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Education, Training and Youth

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Supporting quality education, training and social cohesion

The EU supports Member States in their efforts to provide the best education and training for their citizens. It also promotes multilingualism in Europe, helping with the teaching and learning of languages, encouraging mobility of students, trainees, teachers and young people, and facilitating exchanges of information and experience.

The EU sets out the framework for EU countries to exchange best practices and learn from each other, with an aim to:

  • make lifelong learning and mobility a reality
  • improve the quality and efficiency of education and training
  • promote equity, social cohesion and active citizenship
  • enhance creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship

To reach the objectives set out in the education and training framework, the EU implements policies in sectors such as:

In the field of youth, the EU sets out a framework for cooperation among Member States through the EU Youth Strategy.

Through the Erasmus+ programme, the EU also provides funding, tools and resources for individuals, organisations and policy reform, in areas such as:

  • study, training and development for students, trainees and education professionals abroad
  • opportunities abroad for young people and youth workers
  • opportunities for organisations to develop partnerships for innovation in education, training and youth
  • knowledge exchange and policy reform to support growth, jobs, equity and social inclusion within Europe

The European Solidarity Corps creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe.

News

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Education and training monitor (2018)

Related EU topics

Related events and information

https://europa.eu/european-union/topics/education-training-youth_en

Compare study programmes and universities

Choosing a study programme

There are a number of different ways to find suitable study programmes

โ€‹The StudyPortals is another useful website for finding Bachelorโ€™s degrees, Masterโ€™s degrees and PhD/Doctoral programmes across Europe.

U-multirank is a portal that lets you compare universities or subject areas in order to make an informed choice about your third-level education. 

Towards a mobility scoreboard is a report that contains a set of draft proposals for indicators of mobility conditions in higher education.

Study in Europe event

In addition, for personal advice from representatives from higher education organisations and universities across Europe, see Study in Europe events.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/education/study-or-teach-abroad/selecting-university-or-other-institution/compare-study-programmes-and-universities_en

Recognition of academic diplomas

Individual governments of EU countries remain responsible for their education systems and are free to apply their own rules, including whether or not to recognise academic qualifications obtained elsewhere.

Get your degree “compared”

In most cases, you can obtain a “statement of comparability” of your university degree, stating how it compares to the diplomas delivered in the EU country you are moving to. To do so, contact the ENIC/NARIC centre in the country where you would like your diplomas assessed for “comparability”. This could be your home country if you return home after your studies, or another EU country if you move there for work or further study.

Depending on the country where your diplomas are assessed and the purpose of the assessment, the ENIC/NARIC centre will either evaluate them itself, or transfer them to the competent authority.

Before the assessment, make sure you check:

  • how much the service will cost (if there is a fee)
  • how long the assessment will take โ€“ it could be several weeks to several months depending on the country, the purpose, and the complexity of your file
  • what type of document you will get as a result โ€“ it could be a full equivalency, or a comparative report
  • what you can do if you disagree with the assessment (how to appeal)

If you provide documents in the Europass format (such as the Diploma Supplement), your degree can be more easily compared and recognised.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/education/university/recognition/index_en.htm

Education and Training

About school policy

The Commission works with EU Member States to help develop school education systems. While each Member State is responsible for the organisation and curricula of its education and training institutions and systems, there are advantages in collaborating on issues of shared concern at the EU-level.

EU support for school policy

The Commission supports national efforts in two main ways:

  • It works closely with national policymakers to support them in developing school education policies and systems, including monitoring progress towards targets as part of the European Semester. The Commission gathers and shares information and analyses, and encourages the exchange of policy development and approaches. One way is through the ET2020 Working Groups. Since 2016, the Working Group on Schools has had a broad mandate to develop the governance of school education systems to promote improved quality by enhancing sustainable innovation and inclusion
  • Through the Erasmus+ programme, the Commission provides significant contributions to European cooperation projects promoting mobility for teachers and pupils.

Priority areas

Education ministers from EU Member States have identified the following priority areas:

  • All pupils should develop Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. This can be supported by redesigning curricula and assesssment, providing training for school staff, and enhancing the availability and use of good quality learning tools and resources
  • Each pupil should benefit from high-quality learning experiences and Early Childhood Education and Care should be more widely available
  • Support for learners with special educational needs, including migrants to the EU, must to be improved at school level, and Early School Leaving should be reduced
  • Teachers, school leaders and teacher educators need to receive more support, including continued opportunities for professional development and flexible, attractive career options
  • Quality assurance should be further developed to ensure a more effective, equitable and efficient governance of school education and to facilitate mobility for those undertaking and delivering education and training.

The Commission has established the European Policy Cooperation (ET 2020) framework to foster cooperation in building best practices in the fields of education and training. It also produces regular studies on the situation across Europe to monitor progress regarding the development and reform of education and training systems.

The future of schools policy in the EU

The Commission Communication on School development and excellent teaching for a great start in life provides evidence and proposes actions to improve the quality and inclusiveness of school education, the competences of teachers and school leaders, and school governance. The accompanying Commission Staff Working Document provides evidence in support of the proposals made within the Communication.

In its Communication on Building a stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies, the Commission has proposed a second package of initiatives highlighting the key role played by education, youth and culture in building the future of Europe.

Furthermore, the Commission Communication on Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture sets out the vision for a European Education Area. It identifies mobility, the mutual recognition of diplomas and study periods abroad, language learning, Early Childhood Education and Care, the teaching profession, and innovation and digital technologies as key areas for EU cooperation in the field of school education.

https://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/school/about-school-policy_en

Bursaries for conference interpreting students

Bursaries

There are currently no open calls. The information on possible future calls will be published on this website in May.

Eligibility requirements (subject to revision)

You may be eligible for a bursary if you:

  • are enrolled in a master’s/postgraduate degree in conference interpreting or intend to enrol in one (for courses that last more than one year, you will need to be enrolled in your last year)

    and

  • are a national of an EU Member State or of one of the candidate countries (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia or Turkey)

    and

  • need to pay / have paid a tuition fee for the academic year 2019-2020

and if you meet one of the following requirements:

a) you are registered in the course with one of the following active languages (‘A’ language): Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Portuguese, Slovene or Swedish 

or

b) you are registered in the course with a retour into English, French or German from one of the following active languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak or Spanish.

Your passive languages and/or retour language will need to be in line with the preferential profiles as published in the call for applications.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/education/study-or-teach-abroad/scholarships-and-student-finance/find-scholarship/bursaries-conference-interpreting-students_en

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