This is the final report for a study assessing the European Industrial Doctorates (EID) scheme. EID projects are funded as part of Innovative Training Networks (ITN) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The report presents findings and conclusions from an assessment of the EID...

The policy of an intercultural dialogue by the European Union should focus on youth, education and communication. The education of young people in the spirit of tolerance, comprehension and respect of the other is a priority field of action. A strong policy in favour of exchanges between young...

This publication presents a collection of excellent projects that were awarded the European Language Label (ELL) from 2006 to 2013. The Label is the successful result of a pilot project launched by the European Commission (EC) in 1998 following the recommendations of the 1995 White Paper on...

Teachers and professors of foreign languages at Chinese universities play an important role in preparing Chinese students who want to study in Europe. But of course there are many more students who do not travel abroad and still want to learn a foreign language. For them, 'internationalisation...

This study is entitled The Challenge of Shadow Education. The word Challenge has been chosen for two reasons. First, it is argued, the existence of shadow education is a challenge to mainstream school systems. The shadow sector exposes shortcomings in mainstream systems, and offers a way to...