s the kind of participation we’re hoping and expecting to get on nQuire.”
Publicație : The Times
Retourner à la fac à 30, 40 ou 50 ans
Se mêler aux plus jeunes, réapprendre à réviser, revivre le stress des examens… Pas toujours facile de commencer ou de reprendre des études à l’université.
Quand Sophie, 53 ans, débarquait en amphi avec ses cahiers et ses stylos, les autres étudiants la regardaient avec des yeux ronds. Depuis son départ de l’école d’infirmière, trente ans auparavant, les ordinateurs occupent le terrain, et ses nouveaux camarades de classe pianotent plus qu’ils ne grattent. A la rentrée 2015, Sophie s’est inscrite en master de droit de la santé à l’université Paris-VIII. Un retour à la vie étudiante pour chasser la « lassitude ». « Je sentais que je m’appauvrissais intellectuellement. J’avais envie de changer de vie et d’être stimulée », confie cette désormais professeure de sciences et techniques médico-sociales en lycée. A Paris-VIII, elle a appris à utiliser les PowerPoint et autres outils informatiques. Ses fils étaient ses alliés dans ce défi : ils avaient l’âge des étudiants qu’elle côtoyait.
A l’heure où les parcours professionnels sont moins linéaires que jadis, les adultes sont de plus en plus nombreux à reprendre le chemin de l’université pour y obtenir un diplôme – licence, master, doctorat, ou DU (diplôme d’université), ces diplômes d’établissements particulièrement adaptés à la formation continue.
En 2016, d’après les derniers chiffres disponibles, 99 200 diplômes ont été délivrés en formation continue par les universités, soit 12 % de l’ensemble des diplômes nationaux. C’est 15 000 de plus qu’en 2013. A partir de la rentrée prochaine, cette tendance devrait même s’accentuer avec les facilités offertes par la loi « avenir professionnel », adoptée en 2018.
36 % des adultes qui suivent des cours en formation continue à l’université le font de manière individuelle, en dehors de leur cadre professionnel
Avec leur compte personnel de formation (CPF), désormais traduit en euros, les personnes qui souhaitent se former pourront à partir de la fin 2019 s’inscrire dans des « blocs de compétences » – des morceaux de diplômes universitaires – directement sur une plate-forme qui centralisera les formations. « Cela devrait encourager de plus en plus de personnes à s’en saisir. Les universités vont chercher à tirer leur épingle du jeu dans ce nouveau système », assure Guillaume Gellé, président de la commission formation de la Conférence des présidents d’université.
Publicație : Le Monde
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