Trois agences européennes Erasmus+ (Belgique, France, Luxembourg) ont organisé la Conférence internationale Erasmus+ intitulé "Reconnaissance des compétences et employabilité en Europe". Voir l'article...

Cette note d’information du Cedefop porte sur les avantages de l’apprentissage et le soutien du Cedefop dans le cadre de l’Alliance européenne pour l’apprentissage. Sont présentés les cas de l’Italie, de la Slovénie, du Luxembourg et de la Grèce. Voir l'article...

The final phase of consultation will consider approaches for the future funding of higher education and student supports, please see document below
Further to the report, there are two accompanying background reports of work commissioned by the Expert Group as part of its considerations. The first is a review of international funding models and the second is the outcomes of focus group research on attitudes to higher education.

In the past decade, a growing number of countries have established national councils for innovation or for science, technology and innovation. The interest in innovation councils responds to a growing need for strengthening the coordination, inclusiveness and, ultimately, the effectiveness of innovation policy governance.
In Sweden, the National Council for Innovation and Quality in the Public Sector was established less than a year ago with the aim of supporting and stimulating innovation and change in public services.

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Education Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has urged Finland’s universities to think seriously about which field of study they will specialise in by the year 2025. In an open letter urging universities to become the “best in the world” in a certain area, Grahn-Laasonen raps the learning institutions for their inefficient use of resources, asking for example why only 60% of university staff are employed in tuition or research, reports Yle. Read more...

In what is seen by many as a severe blow to academic freedom, a newly drafted regulation suggested by Turkey's Higher Education Board will pave the way for the closure of private universities, writes Hasan Karali for Today’s Zaman. Read more...

By Michael Gardner. Germany’s course guidance centres are increasingly seeing students turning up with their parents. The helicopter parent phenomenon could at least partly be because of greater numbers of under-age school-leavers enrolling at universities. Read more...

The European Commission just published three studies on broadband: on speed, price and coverage.
The first study, on broadband quality concludes that subscribers are getting 75% of the advertised download speed. The second study, on broadband prices, shows that broadband access has continued to become more affordable and the third report, on broadband coverage, confirms substantial deployments of high speed fixed as well as 4G (LTE) mobile infrastructures. More...