 Eurydice
As from 16 September 2008, the Agency has taken over responsibility for the European-level activities of the Eurydice Information Network on Education in Europe and a new Eurydice unit has been established in the Agency.
Eurydice provides a vast source of information, including detailed descriptions of how European education systems are organised and how they function and comparative studies covering various aspects of education systems, such as the funding of higher education, language teaching, the teaching profession and so on.
This information is provided free of charge.
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Latest publications
1. Higher Education in Europe 2009: Developments in the Bologna Process   
This report focuses on a few priority topics related to the emerging European Higher Education Area (EHEA), in particular the Bachelor-Master Degree Structure; ECTS; Diploma Supplement; National Qualifications Frameworks; Mobility and Portability of financial support. These priorities have been examined from the point of view of national policy and implementation measures.
2. Tackling Social and Cultural Inequalities through Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe
This study forms part of the follow-up to the 2006 European Commission Communication on ‘Efficiency and Equity in European Education and Training Systems’ which explicitly refers to pre-primary education 'as an effective means to establish the basis for further learning, preventing school drop-out, increasing equity of outcomes and overall skill levels'.
The study examines the available cross-national data and national policies on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Europe. It is structured in three parts, comprising: (1) a review of scientific literature on the impact of high quality education and care on young children; (2) a scene-setting chapter presenting statistical data on relevant demographic characteristics of European families and the participation rates in ECEC; (3) a comparative analysis of policy measures based on information collected from national units of the Eurydice network.
3. Key Data on teaching languages at school in Europe 2008:
The second edition of this report gives a clear picture of the language teaching systems in place in the schools of 31 countries covered by the Eurydice Network. It covers aspects ranging from foreign language learning at a very early age, the variety of languages learnt, the taught time at various education levels, the proportion of language learners at each level, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) to the training of teachers of foreign languages from primary to secondary general education.
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