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The European Union (EU) has agreed on additional funding to further develop the modernisation of higher education as well as the international cooperation capacity of higher education institutions in Tunisia under the Erasmus Mundus and Tempus programmes. This will be … Continue reading →

Partners in 11 countries have joined forces to launch the first pan-European ‘MOOCs’ (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative, with the support of the European Commission. MOOCs are online university courses which enable people to access quality education without having to … Continue reading →

Androulla Vassiliou Member of the European Education in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth EU funding for research and education – inspiring science today and in the future CERN visit /Geneva 15 April 2013 It is a great pleasure … Continue reading →

Improving the EU’s performance in education is one of the key objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy1, adopted by the European Council in June 2010. Targets on education are to increase the proportion of persons having completed tertiary education and … Continue reading →

The EU needs to attract talented non-EU students and researchers who can contribute to our growth and competitiveness with their knowledge and skills. Moving to Europe temporarily is an opportunity embraced by over 200.000 students and researchers from outside the … Continue reading →

Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Making education fit for the digital age The Grand Coalition ICT skills and job Conference/Brussels 5 March 2013 I’m delighted to be here with you for the … Continue reading →

The European Commission’s ‘eTwinning’ network, which has encouraged 100 000 schools in 33 European countries to talk to each other via the internet, will be extended from today to schools in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The launch of … Continue reading →

Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Education is the best investment European Voice EU Studies Fair/Brussels 9 February 2013 Good morning, I’m delighted to be with you for the 2013 EU Studies Fair. … Continue reading →

The Academy of Finland, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes), and the American National Science Foundation (NSF) have embarked on research collaboration funding in the areas of learning and education. The first joint research projects between the … Continue reading →

The small research and minerals processing plant delivered by Finnish company Outotec is designed for a learning environment and the sustainable development of the mining industry. The Finnish company Outotec has delivered the world’s first university-based minipilot concentrator to the … Continue reading →