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Both individuals and countries benefit from education. For individuals, the potential benefits lie in general quality of life and in the economic returns of sustained, satisfying employment. For countries, the potential benefits lie in economic growth and the development of shared values that underpin social cohesion.
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25-Apr-2008
The recent strong growth has resulted in labour shortages and so activation of remaining labour supply is desirable. The main reserves are among prime age women and older cohorts and there is further room for skill deepening through education policy.
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from 15-May-2008 to 16-May-2008
The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) will address the state of the art on learning at an international conference on “Learning in the 21st Century: Research, Innovation and Policy”.
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from 21-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
This conference will examine how buildings should respond to continuous change in higher education to meet the needs of developing styles of learning, research, innovation and knowledge transfer. Starting with an evaluation of change as it affects higher education, the conference will focus on the spaces where learning, innovation and knowledge transfer take place, be it in inside, outside or in between classrooms, offices, research laboratories, clubs and cafés.
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from 03-Apr-2008 to 04-Apr-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, tertiary education is more important than ever to help countries achieve their economic and social goals. Education authorities from around the world met at an OECD conference in Lisbon on 3-4 April 2008, to discuss how to ensure that tertiary education systems best serve these wider public purposes.
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09-Apr-2008
Improving education outcomes is important for Germany’s long-term economic performance and social cohesion. While student achievement is above the OECD average in science and at the OECD average in reading and mathematics according to the 2006 OECD PISA study, weaker students tend to do badly by international comparison and socio-economic and/or immigrant backgrounds have a large impact. Another problem is that the proportion of younger people that completes tertiary education is relatively low. The authorities are undertaking reforms touching all levels of education.
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17-Mar-2008
Following its successful PISA programme for testing the educational attainments of 15-year old high-school students, OECD is launching a challenging new project to assess the knowledge and skills of adults.
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23-Jan-2008
The Netherlands has a dynamic youth labour market but helping the hard core of disadvantaged young people find jobs will require comprehensive action on a range of fronts, according to a new OECD report.
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26-Feb-2008
The OECD and World Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding over the coming five years to co-operate on the gathering of prevalence data on children with disabilities. The intention is to provide data to inform planning to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3. These focus on achieving universal completion of primary education by 2015 and promoting the education of girls.
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22-Jan-2008
This report provides new evidence on how national features of accountability, autonomy, and choice are related to the equality of opportunity across countries.
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22-Jan-2008
Accountability, autonomy, and choice play a leading role in recent school reforms in many countries. This report provides new evidence on whether students perform better in school systems that have such institutional measures in place.
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