How has the pandemic affected the 170,000 students participating in the Erasmus+ programme or the European Solidarity Corps, and how can the EU help? Education has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The closure of universities and travel restrictions complicate the situation for participants in cross-border mobility programmes such as Erasmus+ student exchanges and […]
Read More
Support to the EU cultural sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
The culture sector is suffering the impact of security measures introduced throughout the EU to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. One of the most affected sectors MEPs underlined the special nature of the creative sector and the difficulties faced by artists and called on the EU to provide support, in a resolution adopted on […]
Read More
Impact of Coronavirus in higher education
In a few months’ time, many students around Europe will start a new higher education course. Hopefully the worst of the pandemic will be behind us. However, everything indicates that higher education institutions will not be operating normally until the start of the next academic year at the earliest in many countries. Many education systems […]
Read More
Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red […]
Read More
International Day of Human Space Flight: The challenges of long-term space travel
The International Day of Human Space Flight is an opportunity to celebrate our exploration of space, marking the day Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth and became the first human in space. Since then, progress has been made: we have been to the Moon, built an orbital laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS), and sent probes […]
Read More
Coronavirus: online learning resources
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe and necessary national measures taken to tackle the spread of the virus may cause significant disruption to the provision of education, training and mobility opportunities for learners, teachers and educators across the European Union (EU). Online platforms for teachers and educators School Education Gateway Online catalogue of teaching materials […]
Read More
COVID-19: specific measures for the Erasmus+ programme
The Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) is an Autonomous Body, dependent on the Ministry of Universities, whose main function is to act as the National Erasmus+ Agency in Spain, in charge of all the channelling and dissemination, management of resources such as budgets, promotion, and impact studies of the Eramus+ Programme (2014-2020) […]
Read More
COVID-19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidance to help protect children and schools from transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It also advises national and local authorities on how to adapt and […]
Read More