tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61939055625883314132024-03-23T06:04:58.634-07:00Uni-InghilterraEmanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-39566718286053928302013-03-28T08:09:00.002-07:002013-03-28T08:09:44.278-07:00UCAS EXTRA<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Complimenti a tutti gli studenti che hanno ricevuto un'offerta tramite il sito UCAS. Per quelli che sono stati meno fortunati non scoraggiatevi, ci sono ancora delle opportunita'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">UCAS ha introdotto un sistema chiamato UCAS EXTRA che vi permette di scegliere alcuni corsi che hanno ancora disponibilita'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eccovi un <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/mar/28/ucas-extra-another-chance-of-a-uni-place">articolo del Guardian</a> del 28 marzi (Will Coldwell) che vi spiega come fare:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Applied for university through Ucas, but received no offers? Don't
panic. You could still find a course through Ucas Extra. The Extra
service stays open till early July.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Who is eligible?</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">If
you have already made five choices, and been turned down by all of them,
or have decided against accepting any offer you've received, then you
are eligible to use Extra.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">But proceed with caution. Think hard
before declining any offers. If you turn down a place and add a choice
using Extra, you will not be able to go back and accept your original
choice later.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">How it works</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">If you are eligible, then an
option should appear on your Track screen to apply for a course through
Extra. Use the course search to find out which courses still have places
available; any that do will have an X displayed next to them. It would
be advisable to get in touch with the relevant admissions office first,
just to check whether they will consider you or not.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Once you've
chosen a course, put the details into Track and your application will be
sent to the university or college. Only one choice will be sent at a
time, so make sure there definitely is a place available before you add
it. Once it has been added you can't change it for 21 days.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Choosing a course</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Do
your research, and get as much advice and guidance as you can before
deciding which course to apply for. It is worth speaking to teachers,
careers advisors, university admissions offices and course tutors, to
get an idea about what kind of person the course is suitable for.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Think
about why you may have been unsuccessful with your original choices. If
you were trying to get a place on a very competitive course, then it is
worth looking more broadly at alternative courses; you can often find a
range of courses that all cover similar subjects.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It can
sometimes be easier to get a place on joint honours courses and combined
degrees. Think realistically about your expected grades and consider
courses that match them the most closely.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It is worth noting that the university you apply for through Extra will be able to see your initial five choices.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">What happens next?</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">If
you are offered a place, you still have the option of accepting or
refusing it. You will have a set amount of time to respond by, so take a
note of the date shown in Track. If you accept the offer, you are
committed to it and won't be able to apply anywhere else.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">If you
are not offered a place, or choose to turn it down, you can apply for a
different course in the same way, as long as there is still time.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">If
you are unable to find a place though Extra, then all is still not
lost. Plenty of university places will become available during the
Clearing process, which opens in mid-July. But be warned, Clearing can
be a frenzied experience.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Per il post di
oggi abbiamo intervistato Fabio Pinna, PHD student e docente di organizzazione
industriale alla London School of Economics e, da quest’anno, direttore della
scuola estiva in economia del Widening Participation Program (WPP), un
programma che cerca di contrastare la dispersione scolastica e di incoraggiare
studenti provenienti da situazioni più’ svantaggiate ad accedere alle migliori
università inglesi. A good opportunity to learn from best practices!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="IT">Fabio, parlaci un po’ del WPP?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Il WPP e’ un
programma che la London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ha
creato - su suggerimento del governo britannico – per aiutare adolescenti
provenienti dalle scuole pubbliche delle zone più svantaggiate di Londra ad
accedere agli atenei più prestigiosi del Regno Unito, come appunto la LSE. Unici
requisiti per partecipare al programma (i) non avere genitori o familiari che
abbiano frequentato l’universitá’(ai) avere un curriculum accademico
eccellente. La presunzione del’opinione pubblica, del governo e del WPP e’
quella che questi ragazzi, pur mostrando di possedere abilità accademiche
eccellenti, raramente riescono ad accedere ai più’ prestigiosi atenei
britannici a causa (i) dell’assenza di figure che motivano loro a continuare
gli studi in istituzioni prestigiose e (ai) delle poche capacita finanziarie a
disposizione della famiglia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="IT">Com’é stato per te dirigere la scuola estiva del
programma?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Personalmente e’
stata una delle esperienze di insegnamento più entusiasmanti della mia vita.
Primo perché era una sfida personale insegnare economia ad un audience cosi
giovane e totalmente non tecnica. Due perché ho avuto modo di mostrare a questi
ragazzi come l’economia viene applicata nella finanza - grazie ad una visita
organizzata da Mr Emilio Grisolia a Credit Suisse in Canary Wharf – come questa
viene usata nei paesi in via di sviluppo per cercare di ridurre problemi
legarti alla povertà - grazie alla’intervento di Professor Oriana Bandiera
esperta mondiale di economia degli incentivi e economia dello sviluppo alla LSE
- e nei paesi più ricchi per gestire problema legati alla sicurezza alimentare
- grazie alla’intervento di Mr Derrick Jones (capo economist della Food
Standards Agency). Tre perché ho avuto modo di capire quanto di buono c’e’ a
questo mondo se davvero abbiamo la volontà di scovarlo e motivarlo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">E’ un dato di
fatto che alcune “classi sociali” faticano per raggiungere i vertici della
società. Ma e’ altrettanto vero che questi problemi si possono alleviare se
esiste la volontà da parte dei ragazzi, del governo e delle università’ di voler
affrontare queste situazioni con serietà e professionalità. Tra le cose he mi
hanno sorpreso positivamente posso menzionare la consapevolezza di questi
ragazzi riguardo la loro situazione di partenza e la serietà nel cercare di
capire come raggiungere i loro obiettivi. Un altra cosa che mi ha impressionato
e’ la serietà con cui i dirigenti del WPP selezionano i direttori e gli
assistenti che andranno a lavorare per e con i ragazzi durante la scuola
estiva: estrema attenzione nella selezione dei candidate e remunerazioni
finanziare comparabili agli anni iniziali di un lavoro in finanza.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="IT">Il tuo ruolo nel programma era quello di motivare
e di insegnare. Tu invece cos’hai imparato?</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Che lezione ho
imparato da questa esperienza? Nella vita esistono vari ostacoli. Un modo per
cercare di superarli e preparasi ad affrontarli con serietà e determinazione.
Per fare questo una serie di fattori sono necessari tra cui il supporto della
comunità o della famiglia. Ma un fattore é ancora più importante: cercare di
capire i nostri obiettivi, le risorse necessarie per raggiungerli e le risorse
a nostra disposizione. La nostra determinazione e motivazione farà in modo di
trovare le risorse mancanti per realizzare I nostri sogni.</span><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-26043494915894586912012-07-09T07:12:00.002-07:002012-07-09T07:12:52.760-07:00THE IMPACT OF HIGHER EDUCATION FEE INCREASES<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to share with you an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/09/university-applications-drop-tuition-fees">article</a> written by <span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/jeevanvasagar"><span style="color: blue;">Jeevan
Vasagar</span></a> for the </span>Guardian's website which describes how
higher tuition fees are impacting UK students' university choices. Lower overall
UCAS applications and significant declines in applications for arts degrees:
are students becoming more responsive to labour market incentives? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>A band of English universities
charging higher <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuition-fees" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Tuition fees">tuition fees</a> have suffered
steep drops in applications for study this September, according to official
figures.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The total number of applicants to all
British universities has fallen by 7.7%, with a 10% drop in the number of
English applicants, according to the <a href="http://www.ucas.ac.uk/about_us/media_enquiries/media_releases/2012/2012applicationsanalysis">Universities
and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas)</a>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Among those universities with larger
undergraduate intakes, the University for the Creative Arts had the steepest
drop in applicants, with 6,842 applying by the June deadline compared with
9,664 last year, a decline of 29.2%. The University of Derby saw application
figures fall by 25.4%, while Surrey had a drop of just over 20%. The University of the Arts London and
Sunderland, Sheffield Hallam, Manchester Met and Leeds Met university have also
experienced sharp declines in applications.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Overall, just over 618,000 candidates
applied for places at university this September. Demand for a university
education still massively outstrips supply; a total of 492,030 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/students" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Students">students</a> were accepted at UK
universities last year.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Applications to study at Cambridge
were up 2% on last year, while the number of candidates for Oxford declined by
0.6%.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In an analysis accompanying the data,
Ucas said about 15,000 English 18-year-olds who might have been expected to
apply for university this year did not do so, even after factoring in a decline
in the overall numbers of 18-year-olds in the population this year. The
analysis says 15,000 fewer 19-year-olds applied this year than would have been
expected.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The decision to let universities raise
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuition-fees">undergraduate fees</a>
to a maximum of £9,000 a year provoked widespread public anger and dented the
credibility of the Liberal Democrats. The junior coalition partner had gone
into the general election promising to phase out fees.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>According to Ucas, there has been a
sharper fall in application rates for young people from wealthier backgrounds,
compared with poorer teenagers. The trend in recent years has been for larger
increases in applications by candidates from less advantaged backgrounds.
