Deutscher Bildungs Server

Keyword from Index: university staff

key words found 1 - 13 of 13

Netherlands
Formerly known as "Vereniging van Samenwerkende Nederlandse Universiteiten", the VSNU officially represents the fourteen Dutch research Universities. The association's website provides information on its focus areas, among others: human resources, research, education, finance, governance & accountability, international affairs, communication & public affairs. Furthermore, [...]

Belgium
"The ‘Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad’ or VLIR was established in 1976. VLIR represents the Flemish universities, serves as a platform to facilitate cooperation between the Flemish universities, and interacts with the Flemish government in all matters concerning higher education policy. Topics such as education and research policy, university management and administration [...]

Finland
In contrast to FUURT (Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers), YLL "is a trade union for all teaching staff at the non-professorial level, whether tenured or untenured." The English summary of the website provides information on tasks and activities of YLL. YLL is part of the OAJ - Trade Union of Education in Finland. Together with FUURT and the "Finnish Union [...]

Finland
The website of the Finnish Union of University Professors provides information on its goals and its work, on the profession of a professor (public image of the professor, Legislation, Ethical guidelines, Professor of the Year Directory of Professors - acessible only to members, History of the Development of Professorship in Finland), on working conditions and on union [...]

Finland
FUURT ist the Finnish Union for University Researchers and Teachers, also including "library personnel and other academic experts". The website provides ample information on the FUURT's activities, as well as on everything you need to know when working at a Finnish university. The union also has a special group for international researchers working in Finland. Together with [...]

Greece
The Athena Plan that was already passed in March 2013 by the Greek parliament is responsible for enormous changes and discussion concerning the tertiary sector. With respect to this the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs informs about central issues in Greek. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Europe
The aims of EUPRIO are to promote an exchange of ideas and techniques amongst its members in the field of higher education public relations and information, to create a network to assist members in their tasks as professional public relations and information officers within their institutions and to support all its members to achieve excellence in their work.

Bolivia
The Psycho-Pedagogical Centre for Higher Education Investigation (CEPIES) was founded on Oktober 26th, 1988 by the internal congress of the Universidad de San Andrés (UMSA). It is a centre for teacher training which is subdued to the vice-rectorate and which has the task to improve the work of the teaching staff of higher education institutions. URL: [...]

Dominican Republic
The Academical Alliance (AA) regroups teachers, employees and students of the universities. Its goal is to contribute to the defence and the development of its members by allocating itself as developed institution which contributes, by qualitative and efficient means, to the progress of the country.

North America; Canada; Mexico; United States of America (USA); international
The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) is a not-for-profit membership-based network of approximately 180 institutions of higher education in Canada, the United States and Mexico, as well as a select group of institutions from other parts of the world. CONAHEC seeks to advance the consolidation of the North American higher education community [...]

Austria
Universities Austria handles the internal coordination of the 21 public Austrian universities, it represents them in national and international organisations and is the public voice of the universities. Furthermore, Universities Austria provides administrative and organisational support to the National University Federation (Dachverband der Universitäten).

Eastern Europe
CBUR is open to all universities and equivalent institutions with full academic rights in the Baltic Sea area. CBUR aims at promoting inter- university cooperation in the Baltic Sea area, and to further its communities. The association intends to engage in joint research, to share didactic experience, and to create and develop mutual contacts of academic staff and students of [...]

Australia
The AVCC is the peak organisation representing Australian universities nationally and internationally. It seeks to advance higher education through voluntary, cooperative and coordinated action. Besides a description of AVCC, its policies and actions, the website provides information about Australian universities (overview of the university system, links to individual [...]