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Report on early school leaving and graduate education adopted by Commission (10 February)

20 März 2012

The joint EU Council-Commission report entitled 'Education and Training in a smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe' was adopted by the European Commission and EU Education Ministers on 10 February.

 

According to the report the European Union is at risk of missing its 2020 targets to reduce the number of early-school leavers and increase the share of students completing tertiary education.

 

Read the news item and access the complete report on the European Commission home page via the link above.

The report shows that quality education is a key factor in preventing unemployment, by providing young people with the skills and qualifications needed to find a job. Higher education and academic excellence have a vital role to play in increasing Europe's competitiveness and enabling it to emerge stronger from the crisis.

 

 

The joint report finds that Member States are making slow progress towards achieving their Europe 2020 target of reducing school drop-out rates below 10%. In 2010, the early school leaving rate averaged 14.1% across the EU compared to 14.4% the year before. There are considerable differences between the Member States, with Malta (virtually unchanged at 36.9%), Portugal (28.7%) and Spain (28.4%) having the highest rates, although both Portugal and Spain have improved on their 2009 figures (31.2% in both cases). The best performers continue to be Slovakia (4.7%), the Czech Republic (4.9%) and Slovenia (5%).

If current trends continue, the report states that the 2020 target will not be met.

 

The report also shows that achieving the EU's tertiary attainment target - raising the share of 30-34-year-olds who have graduated from the current EU average of 33.6 % to at least 40% - cannot be taken for granted. Seven Member States score below 25% (Romania, Malta, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Portugal). The best performers are Ireland (49.9%), Denmark (47%) and Luxembourg (46.1%).

On the positive side, the share of low-achievers in basic skills in reading, maths and science, 20% in 2009 compared to 24.1% in 2006, is on track for meeting the EU target of less than 15% by the end of the decade.

 

report, Tertiary Education
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ViTAL - video in education - HEA/ALT Special Interest Group

25 November 2011

ViTAL is a group of educators who share an interest in using digital video and media in tertiary education in the UK and beyond.

vídeo, Tertiary Education, active learning
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20th Annual EDEN Conference Best Research Papers

08 Juli 2011

Student Perceptions and Preferences for Tertiary Online Courses: Does Prior High School Distance Learning Make a Difference? Dale Kirby, Dennis B. Sharpe, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada & Michael K. Barbour, Wayne State University,  United States of America and Local Support for Online Learners with Possible Learning Disabilities Torstein Rekkedal, NKI Distance Educat

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VISCED, A Transnational Appraisal of Virtual School and College Provision

10 Juni 2011
The VISCED Partnership aims to make an inventory and to carry out a transnational appraisal of innovative ICT-enhanced learning/teaching exemplar initiatives and e-mature major secondary and post-secondary education providers for the 14-21 age group (including Virtual Schools and Colleges).

Partners in the VISCED project are making an inventory of innovative ICT-enhanced learning initiatives and major ‘e-mature’ secondary and post-secondary education providers for the 14-21 age group in Europe. This entails a systematic review at international and national levels including a study into operational examples of fully virtual schools and colleges. The outputs of this work will be analysed and compared to identify relevant parameters and success factors for classifying and comparing these initiatives.

 

This initiative is open to researchers and policy makers, all outputs will be published on the VISCED project wiki.

 

An inventory of virtual schools and colleges worldwide publicly available on a research wiki. A comparison of European cases with non-European cases with elaborated success factors and action points. A set of parameters and success factors for classifying and comparing virtual schools and colleges. A series of in-depth case studies chosen from the exemplars identified in the research work.

 

This project starts on 1 January 2011 and runs for two years, until 31/12/2012. It is funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission (project number: 511578-LLP-1-2010-1-GR-KA3-KA3MP).

You can download the brochure online as a PDF.

Tertiary Education, schools, e-learning, Blended, virtual school, virtual college
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Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Tertiary Education and Employment

10 Juni 2011

Young adults with disabilities, and especially those with learning difficulties, have been going on to tertiary education in increasing numbers over the past decade. More are gaining the prerequisites for tertiary education as policies to promote the inclusion of disabled people developed over the past 20 years bear fruit.

youth, social inclusion, policy-making, Tertiary Education, employment, right to education