Un nou proiect Erasmus, lansat de Universitatea „Cuza” Iași
Universitatea „Cuza” din Iași a lansat un nou proiect Erasmus+. Acesta este intitulat „Evaluation of agro-ecological development potential through transnational cooperation and entrepreneurial innovation”. La întâlnirea de lansare au participat prof. univ. dr. Mihaela Onofrei, prorector la „Cuza” și conf. univ. dr. Irina Gostin, managerul proiectului. Au fost prezenți și reprezentanți ai tuturor intituțiilor partenere: Universitatea din București, Academia de Studii Economice din București. Alături de aceștia au fost și reprezentanți de la universități din Serbia și Portugalia.
Se aduc îmbunătățiri semnificative curriculei universitare
În cadrul întâlnirii s-au discutat detaliile cooperării dintre parteneri. S-au stabilit activitățile ce vor fi desfășurate în proiect. Printre care și o școală de vară pentru studenți, cursuri de formare pentru cadre didactice și specialiști în domeniu. Va fi și un curs on-line dezvoltat de universitățile implicate.
„Scopul proiectului este să aducă îmbunătățiri semnificative curriculei universitare. Asta pentru a acoperi noile nevoi de învățare ale studenților, în concordanță cu cerințele de pe piața muncii din domeniile economiei, biologiei și agriculturii. Valoarea grant-ului obținut de „Cuza” pentru implementarea proiectului este de 286.597 de euro”, au reliefat cei de la „Cuza”.
Publicație : Bună Ziua Iași
Syracuse students call for chancellor to quit over racist incidents on campus
Kent Syverud under fire for indequate response to slurs and graffiti that targeted Jewish, Hispanic and black students
Protests broke out on the campus of Syracuse University in upstate New York on Wednesday night after reports that a white supremacist manifesto was sent to students’ cellphones earlier in the week.
Syracuse’s chancellor, Kent Syverud, has been under fire from students who say the university’s response to the reports and a string of other recent racist and antisemitic incidents on campus was inadequate. Amid escalating protests, Syverud signed a memorandum written by student protesters that included recommendations on how the school should respond to the alleged hate crimes and do better on diversity. However, he refused to sign up to three of the students’ 19 recommendations as written.
Syverud said the manifesto sent to students’ phones was probably a hoax. But he acknowledged the school fell short in responding to a string of racist incidents.
News of the screed – which authorities had described as an apparent copy of the one written by a man accused of killing 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in March – had been the latest episode to shake the central New York campus this month after a series of racist graffiti and verbal slurs.
But authorities have not been able to find anyone who directly received the manifesto, Syverud told the university senate on Wednesday.
“It was apparent that this rumor was probably a hoax,” he said, “but that reality was not communicated clearly and rapidly enough to get ahead of escalating anxiety.”
A day earlier, authorities said they received reports that the document was posted in an online forum and that attempts were made to send it to students’ cellphones at the main campus library at about 11.30pm on Monday via AirDrop.
Syverud said that because of the late hour, the university was not well positioned to address the matter and the wave of alarm that quickly spread on social media. By Tuesday, city, campus and state police and the FBI were discussing the matter at a news conference.
At a campus forum later on Wednesday, student protesters who have been seeking changes to address hate and diversity called for Syverud’s resignation, and walked out when he would not promise to accept all their demands as written, according to news accounts. They marched to his house, chanting: “Sign or resign!”
There have been a dozen instances of racist and antisemitic graffiti appearing on or near campus in recent weeks, according to Syverud, who said police believe that one to five people connected to the university are responsible for the vandalism.
Authorities have also fielded reports of shouted slurs targeting Jewish, Asian and black students at the private university of nearly 23,000 students. About 8% of students are Hispanic or Latino, 7% are black and 6% are Asian, according to the university website.
Syverud on Sunday suspended a fraternity after a black student filed a complaint saying she was verbally harassed by people leaving a party at the frat the night before. All fraternities’ social events were also suspended.
Four of the 14 people involved were Syracuse students and have been suspended, Syverud said on Wednesday. He said the rest attend other schools that have been informed of the incident.
On Thursday, an 18-year-old woman was arrested after new graffiti was discovered which, “based on statements made” appears to be “intended to be in support of the campus protests”, according to a police news release, NBC News reported.
The rally at Syracuse on Wednesday. Photograph: Maranie Staab/Reuters
Students have staged a sit-in at the Syracuse student wellness center since November 13 with a list of demands that includes the expulsion of students for hate crimes and stronger diversity training for students and staff.
The university’s international students have also listed concerns, and about 100 law and medical students marched on Wednesday to show support for the wellness center protesters, according to Syracuse.com.
Syverud pledged on Tuesday to take steps including clarifying the student code of conduct, enhancing security, and investing at least $1m in curriculum changes to address diversity.
Facing criticism of his leadership from Andrew Cuomo, Syverud said on Wednesday that “there are things that have not been handled well enough during this series of recent events,” including the manifesto reports and communication about the early graffiti incidents.