Taking this into account, the proportional fall becomes more similar across
social backgrounds, Ucas says. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Higher fees have not deterred
candidates from particular courses. Most courses that candidates have applied
for have maximum fees at or near £9,000. The average 2012 tuition fee for
English applicants is £8,527.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Applicants from both rich and poor
backgrounds are making "much the same choice" of courses as in
previous years. There has been no increase in the proportion of students
wanting to stay at home to study, which remains at around 20% for English,
Welsh and Northern Irish applicants, and 40% for Scottish.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Ucas chief executive, Mary Curnock
Cook, said: "This in-depth analysis of the 2012 applications data shows
that, although there has been a reduction in application rates where tuition
fees have increased, there has not been a disproportionate effect on more
disadvantaged groups.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"The 10% decline in applications
to English institutions reported in regular Ucas statistics is more properly
interpreted as a reduced young application rate of about 5% after correcting
for falling populations. Application rates for older applicants have declined
slightly more – by about 15%-20%."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of
Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, said: "These figures
confirm that the fall in applications is far less dramatic than some were
predicting for this year. We must remember that the
numbers here relate to applicants, not places. There will still be considerably
more people applying to university this summer than there are available
places."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sally Hunt, general secretary of the
University and College Union, which represents lecturers, said: "These
figures once again highlight the folly of hiking up tuition fees to £9,000 and
making England one of the most expensive countries in the world in which to
access <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/higher-education" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Higher education">higher education</a>."</i></span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-12481555691500185182012-04-27T05:00:00.000-07:002012-04-27T05:00:36.749-07:00SO YOU WANT TO DO A PHD IN POLITICS?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Ieri su <a href="http://www.linkiesta.it/blogs/doppio-smalto/borromeo-master-estero">Linkiesta</a> é stato pubblicato un
articolo provocatorio sul commento di Beatrice Borromeo (collaboratrice di
Santoro in AnnoZero nonché modella) che consiglia ai giovani italiani di
emigrare all’estero per seguire i propri sogni e realizzarsi, magari con un bel
master alla Columbia .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">«Nella vita bisogna rischiare, bisogna avere
la voglia di deragliare dalla strada che tutti davano per scontata, di fare
qualcosa di più, di ottenere di più, di diventare i migliori, qualunque sia il
proprio campo».</span><span lang="IT"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Sono queste le parole di Beatrice nella cover
story del settimanale A di questa settimana.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Appena ha aperto bocca la cosidetta macchina
del fango si é subito messa in azione. Leggendo i commenti della Borromeo é
naturale che ci venga da pensare “grazie al c—zo, facile a dirsi per te che te
lo puoi permettere”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Un <a href="http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/78-school-tuition-and-fees/78">M.S. in giornalismo</a> alla Columbia costa l’impressionante cifra di $55,546 una
volta incluse le tasse universitarie, l’assicurazione medica e i costi di
iscrizione. Non certo un sogno alla portata di tutti. Anzi, un sogno che
pochissimi possono permettersi.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Se peró lasciamo alle spalle il background
della giovane reporter-modella e valutiamo il suo consiglio con obiettivitá ci
accorgiamo che, in fondo, non ha tutti i torti. Come ho sempre detto, fare un’esperienza
all’estero é un passaggio fondamentale per la crescita professionale e
personale di un giovane (e non solo). Mettersi a confronto con altre culture,
imparare una nuova lingua, seguire i corsi di un’universitá straniera, sono
tutte esperienze che ci aprono la mente, che ci rendono piú flessibili e ci
consentono di vedere il mondo da un’altra prospettiva. Tutte caratteristiche
necessarie per adeguarsi all’evoluzione vertaginosa dell’attuale mondo del lavoro. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Quello che l’articolo di Linkiesta non ci
dice é che un master da $55,000 non é l’unica opzione per vivere queste
esperienze. Ci sono mille modi per andare all’estero senza spendere troppi
soldi, o magari guadagnandoci anche qualcosa. A Bruxelles le istituzioni
comunitarie offrono tantissimi stage per giovani europei (<a href="http://www.eurobrussels.com/">Eurobrussels</a> é un
buon sito per cercare internship a Bruxelles), a Londra é facile trovare lavori
part-time, magari da abbinare a un master ( e ce ne diversi con costi piú
modesti), Australia idem. E perché non fare un semplice Erasmus?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Le opportunitá esistono per tutti i budget! </span>Let’s
not hide behind excuses or destructive pessimism!</span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-5249996646592528262012-04-04T06:29:00.000-07:002012-04-04T06:29:15.393-07:00I COSTI DELLE UNIVERSITÁ (UPDATED VERSION)<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La maggior parte delle università inglesi sono private. Bisogna quindi pagare se si vuole partecipare ai corsi. Sino al 2010 le tasse avevano un tetto di 3.290 sterline l’anno per le lauree triennali per tutti gli studenti europei (gli studenti non-EU arrivano a pagare anche più di 15000 sterline l’anno). </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Con la riforma di Lord Brown, il senatore incaricato dal governo Cameron-Clegg di ridurre i costi legati alle universitá inglesi, la situazione é purtroppo cambiata drasticamente.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La riforma Brown ha portato alla liberalizzazione delle tasse universitarie e ora gli atenei inglesi sono liberi di aumentare le tasse a loro piacimento (anche se sesite un tetto indiretto di 9000 sterline). Le migliori universitá, per l'anno scolastico 2012/2013, hanno di conseguenza triplicato il costo dei loro corsi <i>undergraduate. </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Oxford, Cambridge, UCL e Durham, ad esempio, faranno tutte pagare 9000 sterline all'anno (i BA durano tre anni in Inghilterra quindi il costo totale sarebbe 27000 sterline). La LSE invece ha deciso di optare per un prezzo leggermente piú conveniente: 8500 sterline all'anno.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Nonostante questo possa sembrare proibitivo per la maggior parte delle famiglie Italiane, la Gran Bretagna ha un ottimo sistema di prestiti per studenti. Questi prestiti danno la possibilità allo studente di prendere in prestito i soldi necessari per pagare le tasse e il costo di vitto e alloggio durante il trimestre (sino ad un massimo di 1000 pound per trimestre). La caratteristica più interessante di questo prestito, che offre tassi super-agevolati, è che un laureato deve solo iniziare a ripagare il debito quanto ha un lavoro e guadagna oltre i 15000 pound all’anno. Inoltre, il laureato deve solo pagare una percentuale del suo stipendio, all’incirca il 5%. Questo sistema cerca di trasferire il costo dell’istruzione universitaria dai contribuenti agli studenti e, se si pensa che l’82% dei lavoratori inglesi non ha una laurea è facile capire perché sia ingiusto finanziare il costo degli atenei tramite le tasse (Nicholas Barr 2004).</span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I prestiti per gli studenti danno la possibilità di iscriversi all’ateneo di propria scelta a chiunque, senza discriminazioni di background sociale. Tramite il prestito, non è ne lo studente ne la sua famiglia che deve supportare i costi (alti) delle università inglesi. Chi paga, alla fine, è il laureato e solo una volta che trova un lavoro redditizio. Il mio consiglio è quindi di non lasciarvi scoraggiare dai possibili incrementi delle tasse.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 2.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Nel 2011 la differenza dello stock di immigrati registrati nell'anno in Germania è stato il più alto da un quinquennio, secondo Destatis (l'ufficio federale di statistica), attestandosi a 169.905 unità. Oltre che da Polonia e Ungheria, aumenti consistenti si registrano proprio dagli Stati dell'euro-crisi. Nell'ordine: Grecia, Spagna, Portogallo e Italia. L'Irlanda, di lingua inglese, segue altre rotte. Il motore tedesco ha bisogno di lavoratori stranieri specializzati per tenere il passo con l'invecchiamento della popolazione: le previsioni stimano in mezzo milione le posizioni che verranno coperte ogni anno da oltreconfine dopo il 2015.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 2.5pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="IT">Il Times Higher Education Ranking ha pubblicato la classifica delle <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-rankings.html">100 universitá piú riconosciute al mondo</a>. Primeggia Harvard e, in generale, le universitá americane. Tra le top 50 notiamo 6 istituti Britannici: Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London, University College London, the London School of Economics e Edingburgh.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-1716505885840293842012-02-03T02:52:00.000-08:002012-02-03T02:52:08.548-08:00LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND TUITION FEES<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">"There are a few signs that higher fees have encouraged marginal decision-making, even if they haven’t stopped young people applying altogether. Arts and social-science subjects have attracted fewer applicants than last year. The lack of jobs has concentrated students’ minds on employment prospects" (quote from The Economist). <br />
