EDUCATION

European Education

15.09.2009 @ 09:14 CET

EUOBSERVER / FOCUS - The EU Jean Monnet programme has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary in helping universities set up departments and courses on European studies while another key programme, the 22-year-old Erasmus student exchange programme, needs an upgrade, one of its founders says. EUobserver turns the spotlight on the education sector.

EU to test new university ranking in 2010

06.01.2010 @ 10:03 CET

The European Union is developing a new worldwide ranking system of universities to rival currently established league tables in a bid to improve the ranking of European universities and improve Europe's economic power.

EU innovation summit calls for a return to science

13.10.2009 @ 17:43 CET

If one message shone through the myriad of ideas expressed on day one of Europe's first ever Innovation Summit, it was a call for a greater numbers of students in the field of science.

Schools doing a bad job of teaching pupils about Holocaust, EU study says

26.01.2010 @ 17:44 CET

Europe's Holocaust memorials, exhibitions and museums offer young people too little reflection on current human rights issues, and current school programmes do not establish this link either, a report published by the EU's fundamental rights agency says.

English most studied language in EU schools

25.09.2009 @ 09:27 CET

English is the most studied language in EU schools, but over 35 percent of adults only speak their mother tongue, especially in Hungary, where three in four grown ups have no other language skills, fresh data released by Eurostat shows.

EU ministers concerned about teaching profession

24.09.2009 @ 09:29 CET

European education ministers gathered for an informal meeting in Goteborg on Wednesday and Thursday discussed ways to improve the teaching profession and make it more attractive as a job prospect for bright students.

Roma education policies don't work at local level, experts say

29.09.2009 @ 09:28 CET

Mayors and local school authorities in Slovakia and other central and eastern European states still favour segregation of Roma children, despite national policies adopted by the central governments, experts have warned on Monday.

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Copenhagen spends protocol money on climate scholarships

21.09.2009 @ 09:18 CET

The Danish government is paying for 11 scholarships on climate change studies instead of buying pens and gadgets for the participants of the upcoming UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen.

EU sanctions on Iran clash with EU anti-discrimination rules

18.09.2009 @ 09:27 CET

A group of Dutch-Iranian students have filed a case against the Dutch government for its harsh interpretation of EU sanctions aimed at preventing Iranian students in Europe from acquiring information on nuclear and missile technologies, saying the measures are discriminatory and racist and will not stop Tehran from creating an atomic bomb.

Romanian pollution research gets Norwegian boost

23.09.2009 @ 17:38 CET

A high-tech research project on air pollution in Romania has launched thanks to a €2.5 million grant from Norway, just as Romanian authorities have slashed funding for science and research by 70 percent due to the economic crisis.

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University scheme for EU studies marks 20 years

16.09.2009 @ 09:25 CET

The Jean Monnet programme, a support scheme for university studies on EU integration, marks two decades of helping new member states and candidate countries grow accustomed to the bloc's history, law and economy.

EU student exchange programme outdated, says founder

15.09.2009 @ 09:19 CET

The EU needs to upgrade its 22-year old student exchange programme, one of its founders told this website in an interview for a focus section on European Education.

Sweden takes on youth illiteracy and unemployment

17.09.2009 @ 08:31 CET

The Swedish EU presidency is pushing for a quick agreement on the bloc's 2010-2018 youth policy, aimed at tackling youth unemployment and improving literacy skills.

Anti-Bologna movement spreads in Spain

15.12.2008 @ 17:54 CET

Opposition to the Bologna Process, an EU-inspired series of university and college reforms, has expanded substantially across Spain in recent weeks, as students protest, occupy school buildings and even block rail lines.

European managers hesitate to join China study programme

14.11.2008 @ 09:31 CET

A European programme worth 23 million euro has managed to send only one third of the number of students possible under the scheme to study in China.

Education policies can spur recovery, study shows

09.09.2009 @ 09:23 CET

National governments need to invest in education as the economies move out of recession, as the demand for highly trained workers will be higher, OECD's annual study on education shows.

EU struggles with growing teen illiteracy

11.07.2008 @ 09:32 CET

A growing proportion of teenagers in the EU have poor literacy skills, a fresh European Commission report has found.

European universities struggle to open their minds

01.07.2008 @ 09:59 CET

European universities are getting better at raising money, linking-up with industry and breaking down national barriers in a race against US and Asian schools. But tension between some aspects of academic culture and government policy threatens to hold back Europe's leap forward.

Time to link academia to business needs, says EU commissioner

01.07.2008 @ 09:09 CET

European universities need to step out from their traditional isolation from the outside world in order to avoid producing jobless graduates, EU education commissioner Jan Figel has said.

[Comment] Before Copenhagen is flooded

01.07.2008 @ 10:47 CET

With international politicians and academics set to descend en masse on the Danish capital next autumn to debate the way forward on climate change, the vice-chancellor of the University of Copenhagen urges the political and scientific spheres to work together for once.

Inching towards a European Higher Education Area

01.07.2008 @ 09:45 CET

National education systems of higher education are labyrinthine enough for students when they arrive at college, university or training institute. Taking those credits or qualifications abroad and having other schools or employers understand them has always been a Herculean task, and not just for those studying Ancient Rome.

EU member states fear scholarship tourism

01.07.2008 @ 08:39 CET

As more and more young Europeans study in member states other than their own, this has serious implications for how governments manage their social assistance for students. A keenly-awaited preliminary ruling next month is set to shed some light on the hot issue.

Foreign students should get special visa to study in EU

01.07.2008 @ 08:41 CET

Foreign students must get easier access to the European Union if the bloc is to catch up with US standards of education and its own goals of making itself the foremost competitive and dynamic region in the world, MEPs have said. Critics of the new proposals suggest they risk being elitist.

European college grooms EU elite

01.07.2008 @ 09:46 CET

At a time when studying in a country other than one's own is getting increasingly popular in the EU, a post-graduate university with campuses in two member states claims to be 'the most genuinely European' university institute of European studies.

EU technology school to turn ideas into income

01.07.2008 @ 10:36 CET

As part of its efforts to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, the EU has agreed to set up in 2009 a European Institution of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

EIT - to attract bright young brains from within and beyond Europe into research and innovation (Photo: Pixie.Notat)

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