Western Balkans
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…
Excellence and Quality in Western Balkans - A survey investigating the governance capacity of universities in the region
As one of the activities within the project “European integration in higher education and research in the Western Balkans,” a survey has been conducted with the aim to provide a general overview of the governance…
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…
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…
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…
HORIZON 2020. Can the countries of the Western Balkans catch up?
In June this year, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European commissioner for research, innovation and science, announced the new name for the future EU funding programme for research and innovation. The name "Horizon 2020" was chosen through an…