being a Ph d. student. Special thanks to Yanina, Matias, Veronica, Any, Pedro, Felipe Moraes, Renan, Laura, Gabriel, Jeroen, Yoly, Clemens and Carlos. I extend my thanks
to 2, 400 researchers, 1, 200 students, and 600 technology transfer. Minatec campus staff (9
Each year some 6, 000 students and 400 academics and researchers from abroad study or work in Grenoble-Isã re.
researchers and students through general programmes (not technology specific No significant role of collaborative ties
research students in universities and research institutes in the UK. Cambridge university receives quite a large share of this budget (160 grants with a sum of £55 million in 2008) for
140,000 students. In addition, the region houses more than 70 publicly funded research institutes from one of the four main non-university research organisations (Max Planck
entrepreneurship of returning students, young Phds and post-docs, with more than 100 SMES created by around 250 young talents), the Hunan Xinjinrong Technical Incubator and the Oak
At the same time, additional places for students need to be provided in these subject areas Third, AMT are characterised by the emergence of several new platform technologies that are
A main challenge is to train students in cross-disciplinary fields which are particularly important for research in KETS.
opportunities of cross-disciplinary studies are unclear to many students (e g. because commercial applications and thus job opportunities in KETS have yet to evolve),
low perceived attractiveness of such studies and a low number of students European Competitiveness in KETS ZEW and TNO
 students  from  University  of  Zagreb  facilitated  by  David
These improvements are linked most likely to the decline in the economy, with many students seeing an increased emphasis on school completion in 2009/2010 compared to those that may
Ensuring the region is attractive to overseas students and immigrants is also important International financial services activities in the South East are predominantly back office in
the development and revision of course curricula to ensure that students have the most relevant skills upon entering the labour market
opportunities within enterprise are hugely valuable in improving the success of students and job†seekers.
learning and research within an inclusive student-centred environment to foster graduates of distinction who are ready to take a leadership role in
WIT Student Numbers, 2007-2010 Summary Student Statistics 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Full time undergrad 5660 5758 5861
Full time Phd 37 47 49 Full Time Masters Taught 219 278 319 Full Time Masters Research 124 126 91
estimated 65 percent of all WIT part-time students are funded company. For example, the Department of Chemical and Lifesciences delivers a Higher Certificate and a Bachelor of
IT Carlow has a student body of almost 4, 700 (comprising 3, 100 full-time and c. 1, 600 part
-time students. It offers a broad range of courses in the areas of  Business & Humanities (Business Communications, Management, Humanities, Sport
Peter†s College), with a full-time and part-time enrolment of approximately 900 students The Wexford Campus offers courses to degree level in Business, Humanities, Art and
and the US for students pursuing the four year BSC (Hons) in Software Development at IT
The Institute has about 710 students between the two locations. It offers a broad range of full and part-time courses in the areas of Business education, Computing &
Carlow College currently has a student population of about 700 (full and part-time. The college offers courses to Degree level in Social Studies and Humanities.
traditional student base and the HEA will continue to work with the relevant institutions on
73 The Department of education produce a final adjusted rate of 87. 7percent to take account of students
HEIS to consider work placement where students would take up opportunities in a flexible and cost effective way42
second academic year, the programme targets second and third level students and aims to foster the entrepreneurs of tomorrow
The programme has seen over 300 students submit business plans which are shortlisted to allow 15 finalists to pitch their business plans to the judging panel.
attractive to overseas students and immigrants is also important IFS activities in the Southeast are predominantly back office in nature.
Ireland and the US for students pursuing the BSC (Hons) in Software Development at the Institute
With 160 active staff and students, the TSSG is a significant pool of specialist expertise within
wide range of creative digital learning tools such computer algorithms for analyzing student writing and providing instantaneous user feedback in online media simulations.
