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Schools given new global comparison tool for reading, maths and science - 04 April 2013

Schools in Europe will be able to benchmark their students’ proficiency in reading, maths and science against the world’s top education systems using a new tool being administered by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Struggling southern states targeted in ICT training push - 19 February 2013

SPECIAL REPORT / EU education ministers met in Brussels last Friday to debate how new online tools can benefit the unemployed, with a specific focus on struggling Mediterranean countries. Meanwhile, a new initiative, the Academy Cube, seeks to bring together all stakeholders on one online platform to retrain unemployed people with e-skills for future ICT jobs.

Should teachers bring ICT into the classroom? - 24 January 2013

Education experts and lawmakers gathered this week in Brussels at the invitation of US software giant Microsoft to debate the role that information and communication technologies (ICT) should play in education.

EU to push dual education to bridge skills mismatch - 27 April 2012

Business people slammed Europe’s education and training systems for being inapt to prepare jobseekers to fill vacancies and called for school system reforms, including establishing dual learning schemes, which European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said will be highlighted in the upcoming EU proposal on skills.

Survey: Skills investment slashed despite dearth - 26 April 2012

Most European employers (86%) cut or froze their investments in training last year despite ongoing skills shortages and must take urgent remedial action, business and political leaders converging in Brussels for the 2012 European Business Summit will hear today.

Eurozone joblessness hits record high - 01 February 2012

The number of people without a job increased at the end of last year, highlighting a deteriorating situation in the eurozone, according to figures released by Eurostat yesterday (31 January).

MEPs to learn about robots in job-swap with scientists - 25 November 2011

Scientists developing robots to care for the elderly shadowed members of the European Parliament this week in a skills-exchange scheme designed to provide practical links between policy and science.

Create your own job, activist tells youngsters - 24 November 2011

To reduce youth unemployment, training and education might not be enough, Peter Matjašič, president of the European Youth Forum, told EurActiv in an interview. Turning young people into entrepreneurs could be the solution, he said.

Top-paying jobs grow but that’s not all good news, say analysts - 23 November 2011

As modest growth figures fail to dim fears of recession and employment data do not restore confidence in a recovery, experts flag a ‘worrying’ crisis outcome if structural reforms are not taken promptly to adapt the workforce to new business needs. 

Crisis slows progress on EU 'flexicurity' model - 22 November 2011

Opportunities for new ‘flexicurity’ policies combining job security with flexible working arrangements are limited at the European level by sharp differences between member states over social issues.

Employers single out 12 ways to boost job growth - 21 September 2011

Asking for labour market reform to spur competitiveness, BusinessEurope has identified a number of ready-to-use actions that could bring Europe back to work and lead the 27-country bloc closer to its strategic goal of raising the employment rate from 68 to 75%.

Belgium best-poised to attract non-EU 'brains' - 09 September 2011

Compared to other EU countries, Belgium scores highest when it comes to speeding up legal processes to attract highly-skilled workers, a study has found.

'Soft skills' seen as key to employability - 23 May 2011

Most business leaders believe that Europe's young people lack the so-called 'soft skills' that are considered essential by many employers. Closer links between business and schools are seen as a way to bridge this skills gap.

Special Report: European Business Summit to highlight skills shortage - 17 May 2011

Europe risks being left behind by its global competitors as a shortage of engineers and scientists feed into lower productivity and a loss of domestic and international trade, delegates at this year's European Business Summit will hear.

World Bank: 'Soviet' institutions hindering jobs in Eastern Europe - 13 May 2011

Eastern Europe faces a jobless recovery – despite strong economic growth – unless structural weaknesses in skills and 'Soviet-style research institutions' are addressed, World Bank economists warned this week.

Interview

Professor: 'Stop paying benefits, start paying companies' - 22 November 2011

States should transfer their social security payments for the unemployed to companies, so that they can employ the unemployed and maintain skills - even if this would breach trade laws - according to Ton Wilthagen, one of the pioneers in the 1990s of 'flexicurity', a concept that combines job flexibility with security.

Opinion

Fix youth unemployment with good private employment services - 21 November 2011

As the economic crisis lengthens and many industrial sectors restructure, private employment agencies are uniquely well positioned to help young people and redundant workers to find jobs in the new economy, argue Elmar Wiederin and Dennis Pennel.

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