What PISA tells us about school choice and equity
Our new report, Balancing School Choice and Equity: An International Perspective Based on PISA, takes a closer look at the effect of school choice policies on school segregation and equity. It also identifies steps that policy makers can take to ensure that school choice policies do not exacerbate inequities between advantaged and disadvantaged students, or high and low achievers. More...
EUA addresses Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Europe dialogue on higher education
The 7th Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7) took place in Bucharest, Romania from 11 to 15 May. The Conference, entitled “Higher Education taking Action Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Perspectives from Asia and Europe”, gathered approximately 150 participants to discuss the key responsibility of universities in tackling the SDGs. More...
EUA asks Technopolis to investigate Read & Publish agreements
EUA and a coalition of 24 organisations representing national rectors' conferences, national negotiating consortia and libraries are funding the study in order to gain a better picture of the implications of Read & Publish agreements. Several countries have recently concluded such deals, combining reading access to publishers' collections with provisions for publishing research outputs in open access. More...
Is the restructuring of the European higher education sector coming to an end?
In a recently published briefing, EUA explores the characteristics of these mergers, clusters and concentration processes over the last two decades, and exposes different commonly found profiles. Although higher education systems in some countries are close to consolidation and merger activity is starting to decrease, system restructurings are still in process in other countries, with more merger activity expected in the coming year in countries as diverse as France, Greece or Lithuania. More...
Greece: VET graduate tracking study
A new VET graduate tracking study is currently being carried out in Greece by the National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP). The project focuses on graduates of post-secondary VET programmes (IEK); it aims to provide quantitative and qualitative data about what graduates do after completing their training. More...
Greece: apprenticeship reform successfully expanded
The new apprenticeship programme, the Post-secondary year - apprenticeship class of upper secondary vocational schools (EPAL), was initially launched by the education ministry in the school year 2016/17 aiming to offer to EPAL graduates the opportunity to upgrade their education qualifications and obtain work experience. More...
Cyprus: measures to upgrade VET
A press conference announcing measures to upgrade Cyprus’s public VET system improve its image and increase participation rates took place at the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) in December 2018. More...
Bulgaria: Education, business and regional authorities join forces for ICT innovation
The Bourgas school is a joint project of the municipality, which works actively to create the right conditions for young people from the region to become leaders in hi-tech and digital innovation, and leading ICT companies in Bulgaria. It focuses not only on traditional subject area programming but also on cutting-edge technologies of the future and, more specifically, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). More...
Bulgaria: Consultative Council to lead VET reforms
Key VET stakeholders at national, regional and local levels are represented in the council: ministries, agencies, institutes, universities, NGOs, national employers’ associations and trade unions, employers with experience in dual training, association of municipalities in Bulgaria, local authorities, regional education management units, and VET school representatives. More...