Peste 15.000 de tineri vor să devină studenţi la trei mari universităţi ieşene

Kinetoterapia, informatica, mecanica, automatica şi calculatoarele, cibernetica dar şi psihologia sau dreptul sunt printre preferinţele absolvenţilor de liceu

Peste 10.000 de dosare au fost depuse până ieri la ora 16.00 pentru admiterea la Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”. Dintre acestea 395 dosare au fost depuse la Facultatea de Biologie, 161 la Chimie, 1.235 la Drept, 2.248 la Economie şi Administrarea Afacerilor, 618 la Educaţie Fizică şi Sport, 363 la Filosofie şi Ştiinţe Social Politice, 75 la Fizică, 363 la Geografie şi Geologie, 1.170 la Informatică, 162 la Istorie, 828 la Litere, 304 la Matematică, 1.497 la Psihologie şi Ştiinţele Educaţiei, 147 la Teologie Ortodoxă, 28 la Teologie Catolică.

Automatică şi Calculatoare, cea mai căutată facultate

Alte 3.470 dosare au fost depuse pentru admiterea la Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi”. Dintre acestea 219 depuse la Facultatea de Arhitectură, 1.505 la Automatică şi Calculatoare, 88 la Construcţii de Maşini şi Management Industrial, 315 la Construcţii şi Instalaţii, 153 la Design Industrial şi Managementul Afacerilor, 351 la Electronică, Telecomunicaţii şi Tehnologia Informaţiei, 87 la Hidrotehnică Geodezie şi Ingineria Mediului, 105 la Inginerie chimică şi Protecţia Mediului, 213 la Inginerie Electrică, Energetică şi Informatică Aplicată, 385 la Facultatea de Mecanică, 49 la Ştiinţa Materialelor.

Agronomia face cu ochiul multor tineri

În fine, la Universitatea de Agronomie şi Medicină Veterinară „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” au fost depuse 1.623 dosare pentru admiterea în anul universitar 2020-2021. Dintre acestea, la Facultatea de Agricultură au fost depuse 569 dosare, cele mai multe fiind la specializarea Agronomie, la Facultatea de Horticultură au fost depuse 163 dosare, la Facultatea de Zootehnie, unde au fost înregistrate în total 275 dosare, la Facultarea de Medicină Veterinară au fost depuse 616 dosare

Publicație : Evenimentul

UK universities accused of overreliance on fees from Chinese students

 Tory-backed thinktank is calling for increased funding for domestic students

Britain’s universities rely too heavily on tuition fees from Chinese students, according to a Conservative-backed thinktank that wants the government to replace them with increased funding for domestic students taking “high value” degrees.

The report by Onward, a thinktank supported by Tory MPs and donors, claims there are “well-founded fears” that China’s Communist party and its satellites have sought to undermine academic freedom and research on UK campuses, at the same time as lucrative international student fees have distorted the priorities of universities.

To tackle those concerns the report proposes a series of radical policies, including capping the income a university could earn from a single country and steering more UK students into courses with high graduate earnings, such as medicine, law, economics and sciences.

Will Tanner, the report’s author and a former special adviser to Theresa May as home secretary and prime minister, said: “Britain has never had a serious debate about the growth of overseas students. Yet the viability of the UK’s most prestigious universities, to say nothing of billions of pounds of science funding, is now decided not in parliament but in countries thousands of miles away.

“Even more worrying is that a third of overseas funding comes from China, a country whose government has shown itself unafraid of threatening to cut student flows in response to criticism and whose commercial partnerships with UK universities are increasingly under scrutiny.”

The report comes at a tense moment in UK-China relations, with Boris Johnson’s government last week saying it would ban the purchase of 5G telecoms gear made by Huawei from next year, while the UK is offering the prospect of citizenship to nearly 3 million Hong Kong residents after protests there.

Onward’s proposals also follow current government thinking on changes to higher education funding in England. The report suggests that ministers increase the teaching grants paid for domestic students taking high “value-added courses”, enabling universities to expand in those areas and lessen their reliance on international fees. At the same time so-called “low-value” courses could see their domestic student numbers capped, with one option tying student loan availability to graduate earnings.

One of the report’s complaints is that the rapid growth in international student numbers has “crowded out” domestic students at prestigious institutions. Instead, Onward recommends that universities’ ability to recruit overseas students should be connected to their growth in UK students.

But the Russell Group of leading research institutions, such as Cardiff and Manchester universities, rejected the claim that domestic students were being overlooked.

“Russell Group universities have grown UK student numbers alongside international numbers, and home students continue to make up over three-quarters of our undergraduates, who will be equipped with the skills to go on to success in whatever path they choose,” said Tim Bradshaw, the group’s chief executive.

“Students from around the world choose to study at British universities because of the high-quality education and experience they provide – this is a testament to our quality and should be seen as a success story.”

Last year more than 120,000 students from China were studying at UK universities, while official data shows UK students accounted for 77% of undergraduates at Russell Group universities. But Onward noted that the number of UK students enrolled at several institutions, including Oxford and Cambridge universities, Imperial College, and the London School of Economics, fell between 2014-15 and 2018-19.

Publicație : The Guardian

Trois étudiants sur dix ont eu des signes de détresse psychologique pendant le confinement

Selon cette étude menée par l’Observatoire national de la vie étudiante, la crise sanitaire a eu de nombreux impacts sur les conditions de vie et d’études des jeunes en France.

Le coronavirus, et plus particulièrement le confinement, ont eu de gros impacts négatifs sur la santé des étudiants. C’est le principal constat d’une étude menée par l’Observatoire national de la vie étudiante auprès des jeunes français au cours des mois de juin et juillet 2020. Selon l’organisme, l’isolement des étudiants pendant cette période a été très difficile à gérer. En effet, 31% d’entre eux ont déclaré des signes de détresse psychologique et 10% déclarent avoir bu de l’alcool tous les jours (contre 1% d’entre eux en temps normal).

La crise sanitaire a également transformé les modalités d’études des jeunes. Et 69% des étudiants ont suivi des cours en visioconférence, une pratique jusqu’ici très rare, voire inexistante dans certains établissements. En revanche, seuls 39% ont jugé satisfaisante la formation à distance dispensée durant le confinement. Certains ont connu des contraintes techniques: 39% des étudiants ont par exemple déclaré ne pas avoir disposé d’une bonne connexion internet, et 28% estiment ne pas avoir bénéficié d’un environnement calme. «Un étudiant sur deux a déclaré avoir rencontré des difficultés matérielles pendant les examens à distance», précise également l’enquête.

Moins de la moitié des étudiants ont passé le confinement avec leur famille

Autre constat de cette étude: seuls 44% des étudiants ont fait le choix de quitter leur logement pour rejoindre le domicile familial. «Les étudiants étrangers, par l’éloignement de leur famille et leurs conditions de vie et de travail plus précaires, apparaissent comme les grands perdants de la crise sanitaire», précise l’enquête de l’Observatoire national de la vie étudiante. D’ailleurs, 70% des étudiants étrangers déclarent avoir rencontré des difficultés financières au cours du confinement.

D’autre part, l’étude révèle que la perte d’une activité salariale, l’annulation des stages et l’interruption des mobilités internationales ont fragilisé les catégories les plus précaires d’étudiants. «Ces transformations ont généré des inquiétudes particulièrement importantes, allant jusqu’à modifier, pour un étudiant sur quatre, les projets d’orientation et d’insertion professionnelle», précise l’Observatoire national de la vie étudiante.

Pour finir, l’organisme révèle que de très nombreux étudiants n’ont pas confiance en leurs chances d’insertion professionnelle suite à cette pandémie. Et 21% d’entre eux estiment que leurs chances d’insertion sont mauvaises voire très mauvaises en France, mais aussi, à l’étranger (31%). Habituellement, ces chiffres sont beaucoup plus bas: dans la dernière enquête sur les conditions de vie des étudiants, seuls 14% d’entre eux craignaient de ne pas trouver de travail dans l’Hexagone.

Publicație : Le Figaro