She will participate in the Second Russian Congress of UNESCO Chairs at the Russian Academy of Civil Service, where she will sign the creation of a UNESCO Chair in Modern Innovation and Information Technologies in Higher Professional Education, with the rector of the State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance.
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee took evidence on 29 March 2011 on the future of higher education, following the publication of a report by Lord Browne on future funding.
But officials are at pains to point out that, rather than help specific industries, the main thrust of the new policy is to try to boost competitiveness more generally by promoting innovation, higher education and training.
Written by a team of independent experts who are each covering the country or region from which they hail, the UNESCO Science Report 2010 analyses the trends and developments that have shaped scientific research, innovation and higher education over the past five years, including the impact of the current global economic recession.
Innovation in higher education, such as online teaching, would help raise the supply of skilled workers.
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They will review trends from rapid growth in student numbers to the surge in private provision, address emerging new dynamics and their policy implications, examine the social responsibility of higher education, and recommend measures to promote equity and stimulate innovation and research.
Sessions also underscored the importance of flexibility and innovation with a clear recognition that there is no 'one size fits all' approach to Higher Education provision.
The forum was organised in association with the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and focused on the findings and conclusions from an OECD study to map the scale and scope of OER initiatives in higher education.
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