Eurydice Network

🎒 Back to school across Europe

What does the start of the school year look like across EU education systems? From key trends to must-know insights, the new Eurydice Voice will unpack it all.

📩 Stay tuned for the September edition!

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What would it take to make housing truly accessible for young people?

Episode 3 of Education and Youth in 10 breaks down the policies and initiatives that could help young Europeans find stable, affordable homes.

The podcast deep-dives into the youth housing crisis, exploring solutions such as expanding social housing and public-private cooperation, making renting easier and more affordable, providing targeted support for rural and urban youth, and developing long-term housing solutions for young migrants and refugees.

Featuring insights from education analysts and housing policy experts:
🎙️Giulia Paolini, Youth Wiki policy analyst
🎙️Diana Yordanova, Communications Director, Housing Europe

👉 Catch the full conversation here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/podcast/C-000034/S-009363

And on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/01HDOa0WOWydZeIjETRaCx

14 weeks of summer or well-spaced mini-breaks? ☀️

European students are on holiday, but their schedules look completely different depending on where they live!

In Italy, students get roughly 14 weeks away from their desks during the summer. Up in Denmark, summer lasts about 6 weeks, but school breaks are spread out more evenly across the entire year.

If you could design the school calendar, which option would you choose?

The Italian model: a grand summer marathon

The Danish model: short summer, steady breaks all year

Tell us your favourite 👇

For the 2024/2025 school year, the relation between the length of experience and salary increase at the top of the career vary significantly. Teachers in Denmark, Malta, and the Netherlands reach the top of the career around 12 years after recruitment. In the Netherlands, teachers more than double their salaries within the same 12-year period.

Access detailed salary and allowance data for teachers and school heads in your country and across Europe with the Interactive Tool:https://europa.eu/!TkQJwt

In around 17 countries, in 2024/2025, primary and secondary teachers receive additional allowances for working in areas facing specific challenges, such as disadvantaged, remote or high-cost regions. (see map below)

Find out more with the Interactive Tool on teacher and school head compensation: https://europa.eu/!TkQJwt

What does it mean for a generation to be ‘locked out’ from housing opportunities? 🔒

Across Europe, almost one in four young people said that housing affordability is their biggest worry — and many are being pushed into overcrowded, precarious or inadequate living conditions.

This new podcast episode of Education and Youth in 10 explores why so many young people are staying longer in the parental home, how unaffordable rents are limiting independence and wellbeing, the growing divide between rural and urban housing realities, and what can be done to ensure fair access to quality housing.

🎙️ With insights from speakers:
Giulia Paolini, Youth Wiki policy analyst
Diana Yordanova, Communications Director, Housing Europe

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/podcast/C-000034/S-009363

And on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/01HDOa0WOWydZeIjETRaCx

Compared to 2023/2024 school year, the teachers’ salaries (adjusted to inflation) increased in 80% of the countries at all education levels. In most of these countries the average increase was below 5%. The highest increases were registered in Hungary, Malta, Poland and Serbia (above 10%).


Discover the complete dataset on teacher and school head compensation across Europe in the new Interactive Tool: https://europa.eu/!TkQJwt