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A survey of British firms shows that a third of employed people in t<span class="text_exposed_show">he UK are overqualified for thier jobs. At the same time, those very firms also declare that there is a significant lack of skills in the labour market. The fact that students, as a result of higher fees, are focusing their choices on employment prospects is therefore a good thing for the labour market. But is it good for them?</span></span></span></h6>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-45545147580723260182011-12-21T05:29:00.000-08:002011-12-21T05:29:51.065-08:00SCADENZA PER FARE DOMANDA AI CORSI UNDERGRADUATE<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Volevo ricordarvi che la scadenza per fare domanda ai corsi <i>undergraduate </i>alle universita' inglesi che inzieranno a settembre 2012 e' stata fissata per il 15 gennaio.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you need any last minute help do not hesitate to contact me on <a href="mailto:universitaininghilterra@gmail.com">universitaininghilterra@gmail.com</a>.</span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-41775479085749095322011-06-27T07:46:00.000-07:002011-06-27T07:47:01.570-07:00I MASTERS VALGONO I SOLDI CHE COSTANO?<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Un paio di settimane fa, una neolaureata fresca di un’esperienza lavorativa negli Stati Uniti e di un’offerta condizionale per fare un master alla London School of Economics mi ha scritto:</span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">E' quella che ho voluto fin dall'inizio [<personname productid="la LSE" w:st="on">la LSE</personname>], ma ci sono persone che mi dicono che non vale i soldi che chiede. Io non ne sono molto convinta, ma mi piacerebbe avere un tuo parere.</span></span></blockquote><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">La maggior parte dei Masters in Inghilterra e negli Stati Uniti ormai costa più di £15,000, e per gli MBA si arriva a cifre ancor più esorbitanti: avere questa perplessità é quindi più che lecito.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Purtroppo, con il mercato del lavoro che diventa sempre più competitivo, spesso i masters (almeno quelli nelle migliori università anglosassoni) valgono i soldi che costano, ma non sempre il loro vero valore viene apprezzato. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nel valutarlo, infatti, gli studenti spesso commettono l’errore di limitarsi a tenere in considerazione due fattori: la quantità di nozioni che apprenderà nel corso dell’anno (o nei due anni) e la bravura dei professori.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Questi sono, senza dubbio, dei fattori importanti, ma non gli unici da valutare. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Spesso, infatti, si ignorano gli altri tre fattori che apportano valore aggiunto ai corsi post-graduate:</span> </span></span></span><br />
<ol><li><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">La reputazione dell’università a livello internazionale: questo vale in particolare per gli studenti italiani che vogliono dare al loro curriculum una dimensione internazionale, oltre che a mettere in rilievo un’università ben conosciuta in tutto il mondo;</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Il <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">careers service</i> dell’università: lo scopo principale dei master è quello di trovare un lavoro stimolante e, perché no, ben pagato, alla fine del corso. Il <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">careers service</i> della London School of Economics mi manda ancora un e-mail al mese con una decina di annunci pubblicizzati solo agli studenti e gli ex-studenti dell’LSE.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"></span><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Il network di contatti che lo studente riuscirà a crearsi al di fuori delle lezioni e dei seminari: durante i masters s’incontrano decine e decine di ragazzi che molto probabilmente entreranno in un settore simile al vostro. Delle cento persone che hanno studiato politica europea con me, almeno una quarantina sono ora a Bruxelles a lavorare con le istituzioni europee in maniera più o meno diretta.</span></span></li>
</ol><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Se avete ancora bisogno di persuasione, lasciate che vi dia un paio di numeri sugli stipendi medi di chi frequenta i migliori MBA del mondo: per gli studenti di Harvard che entrano nel settore finanziario gli stipendi medi a un anno dal completamento del corso sono di $125,000; per i diplomati dall’INSEAD, Francia, €87,000!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That’s food for thought!</span></span></span></span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-70552263116521353892011-06-21T03:11:00.000-07:002011-06-21T03:11:21.902-07:00DIPLOMA INGLESE E ITALIANO: EQUIPOLLENZA VOTAZIONI<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In tanti mi chiedono quale sia l'equivalente di 3-As agli A-Levels inglesi in termini di votazioni alla maturità italiana. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Volevo quindi segnalarvi questo sito che converte le diversi classi di voto del diploma inglese con le votazioni nei vari sistemi scolastici del mondo, tra cui anche l'Italia: </span><a href="http://www.grb.uk.com/a-level-equivalents.0.html"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A-Level equivalent guide</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Per darvi un'idea: 3 A equivalgono a 95/100; 3B a un 88.</span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-66108180651916057942011-05-26T11:41:00.000-07:002011-05-26T11:41:12.762-07:00ADVICES ON WRITING A THESIS FROM MAXINE RODBURG AND THE TUTORS OF THE WRITING CENTRE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Think of yourself as a member of a jury, listening to a lawyer who is presenting an opening argument. You'll want to know very soon whether the lawyer believes the accused to be guilty or not guilty, and how the lawyer plans to convince you. Readers of academic essays are like jury members: before they have read too far, they want to know what the essay argues as well as how the writer plans to make the argument. After reading your thesis statement, the reader should think, "This essay is going to try to convince me of something. I'm not convinced yet, but I'm interested to see how I might be." </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> An effective thesis cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." A thesis is not a topic; nor is it a fact; nor is it an opinion. "Reasons for the fall of communism" is a topic. "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe" is a fact known by educated people. "The fall of communism is the best thing that ever happened in Europe" is an opinion. (Superlatives like "the best" almost always lead to trouble. It's impossible to weigh every "thing" that ever happened in Europe. And what about the fall of Hitler? Couldn't that be "the best thing"?) </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> A good thesis has two parts. It should tell what you plan to argue, and it should "telegraph" how you plan to argue—that is, what particular support for your claim is going where in your essay. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> Steps in Constructing a Thesis </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> First, analyze your primary sources.</b> Look for tension, interest, ambiguity, controversy, and/or complication. Does the author contradict himself or herself? Is a point made and later reversed? What are the deeper implications of the author's argument? Figuring out the why to one or more of these questions, or to related questions, will put you on the path to developing a working thesis. (Without the why, you probably have only come up with an observation—that there are, for instance, many different metaphors in such-and-such a poem—which is not a thesis.) </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Once you have a working thesis, write it down. </b>There is nothing as frustrating as hitting on a great idea for a thesis, then forgetting it when you lose concentration. And by writing down your thesis you will be forced to think of it clearly, logically, and concisely. You probably will not be able to write out a final-draft version of your thesis the first time you try, but you'll get yourself on the right track by writing down what you have. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep your thesis prominent in your introduction. </b>A good, standard place for your thesis statement is at the end of an introductory paragraph, especially in shorter (5-15 page) essays. Readers are used to finding theses there, so they automatically pay more attention when they read the last sentence of your introduction. Although this is not required in all academic essays, it is a good rule of thumb. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anticipate the counter-arguments. </b>Once you have a working thesis, you should think about what might be said against it. This will help you to refine your thesis, and it will also make you think of the arguments that you'll need to refute later on in your essay. (Every argument has a counter-argument. If yours doesn't, then it's not an argument—it may be a fact, or an opinion, but it is not an argument.) </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr> <td> <span style="font-size: large;"><i> <span style="color: #666666;"> </span></i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Michael Dukakis lost the 1988 presidential election because he failed to campaign vigorously after the Democratic National Convention.</span></i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span> </td> </tr>
