The aim of this briefing paper is to present recent national initiatives to improve the quality of science education in schools in Europe and to encourage more students to study science. Information comes from EUN´s Insight country reports on ICT in education, which had a main...

In March 2005 the Department for Education and Skills published its ambitious e-strategy 'Harnessing Technology: Transforming learning and children's services'. The strategy describes the use of digital and interactive technologies to achieve a more personalised approach within all...

The emapps.com project has published a major deliverable (D.1-Requirement Study) containing three surveys on the status and use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the New Member States including games and mobile technology. The report provides the baseline data...

According to the ‘Digital Divide in Europe’ (Eurostat 2005), Greece occupies a low position in the ‘digital race’, coming in the bottom half of indicators concerning the use of new technologies. In order to be able to face the challenges of the 21st century...

Norway has been driving forward a major national education reform in the last year with the ultimate aim to raise the quality of its education system. As analysed in the recent Insight Country Report on Norway, the reform focuses on several areas: a new national curriculum for primary...

The P2P final conference took place in Brussels on 26 April 2006, bringing together decision-makers from Ministries of Education and regional educational authorities, as well as practitioners involved in school innovation, ICT policy and practice (from national inspectorates, universities...

P2P partners of the policy strand met in Paris, 7- 9 March 2005, for the second peer review visit. The aim was to continue the discussions around emerging policy issues and find effective ways to learn from each other. Despite substantial differences in educational systems that challenge...

How can decision makers handle complex, fast changing situations due to the integration of ICT in schools? On what reliable evidence can they base their decisions? How can research better respond to practitioners needs? Networks are recognised as powerful tools for exchange, collaboration...

Internet safety issues have become a common concern for educational policy makers in the recent years. With the majority of schools connected in the European Union, more and more high-speed connections and growing Internet penetration rates from home, the positive potential of wider...