The World Higher Education Database (WHED), maintained by the International Association of Universities in collaboration with UNESCO, provides authoritative information on higher education systems and credentials in 196 countries and territories, as well as information on over 20,000 officially accredited…
RISIS Research Seminar Jan 18 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Presenter: Benedetto Lepori, Institute of Communication and Public Policy, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland Lutz Bornmann, Science Policy and Strategy Department, Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany Félix de…
RISIS Research Seminar March 15 2023 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Presenter: Dmitriy Fedotov, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto, Canada, Discussant: Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo, University of Manchester Abstract Both national governments and…
Save the date – details and programme will be added soon! Date: March 22nd 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. (CET) Format: Online Event (Zoom) Instructor: Benedetto Lepori Programme: tba Registration
The ETER Introductory User Training addresses first-time and entry-level ETER users (e.g. policy analysts, institutional managers at HEIs,…). The main goal is to enable users to navigate through the ETER data interface, select the data of interest (variables, countries, years)…
Save the date – details and programme will be added soon! Date: June 14th 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. (CET) Format: Online Event (Zoom) Instructor: Daniel Wagner-Schuster Programme: tba …
RISIS-ETER tool demonstration event RISIS tool demonstration events have the goal of presenting and practicing potentially useful tools for work with RISIS and related datasets (including ETER), such as tools for name matching and geocoding. They have a strong practical character…
With the publication of six more Country Reports (Albania, Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Poland and Slovakia), a total of 32 ETER Country Reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on…
The ERASMUS program is the most extensive cooperation network of European higher education institutions. The network involves 90% of European universities and hundreds of thousands of students. The allocated money and number of travelers in the program are growing yearly.…
The current study aims at providing empirical and theoretical support to the important topic of international student mobility (ISM) in Europe. Specifically, it provides empirical analysis of degree-mobile students in 32 countries: the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association…
The ETER Introductory User Training addresses first-time and entry-level ETER users (e.g. policy analysts, institutional managers at HEIs,…). The main goal is to enable users to navigate through the ETER data interface, select the data of interest (variables, countries, years)…
The ETER Introductory User Training addresses first-time and entry-level ETER users (e.g. policy analysts, institutional managers at HEIs,…). The main goal is to enable users to navigate through the ETER data interface, select the data of interest (variables, countries, years)…
RISIS Research Seminar OCT 12 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Presenter: Agata A. Lambrechts, Institute of Communication and Public Policy, Università della Svizzera italiana Discussant: Thomas Heinze, University of Wuppertal, Germany Abstract In this presentation, we offer a descriptive and analytical…
With the publication of six more ETER Country Reports (Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Latvia and Malta), a total of 26 reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build…
RISIS Research Seminar SEP 21 @ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Presenter: Ben Jongbloed, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente Discussant: Gunnar Sivertsen, NIFU Abstract Building on international comparative research – in particular, a soon to…
With the publication of eight more Country Reports (Belgium French Community, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Turkey), a total of 20 ETER Country Reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined…
THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE RISIS-ETER Policymaker session on data and indicator needs for the European University Initiative 13 June 2022, 2 to 5 pm (Webinar) The European University Initiative promoted by the European Commission has ignited collaborations and alliances across…
The European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) has established itself as the reference point for any analysis of higher education based on microdata, that is, on data related to individual institutions. ETER covers both university (PhD granting) and non-university institutions (e.g. Fachochschule)…
ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build on the Eurydice report on the national higher education system but complements it with quantitative…
ETER has established itself as a reference register for higher education institutions in Europe. To analysis the availability of student counseling centers and the services provided, Franzoi et al. (2022) used a sample of institutions from the European Tertiary Education…
ETER country reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build on the Eurydice report on the national higher education system but complements it with quantitative…
The European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) data for 2017, 2018 and 2019 are now available online. With this release, ETER now provides longitudinal data for the period 2011-2019; this allows examining changes over time in European higher education. The ETER…
In its new data release, ETER is extending its long-standing cooperation with the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR) (). DEQAR is a large database, which provides access to reports and evaluation results published byEQAR-registered quality assurance agencies, which have…
RISIS Research Seminar May 11 @ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Presenter: Marek Kwiek, University of Poznan Discussant: Samin Aref, University of Toronto Abstract The seminar will be focused on new opportunities to study the global academic workforce from the perspective…
In this article, we contribute to the scant literature covering quantitative studies on the determinants of the non-academic staff incidence in higher education institutions by analysing how the proportion of non-academic staff is related to key features such as size,…
This study deals with the analysis of regional economic development in Europe. Specifically, it examines the extent to which the performance and characteristics of higher education systems (HESs) influence regional economic development. The analysis employs data at the regional level,…
This paper provides novel evidence on co-evolution patterns of the technological specialization of innovation activities of firms and academic institutions located in the same European region during the years from 2003 to 2014. We exploit a novel and unique dataset…
RISIS Research Seminar JAN 12 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Presenter: Pedro Pineda, University of Bath Discussant: Jürgen Enders, University of Bath Aiming to fill in current research gaps on our knowledge about the employment of academics in higher education, we…
RISIS Research Seminar NOV 11, 2021 @ 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Presenter: Roxana Diana Baltaru, University of Warwick; Radu Dragomir Manac, University of Essex; Miruna Ivan, University of Essex Discussant: Iussi Kivistö, University of Tampere Abstract: Horizontal differentiation in terms of…
RISIS Research Seminar OCT 6, 2021 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Presenter: Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR). Alliance Manchester Business School. The University of Manchester Discussant: Mattia Cattaneo, Università degli studi di Begamo Abstract: The globalization of higher…
Unlike the US, where the Carnegie classification provides a clear understanding of the main types of institutions in the system, there is currently no widely accepted classification of European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The diversity of national terms and labels, such as…
In most European countries, higher education institutions or study programmes are subject to regular external review by a quality assurance agency. The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is the official register of such agencies, listing those that work…
Kick-off Meeting of the new ETER contract MAY 29, 2021 @ 14:00 Presenter: Lepori, Benedetto; Lambrechts, Agata; Wagner-Schuster, Daniel; Schön, Lisa; Zahradnik, Georg; Scherngell, Thomas The goals of the meeting was to: – Introduce ETER and its current status. – Present the new contract, its…
