Congratulations Kaja Kallas on becoming Estonia’s first female prime minister – a positive step in Europe’s pursuit of gender equality! I also look forward to working with another female leader, Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, the country’s new finance minister.
Linking research and education - the Digital Education Action Plan, the European Research Area and the European Education Area unveiled actions for the next five years, acknowledging the key role education plays to Europe’s social and sustainable future https://t.co/1k58PJRZ4c
#GlobalSkillsNetwork member present at the launch of Pact for Skills https://t.co/DI3joP0Sag
Promote culture for lifelong learning; Build strong skills partnerships; Monitor skills supply/demand and anticipate skills needs; Work for gender equality https://t.co/BZNbd2yhxl
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was born on this day in 1867. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the very first person to win it twice, and the only Nobel laureate in two different sciences. 👏
Schuman Traineeships in the European Parliament - application deadline: November 30, 2020
The goal: contribute to EU citizens’ European education and vocational training and to provide an insight into the work of the European Parliament
https://t.co/2LmaMIJdZW
Combatting youth unemployment remains one of the priorities of national and European agendas - what's going on with the #NEETs, still reeling from the financial crisis and now hit with the fallout of the pandemic, especially in Spain, Italy and Greece.....
Though there are more women than men in Europe, only 16% of European start-ups are founded or co-founded by women, and a mere 6% have all-female founding teams. More female leaders role models will be critical if we want to achieve gender parity in Europe
https://t.co/9Z5IXvAINo
Education, the Public, Private and Third Sectors, Youth Groups and Volunteers come together to respond to COVID in Europe and the Mediterranean https://t.co/ZO2wrf0ly7 via @LinkedIn
Top ten soft skills for 2020:
Growth Mindset
Creativity
Focus Mastery
Innovation
Communication
Storytelling
Cultural Awareness
Critical Thinking
Leadership
emotional Intelligence
"Sexism is sickeningly centered on and intertwined with women’s bodies because fixating on women’s physical form is an easy way to objectify and dehumanize us." https://t.co/Y71nTas3H0
#NASA Program Analyst Vickie Walton sits down with #NASAPeople at Headquarters to learn about work life and what it's like to explore the extraordinary everyday. #CelebrateBlackHistoryMonth
"When women come together, work together and connect around common ground and causes, we are more ready to collaborate, to actively listen, to form alliances, and to bridge differences in order to get to a solution." via @melindagates https://t.co/MWmPZBFEjg
Five women breaking the glass ceiling in science: Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astrophysics), Dr Nicola Beer (biochemistry), (mechanical engineering), Dr Megan Wheeler (neuroscience/psychology), Elina Aino Johanna Pörsti (molecular science)
https://t.co/lDa59ZVeFX
.RT@EUErasmusPlus - building the EU for more #WomenInScience: In 2018 of almost 15 million scientists and engineers 41% were women but 4 Member States had a higher % of females: Lithuania 57%, Bulgaria 52%, Latvia 52%, Denmark 51%