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Europe's education systems 'stifling creative thinking' [FR] [DE]

Europe's higher education reforms are making university graduates less creative, Erik Spiekermann, one of 27 ambassadors of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, told EurActiv in an interview.

European baccalaureate to be rolled out at national level

A secondary school in The Hague (Netherlands) will become the first national school to award the European baccalaureate from September 2010 under the reformed European school system.

Orban launches Arsenal languages scheme [FR] [DE]

OECD lashes out at university 'conservatism' [FR] [DE]

Business leaders want 'European Skills Pact' [FR] [DE]

Unreformed European school system 'might collapse' [FR] [DE]

European schools blamed for fostering 'social separation' [FR] [DE]

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Financial education [FR]

Schoolchildren could start receiving courses on how to use a bank account or buy and sell shares on the stock exchange as part of EU efforts to educate citizens and prevent possible future financial crises. (read more)

Language use in the EU [FR] [DE]

Promoting a multilingual economy, giving citizens access to European Union information in their own languages and encouraging linguistic diversity through langauge learning: these are the principles underpinning the Commission's multilingualism policy. (read more)

European Institute of Innovation and Technology [FR] [DE]

The Commission proposes to establish a European Institute of Technology (EIT), on the model of the famous MIT based in the US, to link the three aspects of the 'knowledge triangle' - research, education and innovation. (read more)

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