Brussels, Belgium, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sixteen Member States1 decreased their spending on education between 2008 and 2011, with six2 showing further significant budget decreases in 2012, according to the latest Education and Training Monitor released today by the European Commission. The 2013 Education and … Read the full press release
16-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — More needs to be done to encourage British students to study languages at A Level and university, according to the European Commission. The importance of foreign language skills is self-evident in all EU countries, given that businesses increasingly … Read the full press release
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will visit Lithuania on 5-10 September to support the Lithuanian EU Presidency’s push to ensure that quality education and opportunities for young people are at the top of … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Government, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged Algimanta Pabedinskienė, Algirdas Butkevicius, Androulla Vassiliou, Comenius, CULTURE, Dainius Pavalkis, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Dennis Abbott, Dina Avraam, Education, ERASMUS, EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, EU Youth Conference, Grundtvig, Leonardo da Vinci, Lifelong Learning programme, Lithuanian EU Presidency, Multilingualism, Seimas, Vilnius, YOUTH
29-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Millions of people will enjoy free access to thousands of rarely opened historic and cultural sites in 50 countries throughout September as part of the annual European Heritage Days, a joint initiative of the European Commission and Council of Europe. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, European Union, Society, Travel
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, Brussels, Council of Europe, Dennis Abbott, Europa history, Europe history, European Commission, European cultural sites, European Heritage Days, European historic sites, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Giuseppe Zaffuto, history, Madelena Grossmann, Strasbourg
28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission adopted today an initiative on health-enhancing physical activity which is the first ever proposal for a Council Recommendation on sport. Sport and physical activity help people to stay physically and mentally fit by combating excessive … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Healthcare, Society, Sports
Tagged 2008 EU Physical Activity Guidelines, Androulla Vassiliou, combating excessive weight and obesity, combating obesity, Dennis Abbott, Dina Avraam, EU Physical Activity Guidelines, Getting people out of their chairs, health-enhancing physical activity, lack of physical activity in Europe, New EU sport initiative, physical activity, physical inactivity in EU, sport
20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission awards its 50th European Industrial Doctorate (EID) research grant today. The €1.5 million grant is for research into new antibodies that will destroy a tumour’s blood vessels and eradicate the tumour. The so-called VAMPIRE project (‘Vascular … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, EC granted €1.5M, eradicating cancer blood supply, Marie Curie Actions, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Professor Roy Bicknell, research into eradicating cancer blood supply, SomantiX, The European Commission, tumour's blood vessels, University of Birmingham, Utrecht, VAMPIRE project, Vascular Antibody-Mediated Pharmaceutically Induced tumour Resection
2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Alliance for Apprenticeships is launched today by Commissioners Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) and László Andor (Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) at the 2013 WorldSkills competition in Leipzig, Germany. The Alliance will help … Read the full press release
Androulla VASSILIOU – Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth European Heritage Awards Ceremony/Athens, Odeion of Herodes Atticus, 17-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Your excellence Mr President of the Republic, Your Royal Highness, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen … Read the full press release
Brussels / Athens, 17-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards will be honoured this evening at a ceremony in Athens in the presence of Karolos Papoulias, the President of Greece, Androulla Vassiliou, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Belgium, Estonia, European Union, Germany, Government, Greece, Non Profit, Portugal, Society, Spain, United Kingdom
Tagged Acropolis, Androulla Vassiliou, Athens, Brussels, Cultural Heritage, CULTURE, Elliniki Etairia, EU Prize for Cultural Heritage, Europa Nostra, Europa Nostra Awards, Herodes Atticus, Karolos Papoulias, Loures, Machines of Wielemans-Ceuppens Brewery, Odeion, Plácido Domingo, Roman Theatre of Medellin, SOS Azulejo Project, Strawberry Hill, Tallinn Seaplane Harbour, The Propylaea Central Building in Athens, Twickenham, Wielemans-Ceuppens Brewery
Brussels, 10-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner responsible for sport, and Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), met today as part of the Commission’s ‘structured dialogue’ with the sport movement. Both stressed the benefits of their … Read the full press release
