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Promoting learning mobility opportunities for all
On 15 November 2023, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council recommendation on a renewed learning mobility framework. The proposed recommendation, which is a key component of the European education area (EEA), aims to increase opportunities for learning mobility for everyone and invites the Member States to make learning mobility an integral part of all education and learning pathways. It also strives to make Europe as a learning destination even more attractive worldwide. To enhance mobility ...
State of play of academic freedom in the EU member states: Overview of de facto trends and developments
Ever since the early history of European universities, academic freedom has been acknowledged to be a fundamental feature of any higher education research system or institution. The emergence of the research university model in Germany in the early 1800s, highlighting the basic concepts of Lehrfreiheit and Lernfreiheit, contributed strongly to the central position of academic freedom in present-day higher education systems. Following the widespread democratisation of Europe and other parts of the ...
How academic freedom is monitored - Overview of methods and procedures
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the true degree of academic freedom around the world despite international declarations, and constitutional and legal protection. This study aims to support the European Parliament's STOA Panel in developing a procedure to monitor developments in academic freedom in the EU Member States. The study provides an overview of the interpretation of academic freedom in different international declarations, and offers a critical assessment of existing evaluation ...
Progress on the European Commission's 2021-2027 digital education action plan
In a rapidly changing and increasingly digital world, the COVID-19 pandemic has further increased the need to develop the use of technology in education and training. Appropriate skills and competences, as well as digital infrastructure and equipment, are key in this regard. When adapting education to the digital age, ensuring equity and inclusion is crucial, too. The 2021-2027 digital education action plan (DEAP), the European Commission's flagship initiative adopted in September 2020, calls for ...
Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights - July 2022
The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
Research for CULT Committee - The European Schools system: State of Play, Challenges and Perspectives.
This At a glance note summarises the study on The European Schools system: State of Play, Challenges and Perspectives. The study examines the progress that the European Schools System has made during the past decade and overviews its state of affairs as of 2022. The educational dimension of the study focuses on questions related to teaching and learning, while the operational one concentrates on the administrative and managerial sides of the system. The study pinpoints the key challenges that the ...
Ricerca per la commissione CULT: L'istruzione e la gioventù nell'Europa post COVID-19 – effetti della crisi e raccomandazioni strategiche
Il presente studio opera una prima valutazione del grado di resilienza dei sistemi di istruzione degli Stati membri dell'UE e dei programmi dell'UE in materia di istruzione e di gioventù nel contesto della crisi COVID-19. Analizza le risposte strategiche e le migliori pratiche adottate nei settori dell'istruzione e dell'animazione socioeducativa durante la prima e la seconda ondata della pandemia e fornisce una serie di conoscenze che contribuiranno al futuro sviluppo di sistemi di istruzione e di ...
Research for CULT Committee - Approaches of the Council and the Commission to the European Education Area
In September 2020, the Commission published a communication on achieving the European Education Area by 2025 with an ambitious strategy revolving around six key dimensions (European Commission, 2020a). In February 2021, in its resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030), the Council welcome the Commission’s proposal (Council of the European Union, 2021). It set out a series of ‘strategic priorities ...
Research for CULT Committee - Making the European Education Area a reality: state of affairs, challenges and prospects
Conclusions and policy recommendations Against this backdrop, the study proposes a series of 9 policy recommendations: 1) Set up a concrete implementation strategy and draw up a comprehensive evaluation framework, in line with the UN’s sustainable development goal 4 on education, in order to monitor progress and identify shortcomings in the implementation of EEA initiatives.