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What services provided to students by universities? Lessons from foreign experiences (Policy Brief 292 - October 2012)

What services provided to students by universities? Lessons from foreign experiences (Policy Brief 292 - October 2012)

11/10/12

 

French universities make, to varying degrees, services to students to improve their success. This note analyzes various foreign cases, particularly in England (East London and Oxford), Japan (Hiroshima and Seikei), Sweden ( Södertörn and Uppsala) and Switzerland (Geneva).

  • What services provided to students by universities? Lessons from foreign experiences

In these countries, the peri-university services, that is to say, intrinsically linked to training, are always the responsibility of universités.En However, the latter involve variable in the para-academic services, often related to the lives of students.

In the context of increased autonomy, French universities could play a more central role in student life policies. They gain their services primarily to enhance peri-academics, including by redirecting their resources towards the development of support services to succeed, orientation and integration. Universities should also be more involved in the design of para-academic services. Finally, they could encourage stronger students to engage in animation, design and management of these services.

Summary

  • Definitions and conceptions of the various politiqe Student Life
  • The scope of student life policies universities varies depending on multiple factors
  • Case studies of rich foreigners teaching in France
  • Authors: Nicolas Charles and Mohamed Harfi, Labour Employment Department. Jun Oba, lecturer at the University of Hiroshima, Japan.

Keywords: university, student life, students, higher education, orientation, success, employability.

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