Centre for Education Policy

Educational Inclusion of Roma Children: report on the monitoring of primary education

Centre for Education Policy has recently published the study entitled “Educational Inclusion of Roma Children: report on the monitoring of primary education.” This study represents one of the results of research realised in the framework of the project "Monitoring of Inclusive Education"...

Reports on Western Balkans higher education and research systems now available

As one of the partners in the project European Integration of Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans, Centre for Education Policy has contributed to the preparation of the series of reports entitled “Overview of Higher Education and Research Systems in the Western Balkans” which are now available on the project website (Country Reports).

Announcement of the upcoming ITL meeting

Centre for Education Policy, in cooperation with University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, is pleased to announce the meeting of the International Teacher Leadership (ITL) project team and the meeting and practice-sharing of teachers from Western Balkan Countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) and England.

Teaching Profession for the 21st Century - Final event of the ATEPIE project

The final conference of the project Advancing teacher professionalism for inclusive, quality and relevant education - ATEPIE was held on the 2nd April in Sarajevo. The conference aimed to contribute to the strengthening of the professional role of teachers in the Western Balkans by initiating dialogue on the newly developed Framework of Teacher Competences...

EUROSTUDENT Survey for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia

In spring 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia will participate in the international EUROSTUDENT Survey  for the first time. Centre for Education Policy will be coordinating and implementing the surveys, together with the ministries, universities and student representatives from the region, within the framework of the regional...

The first graduate survey in the Western Balkans

This year, as part of the project “Conducting graduate surveys and improving alumni services for enhanced strategic managements and quality improvement” (CONGRAD), a number of higher education institutions from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro will embark on a joint venture to conduct a graduate survey, with the support of Centre for Education Policy as part of the project's Analytical Unit. This will be the first time for a HEI in the Western Balkan region to conduct a systematised survey on its graduates.

25th CHER conference – Enlarging the Map of Higher Education Research in Europe

The 25th annual conference of the Consortium for Higher Education Researchers (CHER) took place in Belgrade, on 10, 11 and 12 September 2012 and it was jointly organised by the Centre for Education Policy and the Centre for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana. This year’s CHER conference...

The 1st Global Convention of UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education

The 1st Global Convention of UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education was held at the Center for Advanced Academic Studies of the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik (Croatia) on October 14-15 2011. The convention was organised by the University of Zagreb UNESCO Chair for Governance and Management of Higher Education group, with the assistance of Aleksa Bjeliš, Rector of the University of Zagreb and sponsorship of the UNESCO Education Sector's Section for Higher Education in Paris, France.

Teachers for the future - Teacher development for inclusive education in the Western Balkans

The Regional report Teachers for the Future prepared for the European Training Foundation (ETF) analysis policies and practices of teacher development for inclusive education in the Western Balkans region against the European trends and the latest international research in the field. The study identified a spread in the region of an overly narrow concept of inclusive education as bringing children and young people with special education needs (SEN) – especially those with disabilities and, less frequently, Roma – into education, usually mainstream schools but sometimes special classes, while there is little reference to the prevalent cultural, linguistic, geographic and socioeconomic reasons for educational disadvantage and exclusion.

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