CHER Conference 2012 - Call for Proposals
On behalf of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), the Centre for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the Centre for Education Policy (Serbia) hereby invite you to the conference:
Higher Education and Social Dynamics
The 25th annual CHER conference welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions to the theme and encourages researchers from across Europe and beyond to take part in the conference at the unique occasion of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers.
The 25th CHER conference will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, on 10, 11 and 12 September 2012 and is jointly organized by the Centre for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana and the Centre for Education Policy from Belgrade.
The conference is followed by the Ljubljana Symposium on September 13 at the University of Ljubljana.
Four tracks are foreseen under the conference theme:
- The role(s) of higher education institutions in contemporary society
- The effects of the wider societal dynamics on higher education
- Higher education at the borders of Europe
- Core themes in higher education research
Further information about the tracks, conference and symposium programme, including practical information, can be found in the attachment and on the conference website: www.cher2012.rs.
Monitoring of inclusive educational practice
The “Monitoring of inclusive educational practice” project, supported by Fund for an Open Society, is implemented within a broader plan for short-term monitoring of the implementation of inclusive education policy. This should provide regular reports and feedback necessary for rapid corrective. The focus of the project is primarily the work of schools, through qualitative in-depth monitoring of the practice of inclusive education.
The project objectives are:
New CEP publication: "Research policy, Financing and Performance: Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia in comparative perspective"
The latest publication of the Centre for Education Policy addresses current trends and insights from the field of scientific research. The aim behind the study was to provide an informative comparison of policy developments, financing and performance in the three countries which were once part of the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia: Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. It explores extensively the degree to which financing as a policy instrument is conducive to the development of scientific research within these countries. The book offers empirical data on research policy, funding and performance, which can be of use for future policymaking in the three countries, as well as useful for international institutions and organisations approaching or seeking to enhance their understanding of the research systems under study.
CHER 2012 website launched
The website of the 25th annual conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers - CHER has been launched and it can be located at www.cher2012.rs.
International Teacher Leadership - ITL
The International Teacher Leadership (ITL) project is a research and development project initiated by David Frost at the University of Cambridge - Faculty of Education in 2008. The initiative was a response to interest shown by researchers and practitioners in a number of European countries in the work on teacher leadership within the Leadership for Learning team at Cambridge and the HertsCam programme.
The ITL project is now a large scale enterprise with a project team consisting of over 50 experts / people supporting around 1,000 teachers in 100 schools in 17 sites in 15 countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and UK.
Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe
The project “Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe” is an international research project supported by Open Society Institute Education Support Programme.
It corresponds to the decision of OSI-related representatives of 10 SEE countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia) who identified the following common priorities that should be addressed by OSI in the region:
The 1st Global Convention of UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education
The 1st Global Convention of UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education was held at the Center for Advanced Academic Studies of the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik (Croatia) on October 14-15 2011. The convention was organised by the University of Zagreb UNESCO Chair for Governance and Management of Higher Education group, with the assistance of Aleksa Bjeliš, Rector of the University of Zagreb and sponsorship of the UNESCO Education Sector's Section for Higher Education in Paris, France.
The Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair in Development of Education: Research and Institution Building, prof. Srbijanka Turajlić participated in the event together with other UNESCO Chairs in higher education. More about the event can be found on the UNESCO Chair web page of the University of Zagreb.