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This statement is on its way to being a thesis. However, it is too easy to imagine possible counter- arguments. For example, a political observer might believe that Dukakis lost because he suffered from a "soft-on-crime" image. If you complicate your thesis by anticipating the counter-argument, you'll strengthen your argument, as shown in the sentence below. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr> <td> <span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></td><td style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>While Dukakis' "soft-on-crime" image hurt his chances in the 1988 election, his failure to campaign vigorously after the Democratic National Convention bore a greater responsibility for his defeat. </i></span> </td> </tr>
</tbody></table></center> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Some Caveats and Some Examples </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> A thesis is never a question.</b> Readers of academic essays expect to have questions discussed, explored, or even answered. A question ("Why did communism collapse in Eastern Europe?") is not an argument, and without an argument, a thesis is dead in the water. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A thesis is never a list. </b>"For political, economic, social and cultural reasons, communism collapsed in Eastern Europe" does a good job of "telegraphing" the reader what to expect in the essay—a section about political reasons, a section about economic reasons, a section about social reasons, and a section about cultural reasons. However, political, economic, social and cultural reasons are pretty much the only possible reasons why communism could collapse. This sentence lacks tension and doesn't advance an argument. Everyone knows that politics, economics, and culture are important. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A thesis should never be vague, combative or confrontational. </b>An ineffective thesis would be, "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because communism is evil." This is hard to argue (evil from whose perspective? what does evil mean?) and it is likely to mark you as moralistic and judgmental rather than rational and thorough. It also may spark a defensive reaction from readers sympathetic to communism. If readers strongly disagree with you right off the bat, they may stop reading. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>An effective thesis has a definable, arguable claim. </b>"While cultural forces contributed to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the disintegration of economies played the key role in driving its decline" is an effective thesis sentence that "telegraphs," so that the reader expects the essay to have a section about cultural forces and another about the disintegration of economies. This thesis makes a definite, arguable claim: that the disintegration of economies played a more important role than cultural forces in defeating communism in Eastern Europe. The reader would react to this statement by thinking, "Perhaps what the author says is true, but I am not convinced. I want to read further to see how the author argues this claim." </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A thesis should be as clear and specific as possible. </b>Avoid overused, general terms and abstractions. For example, "Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because of the ruling elite's inability to address the economic concerns of the people" is more powerful than "Communism collapsed due to societal discontent." </span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-922653174325876392011-05-25T02:02:00.000-07:002011-05-25T02:02:28.808-07:00GUARDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING 2011-2012 E UPDATE SUI COSTI DELLE UNIVERSITA' INGLESI<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span class="longtext"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Il 16 maggio scorso il <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian</a></i> ha pubblicato la sua <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/16/cambridge-tops-guardian-league-table">classifica</a> delle università britanniche per l’anno scolastico <phone o:ls="trans" w:st="on">2011-2012</phone>. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span class="longtext"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Cambridge, per la prima volta negli ultimi sei anni, sorpassa il suo rivale storico, Oxford, e guadagna il primo posto.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span class="longtext"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Oxford arriva seconda e St Andrews terza, mentre <personname productid="la London School" w:st="on">la London School</personname> of Economics scala quattro posizioni rispetto allo scorso anno e si classifica al quarto posto.</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Tra le Top 10 notiamo inoltre: <span class="longtext">University College London, Warwick, Lancaster, Durham, Loughborough e l'Imperial College. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span class="longtext"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Le università sono classificate sulla base di quanto spendono per ogni studente, il rapporto studenti/professori; le prospettive di carriera dei propri diplomati; un confronto dei risultati accademici del primo anno con i risultati di laurea; e, sulla base del <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/">National Student Survey</a></i>, un indice che misura la soddisfazione degli studenti dell’ultimo anno rispetto al loro corso di laurea.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Un altro dato interessante che appare dalla guida riguarda la nuova politica del governo Cameron-Clegg di rendere le tasse universitarie flessibili per le lauree triennali (attualmente le tasse universitarie hanno un tetto di £3300). Secondo il <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Guardian</i>, la maggior parte delle università è intenzionata a fissare il prezzo massimo previsto dalla riforma (£9,000) a tutti i corsi offerti a partire dal 2012, quando la nuova norma entrerà in vigore. Le probabilità che gli atenei fissino il prezzo massimo, infatti, non sembrano variare a seconda della posizione delle università nelle classifiche (come invece auspicava il governo britannico). Diverse università, che appaiono tra le ultime 20 (come Salford, John Moores, Manchester Metropolitan e <personname productid="la University" w:st="on">la University</personname> of East London) si sono, infatti, dichiarate intenzionate a far pagare £9,000.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">E se le università negli ultimi posti sono intenzionate a far pagare la tassa massima, è naturale che anche le prime 20 siano pronte a imporre un prezzo non inferiore ai £9,000. L’unica eccezione potrebbe essere <personname productid="la London School" w:st="on"><personname productid="la London" w:st="on">la London</personname> School</personname> of Economics il cui consiglio accademico, nonostante non abbia ancora ratificato la decisione, sembra intenzionato a far pagare £8,000. Oltre alla London School of Economics, la prima università che si propone di far pagare meno di £9,000 è <personname productid="la Sunderland" w:st="on">la Sunderland</personname>, al 48° posto.</span></span></span></span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-48411687770074644902011-05-22T07:15:00.000-07:002011-05-22T07:15:20.572-07:00UNDERSTANDING WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/w0ATR3eGgkM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-89797985555299839492011-05-10T03:32:00.000-07:002011-05-10T03:32:07.352-07:00PER AIUTARE I GIOVANI TAGLIAMO LE LORO TASSE<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Volevo riportarvi alcuni pezzi di un articolo del Corriere della Sera di <span id="documentDate">martedì <date day="10" ls="trans" month="5" w:st="on" year="2011">10 maggio 2011</date>, scritto da Alberto Alesina e Francesco Giavazzi e intitolato <a href="http://rassegnastampa.mef.gov.it/mefnazionale/PDF/2011/2011-05-10/2011051018620534.pdf">“L’esclusione dei giovani – Per aiutare i giovani tagliamo le loro tasse”</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Alberto Alesina rimane fedele al suo approccio neo-liberale ma, insieme a Francesco Giavazzi, offre delle opzione che potrebbe incentivare i datori di lavoro a prendere in considerazione i giovani in cerca di lavoro e i giovani non in cerca di lavoro ad entrare nel mercato del lavoro. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
</div><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span id="documentTitle"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><blockquote><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span id="documentTitle"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">La difficoltà di inserimento dei giovani nel mondo del lavoro è un problema comune a molti Paesi, ma in Italia è più acuto che altrove. Stiamo rischiando di compromettere permanentemente il futuro di un'intera generazione. Non è troppo tardi per intervenire, ma non si può perdere altro tempo. Per capire come affrontare il problema bisogna individuarne la natura. In Italia, nella fascia d'età fra i i6 e i 24 anni, solo un ragazzo su quattro lavora: in Germania, negli Stati Uniti e nella media dei Paesi europei, uno su due. I ragazzi italiani lavorano meno di altri per due ragioni: sono meno quelli che cercano lavoro (cioè la partecipazione alla forza lavoro è più bassa che in altri Paesi), e tra quelli che lo cercano in meno lo trovano (cioè il tasso di disoccupazione è più alto). La partecipazione alla forza lavoro in questa fascia di età è il 3o per cento in Italia, contro il 51 per cento in Germania, 4i in Francia, 56 negli Stati Uniti. La disoccupazione giovanile è oltre il 25 per cento in Italia a fronte del 19 per cento nell'area Euro, i8 per cento negli Stati Uniti, ro in Germania. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Questo divario impressionante non dipende dal fatto che i giovani italiani studiano di più. [Come ho ricordato più volte in questo blog] Nella fascia d'età 25-34 anni, gli italiani che hanno una laurea sono i8 su cento, meno della metà che in Francia, Svezia e Stati Uniti. Naturalmente c'è molta differenza tra Nord e Sud. La disoccupazione giovanile al Centro-Nord è vicina alla media europea, mentre è molto più alta al Sud. Ma non è solo Sud. Anche al Nord la partecipazione dei giovani alla forza lavoro è più bassa rispetto al resto d'Europa. Un secondo aspetto importante emerge confrontando il tasso di disoccupazione dei giovani (fra i 15 e i 24 anni) con quello degli adulti (25-64). La peculiarità dell'Italia non è solo l'elevata disoccupazione giovanile, ma il divario fra giovani e adulti. Il rapporto tra il livello di disoccupazione dei giovani e quello degli adulti è <metricconverter productid="4 in" w:st="on">4 in</metricconverter> Italia (cioè per ogni disoccupato adulto ci sono 4 disoccupati giovani) contro il 2,4 dell'area Euro, <metricconverter productid="44 in" w:st="on">44 in</metricconverter> Germania. Questa differenza si riscontra ovunque in Italia, sia al Nord sia al Sud. Anzi, in qualche regione del Nord è più alta che al Sud. Ad esempio, il rapporto fra disoccupati giovani e adulti è <metricconverter productid="4,8 in" w:st="on">4,8 in</metricconverter> Emilia-Romagna e <metricconverter productid="3,2 in" w:st="on">3,2 in</metricconverter> Sardegna Questo rapporto è una misura di quanto il mercato del lavoro protegga chi un lavoro ce l'ha, cioè gli adulti. Più il rapporto è elevato, più i giovani sono esclusi In altre parole, il mercato del lavoro in Italia è molto più chiuso ai giovani che in altri Paesi europei e lo è forse di più al Nord che al Sud. È un'osservazione importante perché ci dice che il mancato lavoro dei giovani non è solo un problema collegato specificamente al Mezzogiorno: dipende da regole e istituzioni nazionali, che escludono i giovani sia a Napoli che a Torino. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Non solo i giovani in Italia lavorano poco, ma sempre più sono impiegati con</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">contratti temporanei che raramente sfociano in un contratto a tempo indeterminato. In Veneto ad esempio (dati pubblicati sul sito www.lavoce.info) la percentuale di assunzioni (al di sotto dei 40 anni) con contratti a tempo indeterminato è scesa, negli ultimi 12 anni, dal 35 al 15 per cento; le assunzioni a tempo determinato sono salite dal 40 al 60 per cento [ricordo comunque che rimangono inferiori a quelli in Spagna, Francia e Germania]. Sono quasi scomparsi anche gli inserimenti tramite contratti di apprendistato, la cui quota (sempre in Veneto) è scesa dal 25 al 10 per cento. Altrove al Nord è ancora più bassa. Non conosciamo dati per il Sud. Evidentemente le imprese ritengono altre forme di «assunzione» più convenienti dell'apprendistato. Il fatto è che le aziende sono comprensibilmente restie a trasformare i giovani assunti temporaneamente in «illicenziabili». Preferiscono i contratti a tempo determinato perché consentono loro di aggirare le rigidità dei rapporti a tempo indeterminato. Le conseguenze di questo mercato del lavoro «duale» sono innumerevoli. I giovani vivono con i genitori più a lungo, si sposano più tardi, fanno meno figli, non accumulano contributi per la loro pensione. Non solo, ma molti studi dimostrano che lunghi periodi di disoccupazione da giovani hanno conseguenze permanenti sulla carriera lavorativa perché rendono le persone meno impiegabili. In Italia l'attesa media per trovare il primo lavoro è 33 mesi contro 5 negli Stati Uniti. Il Testo Unico sull'apprendistato, approvato la scorsa settimana dal Consiglio dei Ministri fa un passo avanti, consentendo l'apprendistato agli studenti delle scuole superiori. Il testo prevede che questa forma di inserimento nel mondo del lavoro sia utilizzabile per l'assolvimento dell'obbligo di istruzione di ragazzi che abbiano compiuto quindici anni. In questo caso la durata del contratto non può estendersi oltre il termine del ciclo di studi, con un limite di tre anni. Ma il Testo Unico non fa nulla per ridurre il dualismo del nostro mercato del lavoro. Infatti, prevede anche che «se, al termine del periodo di apprendistato, nessuna delle parti esercita la facoltà di recesso, il rapporto prosegue come ordinario rapporto di lavoro subordinato a tempo indeterminato», cioè l'apprendista diventa da un giorno all'altro illicenziabile. Poche imprese rinunceranno all'opzione di esercitare unilateralmente il recesso. Le idee su come riformare il nostro mercato del lavoro per facilitare l'inserimento dei giovani non mancano, ma qualunque proposta si scontra con un ostacolo politico apparentemente insormontabile: l'elettore medio italiano, cioè colui (o colei) che determinano chi vince le elezioni, è sempre più anziano. L'età media degli italiani è la terza più alta al mondo, ed è quella che sta crescendo più rapidamente. Se le riforme che favoriscono i giovani credono qualche sacrificio agli adulti, è difficile che siano sostenute da partiti e sindacati la cui fortuna dipende dal voto e dall'influenza degli anziani. Ciò ovviamente non significa che i genitori italiani non siano interessati al futuro dei propri figli. Ma si è creato un equilibrio per cui i genitori si occupano del benessere dei figli attraverso la famiglia, mentre come società adottiamo politiche che rendono difficile ai giovani rendersi economicamente indipendenti. La famiglia è diventata il meccanismo di protezione dei giovani. Il lavoro sicuro (prima) e la pensione (dopo) del padre assicurano un minimo di supporto per figli precari. La loro sopravvivenza è assicurata, la crescita, il dinamismo ed il futuro dei giovani stessi no. Cosa fare dunque? Alcune cose si possono fare subito e darebbero risultati immediati<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. Prima di tutto, e di questo si è molto parlato, bisogna riformare radicalmente il mercato del lavoro abolendo la separazione fra contratti a tempo determinato e indeterminato, e sostituendoli con un contratto unico con protezioni e garanzie che crescono con l'anzianità sul posto di lavoro.</b> Tutte le proposte, di questo governo e dei precedenti, hanno finora riguardato solo i contratti a tempo determinato: modificandoli marginalmente, e introducendo nuove modalità di precariato. Nessuno ha avuto il coraggio di smantellare il dualismo e passare al contratto unico. La resistenza degli anziani potrebbe superare non toccando i vecchi contratti e applicano il contratto unico solo ai nuovi assunti. Se lo si fosse fatto quindici anni fa, ai tempi del Pacchetto Treu, durante il primo governo Prodi, la transizione si sarebbe già completata. Nessun governo né di destra, né di sinistra ha avuto la lungimiranza di farlo. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Un'altra idea è modulare le aliquote delle imposte sul reddito in funzione dell'età, abbassando le tasse per i più giovani.</b> La perdita di gettito si dovrebbe recuperare con riduzioni di spesa. Ciò aumenterebbe il reddito disponibile dei giovani e li renderebbe più indipendenti e più impiegabili perché al lordo delle imposte costerebbero meno alle imprese. L'idea di modulare le aliquote fiscali in funzione dell'età è stata studiata negli Stati Uniti da una commissione presieduta dal recente premio Nobel Peter Diamond. A ciò si potrebbero aggiungere sgravi fiscali per le imprese che offrono lavori ai giovani, ma solo dopo aver riformato il sistema dei contratti come discusso sopra. Altrimenti le imprese continuerebbero a offrire ai giovani contratti temporanei. Si dovrebbe pensare anche a qualche provvedimento più radicale che sblocchi la gerontocrazia che domina l'Italia. Per esempio, perché non abbassare a 16 o 17 anni l'età minima per votare? O porre dei limiti di età (ad esempio 72 anni) ai politici, ai burocrati, ai membri dei consigli di amministrazione delle società quotate? In questi consigli si vorrebbero introdurre le quote rosa perché non pensare anche ai giovani (uomini e donne), oltre che alle donne di ogni età? Il problema dei giovani in Italia non è solo economico. Stiamo creando una generazione sfiduciata, disillusa che non s'impegna perché non trova sbocchi e non vede per sé un futuro. Perdiamo molti bravi giovani che se ne vanno all'estero. Non solo i cosiddetti «cervelli», ma anche giovani che non trovando un normalissimo lavoro in Italia lo cercano, e lo trovano, altrove. Una generazione di scoraggiati non si riproduce né economicamente, né demograficamente e crea un pericoloso circolo vizioso. Queste spirali si possono arrestare, ma solo se si interviene presto. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Se accelerano diventa impossibile fermarle.