Much has changed in Irish society, classrooms and educational policy over the last two decades, and the skills that today’s children need to develop have transformed, as well. Ireland’s review and redevelopment of the primary curriculum, marks an important opportunity for the country to consider how the curriculum for this phase of education can best prepare children for an uncertain future – and, importantly, build on what they learned in preschool. More...
19 janvier 2019
Ireland is rethinking its curriculum for young children. Here’s what it can learn from other countries
TopClass episode 14: How will technology and A.I. affect education?
Technology has changed the way societies function, and schools will need to adapt in order to prepare students for the technology-rich environments they will face. But the gadget-filled modern world is still relatively new, and understanding how education should respond to it is still a work-in-progress. The influence of artificial intelligence, in particular, deserves serious consideration from educators. More...
How is students’ motivation related to performance and anxiety?
This month’s PISA in Focus takes a closer look at two components of student well-being: motivation and anxiety. Motivated students consider themselves ambitious, want top grades and want to have a broad choice of opportunities when they graduate from school. Such students tend to perform better in class, according to findings from PISA, but for some, academic success comes at the expense of greater anxiety. More...
Ambitious retirement age indexation ensures sustainable public finances in Denmark
By . Denmark has a long tradition of reforms delivering sound public finances and strengthening economic growth. One foundation of long-term fiscal sustainability was the decision taken in 2006 to index statutory and early retirement ages to life expectancy. More...
How much difference do the Doing Business indicators make?
The Doing Business indicators have had unparalleled success in drawing attention to the regulatory burdens that businesses face in different countries, leading to hundreds of reforms worldwide to improve the business environment. More...
Getting Private Sector Engagement on the Right Track: Four Essential Ingredients
Developing countries face complex challenges that require solutions from a strong private sector in partnership with government and society. Many in international development are actively contemplating how to move such partnerships forward. More...
Trillions for the SDGs? Time for a rethink
In 2015, the world enthusiastically signed on to the challenge of transforming billions to trillions of dollars of private finance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More...
Experience the eInfracentral platform and help to improve it
One of the key building blocks of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), eInfraCentral project was funded by the Horizon 2020 with the mission “to ensure that by 2020 a broader and more varied set of users discovers and accesses the existing and emerging e-Infrastructure capacity and e-Infrastructure Services”. More...
EUA outlines path towards greater autonomy for Kazakh universities
In the framework of the EU-supported project “Transition to university autonomy in Kazakhstan” (TRUNAK), EUA carried out an analysis of the state of play in the country, based on the Autonomy Scorecard. The assessment per dimension of autonomy (distinguishing organisational, financial, staffing and academic matters) allowed the identification of shortcomings as well as opportunities for improving the governance of the university sector. The findings are summarised in a publicly accessible report. More...
Towards a more efficient use of resources in Horizon Europe: where do we stand?
The year 2018 has been particularly intense for the European research and innovation community. Since the release of the Commission proposal establishing the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - Horizon Europe, several milestones have been reached in the legislative procedure heading to the forecasted programme launch in 2021. More...
