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November 2014

• Swedish reports about
dropping out and how to
prevent it
• Guidance counselling
seminar for Croatian
primary school
counsellors and teachers
• Imbalanced mobility
among students in Europe
• Studying abroad improves
job opportunities - New
Research from the
European Commission on
Erasmus
• Professionalising Career
Education and Guidance
in various forms and sizes
• Future career guidance
skills under the
microscope in Canterbury
• Lunch in the darkness -
Euroguidance study visit
in Slovenia
Swedish reports about dropping out and • What is an e-portfolio?
Two Polish experts give
how to prevent it their opinion.
The Swedish Theme Group Youth gathers and disseminates
knowledge and experiences from labour market projects
directed at young people, using funds from the European
Social Fund. It is a cooperation project between several
Swedish authorities and the Swedish Association of Local
Authorities and Regions.
In their report ’10 Reasons for Dropping Out’, young people who Check out the
have not completed their upper secondary school education have report ’10 Reasons
shared their experiences. It turns out that bullying and lack of for Droppong
support are the foremost reasons. Out’:
There are of course also many reasons why the issue of
completing upper secondary education has a high priority. These http://
include the individual’s opportunities to obtain work and further eng.temaunga.se/
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education, the labour market’s skills requirements, the country’s
competitiveness and the individual’s ability to contribute to society.

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