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UCAS figures out show that overall UK applicant numbers are up by four per cent, to 580,000, only slightly below the record level of 2011 (583,350).

Strong education unions are crucial to ensure a good status for teachers and to provide quality education for all. That was reaffirmed by the Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ) at the EDUCA Fair in Helsinki. The largest education event in Finland, it was attended by 15,000 participants, 150 high level speakers, and hosted 300 exhibition stands. OAJ, a national affiliate of EI celebrated its 40th anniversary during the fair.

Children at Bahadoub 2 school in Timbuktu, Mali.

Crisis will affect generations of children without action to boost teaching, report warns.

Blended learning – the combination of traditional learning in classrooms and technology-mediated instruction – was under the spotlight at a dedicated panel at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, taking place from 22-25 January in Davos, Switzerland. EI’s General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, participated in the panel entitled ‘The future of learning’, that debated how education systems are responding to advances in online learning and social technology.

EI’s affiliate unions in the Bureau of the Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et de la Formation (CSFEF) have pledged their involvement in EI’s flagship campaigns throughout 2014 and reiterated their commitment to free and compulsory public education for all. These assurances were made at the recent CSFEF meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 9-11 January.

CNTE Congress, 2014