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Data: 21/09/2017
Eurydice Newsletter – Autumn 2017 Edition - 21/09/2017
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Welcome to the Eurydice Newsletter
Welcome to the Autumn 2017 edition of the Eurydice Newsletter. Our Newsletter provides you with updates on the most recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications, as well as news from the European education world. Education systems vary significantly across Europe, and Eurydice aims at understanding and clearly explaining how those systems work.
Focus on articles
• Focus on: Do international university rankings serve a useful purpose?
"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 match. Each orchestra has different things to offer." – Simon Rattle
The rise in popularity and influence of university rankings has been particularly striking in recent years. But as universities and governments devote more and more time and effort to adjusting their priorities and policies to the criteria of these rankings, is there an argument to be made for recognising each institution's individual qualities instead? What are the effects and limitations of ranking universities in this way? Read more.
• Focus on: Why, when and how should children learn a foreign language?
"The borders of my language are the borders of my world." Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (5.6)
Languages have always played a large role in the formation of our individual and collective identities. The languages we speak and use in society affect our perception of the world. Knowing this, can it be argued that early foreign language education could influence our identities, adding different layers and perceptions to create common ground? Are the current practices regarding early foreign language education enough to reach language acquisition targets? Discover what is being done and what still needs to be done. Read more.
• Focus on: Is one country's brain gain another one's drain?
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow." – Woodrow Wilson
The freedom of movement of workers is one of the fundamental principles of the EU and is guaranteed under the Treaties. This freedom of movement usually seen as beneficial to the collective wealth of the Union. However, the disproportionate effects of such mobility on the home and host countries receive less focus. How is the heavy movement of workers out of certain Member States into certain others affecting these countries economically? What are the effects of this brain drain on education policies of EU member states? Read more.
Latest publications
• Organisation of School Time in Europe: Primary and General Secondary Education – 2017/18 School Year
This publication contains national data on the length of the school year, including start and end dates, school holidays and the number of school days in both primary and general secondary education and key points are illustrated by comparative figures. Read more.
• The Organisation of the Academic Year in Europe – 2017/18
This publication contains national data on how the academic year is structured (beginning of the academic year, term times, holidays and examination periods). Differences between university and non-university study programmes are also highlighted. Read more.
• Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Academic Staff – 2017
This report maps key issues related to the situation of academic staff in Europe. It considers how national policy towards academia has changed in recent years in response to the increasing demands on higher education. Read more.
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