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Wednesday, 2012-02-01
11:00 - Lingua Show in Prague, 15-16 March 2012
"Lingua Show", a major language and education fair in Prague, is taking place shortly in parallel with Jobs Expo 2012.
12:36 - EU leaders focus on youth unemployment
Stimulating employment among young people is the first priority to spur economic growth in a recession-hit Europe, according to discussions of EU leaders at the informal European C...
Thursday, 2012-02-02
19:12 - Centre for European Studies
Be part of the Springeneration!
Friday, 2012-02-03
17:11 - Celebrating French successes in language education
For a decade now, the European Language Label has been rewarding good language education initiatives and helping to spread good practice across Europe.
Saturday, 2012-02-04
10:53 - Launch Conference of the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme
The 25th anniversary celebrations of the Erasmus Programme were launched at a press conference by the Commissioner responsible for education, culture, multilingualism and youth, An...
22:44 - European Commission proposes to make 2013 the "European Year of Citizens"
Union citizenship and the rights that go with it are one of the key pillars of the European Union. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Union citizenship, the Eu...
Thursday, 2012-02-09
17:33 - CERN is now accepting applications for its three-week residential programme for Physics High School
Teachers who would like to update their knowledge of particle physics, its associated technologies and related subjects. It will take place at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 -21...
Friday, 2012-02-10
09:10 - Der EU-Erweiterungskoffer
18 - 20 April 2012.
21:20 - EU at risk on missing targets on early school leaving and graduate education
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, according t...
Wednesday, 2012-02-15
00:32 - Multilingualism, also for children with an auditive or communicative disability
Until now most logopedists and therapists believe that children with an auditive or communicative disability such as, deafness, down-syndrome or autism should be brought up in one ...
22:50 - Council of Europe, Building a Europe for and with children
Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015, Adoption de la stratégie du Conseil de l'Europe sur les droits de l'enfant (2012-2015)
Friday, 2012-02-17
20:56 - Youth on the Move in Nicosia
The European Commission's Youth on the Move road-show arrived today at the International Education Fair in Nicosia, Cyprus.
21:24 - ECAS - European Citizen Action Service
2nd Annual Conference, European Citizens' Initiatives: on the starting line
Monday, 2012-02-20
15:11 - Ireland: Love to Learn at the AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2012
The Adult Learners' Festival 2012 kicks off with over three hundred and thirty free events taking place around the country.

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Apprenticeships in the spotlight on BBC News

The reports look at examples from the well-established German "dual system" which combines apprenticeship in a company with education in a vocational school, providing learners with both the specific vocational skills and the more general skills they need for labour market success.

The BBC News reports highlight the potential of apprenticeships in tackling unemployment: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16264700 and www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16159943
This type of practical work-based learning is often the key to a successful step into employment.
Increasing the number of apprentices in Europe is a priority agreed in the so-called "Copenhagen Process" for cooperation in vocational education and training (VET). Helping VET learners, including apprentices, to undertake part of their training abroad is another priority. The Leonardo da Vinci programme already funds the training placements abroad of around 60,000 initial VET learners per year, and the Commission's proposal for a successor programme, Erasmus For All, aims to support 735,000 learners in this way during its 7-year life http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/vassiliou/page/erasmus-for-all_en.htm
Practical cooperation to make it easier for apprentices to train abroad is already underway. The EuroApprenticeship project http://www.euroapprenticeship.eu is building a network which provides expertise, information and support to VET providers who are organising learning mobility abroad for apprentices.
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