<ul> <li> Rising levels of tertiary attainment seem not to have led to an “inflation” eroding the labour-market value of qualifications. However, tertiary graduates have the highest relative earnings advantage when they live in a country with low tertiary attainment rates. </li> <li> On average, compared to...</li></ul>

<ul> <li>The number of tertiary educated young people (25-34 years old) in OECD and G20 countries has grown by nearly 45% in the past decade and is expected to keep growing until 2030.</li><li> If current trends continue, the contribution of OECD countries to the global talent pool will keep shrinking through...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> In Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, participation rates in adult education and learning are over 60%, but they are one-third – or below – in Italy, the Russian Federation and the Slovak Republic. </li> <li> The more highly educated adults are, the more likely they are to...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> Among 25-34 year-olds, more women than men hold a tertiary qualification in 33 of the 36 countries for which data are comparable. </li> <li> Gender differences still exist in certain fields, with more men studying science, computing and engineering, and with women dominating education and health and...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> The annual number of teaching hours of teachers differs greatly from one country to another and tends to decrease as the level of education increases. </li> <li> On average across countries, teachers spend half of their working time in non-teaching activities including planning lessons, marking and...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> Across OECD countries, the median age students first graduated from university fell by 6 months between 2005 and 2011. </li> <li>The median age of first graduation ranges from around 22 in Belgium and the United Kingdom to over 27 in Iceland and Israel. </li> <li>The percentage of part-time students has...</li></ul>

<UL> <LI>In some countries, an increasing number of young people are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEET). A high proportion of NEETs is an indicator of a difficult transition between school and work. </LI> <LI>Higher educational attainment eases the transition into employment. </LI> <LI>Demographic...</li></li></li></ul>

<ul> <li>In an economically uncertain world, countries must balance the need for austerity with the need to invest in building a high-quality workforce. </li> <li>There is only a weak relationship between spending per student and tertiary attainment rates – the same level of spending can produce very different...</li></ul>