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Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Hungary: New names for Vocational Education and Training institutions

19 March 2018

As of September 2016, the government has re-named and re-structured all Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions in Hungary.

The names of all three types

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United-Kingdom-Wales: Wales introduces a framework for digital competence

15 March 2018

Wales introduces a framework for digital competence.

A key Welsh Government priority is digital competence, defined as the set of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary

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Focus on: What future for student mobility

15 March 2018

I look forward to a United States of Europe, in which the barriers between the nations will be greatly minimised and unrestricted travel will be

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Homework: what is it good for

15 March 2018

“I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.” ― Bill Watterson

According to the recent OECD

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Focus on: Education systems in a post-truth world

15 March 2018

"I think people in this country have had enough of experts" – Michael Gove, former Secretary of State for Education of the United Kingdom

There

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Malta: My Journey Achieving Through Different Paths

15 March 2018

On the 23 November 2016 the Ministry for Education and Employment in Malta launched new secondary education reforms. The reforms are titled My Journey: Achieving

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Focus on: Is one country's brain gain another one's drain

15 March 2018

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow." – Woodrow Wilson

As one of tqhe four fundamental freedoms

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Focus on: Why, when and how should children learn a foreign language

15 March 2018

"The borders of my language are the borders of my world." – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (5.6)

The stories your parents told you. The games

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Focus on: Do international university rankings serve a useful purpose

15 March 2018

There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not like a snooker

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Focus on: Citizenship Education in the age of likes, hashtags and memes

15 March 2018

"A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline". Kofi Annan 

What role should education play in developing active, informed and responsible

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