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Posted : 29 September 2009
The lives and professional careers of seven Erasmus Mundus alumni who returned to their home countries are now described in a new DVD documentary, "The Mundificent Seven". The film tells the ...
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Posted : 28 September 2009
The European Commission has launched a survey that should help us to better understand how school teachers perceive the role of creativity and innovation in their own teaching practice. The preliminary ...
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Posted : 24 September 2009
EU countries face common challenges in adapting their school systems to the changes brought about by immigration. This is one of the key messages received in a public consultation conducted by the European ...
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Posted : 24 September 2009
In its first progress report on quality assurance in higher education in Europe the European Commission points to significant developments towards more transparency and credibility over the past few years. ...
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Posted : 23 September 2009
Pupils at secondary schools will have the possibility to spend between three and ten months in a host school and a host family abroad under a new strand of Comenius, the EU's programme in the field of ...
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Posted : 16 September 2009
Pupils in Europe take on average three national tests during compulsory education, with some countries testing up to ten or eleven times, according to a report presented today by the European Commission. ...
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Posted : 11 September 2009
Education and care services for young children can improve their subsequent performance at school and their life chances – but only if they are of high quality. This is a key message from a new report ...
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Posted : 08 September 2009
The European Commission has today submitted to the Council a proposal for an agreement with Switzerland to allow Swiss universities, schools, students and other young people to participate in the EU's ...
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Posted : 07 September 2009
This year's 20th anniversary edition of the annual Jean Monnet Conference celebrates the contribution of academic studies to the European integration process and to better knowledge about the EU worldwide. ...
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Posted : 01 September 2009
The European Commission, through its longstanding co-operation with the US and Canada, announces the launch of 33 new and innovative projects involving universities and training institutions on both sides ...
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Posted : 06 August 2009
The European Commission has just selected 50 Masters Courses and 13 Joint Doctorates to be added to the courses available under the Erasmus Mundus programme. The new courses involve 296 universities from ...
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Posted : 30 July 2009
According to new figures, released today, the EU's Erasmus programme for mobility and co-operation in higher education, enabled more than 162 000 European students and 27 000 academics to go abroad to ...
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Posted : 16 July 2009
The European Commission today presented a report identifying both major positive trends and serious challenges for education systems across Europe. Positive news include: the increasing enrolment of 4-year ...
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Posted : 15 July 2009
The European Commission has just launched a public consultation on how to give young people in Europe more and better opportunities of going abroad for learning, studying or volunteering. You can now participate ...
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Posted : 08 July 2009
How to boost the opportunities for young people in Europe to develop their skills and knowledge by going abroad? The European Commission today published a Green Paper on "Promoting the learning mobility ...
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Posted : 06 July 2009
Registration is now open for an international conference on tax incentives for education and training. The first EU conference on this issue will provide innovative perspectives on the trends and developments ...
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Posted : 03 July 2009
From the academic year 2010-2011, the Erasmus Programme will fund intensive language courses in Spain's co-official languages Basque, Catalan and Galician for prospective Erasmus students who want to study ...
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Posted : 01 July 2009
The European Commission has just awarded almost 10,000 new grants to be funded by the Erasmus Mundus programme in the academic year 2009-2010. 8,385 students and academics will come to study or teach in ...
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Posted : 01 July 2009
Ireland is the first European country to publicly indicate how its national qualifications levels relate to the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF). The EQF is a new European ...
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Posted : 16 June 2009
Three out of four teachers feel that they lack incentives to improve the quality of their teaching, while bad behaviour by students in the classroom disrupts lessons in three schools out of five, according ...
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Posted : 11 June 2009
Today the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel', signed two Joint Declarations between the European Commission and the Government of Mexico on education and culture ...
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Posted : 11 June 2009
65 higher education institutions from 16 countries are today awarded with special European quality labels in recognition of their efforts to make it easier for students to study abroad. These labels are ...
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Posted : 09 June 2009
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) presented today the results of the first pan-European forecast of its kind, "Future skill supply in Europe: medium-term forecast ...
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Posted : 04 June 2009
An international conference, organised by the European Commission and its Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL) in Brussels on 28 and 29 May 2009, looked at whether and how creativity can be ...