relationships between and among students, teachers and educational institutions. Early digital developments had an evolutionary influence on one, two or three of these areas, but paradigm
lectures to a group of students assembled in a classroom. Students read printed materials typically outside of class time and complete assignments to facilitate
and test their comprehension of course materials. This model is generally less effective than direct mentorship because it
interconnectedness among students and teachers and features many-to-many communication and multidirectional mentorship (see Figure 1). The professor is no longer in the role of the grand
and students engage in a shared process of knowledge exploration and discovery. This paradigm represents the decline of
exploration and discovery between and among students and the person formerly known as the instructor, adapting Jay Rosen†s apt description of the rise of the citizen journalist in the digital age
and customize student engagement and learning in real time (Fournier, 2011. Interactive, on-demand multimedia resources such as the Khan
Academy enable students to learn the basics of any discipline asynchronously (Khan academy 2013). ) But they are limited severely in terms of giving the individual student direct, interactive
access to the human course instructor. As A j. Jacobs, editor at large for Esquire magazine, noted
Several of my Coursera courses begin by warning students not to e-mail the professor We are told not to †friend†the professor on Facebook†(2013
and expert systems to provide student feedback and learning customization, the ability of these systems to function effectively is limited largely to
They have limited utility where student learning objectives involve developing new knowledge, solving new problems, and innovation
The emerging third paradigm of education IS about students learning creative problem solving innovation and generating new knowledge.
collaboration among students is frowned sometimes even upon as a form of cheating The arrival of the third educational paradigm does not spell the end of the previous paradigms
taught in the late 1990s, students working outside of formal class time could efficiently communicate and collaboratively learn via their electronic group (e-group.
Importantly, the e-groups included not just students currently enrolled but many who had taken previously the class
mentors to current students. Appropriately enough, the students introduced the instructor to the particular e-groups software tool they used for online collaboration
In this context, course management tools such as Blackboard and ecollege, at least as implemented at most colleges, have a fundamental flaw:
each semester students are locked out at the end of the term. Instead, minimizing the potential to achieve maximum cross-generational
education, these alumni are blocked as possible mentors to current students. Because these commercial course management systems are linked to the official university registrar, students
who sign up for a class are enrolled automatically in the online section, which is a useful efficiency
the interconnected student can become an active collaborator in a continuous learning process (2013. Mobile technology, including
School has long been bounded by space and time and the physical qualities of student and teacher.
Emerging technologies allow student and teacher to transcend these constraints. It†s 118 worth noting that more than half (56 percent) of adults in the U s as of 2013 use a smartphone
students could play a game of geocaching where the objectives are to find and advance knowledge
Forge to improve computational protein structure modeling. †Students can use mobile devices to access the interactive 3d graphic and explore the protein structure in ways previously inaccessible
locations, allowing students to engage their physical world in entirely new ways. In collaboration with Columbia University computer science Professor Steven Feiner, the author developed in the
including the 1968 student strike, Prof. Edwin Armstrong†s invention of FM radio, and nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi†s early work leading to the
Today, students could use the fusion of digital media and AR to collaboratively study their
Students interested in culture could use this AR fusion to collaboratively report and tell unique local stories to a global audience.
Students of paleontology could use AR to study collaboratively dinosaurs in a real-world environment enhanced by 3d virtual dinosaurs that once roamed that space.
Students in 21st century Canada might gain a new understanding of their environment†s ancient past by encountering 3d animated
In LPP, students engage actively in the real work of a discipline under the mentorship of a faculty member with
Students studying history, for instance, might use a variety of mobile devices to conduct community history.
but it engages students in a process that both enriches their learning and can contribute, at least peripherally, to the field.
multi-modal learning greatly facilitates student comprehension (Prince, 2004. LPP is just one form of active learning.
Clickers, for instance, enable students to answer questions posed by the instructor during live class. The instructor can instantly gauge student learning and customize
her or his instruction accordingly. Moreover, learning analytics based on such data are increasingly being incorporated across digital learning environments.
students do not (Chinn & Malhotra, 2002. This evidence suggests that social engagement, or peer-to-peer learning, brings important implications for learning in the third paradigm
with classroom learning supplemented by a student -moderated discussion board. Students actively engage in social knowledge construction on these
boards, asking each other questions, seeking advice and developing new strategies for completing course assignments Networked, digital and mobile technologies also provide a window to better engage a diverse
student population. In one of the author†s hybrid courses, a speech-impaired student was for first
time able to fully participate as a peer with her classmates through online text-based discussion
one of the author†s best students spent the entire semester working and studying at sea.
