Título: Teaching careers in the EU: Why boys do not want to be teachers [Policy Podcast] Autor: European Parliamentary Research Service Duración: 05:40 Resumen: La enseñanza, una profesión que se remonta a través de las generaciones, parece haber perdido parte de su atractivo en la actualidad. El envejecimiento de la población docente, la grave escasez de docentes, […]
Survey of Higher Education Institutions on Inclusive Mobility
This survey aims to explore the needs and expectations of Higher Education Institutions from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) on inclusive mobility. Launched by EPFIME team, the Inclusive Mobility Surveys aim to gather the needs and expectations of students with disabilities, ministries of education and higher education institutions across Europe on inclusive mobility, while focusing on how ministries and […]
On-line course: The Intercultural Dimension of Global Education
Organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, in collaboration with The Network University, this free online course explores new ways of understanding and promoting intercultural education from the contexts and perspectives of the participants. The course taking place from 29th October to 25th November 2019, has been designed to complement the Global Education Guidelines, a pedagogical tool for educators and policy […]
Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions: Satellite broadband internet access for educational multimedia contents to unconnected schools
The general objective of the pilot project is to contribute to assessing the benefits of a broadband connectivity via satellite in areas impacted by digital divide with the support of regional or national public authorities, as a precursor of the even larger benefits that the European Gigabit Society will later make largely available. In […]
Erasmus+: EU boosts participation of African students and staff in 2019
The EU has invested an additional €17.6 million to support over 8,500 newly selected African students and staff to participate in Erasmus+ in 2019. This increase in Erasmus+ funding is one more step towards the commitment announced by President Jean-Claude Juncker in his State of the Union speech in September 2018 to have supported […]
New report on digital education shows upward trends in Europe’s schools
The European Commission’s Eurydice network published today a report that maps the state of digital education in schools across Europe. The report looks at how digital competences are taught and assessed. It also gives an overview of the digital skills of teachers, the policies designed to support digital education and the use of technology in large-scale national tests. Half […]
H2020: Training and Education on Quantum Technologies
This call ( FETFLAG-07-2020), whose main objective is to create a pan-European agenda for the development of a master’s degree in quantum technology covering the needs of European industry, belongs to the Future and Emerging Technologies sub-programme of the H2020 Programme. Quantum technology (QT) is a rapidly accelerating field of research and development with a […]
Workshop on key competences in initial vocational education and training: digital, literacy and multilingual
The European centre for the development of vocational training (Cedefop) is analysing in-depth how key competences are integrated and promoted in vocational education and training (VET). In the period 2018-2019 a study focuses on 3 key competences: literacy, languages, and digital. This workshop will share and discuss the results of the study with more than […]
Milk, fruits and vegetables distributed to schoolchildren thanks to EU programme
With the start of a new school year, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme will resume in participating EU countries for 2019-2020. EU school scheme The EU school scheme aims at promoting healthy eating and balanced diets through the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products while also proposing educational programmes on agriculture […]