September 2010

Study - policy measures to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession in Europe

We would like to draw to your attention a Call for Tenders that has just been launched by the European Commission. It concerns a study on policy measures to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession in Europe. The closing date for tenders is 18 October 2010. All the relevant documentation can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/education/calls/doc2510_en.htm

The World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day

The World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day will be held on-line on December 3rd 2010. This will be the largest initiative on sustainability education ever organised and participants from over 50 countries will take advantage of this unique event. Already 2,000 participants have registered.

Bringing Europe into the Foreign Language Classroom

The REAL2 project brings together language teachers from all over Europe to a seminar in the picturesque Bavarian university town of Augsburg, Germany on 15-18 September 2010 to explore the topic ‘Bringing Europe into the Foreign Language Classroom’.