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Posted : 02 June 2009
Following an open call for tender, the European Commission has selected the winning bid to carry out a feasibility study on the design and testing of a new multi-dimensional global university ranking. ...
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Posted : 28 May 2009
Can you measure creativity? Can you compare it across countries and regions or across different fields of human activity? If yes, in what way? An international conference organised by the European Commission ...
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Posted : 27 May 2009
An open forum, organised by the Learnovation Stakeholder Roundtable with the support of the European Commission will today bring together the main European networks active in the field of innovation in ...
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Posted : 12 May 2009
Today the Council adopted a new strategic framework for co-operation between EU Member States to reform their education and training systems. This is an important signal in the current economic crisis, ...
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Posted : 11 May 2009
Six hundred European officials return to their old school this year. The idea is to 'give Europe a face' and to take part in discussions with school students on European issues of interest to them. The ...
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Posted : 11 May 2009
Sign language is an absolutely necessary tool for communication between deaf or hard of hearing people. However, against the common belief, sign language is not a universal language and it has been difficult ...
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Posted : 07 May 2009
18 projects and student mobility activities funded by the EU's education and training programmes today received the 2009 European Awards for Lifelong Learning. The awards recognise the important role of ...
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Posted : 04 May 2009
European ministers responsible for higher education met at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on 28-29 April 2009 to discuss progress in European higher education reform under the Bologna process and ...
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Posted : 29 April 2009
29 April is the European day of solidarity between generations, an opportunity to recall the importance of the inter-generational dimension in education and training. Youngsters and older people can learn ...
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Posted : 23 April 2009
The European Commission has just launched a new online platform to give greater visibility and better access to its joint work with Member States on policy initiatives to reform education and training ...
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Posted : 22 April 2009
On 28 and 29 April, Ministers responsible for higher education from 46 European countries will meet in Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, to take stock of the achievements of the Bologna Process, set ...
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Posted : 22 April 2009
A new Europe-wide survey among students shows that they want wider access to higher education and that universities should open up co-operation with the world of work and to lifelong learning. A large ...
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Posted : 20 April 2009
Between 20 April and 8 May, schools across Europe will open their doors to show how partnerships with schools in other EU countries can bring creative and innovative learning into the classroom. During ...
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Posted : 16 April 2009
Madlen Serban, 52, has been appointed the new Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF), the EU agency based in Turin, Italy, which supports education and training in countries surrounding the ...
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Posted : 02 April 2009
The European Commission has today outlined how co-operation between universities and businesses in Europe could be developed and strengthened. The proposed measures are part of the Commission's activities ...
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Posted : 01 April 2009
'Orbis Pictus or the Gate to the World of Creative Human Imagination' is one of the major events accompanying the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. The outstanding Czech artist Petr Nikl ...
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Posted : 30 March 2009
"Stranger", one of the flagship projects of the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue has produced an educational DVD for schools. The DVD, which is available for free, is directed at ...
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Posted : 25 March 2009
The future of education in Europe will be in the spotlight on Monday, 30 March in the second Brussels Debate organised in the framework of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. The debate ...
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Posted : 24 March 2009
A meeting of the Ambassadors for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI) will take place on Wednesday, 25 March in Brussels. The ambassadors' discussions over the coming months are meant ...
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Posted : 10 March 2009
EU Member States are currently working to define national qualifications levels in terms of learning outcomes – what a learner knows, understands and is able to do – in order to link them to the European ...
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Posted : 04 March 2009
A conference co-organised by the Czech Presidency and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), will discuss how far Europe has come in making its systems of vocational ...
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Posted : 03 March 2009
Participants at a conference on creativity and innovation in EU-funded projects discussed ways of ensuring the best possible results and long-term impact.
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Posted : 03 March 2009
The European Commission has just presented a new online tool for easy access to the results and details of EU-funded projects in the fields of education, culture, youth and citizenship. EVE (Espace virtuel ...
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Posted : 02 March 2009
At a conference on 2-3 March the European Commission and partners in EU-funded projects demonstrate how the EU supports creativity and innovation by financing cross-border projects.
