Education

The idea to introduce an EU Youth Test – to assess the impact of new EU policies on young people – is gaining momentum to create a lasting outcome of the Year.

This year’s European Education Summit saw the official launch of a new Learning Lab on quality investment in education as well as the publication of recommendations to foster innovation in education.

The EU education ministers adopted new policy actions to improve the pathways to school success for pupils and their well-being in digital education. 

The rollout of the European Education Area initiatives is progressing, but the achievements of all its targets by 2025 remains a challenge.

The European Universities Initiative reveals persisting challenges for increased European collaboration in higher education due to fragmented regulatory systems as well as institutional differences.

While the EU regulation on AI is still being negotiated, the new ethical guidelines give support and advice to teachers using AI in schools.

The EU is proposing new hands-on guidelines to foster digital literacy and critical thinking in primary and secondary education.

For the first time, the EU recognises the central role that young people play in global sustainable development and EU external action.

A new EIT report calls for the modernisation of public and private digital skills provision in all education systems to reach the EU skills targets by 2030.

The Erasmus+ work programme 2023 places a focus on refugees from Ukraine and introduces the seal of excellence to facilitate synergies between Union programmes.