HERJ (Hungarian Educational Research Journal), the publication of the Hungarian Educational Research Association, is preparing a thematic issue on academic freedom.

A CfP of the issue can be found here: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/063/063-overview.xml?contents=null-26737.

On March 28 (9-10 pm Hong Kong), The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) will host a webinar by Professor Miri Yemini. Please register at this link: https://eduhk.zoom.us/.../tJIlcO2tqTIjEtf2F0tgZ65iBjXkpHN... and learn about academic habitus in Israel.

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 4pm CET.

Speaker: Cláudia S. Sarrico, policy analyst at the OECD Science, Technology, and Innovation Directorate.

Location: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Higher Education Management, Building D5, 6th Floor, Room D5.6.029 Department Lounge (http://campus.wu.ac.at/).
 
The event location has barrier free access.
For those who cannot attend in person, can join us online via MS Teams livestream.
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Abstract:

The presentation focuses on the career options of early-career researchers at the stage of doctoral education and postdoctoral work. It identifies policies and practices to promote diverse career options for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, flexible career trajectories and ultimately better-quality research and innovation across different economic and social sectors. It offers recommendations and a set of policy options to: promote engagement and interaction with employers outside academia; provide doctoral and postdoctoral researchers with experience and skills for diverse careers within and beyond academia; render more visible and encourage valorisation of diverse career options; support career development and guidance on career options for researchers; promote inter-sectoral mobility with business, government and private not-for-profit sectors; and reconfigure and support careers in academia.
 
About the speaker:

Cláudia S. Sarrico is a policy analyst at the OECD Science, Technology, and Innovation Directorate. She is the project manager of the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory project. Previously she was the project manager of the OECD Global Science Forum projects on Reducing the Precarity of Academic Research Careers and Promoting Diverse Career Pathways of Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers.
Before joining the OECD, she was a Professor at the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho, and a senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Higher Education Policies, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies from Warwick Business School.

On February 22nd, Richard K. Miller will give us insights into Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.

Olin College of Engineering was established in 1997 for the specific purpose of developing a new paradigm for engineering education. The purpose of Olin is to become an important and constant contributor to the advancement of engineering education in America and throughout the world. The average Olin graduate has completed about 20 team-based engineering design projects while earning an ABET accredited engineering degree deeply infused with human centred design and entrepreneurial experience.

Olin was identified in a 2018 benchmark study published by MIT as among the top two undergraduate engineering programs in the world. One of the first graduates of Olin College is Frances Haugen ’06 who was the Facebook whistleblower who testified before parliament and was featured on the cover of Time magazine.

In the ten-year period from 2010 – 2020, Olin hosted visits from the leaders of 800 universities in 65 countries interested in learning from the Olin experiments. This talk by Richard K. Miller, Founding President of Olin College, will cover the origin, founding principles and experiences, and the lessons learned for the broader field of higher education in every discipline.

Click below to watch the preparatory video and register!
https://constructor.university/events/ground-remaking-engineering-education-21st-century