The European Commission has set out its vision for a European Education Area in 2025, which was discussed at the EU Leaders’ meeting in Gothenburg on 17 November.
The points that have been highlighted to be included in a European Area of Education by 2025 are:
- Expanding Erasmus-style mobility to all students and creating an EU Student Card that stores information on individual academic records
- Initiating the “Sorbonne process” (building on the “Bologna process”) to improve the mutual recognition of educational qualifications among European countries
- Improving language learning for students, aiming to have them finish secondary education with a good knowledge of two languages in addition to their mother tongue
- Promoting lifelong learning, increasing the number of people engaged in learning throughout their lives to 25%
- Mainstreaming digital and innovation skills
- Creating a network of European Universities and supporting a School of European and Transnational Governance
- Setting a benchmark for member states to invest 5% of GDP in education
- Preserving cultural heritage and fostering a sense of European identity
The original documents can be found here