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David, Alexandra; Coenen, Frans – Higher Education Studies, 2014
In times of increasing skills shortage, regions and particularly non-core regions, need to attract highly-skilled workers. It is better for these regions to (re)attract highly-skilled workers that gained knowledge and contacts elsewhere and because they once lived in the region for study have already ties to the university region than trying to…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, Social Networks, Skilled Workers
Pinheiro, Romulo, Ed.; Benneworth, Paul, Ed.; Jones, Glen A., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development, scholars from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Role of Education, International Education
Thinesse-Demel, Jutta – European Journal of Education, 2010
In 2000, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) launched the programme "Learning Regions--Providing Support for Networks'" in cooperation with the Lander. It was co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). Some 90 regions were selected and financially supported. After one year, 71 regions continued to build-up…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Regional Cooperation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Bremer, Rainer – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This article aims to take up a mirror image-oriented position of the EQF and the announced ECVET system. It seeks to be concerned with the effects that the EQF transformation process into the respective NQF might have on the underlying systems of vocational education and training. Design/methodology/approach: A comparison is drawn between…
Descriptors: Industry, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Education
Cassia, Lucio; Colombelli, Alessandra; Paleari, Stefano – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of this paper is, first, to highlight the role of the relationships between universities, institutions and firms in different regional development processes working towards a knowledge economy, and, second, to draw some implications for local policy makers. Adopting the regional innovation system (RIS) approach, the authors analyse …
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Research and Development, School Business Relationship
Filho, Walter Leal; Schwarz, Jens – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of RCE Hamburg, one of the latest Regional Centres of Excellence (RCE) to be created. It outlines the activities performed by the RCE and describes its relationships with the various stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: A description of the region where the RCE is located is…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Stakeholders, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Liesner, Andrea – Policy Futures in Education, 2007
This article deals with the governmental strategies basic to the construction of the European Higher Education Area within the Bologna Process. With regard to the actual reconstruction of German universities, these strategies are verified on a structural level, in individual and collective subject relations and also in the subject matter which is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Educational Quality, Politics of Education
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Schran, Henning – Simulation and Games, 1972
Descriptors: Game Theory, Regional Planning, Simulation, Systems Analysis
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Huisman, Jeroen; Schrier, Esther; Vossensteyn, Hans – Higher Education in Europe, 1998
Efforts at cooperation in higher education among Flanders, the Netherlands, and three regions of Germany are discussed, including various initiatives to support cooperation among institutions, research comparing the offerings of the five regions, and government policy in each country to allocate funds for cooperative programs that meet government…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Horstkotte, Hermann – BASIS-INFO, 1998
As in many other industrialized countries, advances in computer technology are transforming Germany's industrial society into an information and services society. Increasingly fewer jobs are available in traditional industries and in the public sector. In the 1990s, Germany's trade unions and employers' associations have experienced steady…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Economic Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
Schiersmann, Christiane; And Others – 1993
This report analyzes the function of a continuing education and training (CET) counseling service in a regional context on the basis of the experience of the CET Counseling Center (CETCC) of the city of Cologne, Germany. Section 2 describes the methodology and considers the role of a CET counseling service as a platform for regional structural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 2001
This publication analyzes relationships between various forms of learning and economic performance at the regional level and provides rather strong evidence of the importance of individual and firm-level organizational learning for regions' economic performance. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 maps out a conceptual framework for the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Correlation, Differences, Economic Development
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
Higher education in Southern Europe was the topic of a symposium sponsored by the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The following speeches were presented: "Problems of Expansion and Change in Higher Education: An English View," by Lord James of Rusholme, United Kingdom; "The German Advisory Council for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Admission, College Curriculum, College Environment
Munch, Joachim – 1995
This monograph examines vocational training (VT) in the Federal Republic of Germany. Section 1 presents background information/framework data on the following: Germany's political and administrative structures, population and demographic trends, economy and employment, and education system. In section 2, the historical development of VT in Germany…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Guidance
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
A 2-day regional seminar was held to raise awareness of the problem of youth unemployment in Southeastern Europe and assist countries in the region to develop their own framework of action and concrete projects. The following were among the topics discussed: ways policymakers can help young people find valid employment opportunities within…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Check Lists