Yes / In addressing the EU2020 goals, skills shortage combined with increasing unemployment rates is to be primarily tackled in Western Europe; the common factor here is education. Education and lifelong learning (LL) are the key strands governing employability in the European labour market. Overarching concepts capable of addressing social challenges within education and LL that contribute towards better practices are seen as social innovations (SI). While SI in education is well founded in the developing countries, Europe is still in the process of gaining progressive momentum in this direction. In addressing various societal challenges, this study looks at observable trends in SI for education across Western Europe. About 30 innovations have been recorded across 11 countries that are essentially focussed on: social integration, alternative/new forms of education, digital learning, new learning arrangements, new LL strategies, early career planning, youth employment, quality improvements and new education standards, transition management, and entrepreneurial education. / European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration [grant number 612870].
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/14540 |
| Date | 29 December 2017 |
| Creators | Kapoor, K., Weerakkody, Vishanth J.P., Schroeder, A. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted Manuscript |
| Rights | © 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research on 29 Dec 2017, available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13511610.2017.1419336 |
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