Higher Education

Book promotion at the Faculty of Political Science

"We do not have enough research on higher education. This is exactly the reason why the project ‘European integration of higher education in the Western Balkans’ is extremely important for the academic community,”. These were…

Invitation to the Norglobal book promotion at the Faculty of Political Science

The Norglobal project book "The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans. The Interplay between European Ideas, Domestic Policies, and Institutional Practices" has been translated into Serbian and published by the Faculty of Political…

Review of the 'The Re-institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans' in EJHE

The book produced within the Norglobal project, The re-institutionalization of higher education in the Western Balkans. The interplay between European ideas, domestic policies, and institutional practices has been reviewed by Elsa Hackl from the Department…

The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans: the book

This article was written for the Hedda Blog as part of its thematic week dedicated to the project “European integration in higher education and research in the Western Balkans.“ The article was written by Jelena…

Follow the project thematic week on the Hedda Blog!

The blog of the Higher Education Development Association (Hedda) will dedicate its next thematic week to the project “European integration in higher education and research in the Western Balkans.“   The thematic week will feature…

New book: The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans

The Norglobal project book "The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans. The Interplay between European Ideas, Domestic Policies, and Institutional Practices" has been published and is now available on the publisher's website. The…

Edited volume "Global Challenges, Local Responses in Higher Education" now available

The book "Global Challenges, Local Responses in Higher Education. The Contemporary Issues in National and Comparative Perspective," comprising a selection of papers from the CHER 2012 conference (CEP Belgrade & CEPS Ljubljana), is now out of print.  The volume…

New publication on higher education in the Western Balkans – on reforms, developments & trends

Center for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana (CEPS) has released a booklet entitled “Higher Education in the Western Balkans: Reforms, developments, trends” which presents the main findings of a study of current…

7 reports on higher education and research systems in the Western Balkans now available

As part of the project “European Integration of Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans,” the project team has produced the series of reports entitled “Overview of Higher Education and Research Systems in the…

Researching higher education in Croatia: reflections by Nikola Baketa, PhD student

Nikola Baketa is a doctoral student at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Political Sciences, doing his PhD within the NORGLOBAL project "European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans." In…

The rise and growth of private higher education in the Western Balkans - a temporary trend?

The first private higher education (HE) providers in the countries in the Western Balkans region [1] started to appear about two decades ago. The oldest higher education provider is Megatrend University, based in Serbia’s capital…

Western Balkans to embark on surveying graduates in 2013

This year, as part of the project “Conducting graduate surveys and improving alumni services for enhanced strategic managements and quality improvement” (CONGRAD), a number of higher education institutions (HEIs) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and…

European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans: Open Conference #2 to take place in Belgrade

The team of the NORGLOBAL project "European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans" is pleased to announce the second open conference on higher education and research in the region, which will…

Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back – Looking Forward

10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms entitled Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back – Looking Forward will take back in Ljuljana (Slovenia) on October 2-4, 2013. The Workshop will be hosted by the University of Ljubljana. It will be organized…

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia to address funding & equity in higher education

As part of a regional TEMPUS project Towards Sustainable and Equitable Financing of Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia (FINHED), three national studies on social and economic conditions of student life in higher education will…

Universities in the Knowledge Economy: 12 doctoral and 2 post-doctoral positions now available

Six European universities will join forces to educate young researchers who will be examining the university reforms currently influencing the global university development. This will be part of the new international Universities in the Knowledge…

Ranking higher education institutions in Macedonia: an attempt to tackle diversification?

Earlier this year, the Center for world-class universities in Shanghai Jiao Tong University released the ranking of higher education institutions in Macedonia. The ranking was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science of Republic…

Three research projects on higher education in the Western Balkans

In the framework of the project “European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans”, three independent research projects have started during year. Two of them are conducted as part of a PhD…

25th CHER conference – Enlarging the Map of Higher Education Research in Europe

The 25th annual conference of the Consortium for Higher Education Researchers (CHER) took place in Belgrade, on 10, 11 and 12 September 2012 and it was jointly organized by the Centre for Education Policy and the Centre for Education Policy Studies…

The first EUROSTUDENT Survey in the Western Balkans

Croatia is the first country in the region to be involved in the Europe-wide study on the social dimension of higher education – EUROSTUDENT, a survey simultaneously carried out in 25 European countries for the…

New EU Higher Education Modernisation Agenda

The European Commission recently presented a new agenda for higher education reforms across Europe which follows the priorities set in the Europe 2020 strategy and the Youth on the Move flagship initiative. In line with…

Times Higher Education’s list of the world’s top universities for 2011-2012

After the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2011 was published earlier this year, Times Higher Education has announced its list of top universities for 2011-2012. Unlike the ARWU ranking conducted by the Center…

OECD’s AHELO: a PISA for universities?

Currently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is busy with preparing the tool which would serve to evaluate student performance at tertiary level, which some have already labeled “PISA for universities.” AHELO, or…

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