Education & Training in the European Union

Latest news on the European Union's education and training policies.

Lift-off for EU's EUR 28 bn Erasmus educational programme — 31 March 2021, 18:25 CET

The EU Commission adopted Thursday the first work programme of its Erasmus+ education programme, to fund learning mobility and cross-border cooperation projects for 10 million Europeans of all ages.

UK to remain part of Euro-Parliament communication programmes — 19 January 2021, 23:49 CET

The European Parliament reaffirmed Tuesday its will to continue to engage with young generations of British citizens as well as EU 27 citizens resident in the UK.

Euroscola — 19 January 2021, 23:40 CET

The European Parliament set up the Euroscola project in 1990, thus allowing hundreds of thousands of high-school students to participate in a simulation exercise of the work of MEPs.

International Conference on Computer Supported Education (Prague, Czech Republic, from 23 April 2021, 09:00 CET to 25 April 2021, 17:00 CET) —

CSEDU 2021, the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, takes place in Prague, Czech Republic on 23 - 25 April, 2021.

European Skills Agenda — 01 July 2020, 21:25 CET

The Commission presented on 1 July the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience. It sets ambitious, quantitative objectives for upskilling (improving existing skills) and reskilling (training in new skills) to be achieved within the next 5 years.

Youth Employment Support — 01 July 2020, 21:17 CET

The European Commission is taking action on 1 July to give young people all possible opportunities to develop their full potential to shape the future of the EU, and thrive in the green and digital transitions.

Students: connect to nature in the time of COVID-19 through new "Earth School" — 22 April 2020, 23:10 CET

With more than 1.5 bn learners hit by COVID-19 school closures, a UN Environment Programme coalition has launched 'Earth School' to provide free, high-quality educational content for students and teachers.

EU's Erasmus education programme benefits 10 million — 29 January 2020, 23:13 CET

More than 10 million young people have taken part in Erasmus, the EU's programme to support and strengthen education, training, youth and sport in Europe, according to its annual report, out Tuesday.

Erasmus+ Annual Report 2018 - background guide — 28 January 2020, 17:15 CET

The European Commission published on 28 January the Erasmus+ Annual Report 2018, covering the fifth year of Erasmus+, the European Union's flagship programme to support and strengthen education, training, youth and sport in Europe.

20,000 young people set for free EU travel passes — 16 January 2020, 17:40 CET

Around 20,000 18-year-olds are set to receive a travel pass under the fourth and latest round of DiscoverEU, the opportunity to explore Europe which attracted some 75,000 applications from across Europe.

DiscoverEU - background guide — 15 January 2020, 22:59 CET

Around 20,000 18-year-olds are receiving a travel pass under the fourth and latest round of DiscoverEU, which attracted some 75,000 applications from across Europe.

Free EU travel passes for 20,000 young people next summer — 07 November 2019, 23:27 CET

18-year-olds in the EU have until 28 November to apply for the latest round of DiscoverEU travel passes, launched Thursday, which give them the opportunity to travel across Europe for free.

Erasmus+: EU publishes 2020 student exchange programme call — 06 November 2019, 22:57 CET

The EU Commission published Tuesday its 2020 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme - opportunities for young Europeans to study and train abroad - with an expected budget of over EUR 3 billion.

Stages - Traineeship — 02 October 2019, 23:28 CET

Trainees work all over the European Commission/Services/Agencies mostly in Brussels, but also in Luxembourg and across the European Union. The content of the job depends on the service you are assigned to. You may, for example, work in the field of competition law, human resources, environmental policy etc.

Education and Training Monitor EU analysis, volume 1 2019 — 27 September 2019, 11:54 CET

Published as a European Commission Staff Working Document, the Education and Training Monitor presents a yearly evaluation of education and training system across Europe. The report brings together the latest data, technical reports and studies, as well as examples of policy measures from different EU countries. Volume 1 offers a cross-national and thematic analysis. Volume 2 consists of 28 individual country reports.

European Prevention Curriculum: a handbook for decision-makers, opinion-makers and policy-makers in science-based prevention of substance use — 24 September 2019, 23:19 CET

This handbook has been developed with the primary purpose of providing specific reference material for the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) training courses. It also serves to provide a more general introduction to prevention science and, in particular, to science-based interventions. The training curriculum has been developed by a European project entitled UPC-Adapt, which was co-funded by the European Commission.

Digital Education at School in Europe - Eurydice Report — 12 September 2019, 17:12 CET

Acknowledging the key role school education plays in preparing young people for a tech-driven world, this report sheds light on two different but complementary perspectives of digital education: the development of digital competences relevant to learners and teachers on the one hand, and the pedagogical use of technologies to support, improve and transform learning and teaching on the other. The report provides indicators on the development of students' digital competence through school curricula and teacher-specific digital competences, the assessment of students' digital competences and the use of technology for assessment in general, and finally, on the strategic approaches to digital education and specifically policies supporting schools in this matter. While the four main chapters provide policy-makers, researchers and the education community with comparative information on the current school digital education policies across Europe, the annexes add specific information by country, on school curricula, teacher competence frameworks, top-level strategies and agencies supporting digital education at school.

Children to get EU milk, fruit and veg as school year begins — 04 September 2019, 17:01 CET

With the start of a new school year, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, aimed at promoting healthy eating to schoolchildren, is to resume in participating EU countries for 2019-2020.

EU and Japan select first Joint Master Programmes — 01 August 2019, 19:26 CET

The European Commission announced Wednesday the results of a call for proposals for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Partnerships with Japan launched in October 2018.

First 17 'European Universities' selected — 27 June 2019, 22:57 CET

The European Commission announced Wednesday the higher education institutions from all over Europe that will be part of the first “European Universities” alliances.

EU issues 20,000 more euro-travel passes for 18-yr-olds — 08 May 2019, 00:22 CET

18-year-olds in the EU have until 16 May to apply for 20,000 DiscoverEU travel passes, the Commission announced Thursday, for the opportunity to explore Europe between 1 August and 31 January.

DiscoverEU - background guide — 03 May 2019, 01:03 CET

The European Commission launched on 2 May a new call for applications for DiscoverEU travel passes. All 18-year-olds in the EU have until 16 May 2019 to apply, giving them the opportunity to discover Europe between 1 August 2019 and 31 January 2020.

Youth4Regions programme for aspiring journalists — 09 April 2019, 23:50 CET

Youth4Regions is a European Commission programme helping journalism students and young journalists to discover what the EU is doing in their region.

Erasmus+ pivotal role in building inclusive Europe — 28 January 2019, 12:18 CET

More people than ever before are taking part in the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, the number of projects supported continues to grow, and the programme is becoming more inclusive, says a report.

Erasmus+ annual report 2017 — 24 January 2019, 21:11 CET

In 2017 Erasmus+ continued to support the implementation of the four objectives of the 2015 Paris Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education. In particular, it strengthened the focus on common values and inclusive education across all its actions, and prioritised them in a number of key calls for proposals, following the presentation and subsequent proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which establishes the importance of quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning as its first...