Androulla VASSILIOU Speech CHARLEMAGNE Building/Brussels, 31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, Thank you for joining me to celebrate the 25 years of EU Youth Programmes: Youth for Europe, Youth and, now, Youth in Action. 25 years, roughly a generation … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, Brussels, CHARLEMAGNE, EU Youth Programmes, SPEECH, YOUTH, Youth for Europe, Youth in Action
Brussels, 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Acclaimed Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg is the winner of the 2013 European Union Prix MEDIA. The prize is awarded to the best new film project with box-office potential eligible for support from the EU MEDIA programme … Read the full press release
Brussels, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — More than eight in ten people involved in an EU-funded initiative aimed at encouraging innovative teaching methods and improved learning materials for children say the scheme had a positive and lasting impact on them. The same proportion … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Society
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, arts practitioners, basic science, CHILDREN, classroom, DICE project, drama education, educational theatre, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Erasmus for All, eTwinning school network, EU's Comenius scheme, improved learning materials, INNOVATION, innovation in classroom, innovative teaching, innovative teaching methods, lessons, Lifelong Learning programme, Naturbild project, NGOs, psychologists, RESEARCH, school partnerships, SCHOOLS, sociologists, study, teacher training, teacher training institutions, teaching methods, train teachers, universities, workshops
Brussels, 29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Induction programmes designed to offer personalised support and advice for new teachers are now mandatory in 15 EU Member States (Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Education, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Government, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Politics, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Society, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, Eurydice network, Induction programmes, initial teacher education, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, interpersonal skills, new teachers, pedagogical knowledge, PISA 2009, pre-primary education, primary education, Programme for International Student Assessment, Rethinking Education strategy, school, school leaders, SCHOOLS, secondary education, TALIS, TALIS 2008, teacher education, teachers, teaching, Teaching and Learning International Survey, teaching time, team working, TIMSS 2011, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Brussels, 22-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Students and teachers in Europe are keen to “go digital”, computer numbers have doubled since 2006 and most schools are now “connected”, but use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and digital skill levels are very uneven. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Politics, Society, Technology
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, Brussels, computers, Digital Agenda, digital skill, digital technologies, fast broadband, go digital, highly digitally-equipped schools, ICTs, Information and Communication Technologies, Laptops, Marc Durando, Neelie Kroes, netbooks, SCHOOLS, schools in Europe, students, survey, tablets, teachers, virtual learning environment
Androulla Vassiliou – Member of the European Education in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth CERN visit / Geneva, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — It is a great pleasure to be here with you this morning in one of the leading institutions of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Investment, Politics, Science, Society, Switzerland
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, CERN, CERN researchers, CULTURE, Education, European Education, FP7, fundamental research, Geneva, human capital, investment, knowledge, knowledge economy, Large Hadron Collider, Marie Curie fellows, Mr Hegarty, Multilingualism, Professor Heuer, RESEARCH, science, YOUTH
Brussels, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 April to meet scientists and researchers supported with funding from the EU Marie Curie Actions. Members of the team … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Politics, Science, Society, Switzerland
Tagged 3D imaging, 3D medical imaging, Androulla Vassiliou, cancer treatments, CERN, digital medical imaging for radiotherapy, ENTERVISION, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Higgs particle, Marie Curie Actions, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, radiotherapy, researchers, scientists, sub-atomic particles, tumours, X-ray technology
Androulla Vassiliou – Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth European University Association Annual Conference/Ghent (Belgium) Ghent, Belgium, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dear President Nazaré, Dear Rector of the Ghent University Ladies and gentlemen, It’s a pleasure to … Read the full press release
Brussels, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — This leads to under-performance and a high probability that the children will drop out of school early. The study suggests that Member States should provide targeted educational support for migrant children such as specialist teachers and systematic involvement … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, integration, intercultural education, migrant children, Multilingualism, parents, school, SCHOOLS, segregation, skills, study, YOUTH
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