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When a country’s tuition fee system does not cover administrative charges, who picks up the bill?
Comparing tuition fees - the fee charged to higher education students for educational instruction - seems straightforward.  It should be as simple as crunching a few numbers or better yet, locating dots on a chart. Every year, country comparable data on tuition fees are issued by international information providers. The chart below, based on Eurydice’s National Student Fee and Support Systems and the OECD’s 2013 ‘Education at a Glance’, for example clearly shows that England charges more tuition fees than Japan. It seems straightforward.  But is it? Short answer: not really. Read more...

'We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.' – Kurt Vonnegut
Great inventions respond to simple needs. Wanting to move faster than on foot surely led to the first ever bicycle sketch, often attributed to Caprotti in 1493. Now the speed of technological innovation is increasing, so fast it seems that our cars will soon drive themselves. Science is finding technological fixes to our problems before most of us realise there was a problem in the first place. Just have a look at the world of education and new teaching tools: virtual classrooms and smart boards are well on their way to replacing physical space and chalk. But how are our systems adapting to this brave new world, and by the way, why doesn't somebody invent a smart tool where we could find out what is really going on? Read more...

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.

Education News from the Commission 

>> Public consultation on a "European Area of Skills and Qualifications"

>> Erasmus+ guide published, €1.8 billion in funding available in 2014

>> Commission and OECD launch website for universities to measure entrepreneurial impact

>> Education and Training Monitor highlights impact of budget cuts and skills mismatch

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Forthcoming 2014
Modernisation of Higher Education: Access, Retention & Employability
The report sheds light on current national and institutional policies and practices aimed at increasing and widening access, reducing student dropout, and improving the employability of higher education graduates in Europe.
Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care
The report aims to provide insights on what constitutes high quality ECEC through policy-driven and internationally comparable indicators on ECEC.
Funding of School Education (mechanisms - decision making levels)
Funding of school education is today at the heart of many debates in the field of education and is considered a key priority of Europe 2020. The report will contain diagrams on financial flows in individual countries.
Facts and Figures on Instruction Time
The Eurydice national data collection on instruction time targets the recommended compulsory curriculum by grades/stages for full-time compulsory education..

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Who we are
The Eurydice Network's task is to provide reliable information on, and comprehensive analyses of, European education systems and policies. It consists of 40 National Units based in all 36 countries participating in the EU's Lifelong Learning programme: EU Member States, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland..

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Latest publications
National Student Fee and Support Systems 2013/14
See the main characteristics of public fee and support systems in European countries at a glance. .

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Latest publications
Teachers' and School Heads' Salaries and Allowances in Europe, 2012/13
How much do teachers and school heads earn in European countries? What allowances are available? .

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Latest publications
Structure of European Education Systems 2013/14
How are national education systems organised in Europe? What does their structure look like?

Welcome to the New Year Edition of the Eurydice Newsletter
New year, new start, new Eurydice Newsletter - your update on recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications and news from the world of European education.
Latest publications
Compulsory Education in Europe 2013/14
What is the duration of compulsory education (full-time and part-time) in European countries?.