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Direct linkYoung, Mitchell – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
Adopting the conception of the university as a primary driver of innovation and economic growth has brought increased pressure for the European Union (EU) to actively steer university-based research policy, despite its being outside of the EU's direct jurisdiction. While the open method of coordination (OMC) was developed for such situations, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Public Policy, Coordination
Lopez-Fogues, Aurora – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The article analyses the discourses underpinning formal vocational education and training (VET). More specifically, it presents three accounts of European VET with the twofold aim of reviewing them and of recommending a conceptual shift that leads to further theoretical discussion. The discussion is organised around the existence of three…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Vocational Education, Economic Progress, Foreign Countries
Villalba, Ernesto – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
After the relaunch of the Lisbon Strategy, innovation has become one of the main areas of interest in the European Union (EU). In general terms, innovation is always seen as a driver of economic growth and a necessary element to achieve the strategic goal set by the EU in 2000 of becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy. The strategic…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Lifelong Learning, Innovation, Content Analysis
Livesey, David – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
Research intensive universities have important roles in society and cannot be valued solely on the basis of their contribution to economic growth. Their activities are only part of the diverse spectrum of the higher education system which advanced societies need. League tables of universities discourage diversity, distort the goals of higher…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Research Universities
Brown, Phillip; Lauder, Hugh; Ashton, David – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
The dominant view today is of a global knowledge-based economy, driven by the application of new technologies, accelerating the shift to high-skilled, high-waged European economies. This view is reflected in the expansion of higher education and the key role of higher education in national and European economic policy. The Lisbon agenda seeks to…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Human Capital, Global Approach
Zay, Danielle – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
Statistics in European countries show the same trends, for example: social inclusion depends on inclusion in education, training or employment, and life chances are greatly improved if the level of qualifications is high; in all European countries, economic growth still leads to the existence of "pockets" of poverty and economic and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Isolation, Comparative Analysis
