What university students think about assessment – reflections from Italy by Serafina Pastore

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Over time, the higher education systems have been exposed to deep and radical transformations. Different processes such as, standardization, diversification, privatization, and internationalization have brought deep institutional changes. Many are the problems that higher education systems have had to deal with: first of all the pervasive attention on teaching-learning quality considered both at institutional and…

European universities facing the challenge of international recruitment by Maria Pietilä

Maria Pietilä (Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki)

In the recent years, there has been lively discussion on needs to renew academic career structures in European universities. The career paths have typically differed between European countries. This may be problematic if increasing mobility is a significant policy aim. It has also been considered whether the current circumstances for pursuing academic career are attractive…