He said the university was making improvements, among them ensuring it is prepared to handle problems at any time of day.
Publicație : The Guardian
University strikes: Institutions brace for student compensation claims as tens of thousands of staff walk out
More than 43,000 members of staff to strike over pay and pensions
Universities across the UK are bracing themselves for a slew of compensation claims from students when a walkout by tens of thousands of staff begins on Monday.
Anyone affected by missed lectures and seminars will be able to file complaints and apply for compensation, university employers have said.
More than 43,000 members of the University and College Union (UCU) are set to take part in strike action at 60 universities across the UK from Monday in a dispute over pay, pensions and conditions.
University employers claim that many academics will cross the picket line and provide lectures during the eight strike days, but have acknowledged the need to minimise disruption for those taking the courses.
Students, who have to pay up to £9,250 a year in tuition fees, have already begun demanding refunds for next week's strikes.
Carol Costello, spokesperson for the employers, said: “We appreciate that this is an upsetting time for students and each university is making its independent arrangements to ensure that students are not affected by this industrial action.”
But she added: “A student would, if they felt that the university hadn’t made appropriate arrangements, need to put in a request to their university for compensation.
“Each university has to consider that independently and they would look at whether or not there had been any breach in the contractual relationship between themselves and the student in respect of any partial or full compensation that is required.”
Helen Fairfoul, chief executive at the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), said: “Institutions would all expect to have clear signposted places that students go to if they do have a complaint to make.”
Last year, universities were brought to a standstill by unprecedented strikes over pensions, and some institutions were forced to pay compensation to students over lost teaching hours.
Earlier this week, the UCU's general secretary, Jo Grady, warned that a second wave of strikes could be held in the new year, causing disruption to January exams, if the disputes remain unresolved.
The union has accused universities of being “all spin and no substance” in their response to the disputes.
Ms Grady said: “Students should be asking serious questions of their vice-chancellors and putting pressure on them to get their representatives back to the negotiating table with serious offers that address all the issues at stake.”
Publicație : The Independent
A l’université, des ateliers pour apaiser la « souffrance face à l’écrit »
A Nanterre, plus de trois cent étudiants de première année suivent un « atelier de langue française » obligatoire. Au programme : orthographe et travail sur le sens des textes.
Des vents glaciaux balayent le campus de l’université Paris-Nanterre en ce lundi soir de novembre. Pendant que des grappes d’étudiants rejoignent les derniers cours de la journée, une trentaine de jeunes se dirigent vers un bâtiment en préfabriqué. C’est ici que, depuis fin septembre, ces étudiants de licence suivent deux heures d’un cours intitulé « atelier de langue française ». Ils ont été identifiés comme les plus en difficulté sur les compétences rédactionnelles en français attendues à l’université.
Depuis 2017, tous les étudiants de Nanterre de première année – 6 500 en 2019 – passent un test en ligne « de positionnement », qui évalue l’orthographe, le vocabulaire et la construction des textes. Cette rentrée, 340 étudiants identifiés comme les plus fragiles doivent suivre un cours de deux heures chaque semaine pour améliorer leur écrit.
Sarah De Vogüé, responsable pédagogique de cet atelier de langue française et maîtresse de conférences en sciences du langage à l’université, reconnaît que l’horaire tardif - de 17 heures 30 à 19 heures 30 - et le lieu peuvent être un « repoussoir ». Pour impliquer tous les étudiants, l’enseignante les interroge à tour de rôle. Chacun est invité à lire une phrase qui contient une faute ou un choix entre deux propositions. « Le propriétaire “à” ou “a” loué la grande salle pour les mariages ? Quelque chose d’anormal était en train de “se” ou “ce” passer ? Faut-il pour “quelques” ou “quels que” cas remettre en cause ce socle ? » Quand l’un des étudiants bute sur la bonne orthographe, l’enseignante donne des conseils mais laisse deviner la réponse, puis écrit la règle de grammaire au tableau. « Il ne faut pas sous-estimer le sentiment d’humiliation que peuvent ressentir ces jeunes qui, pour certains, ont eu de bonnes notes au bac et de bons résultats au lycée », souligne l’enseignante.
Un niveau d’orthographe en chute
C’est le cas d’Alexis, 17 ans, en première année de licence de Staps (sciences et techniques des activités physiques et sportives). « Je ne comprends pas vraiment ce que je fais là », s’interroge, en aparté après le cours, le jeune homme. « J’ai eu 10 et 14 au bac de français. J’ai été très surpris de voir qu’après le test de positionnement, j’allais être obligé de suivre ces cours de français en plus de mes vingt-huit heures de cours par semaine et du niveau de la pratique sportive requis », poursuit le jeune homme, qui se verrait bien devenir préparateur physique dans le football. « Ce qu’on attend à l’université n’a plus rien à voir avec le lycée. On leur demande de produire des écrits experts. Or, ce dont on se rend compte depuis plusieurs années, c’est que l’écrit est de plus en plus défaillant », explique la professeure Sarah De Vogüé.
Publicație : Le Monde
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