My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:
- Britain’s forgotten EU students – An increasingly large percentage of students in British universities are actually EU students. The latest figures from 2004 had 69,000, although anecdotally the last six years seem to have witnessed something of an explosion. Why is no one discussing the impact of EU students on university numbers?
- Forecast shows jobs in Europe becoming more skills- and knowledge-intensive – A new forecast on the demand and supply of skills up to 2020 foresees a steady rise in knowledge- and skill-intensive occupations in Europe. The forecast was presented today by Cedefop, the EU's reference centre for vocational education and training, at the European Commission conference 'New Skills for New Jobs: Action Now'.
- University president re-examines tenure – The leader of the country's largest university thinks it's time to re-examine how professors are awarded tenure, a type of job-for-life protection virtually unknown outside academia.
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