This report looks at the impact of the business cycle on participation in adult learning in the EU-27 using aggregate quarterly country level data for the period 2005Q1 – 2019Q4. Data come from the EU Labour Force Survey. Although downturns may give individuals more incentives an...
The focus of this Thematic Fiche is sexual diversity. We use the abbreviation LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer) throughout the text, though many international organisations, NGOs and researchers may use slightly different, but closely related, abbrevia...
The unprecedented shift to remote schooling introduced in many countries in the spring of 2020 as one of the preventive measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 gave us the opportunity not only to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of remote schooling, but also to reflect on how...
Facing today’s climate and environmental emergency, the Commission has committed in its Green Deal for the European Union to take action and to reach zero net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050, while maintaining its economy competitive, thus making the EU “carbon neutral”. Th...
This edition of the Bologna Process Implementation Report charts important progress made over two decades when it comes to mobility, quality assurance and recognition, but also points to the work needed in the future. The report shows how European higher education systems advance...
Language competences are at the heart of the European Union’s ambitious vision to create a European education area. Being able to speak foreign languages is a key competence for studying and working abroad. It also enables learners to fully discover Europe’s cultural diversity an...
Education can play an important role in making European societies fairer and more inclusive. To accomplish this, education systems must ensure that all young people are able to develop their talents and achieve their full potential regardless of their background. However, socio-e...
The growing use of micro-credentials is an outcome of the changing nature of the labour market and of growing uncertainty as to what work will look like in the future. Fewer ‘jobs for life’ now exist, and employers demand flexibility and quick reactions to changing circumstances....
This report is based on the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s evaluation of the first nine interim reports of the second generation of the CBHE projects selected for funding in 2016, which was when the programme opened for first time to the African Caribbean a...
This report is based on the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s evaluation of reports (interim, monitoring, final and impact) of the first generation of CBHE projects selected in 2015. In 2015, two projects were selected for an EU funding, namely: 1. Internation...