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Posted : 20 February 2009
According to a recent study the EU's Erasmus programme for mobility and cooperation in higher education has been a strong driving force in shaping the landscape of higher education in Europe. The programme, ...
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Posted : 18 February 2009
The best eTwinning projects of the 2007/08 school year have just been awarded for their creative and innovative ways of using the Internet to build links between schools in different countries. The five ...
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Posted : 16 February 2009
Erasmus Mundus, the European co-operation and mobility programme, now enters a new phase with a substantially increased budget and a wider scope. It will increase the support of academic excellence and ...
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Posted : 16 February 2009
The European Commission today presented a new study on early childhood education and care in Europe, and on what measures are taken to favour participation of the most disadvantaged social groups. Examining ...
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Posted : 13 February 2009
The European Commission has announced the addendum to the Call for Proposals 2009 (DG EAC/31/08) of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), which allows the Republic of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic ...
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Posted : 13 February 2009
At this year's annual eTwinning conference in Prague on 13-15 February, the European Commission is awarding prizes to ten outstanding eTwinning school projects. eTwinning is an EU initiative to encourage ...
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Posted : 09 February 2009
The European Commission has invited European stakeholders in education and training and the social partners to discuss immediate policy priorities and to improve ways of working together in the long term. ...
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Posted : 05 February 2009
High level representatives from business, higher education and politics are meeting in Brussels on 5-6 February for the 2009 European University-Business Forum. The forum is an opportunity to network, ...
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Posted : 04 February 2009
The European Commission is organising a major European conference on creativity and innovation on 2 and 3 March 2009 in Brussels. The event will explore and identify examples of best practice among projects ...
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Posted : 03 February 2009
Governments, academia and representatives of the banking sector came together to discuss the role of student loans in promoting access, quality and mobility in EU education and training at an International ...
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Posted : 28 January 2009
Over 150 education specialists and policy-makers from 58 countries across the world are coming together in Brussels on 29-30 January to discuss the external dimension of the new European Qualifications ...
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Posted : 15 January 2009
A recent modification to the procedural rules of the EU's programmes in the fields of lifelong learning, culture, youth and citizenship as well as the Erasmus Mundus programme, will help speed up the selection ...
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Posted : 08 January 2009
What are the possibilities for European funding in the field of Lifelong Learning for the coming years? How can you increase the chances of getting your project selected? How can you find European partners? ...
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Posted : 18 December 2008
The European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) will help learners gain recognition of what they have achieved in different countries or learning environments. The European Quality ...
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Posted : 17 December 2008
On 16 December 2008 the European Commission presented proposals for better job matching and more effective ways to analyse and predict which skills will be needed in tomorrow's labour market. New Skills ...
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Posted : 16 December 2008
On 16 December 2008 the European Commission presented its strategic vision for co-operation between EU Member States on the reform of their education and training systems. Common challenges, such as skills ...
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Posted : 16 December 2008
On 16 December 2008 the European Parliament voted in favour of updating the function and mandate of the EU agency which supports education and training in countries surrounding the EU.
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Posted : 11 December 2008
The European Commission has published a call for tenders, inviting bidders to design and test a new multi-dimensional university ranking system with global outreach. This initiative builds on earlier EU-funded ...
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Posted : 05 December 2008
For the first time, major African and European universities, higher education experts and Erasmus Mundus Alumni students gathered at the conference in Brussels on 4 and 5 December to examine ways to strengthen ...
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Posted : 02 December 2008
The European Commission has recently given its approval to 76 high-quality projects under the new phase of the Tempus programme. The programme supports the modernisation of higher education and creates ...
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Posted : 02 December 2008
The European Commission is consolidating the longstanding cooperation with the US and Canada with the launch of a new round of 24 innovative projects involving universities and training institutions on ...
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Posted : 26 November 2008
A new milestone has been reached under the Copenhagen process for European cooperation in vocational education and training (VET). Meeting in Bordeaux, European Ministers, the European Commission and the ...
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Posted : 26 November 2008
Commissioner Ján Figel' presented the Jean Monnet Prize 2008 to Professor Dai Bingran of Fudan University, Shanghai, for his commitment to teaching about European integration. The award ceremony took place ...