</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote></span></span></span></span></span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-86047644013993264802011-05-05T07:54:00.000-07:002011-05-05T07:54:16.622-07:00CAMBIA LA VALUTAZIONE DEI PROFESSORI UNIVERSITARI ITALIANI<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Il Governo italiano prende spunto dal sistema universitario britannico e, forse dalla prima volta dall’inizio del suo mandato, fa una proposta che potrebbe veramente migliorare le nostre università rendendole più meritocratiche e competitive.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Il <date day="5" ls="trans" month="5" w:st="on" year="2011">5 maggio 2011</date>, il Ministro Gelmini ha approvato due schemi di regolamento per la valutazione dei professori universitari, sulla base dei quali la progressione economica dei docenti sarà determinata secondo esclusivi criteri meritocratici.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In un comunicato stampa il MIUR ha dichiarato: “Termina dunque l’epoca dell’avanzamento di carriera solo in base all’anzianità di servizio. Il primo schema di regolamento riguarda tutti i docenti: la progressione economica da biennale diventerà triennale e sarà valutata su base meritocratica. Il secondo regolamento riguarda solo i nuovi docenti assunti dopo l’entrata in vigore della riforma dell’università”.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Con questa manovra l’Italia allinea quindi il suo sistema universitario alle migliori prassi internazionali. Con l’eliminazione del criterio di anzianità nello stabilire gli stipendi dei nostri docenti le università italiane diventeranno sicuramente più efficienti (si risparmieranno soldi) e dinamiche (riusciranno ad attrarre molti docenti più giovani).</span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For once: well done! </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grazie a <a href="http://www.corriereuniv.it/">CorriereUniv</a> per l’informazione.</span></span></span><br />
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</span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-29728912741940285842011-05-01T10:51:00.000-07:002011-05-01T10:51:22.052-07:00CONFINDUSTRIA APPOGGIA IL SISTEMA BRITANNICO DEI CD. INCOME CONTINGENT LOANS<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Negli ultimi mesi ho scritto diversi articoli sui pregi del sistema britannico di prestiti agevolati per gli studenti universitari (<a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-costi-delle-universita.html">17 ottobre 2010</a>, <a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/11/fuga-dei-cervelli-anche-dallinghilterra.html">10 novembre 2010</a>). Da poco anche Confindustria, nel riconoscere il ritardo dell’Italia negli studi universitari, ha dichiarato di supportare questo sistema.<br />
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Nel documento <a href="http://www.confindustria.it/Aree/DocumentiPub.nsf/.../$File/Italia%202015.pdf">“Italia 2015”</a>, Confindustria delinea alcune delle misure che potrebbero rilanciare la crescita economica del Paese. Nel capitolo dedicato all’istruzione, il documento dichiara che la prima misura da attuare in questo settore è “l’istituzione di borse di studio e prestiti agli studenti il cui tasso di interesse sia legato all’entità delle maggiori retribuzioni future (<i>income contingent loans</i>). Secondo Confindustria, questo risulterebbe in un aumento del tasso di giovani che decidono di iscriversi all’università e li responsabilizza nella scelta dei corsi oltre a diminuire per i beneficiari la dipendenza dalla famiglia di origine e premierebbe gli atenei migliori, che verrebbero scelti con maggiore frequenza nelle iscrizioni.<br />
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Per rendere questa misura efficace, Confindustria propone inoltre di eliminare il tetto che limita al 20% del finanziamento statale le entrate ottenute con le rette universitarie, per consentire un maggior contributo degli studenti al costo della formazione. Ammiro anche questa proposta. Lo Stato italiano, purtroppo, non può permettersi di sostenere i corsi delle tasse universitarie di tutti gli studenti senza che la qualità delle nostre università venga compromessa. È quindi importante che l’Italia trovi un modo innovativo per dare la possibilità a tutti gli studenti di accedere all’università a prescindere dal loro background. L’introduzione degli income contingent loans potrebbe essere uno strumento innovativo per raggiungere questo obiettivo.<br />
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Come ho già fatto nel post del <a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/11/fuga-dei-cervelli-anche-dallinghilterra.html">10 novembre scorso</a> vorrei sottolineare i pregi del sistema di prestiti per studenti britannico. <br />
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In Inghilterra, tutti gli studenti europei hanno accesso a prestiti agevolati tramite la student loan company che gli permette di pagare tutte le tasse universitarie e parte del costo della vita quotidiana (1000 pound a trimestre). Una volta laureati, gli studenti devono ripagare il debito solo una volta che guadagnano almeno 15,000 pound (secondo la Browne Review questo threshold dovrebbe salire a 21,000 pound). La quota che il laureato deve ripagare è determinata dal suo salario, dovrà infatti pagare il 9% della sua busta paga mensile. Se dopo 25 anni il debito non è ripagato completamente, il rimanente viene ripagato dallo stato.<br />
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Questo sistema è efficiente perché da la possibilità alle università di diventare autosufficienti senza dover pesare troppo sullo stato. E’ anche un sistema che non sfavoreggia le classi meno abbienti per due motivi:<br />
</span></div><ol style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">I laureati meno fortunati che non riusciranno a trovare un lavoro redditizio dopo l’università’ non sono obbligati a ripagare il debito e sono protetti dallo stato che copre questo rischio. Se i laureati dovessero trovare un lavoro appena oltre il threshold di 15,000 pound (o 21,000 pound secondo le nuove proposte) le rate per ripagare il debito rimangono comunque proporzionali al reddito (il 9%).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">L’82% dei lavoratori inglesi non ha una laurea (in Italia l’86%) (Nicholas Barr 2004). Inoltre, il 90% del 18% dei lavoratori che hanno una laurea vengono dalle classi sociali più alte. Finanziare l’università tramite le tasse è quindi un sistema estremamente regressivo dove le classi sociali più basse finiscono per finanziare gli studi dei figli delle classi sociali più alte (guardate post del <a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-costi-delle-universita.html">17 Ottobre 2010</a>).</span></li>
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</span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-67027263794049392432011-04-28T09:42:00.000-07:002011-04-28T10:37:46.992-07:00COME OTTENERE DELLE BORSE DI STUDIO PER FREQUENTARE LE UNIVERSITÀ INGLESI.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In tanti mi chiedono se esistono borse di studio per gli studenti europei intenzionati a studiare in Inghilterra. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La buona notizia è che, oltre ai prestiti agevolati ai quali tutti gli studenti europei possono accedere per coprire i costi della vita quotidiana e delle tasse universitarie (leggi l’articolo sui prestiti </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-costi-delle-universita.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">qui</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">), ci sono tantissime cd. scholarships alle quali tutti possono fare domanda. </span></span></span></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Si dice che in Gran Bretagna ci siano oltre 250 milioni di pound disponibili per gli studenti intenzionati ad iscriversi alle università. Una gran parte di questi fondi non viene però spesa poiché molte borse di studio non vengono mai reclamate.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Per controllare e accedere a questi finanziamenti il sito internet </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/pls/mon/hc_edufin.page_pls_user_studmoney?x=16180339&y=&a=220707"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">scholarship search</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> offre la banca dati più esaustiva. Tramite un motore di ricerca il sito ti permette di controllare le borse di studio disponibili per università e corso. </span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Dargli uno sguardo è una cosa utilissima specialmente se siete indecisi tra due università o due corsi simili. La disponibilità di una borsa di studio di 1000 pound all’anno può fare la differenza tra due atenei che prima consideravate di pari qualità e prestigio.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Per accedere alla maggior parte delle scholarships pubblicizzate bisogna semplicemente fare domanda tramite UCAS (questo </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://universitaininghilterra.blogspot.com/2010/10/le-iscrizioni-ai-corsi-undergraduate.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">post</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> vi spiega come farlo). Il finanziamento viene poi assegnato allo studente con le migliori credenziali. Per alcune, invece, bisogna scrivere delle lettere di accompagnamento una volta che prenderete i voti richiesti dall’offerta condizionale. Questa, insieme al vostro curriculum, sarà presa in considerazione nella valutazione della vostra candidatura. </span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Se siete interessati a consulenze private per massimizzare le vostre possibilità di accedere a questi finanziamenti non esitate a contattarci su universitaininghilterra@gmail.com </span></div></span></span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-46384297023722350062011-04-21T04:31:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:43:35.779-07:00RAPPORTO UE SULLE RIFORME DEI SISTEMI DI ISTRUZIONE DEI PAESI MEMBRI.