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  • Education at a Glance

    The OECD has released the 2006 edition of their annual “Education at a Glance” series. In the accompanying press release the organisation claims that “low educational attainments continue to penalise people in many OECD countries”: “Education is a gateway to employment and in almost all OECD countries educational attainment levels continue to rise, with many…

  • Adieu, Europe?

    The machinery of the European Union has recovered from the shock of the failed French and Dutch referenda, but not the heart that pumps it, says Aurore Wanlin of the London-based “Centre for European Reform” over at Open Democracy. Read more!

  • European Portfolio Test Run

    An ambitious tool goes out to the field for some serious testing. Get your fingers dirty and your brains spinning!

  • Non-formal anxiety

    Informal, non-formal, formal: as easy as it gets – or out-dated boxes for convenient labelling?