This publication presents an institutional perspective on the state of university finances in Europe. Drawing on findings from a large-scale survey on the financial sustainability of universities, it offers a key evidence base, gathering insights from institutions across Europe. While EUA's research indicates that funding trends have been largely…

Higher education institutions in Lao PDR are not generally performing well. Some sector goals achieved include an outcomes-based curriculum focus and gender equity. However, problems with quality are wide-ranging and complicated, with most institutions struggling to improve their quality in teaching and learning, research, community service, and…

In December 2022, federal, state and territory education ministers released a National Teacher Workforce Action Plan to improve teacher supply and retention in the profession. While recognising the important role that Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) certification could play, the plan also recognised that the current approach to…

This chapter recounts the development strategies employed by the Cambodian Government and its development partners to raise educational quality and efficiency in the secondary education sector during the period from 1999 to 2020. The chapter describes two reform cycles in this regard, where their focus lies, and how they fared in terms of success…

The existence of extremely expensive private schools--about one in 10 of all our schools--presents a major problem for Britain's education system. A new public education system could not coexist with the current, unreformed private school system; therefore, reform is a necessary condition for this project. Private schools are, on the whole, good…

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the integration of technology and online learning into professional education programmes worldwide, including within Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) environments. This shift towards blended learning, which combines traditional face-to-face instruction with online delivery methods, has gained…

This briefing outlines EUA's proposals to national and EU funders on how to make "the EU reporting and control environment more efficient and effective." This is a matter of strategic importance to improve the added value of European investment in education, research and innovation. European universities manage a variety of projects,…

Students who have graduated from high schools across the EU member states can choose from a wide variety of study programs and universities at which to pursue their degree studies. Each combination of a university and study program is unique, which further complicates student choice. Lack of information transparency regarding the unique…

Over the last 30 years, governments have continuously adjusted their Higher Education policies to make universities more efficient (achieving more by spending less) and more effective (by increasing the percentage of graduates, by reducing the number of university dropouts and by focusing more on the third mission). At the core of governmental…

As the world seeks to build back better into a new era of green and equitable economic growth, tertiary education systems are at the heart of the big transformations required throughout economies and societies. Tertiary education is vital for the development of human capital and innovation. Strategic and effective investments in tertiary education…

How can we learn to use properly business software, digital environments, games or intelligent tutoring systems (ITS)? Mainly, we assume that the new user will learn by doing. But what about the efficiency of such a method? Our approach proposes an answer by introducing on-line coaching. In learning process, learners may need guidance to help them…

Educational research has been at the forefront of educational transformation by examining how learning occurs and enabling ways of learning notably through designing and implementing learning innovations. However, learning innovations are complex. There are multiple embedded contexts involving classrooms, schools, communities, homes and the wider…

COL's mission is to help governments, institutions and organisations expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning by using appropriate open, distance and technology-based approaches. In 2021-2027, COL will: i) build on its expertise in ODL, OER and TEL to play a more influential role in national policy development and implementation; ii)…

Deans and academic colleagues are collectively involved in the delivery of business education. Yet their perspectives on teaching and learning can vary significantly reflecting the distinctive position from which they view the process. The dean's perspective is shaped by external drivers and reference groups that are very different from those…

In the article the avatar-based learning and teaching (A-BL&T) as a concept of control and managing knowledge in modern socio-economic conditions is proposed to use for assessment a university's economic efficiency. It is shown that all elements, methods and techniques (tools) do not operate in isolation, but rather are interrelated,…