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il Commissario della Commissione europea per l’istruzione, la cultura e il multilinguismo ha recentemente pubblicato il rapporto annuale sulle riforme dei sistemi di istruzione dei Paesi membri dell’Ue.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Volevo evidenziare alcuni dei messaggi principali:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il rendimento scolastico migliorato dal </span></span></span><metricconverter productid="2000 in" u2:st="on"><metricconverter productid="2000 in" w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2000 in</span></span></span></metricconverter><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> tutte e cinque le aree per le quali i Ministri dell’istruzione degli Stati membri avevano fissato dei target: capacità di lettura; completamento dell’istruzione secondaria superiore; laureati in matematica, scienze e tecnologia; lifelong learning. Il rapporto dichiara che nonostante il miglioramento solo il target riguardante i laureati in matematica, scienze e tecnologia sarà raggiunto.</span></span></span></metricconverter></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Nuovi target sono stati imposti per il 2020, due di quest sono stati inclusi anche nella strategia Europa 2020, e gli è stato quindi dato maggiore peso politico: la percentuale di giovani in possesso di titoli di istruzione superiore o equivalente è stata fissata al 40%; la quota di giovani che abbandona prematuramente l’istruzione e la formazione dovrebbe essere inferiore al 10%. Con il Programma di Riforma Nazionale, pubblicato questo mese, il governo italiano si è fissato un target di 26% e 15% rispettivamente.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I Programmi professionali si sono dimostrati efficienti nel ridurre la percentuale di giovani che non sono impiegati ne partecipano a corsi di istruzione o formazione (i cd. NEETs). Questi programmi hanno inoltre avuto successo in alcuni Stati membri per ridurre la dispersione scolastica.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La mobilità per l’apprendimento dei giovani è in aumento, ma rimane lontano dall’essere un’opportunità aperta a tutti i giovani. Per l’istruzione di tipo terziario più di mezzo milione di studenti dell’Ue studia fuori dal loro Paese di origine. Questo rappresenta un aumento del 50% dal 2000.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La partecipazione degli adulti all’apprendimento permanente è migliorata dal 2000 al 2005. Questo miglioramento si è però appiattito dopo il 2005.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">L’insegnamento di lingue straniere continua sia alle scuole elementari che quelle superiori è in discreto aumento. Anche il numero medio di lingue straniere insegnate nella scuola superiore è aumentato dal 2000 rimanendo però sotto gli obiettivi di Barcellona che prefiggevano un target di sue lingue per alunno. L’apprendimento delle lingue nell’ambito professionale è cresciuto.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La spesa pubblica per l'istruzione in percentuale del PIL è rimasta stagnante dal 2000 e il volume di spesa privata, che svolge un ruolo importante negli Stati Uniti, soprattutto nel campo dell'istruzione superiore, non è cambiata. Gli Stati membri dell'Ue dovrebbero investire in media oltre 10.000 euro in più per studente all'anno nel campo dell'istruzione per raggiungere i livelli degli Stati Uniti.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Le persone sono state colpite dalla crisi economico e finanziaria in maniera diversa a seconda del loro livello di istruzione. L'impatto maggiore è stato sui lavoratori che avevano bassi livelli di istruzione.</span></div><span lang="IT"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Androulla Vassiliou ha commentato il rapporto dichiarando che: "La buona notizia è che i livelli edicativi in Europa si sono innalzati notevolmente. Un maggior numero di giovani completa l'istruzione secondaria e si laurea rispetto a dieci anni fa, ma la dispersione scolastica continua ad essere un problema che interessa un giovane su sette nell'Ue, mentre un allievo su cinque all'età di 15 anni ha una capacità di lettura limitata. Questo è il motivo per cui l'istruzione e la formazione sono tra gli obiettivi centrali della strategia Europa 2020. Gli Stati membri devono intensificare gli sforzi per raggiungere i nostri obiettivi europei comuni." </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><br />
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</div></div></span></span>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-3403730048053451012011-04-08T02:08:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:47:21.673-07:00DO WE NEED A PARADIGM SHIFT IN OUR EDUCATION SISTEMS?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Vi volevo segnalare un video spetacolare di una lezione fatta dal vincitore del Benjamin Franklin award dell'RSA, Sir Ken Robinson, sui sistemi d'istruzione moderni.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Do we need a paradigm shift?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/zDZFcDGpL4U?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-22117009751738520432011-04-05T01:36:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:54:47.277-07:00INTERNSHIPS E STAGE IN INGHILTERRA.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Molte persone che scelgono di fare un percorso di studio in Inghilterra, lo fanno per migliorare le loro chance di trovare un lavoro nello stesso paese. Londra offre, infatti, grandi opportunità di lavoro, non solo nel settore finanziario (per la quale è famosa) ma anche in quello industriale, nelle organizzazioni ONLUS e presso le varie think tanks di fama mondiale. </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Se siete intenzionati a trovare un’internship in una banca d’investimento o nell’industria, il sito migliore da consultare è </span></span></span><a href="http://www.milkround.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Milkround</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. Altrimenti, è consigliabile visitare i siti di ogni banca e impresa individualmente per vedere se hanno delle posizioni libere.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La maggior parte delle banche offre stage di 12 settimane tutte le estati. La competizione per questi posti è spietata e nella maggior parte dei casi bisogna fare domanda a novembre/dicembre.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Per quanto riguarda le organizzazioni ONLUS e le think tanks, un ottimo sito è </span></span></span><a href="http://www.w4mp.org/html/personnel/jobs/list_jobs_ref.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Work 4 and MP</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> tramite il quale sono riuscito a trovare uno stage pagato e interessantissimo presso un’associazione di settore.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Dategli un’occhiata e fatemi sapere cosa ne pensate!</span></span></span></span></div></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-22267240298011622732011-03-21T04:47:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:54:12.187-07:00COME MIGLIORARE I LINK TRA LAUREATI, UNIVERSITÁ E IL MONDO DEL LAVORO.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Per migliorare i link tra laureati, università e il mondo del lavoro, il progetto </span></span></span><a href="http://www.almalaurea.it/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Alma Laurea</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, dal </span></span></span><metricconverter productid="1994 ha" w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">1994, ha</span></span></span></metricconverter><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> raccolto i curriculum di 1.500.000 laureati presso 62 Atenei italiani che rende disponibili online per facilitare l’incontro tra i </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">graduates </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">e le aziende.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">AlmaLaurea è un’iniziativa dell’Osservatorio Statistico dell’Università di Bologna che, negli ultimi anni è cresciuta in modo esponenziale raggiungendo, oggi, il 77 per cento dei laureati italiani.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il sito dell’iniziativa ti permettere di compilare un questionario, che viene utilizzato per fare un’analisi macroeconomica della domanda e dell’offerta del lavoro in Italia, e di pubblicare il tuo curriculum per migliorare le tue possibilità di trovare un lavoro. Secondo il sito, aziende e studi professionali di tutto il mondo consultano quotidianamente la banca dati AlmaLaurea alla ricerca di laureati da assumere.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Dalle loro analisi macroeconomiche vengono fuori delle statistiche interessanti sui neo-laureati italiani. AlmaLaurea dichiara che, a un anno dalla laurea:</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il 10,6% dei laureati sta partecipando o ha partecipato ad un’attività di formazione post-laurea;</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il 48,75% dei laureati sta lavorando; solo il 36,0% dei laureati svolge però un lavoro stabile;</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il 18,9% dei laureati è disoccupato;</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I laureati guadagnano, in media, 1.004 euro netti al mese.