Another semester, an exceptional student stationed in the military and living halfway around the world, was able to fully participate in the online course.
each of these cases, students in an Industrial Age course would not have been able to contribute
Students studying archeology might not only see a 3d animated version of New york City†s 19th century
their students. In particular, human teachers should focus on three domains that can frame all knowledge: 1) ethics (a moral compass), 2) context (the interpretation of knowledge in historical
students can become lifelong learners...and teachers. The line between teacher and student can blur, much as the line between professional journalist
and citizen reporter has blurred. In the 21st century, teachers will serve as guide and students will be active participants in a continuous
learning process helping to create, discover and share knowledge. This transition is vital because knowledge is advancing at an ever-faster pace
their students Finally, it is critically important, as Evgeny Morozov warns, to avoid falling into the trap of
open and rapid communication between teachers and students. For instance, The Open University, based in the United kingdom,
and designer, started the Arduino project to enable students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII) to build electronic
goal it is to help †students use new technologies to design and make products that can make a difference to
Student placements academic-industry cooperation projects or networks Improved skill technical competence and knowledge base change of behaviours
spirit of their staff and students, provide advice and services to SMES, and participate in schemes promoting the training and placement of high level
pipelines of students. Government partners usually have money but no programs of their own; they will contribute
student interns or other employees †which Microsoft can co-fund †responsible for administrative support
employment and entrepreneurship in a high-skill, high-value industry sector for more than 50,000 students. In the process
They decided to train students to do this, and found that it worked. Not only were students able to maintain their
schools†computer networks, they were also able to leverage those skills in the job market after graduation
and students, often in partnership with other organizations, including funders By 2000, the Networking Academy program had expanded enormously,
tracking student success, revising the curriculum accordingly, and providing annual professional development sessions for instructors, enabling them to keep up with technological advances
than 50,000 students have passed now through the program. 94 Approximately 40,000 of these have been in
Africa, where more than 10,000 students have obtained CCNA certification For students, the Networking Academies†greatest impact has been to expand economic opportunity in the form
of jobs and small business opportunities. In a recent impact assessment of Academies in Africa, a research firm
Cisco†s Networking Academies now train more than 500,000 students per year in Factors more than 10,000 Academies in 165 countries †more than twice the number of countries in which it has
Over two million students have been trained since the program began in 1997.98 Given its philanthropic nature,
The technical college has about 300 students. Net -working between scientific institutes, research labora -tories, firms,
-ment Technique, with about 80 students per year. The incubation centre, however, is rather small with only six
250,000 students as well as a num -ber of public research institutes cov -ering various areas such as IT, artifi
education institutes with about 35,000 students. The University of Bremen is the largest amongst them educating 22,000 students.
Furthermore, there are renowned non -university based research institutes like a Max-Planck-Institute or a Fraunhofer Insti
Apart from that, the increase of students and high qualified working population (†cadresâ€) made a shift from a traditional conservative
Denmark, although, Aalborg University is home to 12,500 students and employs more than 1, 700 people (Stoerring and Christensen 2004;
today it has 13,000 students and 1, 700 employees (Pedersen and Dalum 2004. It has a priority area in ICT sector,
-ties (†Oresund Universityâ€) are populated by 140,000 students, 10,000 scientists and 6, 500 Phds providing active cooperation with 800 other universities worldwide.
the 13th century and hosting 17,000 students. The only 10 years old Oxford Brookes University is home to 18,000 students.
All guarantee a constant flow of high qualified people (Oxfordshire County Council 2005,2006. The scientific scene in Oxfordshire is
students, or others who are involved in the patient†s care. In this process, the main challenge is to create a smooth interface between privacy and
•the Government will foster further student engagement with science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) by providing an additional $12 million to
â€'increase student participation in †Summer schools for STEM studentsâ€, particularly for girls, disadvantaged and Indigenous students, including those living in regional
and remote areas •The Government will focus the VET system on meeting industry needs,
Education science and Culture predicts that tertiary students studying abroad will more than double globally from 2. 5 million to as many as 8 million in 2020 (Altbach et al, 2009
our economy by 2020, particularly through students from China and India (International Education Advisory Council, 2013
secondary school students with science. The Government provided $5 million over four years in the 2014-15 Budget to maintain these programmes and,
but its flexibility to respond to student and industry needs, and its capacity to focus on core functions rather than red tape,
and respond to student needs, to improve their competitiveness and enable the delivery of higher quality teaching
Programme means no student will have to pay up front for their university study. The Government has accepted also all of the recommendations of
international students Capitalising on international education opportunities Monash University has over 64,000 students †21,000 of them international †with offshore
campuses in Malaysia and South africa, and international centres and partnerships in China India, Italy and the UK.
