News from Education Policy - European Trade Union Committee for Education

Published: 09 June 2021

ETUCE Position on European initiative on individual learning accounts

The European Commission’s Work Programme for 2021 announced a forthcoming “EU initiative on individual learning accounts (ILA) to empower all...

Published: 07 June 2021

Council Conclusions on the European Universities Initiative

On 17 May 2021, the ministers of education of the EU adopted a Council conclusions on the European Universities initiative - Bridging higher...

Published: 25 May 2021

Towards a EU legal framework on artificial intelligence

While the debate around the risks and benefits linked to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education is gaining momentum, the EU...

Published: 11 May 2021

VET teachers’ access to professional development needs improvement

The European Training Foundation (ETF) conducted surveys with vocational education and training (VET) teachers and school leaders of VET...

Published: 07 May 2021

Teachers and school leaders need more support to maintain the quality of VET

The recent OECD report on “Teachers and Leaders in Vocational Education and Training” focuses on initial education and continuous professional...

Published: 22 April 2021

Erasmus+ supports teachers’ initial and continuous professional development

The European Commission recently published the Erasmus+ Programme for the period 2021-2027. The new programme provides funding for around 26 billion...

Published: 19 April 2021

How to ensure better access to continuous professional development for teachers?

ETUCE has been advocating that accessible and high-quality teachers’ continuous professional development (CPD) is essential to guarantee high...

Published: 14 April 2021

Telework challenges in education, gender equality and working conditions

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted, on 24 March 2021, two opinions on the challenges of teleworking. The first opinion...

Published: 04 March 2021

Education trade unions’ call for more involvement in EU’s next strategic framework of cooperation

The education ministers of the EU countries met on 19 February 2021 and adopted a Council Resolution for the European Education Area (EEA) to...

Published: 24 February 2021

Eurasia Regional GEM Report provides new insights on teachers needs for inclusive education

The Eurasia Regional Global Education Monitoring Report “Inclusion and education: All means all” has just been published. The report, co-authored by...

Published: 15 February 2021

EU excludes researchers’ trade unions from the dialogue on the new ERA

The first week of February hosted a series of key events in the field of the new European Research Area. After having launched Horizon Europe...

Published: 04 February 2021

What VET teachers need for quality and inclusive initial vocational education and training

On 3 February, the Cedefop Seminar ‘Making excellence inclusive: towards a new Cedefop survey of VET teachers and trainers' took place online in the...