</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-12831799517766726522011-03-15T06:42:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:55:54.539-07:00LE STORIE DEGLI IMPRENDITORI DETERMINATI A RIMANERE IN ITALIA.<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sono sempre stato dell’idea che il fenomeno della fuga dei cervelli sia spesso drammatizzato. Questo è sbagliato perché gli studenti italiani dovrebbero essere incoraggiati a fare esperienze di studio all’estero e non fatti sentire in colpa se cercano possibilità di un’istruzione migliore fuori dalla “terra madre”. Dopo aver fatto tutto il mio percorso di studio in Inghilterra, sono tornato ad occuparmi di Italia e a lavorare per l’Italia in un contesto Europeo. È quello che tutti noi dovremmo cercare di fare per aiutare il nostro Paese.</span></span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">La nostra nazione, che arranca dietro gli altri Paesi europei e le economie emergenti, ha bisogno di imprenditori, ricercatori, esperti e amministratori pubblici, con una visione del mondo più ampia di quella che spesso ci trasmettono i media Italiani e per questo è utile andare all’estero, ma alla fine, se nessuno ritorna e ha il coraggio di utilizzare le proprie conoscenze per migliorare l’Italia non cambierà mai niente.</span></span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In questo contesto ho appreso da poco di una nuova e interessante iniziativa: il </span></span></span></span></em><em><span lang="IT"><a href="http://madinitaly.mettiamocilatesta.it/il-progetto-mad-in-italy/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mad in Italy</span></span></span></a></span></em><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. È una campagna di sensibilizzazione del gruppo di comunicazione Milc che invita gli imprenditori italiani a non mollare il cervello all’estero e coinvolge il mondo accademico grazie all’impegno dei </span></span></span></span></em><em><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">mad </span></span></span></span></em><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">che tengono lezioni nei maggiori atenei d’Italia</span></span></span></span></em><em><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></span></span></em><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il progetto “Mad in Italy!” intende valorizzare, promuovere e far conoscere le idee imprenditoriali di successo realizzate in Italia, dando spazio a tutti coloro che si sentono “Mad” e che quindi hanno un idea da raccontare: la storia della genesi e della realizzazione della propria idea d’impresa.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Non made in Italy dunque, ma “Mad in Italy!”, dove quel “Mad” rappresenta non solo la genialità dell’idea, ma anche e soprattutto la persona che l’ha avuta e che ha scelto di realizzarla in Italia grazie al suo coraggio, alla sua lungimiranza, alla sua creatività e a quel pizzico di necessaria “lucida follia” che sta sempre alla base di ogni successo imprenditoriale.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Il loro </span></span></span><a href="http://madinitaly.mettiamocilatesta.it/il-progetto-mad-in-italy/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">sito internet</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> raccoglie le testimonianze di imprenditori italiani che hanno deciso di rimanere in Italia e che hanno affrontato le difficoltà burocratiche, e non solo, del nostro paese. </span></span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span lang="IT" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Dategli un’occhiata e prendetene spunto! </span></span></span></span></em></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193905562588331413.post-75083871149628175802011-03-02T05:39:00.000-08:002011-04-21T17:57:27.189-07:00PROBLEMS ARISE WITH THE UK'S UNIVERSITY REFORMS.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Vi allego un'articolo sui problemi che stanno spuntando con la riforma universitaria in Inghilterra che ho letto sul </span></span></span><a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Times Higher Education Rankings</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. Nonostante io sia sempre stato un grande sostenitore delle tasse universitarie "flessibili", se accompagnate da prestiti per gli studenti efficienti, mi accorgo che la riforma necesiti di ulteriori modifiche affinché si possa creare un sistema universitario accessibile a tutti e non troppo oneroso per i bilanci statali.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Leader: Count the collateral damage</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="date"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">17 February 2011</span></span></span></div></div><div class="byline"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">By </span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/biography.asp?contact=3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Ann Mroz</span></span></span></strong></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="standfirst"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">We must not let the high-stakes political game being played by ministers and v-cs overshadow the human toll change can exact</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
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</script><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">What a mess. The catastrophe that is UK higher education grows worse by the day. It is now clear that the coalition government has got its calculations wrong. But it is not going to let that tiny detail stand in the way of a funding policy that - with its slashing of university teaching support and withdrawal of education maintenance allowances - has been described as an act of "economic illiteracy and cultural vandalism" by Nick Barr, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics and an architect of tuition fees.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Treasury modelled its funding on average tuition fees across the sector of £7,500 a year. Any university that wishes to charge more than £6,000 must negotiate annual agreements with the Office for Fair Access. If these benchmarks are not met, Offa can revoke the agreement and impose a fine of £500,000.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Having done their own sums, however, many universities have concluded that they will have to set fees well above £6,000 just to break even. Politically, the government cannot let that happen, so ministers are now pulling out all the stops. A desperate government now seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at universities. Last week, in an apparent challenge to autonomy, it threatened to change legislation to prevent universities' charges clustering around the upper limit. Then vice-chancellors were apparently told that if they did try to charge £9,000, the Treasury would have to claw back money through the science budget at research-led institutions and through student numbers at teaching-led institutions.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And if that weren't enough for universities to contend with, Aaron Porter, president of the National Union of Students, makes it clear in </span></span></span><a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415180&c=2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">our cover story</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> that pressure will be applied from below as well as from above by consumer students paying more than ever.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">What's the betting that that cosy little deal negotiated between ministers and the leadership of Universities UK to limit the cuts and transfer funding from the state to the student doesn't feel that clever and comforting now?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="advert"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It certainly places individual vice-chancellors in an unfortunate position. How do they make ends meet and fulfil widening participation duties? And how does the government square its access agenda with targeting post-1992 universities, which are in the vanguard of participation efforts, by stressing that institutions should be judged on retention rates?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">New universities will be worst hit by this farrago; and amid the politicking, the institutional calculations and the pricing of courses it may be easy to forget the human costs: lecturers who will lose their jobs and students who will be denied places and opportunities.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This week, our letters pages feature </span></span></span><a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415220"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">the moving story of one vice-chancellor who became emotional while apprising staff of the difficult situation facing such universities</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. "Government policy will destroy the outstanding work of many vice-chancellors like ours," the letter writer says. "If there is any moral fibre in the sector, then there will be widespread opposition to what is being proposed. Everyone in the sector, whether in a Russell Group university or a Million+ institution, must know that what we are witnessing is wrong...Are we going to stand by passively and allow this genocide of academe?"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">With the White Paper around the corner, that must be the question on everyone's lips.</span></span></span></div>Emanuele Degorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14521543462787520393noreply@blogger.com0