Education
An Innovative and Responsible Europe: Empowering young people
According to the UN, quality education is the foundation to create sustainable development. Education and teachers’ empowerment are therefore considered as key factors in supporting youth as a globally connected engine for change.Promoted content
The Future of ‘Made in Europe’
At the Digitising Europe Summit, the Vodafone Institute assembled international politicians, business executives and scientists to discuss Europe’s digital future.
Smart prevention works ! Empowering European students to adopt a responsible lifestyle.
Student life broadens horizons and brings new opportunities. This freedom impacts student lifestyle in many positive ways but it also entails new challenges for their health and wellbeing.Promoted content
Multi-country research proves great impact of entrepreneurship education
The ICEE is a multi-country research project and large field trial on the impact of entrepreneurship education programmes, such as mini-companies in schools.
The Wisdom of Erasmus: What next for Europe’s Youth?
The Erasmus programme has been one of Europe’s most successful instruments of education and integration. Its structure, range and funding are currently going through another round of development, with a massive budget increase likely.
Europe, young talent and the future of work: Employability in the face of technological disruption
With youth unemployment still high in Europe, many companies report difficulties in attracting talent with the right skills.Promoted content
Digital transformation in the global era: New skills for jobs and growth
As the pace of technology continues to advance, tech figures, app developers, education, industry and public policy leaders gathered in Brussels to find out how businesses can make the most of the mobile economy.
The Youth Guarantee in Spain: How does it work?
More than 4.2 million young people are unemployed in Europe today, with Spain among the worst affected countries. The EU launched the Youth Guarantee as an attempt to turn this situation around, but how does it work? EuroEFE reports.
Europe’s youth and the European Parliament
The economic burden of an ageing population will be carried by today's young Europeans. But are they equipped for the future? What can the European Parliament do to help?
Debate: Youth policy in the European Union
At a time of crisis across Europe, how can young people keep their faith in the European project?Promoted content
MSc Global Europe: Culture & Conflict at the LSE European Institute
How do you get a job in an increasingly competitive job market? Employers are looking for candidates with the transferrable skills to transition from education to career.Promoted content
European Money Week 2015: promoting financial education
To help raise awareness on the importance of financial education, the European Banking Federation, together with its members in more than 20 European countries, organized the first-ever European Money Week from Monday 9 March to Friday 13 March 2015.Special ReportPromoted content
‘There is an important role for women in finance’, expert says
Women are disproportionately more likely than men to answer “I do not know' to finance-related questions, said Academic director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Centre Annamaria Lusardi during the launch of EU Money Week in Brussels.Promoted content
David Miliband: The most valuable resource to fight Ebola is local staff and leaders
The Ebola epidemic has been beaten back by local community education, mobilization and organization led by trusted figures in the diverse communities in West Africa, David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, said in a speech on Wednesday (3 March).Promoted content
EU congratulates Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death, your right to say it.”Promoted content
Erasmus students programme breaks new record, Commission says
Nearly 270 000 students benefitted from EU grants to study or train abroad in 2012-2013, according to new data released by the European Commission on Thursday, setting a new record for the Erasmus Programme.Promoted content
Commission welcomes new international university ranking
The launch of a new global university ranking, set up with €2 million in EU funding was welcomed by the European Commission on Monday. U-multirank assesses the performance of more than 850 higher education institutions worldwide by producing multi-dimensional listings rating universities on a wider range of factors than existing international rankings.Promoted content
EP Best of 2013: main events and legislative work
Video highlights of the European Parliament's work throughout 2013, grouped by theme: More Europe, Legislative Work, Foreign Relations, and Education & Culture. Comment on: Google+ - http://tinyurl.com/orh99s6 Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/europeanparliament Twitter - https://twitter.com/Europarl_ENPromoted content
The CLEAR Project by Andy Westwood
The project CLEAR aims at improving lifelong learning strategies, by designing a pedagogical framework so as to raise awareness on the importance of creativity to empower individuals and to transfer and develop innovation in organisations. CLEAR will analyse policies and approaches to develop creativity in partner countries and will collect good practices realised in the three sectors of the learning chain: scientific and technology academic education, post academic/ executive/non academic higher education, continuous training, with the aim to share and transfer them.Promoted content
Erasmus+ wants to reach more than university students
A new and updated version of the European exchange programme will be accessible to more people and received a 40% budget.Promoted content
EU calls Spanish claims on new Erasmus funding ‘rubbish’
Brussels contradicted the statement sent out on Monday by the Spanish Minister of Culture Jose Ignacio Wert, after he suggested that new EU funding criteria will see the number of Spanish Erasmus students reduced by half next year. In one of the harshest attacks on the Spanish government that has recently come out of Brussels, the Commission described the minister's words as 'rubbish'.Promoted content
Open and Connected Learning: How to improve and expand education through technology
While the digital revolution has led to an increase in educational resources via the Internet, European education systems are still unable to integrate ICT in their mainstream practices. A Commission initiative titled 'Opening up Education' aims at enhancing education and skills development through new technologies. How can a coherent infrastructure and use of ICT in schools be achieved across Member States? What are the main reasons for not fully exploiting new digital resources such as &#EURACTIV’s interview with Jean Michel Jarre – Full interview
More than ever, culture should be one of the keys for sustainable development, but the “administrative monster” of the EU often relegates it at a second rank, world-known musician and composer Jean Michel Jarre told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. He also praised his country France for promoting the “cultural exception”.Promoted content