Monash†s student enrolments at its Malaysia and South africa campuses increased by 33 per cent
Monash has diversified also its student source markets by broadening its focus to new growth markets of Africa, Central asia, Latin america, the
•enhancing the capacity of the system to deliver high-quality outcomes for students •ensuring a stronger role for industry at all levels of the system
This will better equip students with job-relevant skills. supplementing support for maths, science and computing in schools
students in mathematics, particularly to expand the pipeline of students taking advanced mathematics in senior school years
school students will deliver innovative and engaging teaching and learning resources to support implementation of the Australian Curriculum
The Government will also encourage greater student participation in summer schools for STEM students, particularly for girls, disadvantaged and Indigenous students, including
those living in regional and remote areas. This programme is designed to provide students with unique experiences in science and mathematics, stimulating their passion for these
learning areas. The Government will provide $600, 000 to support travel and accommodation for participants, building on existing national summer schools for STEM. trialling a new, innovative pathway from education to work
Students will undertake regular high school curriculum subjects alongside technical subjects such as computer programming, graphics, logic and
Importantly, students will have identified pathways to employment with the school†s industry partners. Students will be able to graduate with a
Year 12 qualification, but will be supported actively to complete further study and gain a post-school ICT diploma or advanced diploma with opportunities for employment with the
to Prepare More than 6, 000 Students for High-Skill Jobs. Retrieved September 2014, from https://www. governor. ny. gov/press/08282013students-for-High-Skill-Jobs
•Page 47 †Students reading-istock •Page 49 †Construction worker-Michele Mossop, Engineers Australia
today†s pupils and students are the ones who will be creating the job opportunities and
Therefore, we also address students or continuing professional development trainees who might use it as â€oea pocket guide†for economic and innovation related subjects.
A mid-sized school district (11,000 students) had used the bond process to aggressively acquire and deploy technology.
They noticed that the rosters for the students were sent invariably very late, so there wasn†t enough time to prepare the materials needed to be given to the students who attended
the workshop. Moreover, they observed that they could change the process flow, by removing A v
models and simulations for economics and business teachers, lecturers and students. The simulations also have support materials that have been written to enhance their educational value.
Dustin sets up situations that the student will encounter in real life and allows the student to demon
-strate his competence. If the student succeeds at one task, he can skip ahead to the next lesson.
If he has trouble, he can return to the beginning of the instruction. Because the student is simulated in a
situation identical to the one in which he will have to function, he does not have to learn things that will
Dustin allows students to learn language in realistic situations. But it will probably not enhance a student's performance on achievement tests.
A Dustin student cannot be graded in the conventional sense, but what we can see is
if a student successfully completed various tasks Domains: Foreign language http://www. engines4ed. org/hyperbook/nodes/NODE-302-pg. html
Modern training regimens often divorce instruction from practice, concentrating on either one or the other.
monitors the student's ongoing activity in the simulation and offers a particular type of intervention
students for intensive learning is best between 10 and 12. Ask what the adopted learning
b) Lack of student interest in engineering and natural sciences (see IWD (2007 In Germany alone firms are facing a severe crunch of skilled labour,
number of science and technology (S&t) students, as discussed in section 3. 3. 1. While
•Explicit-to-tacit is typified with a learning environment particularly where students are required to experiment with published information
International Student Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK Ritchie, J. and Lewis, J. 2003.
students and researchers. Sage Publications, London, UK 122 Roethlisberger, F. J. and Dickson, W. J. 1939.
and students together and forge new influences on companies via students studying different disciplines. Until 2010, the programme had been conducted in more
than 130 municipalities in Sweden, supporting approximately 800 companies An office runs for seven weeks in the summer.
discussions concerning location, financing, companies, and students. After the summer, there are follow-up and reporting activities.
