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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 February 2025
Go Public! Underfunding threatens Nordic education systems

Despite their reputation for strong public education systems, Nordic countries in Europe are facing increasing inequalities, teacher shortages, and creeping privatisation. As governments shift the financial burden onto municipalities, schools are forced to compete with other public services for resources. The result? Wealthier areas can sustain higher investment in public...
Go Public! Underfunding threatens Nordic education systems
Standards and working conditions 17 April 2024
Education Voices | Improving terms and conditions in higher education through collective bargaining in Denmark

Tommy Dalegaard Madsen

Tommy Dalegaard Madsen is the Chairman of DM’s Sectoral Board for Vocational Colleges, Vocational Academies and Maritime Education. DM represents 75,000 academic professionals in Denmark, and it is the most representative trade union in further and higher education. In this interview for Worlds of Education, he shares his perspectives on...
Education Voices | Improving terms and conditions in higher education through collective bargaining in Denmark
Trade union rights are human rights 27 March 2020
Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Educators in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are using well-developed social dialogue channels and information technology to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Equity and inclusion 12 March 2020
Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."

madeleine kennedy macfoy

Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2019
“Early Childhood Education – the start of lifelong learning – but build upon play and well-being”, by Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen.

Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen

At last Early Childhood Education (ECE) is on the agenda of an International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP). At this year’s Summit, ISTP 2019, the importance of ECE for lifelong learning and well-being is now, for the first time, one of the Summit’s three plenary themes.
“Early Childhood Education – the start of lifelong learning – but build upon play and well-being”, by Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen.
Fighting the commercialisation of education 19 June 2018
“Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter

Nikola Wachter

I am a teacher by training and I am concerned about the current European Union copyright reform. I am familiar with the day to day practices of preparing lessons, the search for the best picture, text snippet, piece of music or video that will help me to explain a certain...
“Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter