Class description
The main objectives of the Education class content are to support EU countries' activities around education, since education is a competence of the Member State. It provides content about:
- policy cooperation in education and training
- policy: objectives, shared challenges and how progress is measured
- the support the EU provides on how to set up an education and training project
- funding for education projects
- cooperation between education institutions
- how to study or teach abroad, as well as the available educational exchange opportunities
- scholarships and study programmes
- teaching methods, together with teaching materials
- skills and qualifications; how individuals can best present their skills and qualifications; and insights into the employment market's evolving needs.
The class indicated in the header or footer of a Commission website links to its landing page: Education.
The class links to the Jobs at the Commission class.
Original research
As with other classes, the Education class architecture is based on research and analysis of top tasks, user needs, organisational goals and analytics.
The top tasks and organisational goals are listed below.
List of tasks included in this class
| Task ranking |
Task | Total vote |
Task category |
| 4 | Education and training in EU | 3.7% | Top |
| 31 | Recognition of educational, professional qualifications | 1.3% | Small task |
| 5.0% |
Organisational goals
For the Education class:
- facilitate and promote geographic and occupational mobility – of students and young people to increase employability, as part of Jobs, Growth and Investment priority
- attract the highest quality applications for funding to increase reach; encourage social inclusion; improve quality of what's funded; increase the impact of funding
- improve policy-making
- inspire new projects - sharing results; promoting success stories (case studies); promoting best practices
- support the Union's external action by capacity-building in partner countries; cooperation; promoting mobility; increasing the attractiveness of European higher education institutions
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