The students are selected annually via a database of at least 350 students from all over the world (mostly Swedes.
The selection of students depends on the type of company. If the company continues to use the design,
they have the option to employ the student or contact other consultancy firms. Each local design project costs â 75 000 for the
cost of the office, material, phones, cars, documentation, including salaries for Project manager Supervisor, and eight students for seven weeks
This GP has a lot in common with †Summer Entrepreneur†(also a GP from MINI -EUROPE), but is aimed at overcoming SME weaknesses in terms of design skills:
o Bioenergy for the region, to build cooperation between Phd students and companies o Innovation assistant, to support newly graduated employment
Promotion of cooperation between design students and SMES §3. 2. 2 Very high ICT ERIK-ACTION PRAI/VINCI Support for the setting up of Virtual Enterprises based on ICT
students, and in New Products By design (PERIA), or ICT, as addressed in the PRAI/VINCI
which focused on the hiring of Phd students by SMES, PERIA with the Creation of R&d units
the School in Business Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg allows master students in
entrepreneurial students with SMES showing potential growth or experiencing a form of growth barrier For a year, the students practice to lead, manage
and develop a company, 2-3 days per week while acquiring theory in class. The companies obtain knowledge to deal with challenges in various growth
phases and the students prepare to start or lead and drive growth companies The Tuscany Region has selected this good practice to potentially contribute to its 2014-2020 regional
/Phd students INGENIUM II public VC Technical Commercial Service (coaching Managers School Training Individualized Analysis (Coaching
and students together and forge new influences on companies via students studying different disciplines. Up to 2010 the programme had
been conducted in more than 130 municipalities in Sweden, supporting approximately 800 companies An office runs for 7 weeks in the summer.
location, financing, companies, and students. After the summer there are activities for follow up and reporting. The target is to raise awareness of design as a means for SMES to develop their business
The students are selected annually via a database of at least 350 students from all over the world (mostly
) The selection of students depends on the type of company. If the company continues to use
the design they have the option to employ the student or contact other consultancy firms.
and 8 students for 7 weeks This GP, which has a lot in common with †Summer Entrepreneurâ€,
i) stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit of its staff and students; ii) providing advice and services to SMES;
ii) pre-incubation program focused on people (not only students or graduates) who have the ambition to start their own business;
for supporting most talented Phd students in science and engineering; and iii) several special schemes focused on raising secondary level students†motivations concerning research and
a) support for entrepreneurship of higher-education students and academics; b common innovation bonds (new instrument encouraging to test ideas at early stage;
especially scientists, students and entrepreneurs in the process of preparing and implementing RIS 2013 -2020. The Marshal Office of the Maå opolska Region delivers analytical and organisational support
such as the number of students enrolled in different educational programs could be of relevance. However, this data should be rather detailed in order
know the number of engineering students in a country or region without knowing their specific field of
•How many permanent/temporary international research fellows, professors, and students do work in your region? What is the share of international staff in scientific/creative positions?
research, living labs, student placement schemes, brokerage and technology demonstration events, share of regional business representatives in university management boards?
Student of Entrepreneurship Arnold Thondhlana Lecturer Accounting Sciences and Finance Department Nicholas Kakava Coordinator in Consumer Sciences
Saunders, M.,Lewis, P. þhill, A. 2009), Research methods for business students 5 th ed.,Pearson, England
Coefficient (t of Student model 1 Coefficient (t of Student model 2 Coefficient (t of Student
model 3 Constant â'0. 3033 (â'0. 685) 0. 3701 (0. 877) 0. 3554 (1. 496
Categories of firms Very small enterprises 1†9 employees â'0. 9152â (â'1. 938) â'1. 2468â â (â'2. 536) â'1. 1226â â (â'2. 936
Coefficient (t of Student model 1 Coefficient (t of Student model 2 Coefficient (t of Student
model 3 Constant 0. 0791 (â'0. 389) 0. 1321 (0. 347) â'0. 469+(â'1. 7997
Research intensity â'0. 0208 (â'0. 176 Size (number of employees) â'0. 00018 (0. 861
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