The Danish Science Journalists Association (Danske Videnskabsjournalister - DV), in collaboration with the European Union of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA), is organising the largest and most prestigious annual science journalism event that has taken place in Europe. More...
The 45th European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference will take place on Terceira Island in the Azores from 18 to 21 September.
The event is a unique opportunity for those interested or involved in engineering education and research to exchange views and opinions, and to establish new contacts with peers and other stakeholders. More...
The 2017 Edition of Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe depicts the main education policies regarding teaching and learning of languages in 42 European education systems. It answers questions about what foreign languages are learnt, how long students spend studying foreign languages, the level of foreign language proficiency students are expected to reach by the end of compulsory education and what kind of language support is provided to newly arrived migrant students as well as many other topics. The indicators are organised into five different chapters: Context, Organisation, Participation, Teachers and Teaching Processes. A variety of sources were used to build the indicators, and these include the Eurydice Network, Eurostat, and the OECD’s PISA and TALIS international surveys. More...In the Communication School development and excellent teaching for a great start in life, the Commission identifies areas where action is urgently needed and how EU support can help EU countries address the current challenges.What better place than at a school to learn and practice solidarity? As children gather to learn and play together, they can also be exposed to bullying or other difficulties caused by their special needs or by a lack of tolerance from their peers. To counter that and make schools a welcoming place for all, a number of strategies are possible, as explored in the recent European report on How to prevent and tackle bullying and school violence. A number of these strategies are also supported by Erasmus+ projects. More...The numbers of lower secondary students learning two foreign languages is up compared with ten years ago. And most countries now have provisions to support migrant children who need to learn the language of their host country. These are some of the main results of a report on 'Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe' published in May 2017 by the European Commission’s Eurydice network. Less positive is the fact that the level of ambition for learning a second foreign language is still remarkably low. It is also worth noting that more than half of language teachers in Europe have travelled abroad for professional reasons, many of them with the support of funding from EU programmes such as Erasmus+, the EU Programme for education, training, youth and sport. More...Some projects have been targeting pupils’ involvement in their local communities, such as the PICARO project, which aims to increase pupils’ awareness of poverty and social exclusion in Europe, and encourage their involvement and commitment to combat them. The School factory of initiatives – equal citizenship partnership raises awareness on issues related to discrimination and gender equality in schools and beyond, while the EVE project discusses European values and how these values differ from country to country among young people in Europe. It focused on how to approach themes such as work, religion, family and society by using the Atlas of European Values and expanding it to include new languages. More...A recently completed project has shown how universities working across borders not only develop better programmes but they also give the graduates and social services practitioners a better understanding of the needs of the people they will support.The European Commission has launched a consultation on promoting shared values through education.The "European Horizons" project is one of the most innovative and successful projects supported under the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet activities in the last few years. By sharing knowledge about the EU abroad, the project looks to build solidarity and democratic participation.
European Horizons is a US-based, non-partisan think-tank devoted to exploring the meaning of European identity, modernising and reforming the concept of the social market economy, promoting the cause for European integration, and deepening transatlantic relations. More...
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