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Some members of the European Parliament (MEP) and stakeholders are pushing for an EU directive to improve pay and working conditions for trainees across the bloc as well as better data collection on the quality of young Europeans' traineeships.

Digital education must be broader than hard digital skills and break free of the online-offline divide, those working in digital wellbeing have said.

Negotiators of the European Parliament and representatives of the member states reached an agreement on the 2023 EU budget on Monday night (14 November) with the Parliament demanding additional means to address the fallout of the war in Ukraine.

While youth unemployment across the bloc has decreased compared to last year, European towns are struggling to remain attractive to young people.

The European Commission on Wednesday (12 October) adopted a proposal to make 2023 the European Year of Skills to reduce labour shortages across the bloc.

The European Commission has this week released its guidelines for educators on promoting digital skills and tackling disinformation for use in primary and secondary schools across the EU.

European lawmakers voted in favour of a non-binding report calling for increased spending on education and culture in order to combat the decline in the mental health of children and young people.

EU support for the transnational European Universities alliances will help drive a network of education, research and innovation across the continent, write Mariya Gabriel and Emil Boc.

Teaching students how to use digital tools and behave online is crucial to making them active, responsible citizens, according to experts who warned of the risks of the digital divide.

While teachers welcome Ukrainian refugee students into schools across the bloc, many are faced with the challenge of language barriers. Academics have called for empathy and solidarity to guide their integration into EU society. 

Welcoming Ukrainian refugees into schools and universities across Europe is a tremendous opportunity to prepare the country's youth on their European path, write Commissioners Mariya Gabriel and Margaritis Schinas, who detail the EU's support for member states and teachers.

While a common curriculum could help harmonise citizenship education across the bloc,  transforming young people into active citizens requires "democratically structured schools", stakeholders said, warning not to put the responsibility solely on teachers. “We have common values, and we share them, …

Education around citizenship values across the EU is a “common political responsibility,” Commissioner for Education and Culture Mariya Gabriel told EURACTIV in an interview, adding that teachers can act as “real role models” for European students.

While the debate on EU treaty changes continues, citizens and MEPs call for "shared competences" on education between the EU and member states and more harmonisation of citizenship teaching at the EU level.

Universities across the EU are supporting Ukrainian students through mobility partnerships. Meanwhile, academics warn that reconstruction efforts will be key to avoid the risk of brain-drain and rebuild a country able to attract talents.

In the framework of the EU-funded project Teachers4Europe, rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to learn more about how policy makers can support new and innovative citizenship education initiatives across Europe. Discussed questions  included:

- How to promote democratic awareness through education across the EU?
- How to provide teachers with adequate learning tools to promote democratic culture?
- What is the role of new digital technologies in achieving these goals?

As the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) ends and 49 proposals were presented to EU leadership, amongst them is the idea that Brussels gets involved in education policy, at a minimum in civics education.

The European Commission is helping member states, companies, and workers to prepare for the massive effort of the green and digital transitions via a number of initiatives and platforms, with a particular focus on the labour market and vocational training. Commissioners Nicolas Schmit and Margaritis Schinas provide more details.

Students have staged protests at France's main universities, with hundreds opposing the prospective leadership of both outgoing president Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the two candidates in the run-off of the presidential election. EURACTIV France reports.

Poland has shown immense support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. What is less known to the outside world is that the two countries share a history of oppression and bloodshed, but according to Poland's Deputy PM Piotr Gliński, the war has given them a chance to achieve full reconciliation.

Ukrainian and Russian students in France face financial woes and find it increasingly difficult to renew their stay as the war in Ukraine impacts them despite them being several thousand kilometres away.

The European Commission presented on Wednesday (23 March) its actions to support member states in meeting the needs of those fleeing war in Ukraine. 

Industry stakeholders say that a greater emphasis on digital education will be crucial to closing both the skills and gender gap in the digital sector, calling for more attention to boost capacity.