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11. November 2011 / Educational politics / Educational statistics / Publication

Eurypedia aims at presenting the most accurate picture of national education systems across Europe. Whether you are looking for understanding a specific education system or for analysing an education issue at European level, Eurypedia will provide you with the most exha

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6. October 2011 / Publication

A new book by the title “Youth, Migration and Religion” indicates that religion plays an important role in identity-building among adolescents with immigrant backgrounds in Switzerland. According to it, public discourse on immigrants has changed in Switzerland as well as in other Western countries.

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31. August 2011 / Educational research / Publication

The Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education was appointed to draw up the Swiss Education Report 2010. The report contains facts and figures based on statistics, research and official data for the entire Swiss education system from elementary school to adult education.

www.skbf-csre.ch

22. August 2011 / Educational research / Publication

Switzerland is taking part in a Europe wide OECD research, „Skills beyond School“. The new policy review of postsecondary vocational education and training will look at the preparation of younger people and adults for technical and professional jobs.

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2. August 2011 / Publication

The Swiss National Anthem, which will be sung around the country as part of Swiss National Day celebrations, only became the country’s official anthem 30 years ago. Critics say the song is “too 19th century” and ignores women. The population has mixed views as Swissinfos’ article shows.

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11. July 2011 / Educational research / Publication

A new EU study concludes that involving families in literacy programmes is essential to increase the literacy levels of children and adults. The key finding of this report is that family literacy programmes are highly cost-effective, both for children and adults.

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1. June 2011 / Higher education / Publication

The Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities has published a brochure in English entitled "Studying in Switzerland: Universities, 2011". Apart from explaining the various university studies available in Switzerland, it also describes the Swiss education system as a whole. Free download.

www.crus.ch

16. May 2011 / Publication

While 90% of Internet surfers in the EU prefer to access websites in their own language, 55% at least occasionally use a language other than their own when online according to a pan-EU survey. But 44% of users feel they are missing interesting information because they don’t understand web pages.

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27. May 2011 / Educational research / Publication

eTwinning has released its two latest publications: the book "Voices of eTwinning: Teachers talk", and the eTwinning report "Teachers’ Professional Development: an overview of current practice". The latter is based on the findings of the monitoring actions of eTwinning in 2010.

www.etwinning.net

21. April 2011 / Publication

77% of 13-16 year olds and 38% of 9-12 year olds in the EU have a profile on a social networking site, according to a pan-European survey carried out for the European Commission. A quarter of children who use social networking sites set their profile to "public" meaning that everyone can see it.

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