The EU has a goal of 40 percent of people completing a higher-level course

Eurostat figures have revealed that the European Union is edging closer to its Europe 2020 target in education.
The share of people who have attended a tertiary education college or equivalent, has risen from 23.6 percent in 2002, when the series started, to 37.9 percent in 2014, for those between the ages of 30 and 34.
Women have benefited the most from this increasing trend, as 42.3 percent have now been university educated or completed a course at a higher technical education institution, up to last year. Read more...