The gap between the number of job seekers in Europe and the number of unfilled digital jobs is forecast to shrink, according to the latest research from analyst Empirica.
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Over 500 of the most innovative teachers and education experts from across Europe gathered in Brussels for the 2015 annual eTwinning Conference from 22 to 24 October. This year's topic was "Active Citizenship" and – building on the 10th anniversary- how eTwinning has influenced the lives of former pupils who took part in an eTwinning project.
Evidence for InnovationSociety as a whole benefits from a better education in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). That was the general conclusion of speaker after speaker who attended this year's Eminent event (Expert Meeting In Education Networking) in Barcelona on 19 and 20 November 2015. And it was a message welcomed by the nearly 260 STEM professionals who gathered for the event.
Evidence for InnovationIn certain parts of the world, October is earmarked as the anti-bullying month, but for a growing number of countries across the European Union, the high point is EU Code Week.
Digital CitizenshipPress release: Brussels, 21 October 2015 The two-year Creative Classrooms Lab project (CCL) brought together teachers and policy makers from eight countries to design, implement and evaluate 1:1 tablet scenarios in 45 schools.
Evidence for InnovationEleven schools from eleven countries across Europe won The Entrepreneurial School Award 2015, a national and European recognition of the best schools championing entrepreneurship education.
Evidence for InnovationFifteen countries across Europe have already integrated coding at primary or secondary school level, according to a new report just launched by European Schoolnet, the coordinator of the European Coding Initiative.
Evidence for InnovationHow is coding currently integrated into curricula? How can we further advocate for coding as a key skill for a thriving and ever-innovative digital society and economy? These questions have set the scene for the development of this new report and to the renewal of our commitment to the promotion of coding teaching and learning". Marc Durando, European Schoolnet Executive Director
Evidence for InnovationPress release: Brussels, 7 October 2015: Well over 100 young people aged 9-17 years and 35 mentors from 15 different countries worldwide participated in the ENABLE Hackathon, launched in June 2015, to reflect on the causes and process of bullying and use their creative and coding skills to propose solutions.
Digital CitizenshipPress release - Brussels, 15 September 2015: The results of the 12.5 million Euro iTEC project, which piloted educational tools and resources in over 2500 classrooms across 20 European countries, are now available in a new book published by Springer International Publishing.
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