Press Release: EU high level group: train the professors to teach

The EU high-level group on modernisation of higher education published its first report on 18 June 2013 on improving the quality of teaching and learning in universities. The group, chaired by former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, makes 16 recommendations which include a call for mandatory certified training for professors and other higher education teaching staff, more focus on helping students to develop entrepreneurial and innovative skills, and the creation of a European Academy of Teaching and Learning.

ESO: Background Information: Vassiliou welcomes launch of first pan-European university MOOCs (massive open online courses) http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-vassiliou-welcomes-launch-of-first-pan-european-university-moocs-massive-open-online-courses/

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/581: Launch of report on improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-581_en.htm

European Commission: Report: High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education. Report to the European Commission on Improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe’s higher education institutions, June 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/doc/modernisation_en.pdf

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