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		<title>Recognition and Mobility in the Bologna Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today and tomorrow, the anniversary of the Bologna Process is celebrated. Actually...it is celebrated by most and protested against by some. A consortium of CHEPS, INCHER and ECOTEC was given the task to prepare an independent assessment of the Bologna process. The study was conducted together with experts from the University of Bath, the Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung and Nuffic (i.c. myself)). Below is the presentation by Don Westerheijden (CHEPS) of the part I've been working on: recognition and mobility.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/03/recognition-and-mobility-in-the-bologna-process/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for March 9th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Why French are skipping the Sorbonne for Britain &#8211; French students are deserting the Sorbonne because of the once &#233;lite university&#39;s reputation for militancy, strikes and abandoned lectures. They are also increasingly snubbing the country&#39;s prestigious Grandes Ecoles system for a new educational El Dorado [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/03/bbb-march-9th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for March 7th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

College Degrees Without Going to Class &#8211; Online courses have been around for nearly two decades, but enrollment has soared in recent years as more universities increase their offerings. More than 4.6 million college students (about one in four) were taking at least one online [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/03/bbb-march-7th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for March 1st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Indonesia&#8217;s Potential &#8211; The recently released Open Doors report showed that only 7,509 Indonesian students are studying on American campuses. A decade or so ago, some 13,000 Indonesians were studying in the U.S. The number of Americans studying in Indonesia is an abysmal 120 or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/03/bbb-march-1st/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 25th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Higher Education Budgets and the Global Recession: Tracking Varied National Responses and Their Consequences &#8211; In the midst of the global recession, how have national governments viewed the role of higher education in their evolving strategies for economic recovery? Demand for higher education generally goes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-25th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 23rd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

&#8216;The Challenge of Bologna&#8217; &#8211; The &#34;Bologna Process,&#34; under which European nations have agreed on common higher education standards &#8212; with the goal of making degrees and students recognized and respected across borders &#8212; continues to attract increased attention in the United States. In his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-23rd/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 12th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Dutch higher education closes deal with Google &#8211; The Dutch organisation responsible for the IT infrastructure in education and for promoting the use of ICT in higher education, has closed a deal with Google to promote the use of Google apps. This will enable students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-12th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 11th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Challenges in Overseas Student Recruitment &#8211; It may be mid-way through the current academic year for many universities across the globe, but in the boom-and-bust world of international student recruitment, everyday brings new and unpredictable challenges. For international student recruiters, the quest is to find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-11th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 10th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Universities recruit students with inadequate English &#8211; A BBC investigation has found evidence that suggests some universities under financial pressure accept overseas students who lack adequate English.
We have failed the university challenge &#8211; It&#39;s a harsh but valuable lesson that a tertiary education, if it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-10th-2/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 9th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Britain&#8217;s forgotten EU students &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-9th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 5th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Scientific breakthrough: Eating more makes you fat &#8211; Eating large food portions can significantly increase our weight even during short periods &#8211; researchers at the University of Ulster have discovered in the first ever study of its kind.
Obstacles to researchers&#8217; mobility in the EU &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-5th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for February 2nd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Earnings Gap Between College and High School Grads Small &#8211; Most researchers agree that college graduates, even in rough economies, generally fare better than individuals with only high-school diplomas. But just how much better is where the math gets fuzzy.
China&#8217;s top universities will rival Oxbridge, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/02/bbb-february-2nd/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for January 31st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

LERU: Harvesting talent: strengthening research careers in Europe (pdf) &#8211; The League of European Research Universities is pleased to invite you to the launch event of LERU&#8217;s latest position paper Harvesting talent: strengthening research careers in Europe. The paper sets out the priority issues that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/01/bbb-january-31st/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for January 30th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

Where now for European innovation strategy? &#8211; Plans to unveil an Innovation Act in time for the spring meeting of EU leaders have been stalled while the new European Commission beds down and looks at broadening the scope of the strategy.
Ranking of universities and higher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/01/bbb-january-30th/</link>
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		<title>Bookmarks for January 28th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

English or Hinglish &#8211; does it matter what Indian students are learning? &#8211; What kind of English should Indians be learning? Purists argue that language skills must meet international standards, but experience tells us that local languages will add flavour to the mix. The result [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2010/01/bbb-january-28th/</link>
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