Is small beautiful? A scoping review of 21st-century research on small rural schools in Europe

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Introduction According to Eurostat (2020), in total, just over a quarter (28{0841e0d75c8d746db04d650b1305ad3fcafc778b501ea82c6d7687ee4903b11a}) of the population across 28 European countries live in what can be designated a rural area. These areas, however, vary markedly in socio-economic, geographical and educational terms. For example, while rural areas close to urban centres are likely […]

Are adult learners in Europe happier than non-learners? Statistical evidence from the European Social Survey

Cortez Deacetis

Antunes, F (2019) Europeanisation and adult education: Between political centrality and fragility. Studies in Continuing Education 42(3): 298–315. Google Scholar | Crossref Barcevicius, E, Weishaupt, T, Zeitlin, J (2014) Assessing the Open Method of Coordination: Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Google Scholar […]

Corrigendum to “Educationalisation of youth unemployment through lifelong learning policies in Europe”, 2020

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Valiente O, Capsada-Munsech Q, de Otero JPG (2020) Educationalisation of youth unemployment by way of lifelong finding out procedures in Europe. European Instructional Investigation Journal. Epub ahead of print 23 February 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1474904120908751. Following the publication of this post, the authors noticed that the funding information were being lacking […]

A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East

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Graphic: Wooden latrine from medieval Riga, Latvia. watch more  Credit score: Uldis Kalejs A new study published this week in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Culture B demonstrates a initially attempt at applying the procedures of historical bacterial detection, pioneered in experiments of earlier epidemics, to characterise the microbial […]