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Posted : 13 November 2008
On his first official visit to India, the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel' signed a Joint Declaration with his ministerial counterpart in the field of education. ...
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Posted : 04 November 2008
On November 3 the European Commission launched Comenius Regio, a new action under the Lifelong Learning Programme. With an annual budget of EUR 16 million, Comenius Regio Partnerships will support cooperation ...
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Posted : 22 October 2008
The European Commission welcomes today's vote in the European Parliament in favour of establishing the second phase of Erasmus Mundus (2009-2013) programme. The European Union will thus continue to support ...
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Posted : 03 October 2008
More than 12,000 young apprentices from and across Europe today participated in an event organised by the French Presidency of the EU at the Palais des Omnisports in Paris. In a three-hour show, politicians, ...
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Posted : 25 September 2008
Hundreds of projects are launched every year under the different strands of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP): Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig and Jean Monnet. "Europe creates ...
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Posted : 18 September 2008
Under the slogan "Skills for a strong Europe" EuroSkills 2008 brings together more than 400 talented young students and graduates in vocational education and training from across Europe. The ...
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Posted : 16 July 2008
The European Commission is intensifying its co-operation with Israel and the Palestinian Authority on education and training matters. During a visit from 14-17 July 2008, Commissioner Ján Figel' opened ...
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Posted : 10 July 2008
The EU's Erasmus programme has been very successful in allowing university students to do parts of their studies abroad. A group of experts called together by the Commission from various sectors has now ...
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Posted : 10 July 2008
The latest figures on the performance of education and training systems across Europe indicate that there is some progress towards the ambitious goals EU Member States have set themselves under the Lisbon ...
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Posted : 04 July 2008
More than 3 million people have already generated their CVs using the resources on the Europass website. An evaluation of the initiative that started in 2005 has found that Europass is a cost-efficient ...
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Posted : 03 July 2008
In its Communication "Improving Competences for the 21st Century: An Agenda for European Cooperation on Schools", presented on 3 July, the Commission is proposing an agenda for cooperation among ...
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Posted : 03 July 2008
With its Green Paper "Migration & Mobility: challenges and opportunities for EU education systems", adopted on 3 July 2008, the Commission wants to open the debate on how education policies ...
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Posted : 25 June 2008
Academics, religious leaders, policy-makers and NGO representatives came together at a conference in Zagreb on 23-24 June 2008 to discuss the role of intercultural dialogue for the Balkan region and for ...
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Posted : 13 June 2008
The 2008 European Awards for Lifelong Learning were given today to fifteen outstanding projects in the field of education and training funded by the European Union; the focus this year was on "quality ...
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Posted : 06 June 2008
More than 2,000 students and 450 teaching staff from outside Europe have been selected to receive an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the academic year 2008/09. These scholarships will allow them to study ...
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Posted : 02 June 2008
The European Qualifications Framework was recently adopted formally by the European Parliament and the Council as a Recommendation. Now, stakeholders from across the EU are set to discuss how to best implement ...
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Posted : 21 May 2008
The EU’s Erasmus programme for student and staff exchanges in higher education has received the "Prize for Excellence in integrating young people into the workforce" awarded by the NoviaSalcedo ...
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Posted : 13 May 2008
Established in 1987, Erasmus, the EU's flagship education and training programme for mobility and cooperation in higher education across Europe, continues to expand. Erasmus receives approximately € 450 ...
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Posted : 08 May 2008
The European Commission has launched the fourth phase of the Tempus programme, which supports the modernisation of higher education in the 28 partner countries of Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central ...
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Posted : 24 April 2008
The European Commission welcomes the formal adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) on 23 April 2008. The way is clear now for Member States to ...
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Posted : 15 April 2008
Today the European Commission is hosting a public hearing on the place and role of languages within the EU. The event, held in the Borschette Conference Centre, rounds up a wide-ranging public consultation ...
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Posted : 10 April 2008
The European Commission has presented plans for a Europe-wide credit system in vocational education and training. This system, called ECVET, would make it easier for citizens to get formal recognition ...
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Posted : 11 March 2008
The European Parliament adopted today the Regulation establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The next steps include appointing the EIT's Governing Board by June 2008 and ...
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