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Cedefop press release - How national qualifications frameworks bring education and training systems closer to end users

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Cedefop press release - How national qualifications frameworks bring education and training systems

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For more than two decades, the European qualifications framework (EQF) and national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) across Europe have helped build bridges across different countries and education and training systems. They have strengthened trust in qualifications across borders and systems, advancing their quality, transparency and comparability.

Many NQFs are now fully operational, undergoing updates and supporting synergies between European policies and tools such as guidance, validation and Europass.

EcCoWell 2 Briefing Paper 7: Rethinking Lifelong Learning within Current Contexts of Time and Space

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EcCoWell 2 Briefing Paper 7: Rethinking Lifelong Learning within Current Contexts of Time and Space

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Please find attached the 7th Briefing Paper in the EcCoWell 2 series, by Tom Schuller, Idowu Biao, and Mike Osborne, entitled, Rethinking Lifelong Learning within Current Contexts of Time and Space. The objective of this piece is to open up some fresh lines of thinking about lifelong learning by looking in a very broad way at the dimensions of time and place, in a global context.

* 1 week to register * | OU Online webinar - Avoid photocopying the past

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* 1 week to register * | OU Online webinar - Avoid photocopying the past

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Hosted by Access, Participation, and Success at the Open University, the webinar will be opened by Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Blackman, who will reflect on how the Open University is working to address and reduce inequitable outcomes for BAME students. As well as presentations from 4 Higher Education Institutions, sharing experiences of their work, there will be an opportunity to share views and experiences in interactive sessions on MS Teams. 

NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed By Political Interference in Science Amid Pandemic

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NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed By Political Interference in Science Amid Pandemic

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As advisers to the nation on all matters of science, medicine, and public health, we are compelled to underscore the value of science-based decision-making at all levels of government.  Our nation is at a critical time in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic with important decisions ahead of us, especially concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines.

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