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A spotlight on educational inequalities in Europe The LEARN project examines patterns of inequality in Europe’s educational systems and identifies ways to address them.,,,European...

📢𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 receives EU-Wide Spotlight in 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐒 🌍

The article highlights why cross‑national evidence is essential to tackling educational inequality across Europe.

📰 Read the feature
🔗 cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

#CORDIS_EU #EUresearchResults #LEARNINEQ
#Education #Inequality #EC

Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing Inequalities (LEARN) Project Paula Sergeant and Doris Hanappi present the Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing Inequalities (LEARN) Project

Educational inequality is a major challenge, but fragmented research makes it difficult to address.

We're synthesising longitudinal data from across Europe to build a unified evidence base.

New from Paula Sergeant and Doris Hanappi in Open Access Government.

#Education #HorizonEurope #LEARNEU

#LEARN research featured @invest-flagship.bsky.social Socioeconomic Inequalities seminar @uniturku.bsky.social.

Corinna Kleinert @lifbi.bsky.social presented ongoing research with Felix Bittmann on how factors such as neighbourhood, school, family, influence transitions into education in Germany

Still time to apply to the #ECSR2026 conference at Trinity College Dublin on June 15-17 @tcddublin.bsky.social

organised by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie

Abstract submission deadline: January 11!

Submit an abstract: www.ecsr2026.net

✨Season's Greetings!✨

As the #LEARN team sign off we thank our funders, partners, collaborators, the policy and research community for a year of progress and shared achievements.

We wish everyone a joyful festive season, a restful break, and a happy, productive 2026!

#LEARNINEQ #EuropeanResearch

📢LEARN at INVEST Research Flagship Seminar, Helsinki

Ryan Gibbons presented co-authored work with @janierola.net @elinakilpi.bsky.social on whether socioeconomic differences between Finnish schools have grown & implications for educational inequality.

📄LEARN Working paper coming soon

#LEARNINEQ

🚨𝗡𝗘𝗪 from the 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁

Closing the Gap

Our latest policy brief focuses on the role that evidence plays in reducing educational inequalities across Europe and how policy makers can best make use of it.

Read here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗤 #𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆

Principle 1: Education, training and life-long learning - European Pillar of Social Rights Flashcard Tool % Principle 1 Education, training and life-long learning “Everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable t...

Principle 1 of the European Pillar of Social Rights guarantees the right to inclusive education.

On #HumanRightsDay, we are focused on building the evidence base to turn this Principle into practice.

epsr-flashcards.eurohealthnet.eu/principle-1/...

#LEARNINEQ

📢 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭

Work with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social as part of the @eui-eu.bsky.social team

🗓 Deadline: 24 November 2025
🎯 School career inequalities & policymaker engagement
Start: Jan 2026 13 month contract

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Many thanks to the organisers @odissei.bsky.social and participants for a great event and the opportunity for @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social to share 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 Project findings.

#LearnIneq

📢 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 at the @odissei.bsky.social 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, Utrecht

@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social)
on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍

Thank you to the organisers for a great event!

📄LEARN Working paper coming soon!

#LEARNIneq

LEARN Project consortium group picture 23 October 2025 - ZÜRICH

Fantastic LEARN Workshop at The University of Zurich, focusing on consolidating our scientific outcomes to inform education policy and the wider community.

Thank you to Andreas Edel, to our speakers, all participants, and the @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social team for an inspiring, engaging programme!

LEARN project colleagues from across our 13 partners are travelling to #Zurich #Switzerland for our meeting and interactive workshop.

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow morning, connecting in person, and sharing progress updates and policy relevant insights.

#LEARNIneq #EducationPolicy

🎉Congratulations to 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 and the whole team! 👏🏽

@invest-flagship.bsky.social @elinakilpi.bsky.social

🙌🏽 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬! This week we were honoured to be invited to participate in #European #Commission's “𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬” 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 event, #Brussels.

We had the opportunity to share our interim research findings & exchange insights with colleagues from projects such as #MapIE #LEARNIneq

🙌🏽 LEARN Project key findings presented at 22nd European Conference on Developmental Psychology, in #Lithuania

Great to see our project teams actively engaging in conferences, ensuring our work reaches a wider audience and informs educational policy and practice.

#LEARNIneq #AcademicAchievements

Thank you to our @tcddublin.bsky.social 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 team.
Great to see the results reaching the wider academic community!

We look forward to sharing the upcoming new paper soon!

#LEARNProject #SocialInequality #EducationResearch #LEARNINEQ

NEW LEARN POLICY BRIEF: Shaping Futures with 3T: Educational Tracking, Transitions, and Tiers in Adolescent Identity

🚨𝗡𝗘𝗪 from the 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭

Our latest policy brief explores how tracking, transitions & tiers in education impact adolescent identity - especially in high-pressure systems like #Romania’s

Read here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐲 #𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 #𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪

As the new term begins, we're excited to continue impactful work with our wonderful consortium, sharing more of our upcoming deliverables and outputs.

..also congratulations to our #LEARN partners and colleagues @mmuperu.bsky.social on being named Modern University of the Year 2026. Well done!

We are excited to share our new LEARN policy brief; "Protecting Adolescents' Wellbeing in Europe: Mitigating the Impact of Parental Unemployment Through Educational Policies." 

Please download, read, and share. You can read the full brief here: zenodo.org/records/1530...

Alongside the yellow paper, you can read the full policy brief here: zenodo.org/records/1530...

Our latest brief is here! 🎉 Mapping the Education Evidence Base: Unlocking opportunities to Reduce Educational Inequalities, for the @horizoneu.bsky.social LEARN Project. 📑 Read in full here: zenodo.org/records/1530...
@katchzhen.bsky.social @neilkaye.bsky.social @charlottecampbell.bsky.social

We've been enjoying a really positive and productive 2 days in Manchester for our annual consortium meeting.

We’re really looking forward to joining with these wonderful organisations next month for a meeting about our sister projects looking at transforming inequalities through education. Make sure you’re following us so you don’t miss out on the updates! @revers-ed.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

The Manchester LEARN team is looking forward to hosting the consortium later this month to review our progress and plan our next steps. Make sure you’re following us to find out more.
@psergeant1.bsky.social @win02.bsky.social @leebentley.bsky.social @garypollock.bsky.social

Our latest policy brief is here! 🎉 Unseen Currents: How Peer Networks Shape School Choice and Inequality in Dutch Education, compiled by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social & Doris Hanappi for the @horizoneu.bsky.social LEARN Project. 📑 Read the full brief here: zenodo.org/records/14500599

A growing body of evidence suggests that alongside families or school rankings, children choose their secondary school based on their peers in primary school. Our upcoming Policy Brief explores how peer dynamics shape educational pathways in the Netherlands. Follow us to make sure you don't miss it!

Bias perpetuates educational inequalities, limiting life chances before a child even reaches adulthood. A new policy brief from the LEARN Project outlines the results of a systematic review into this.

📖 Read the full policy brief here: zenodo.org/records/14500568

LEARN partners came together in Amsterdam | Longitudinal Educational Achievements | University of Helsinki At the beginning of January 2025, the LEARN partners came together in frosty Amsterdam for their second major meeting. The primary aim was to gain an overview of the very diverse and varied European d...

LEARN partners: A Collaborative Journey in Amsterdam
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

🌍 Safe Travels and Success!
Good luck to the project teams travelling for the LEARN Amsterdam meeting, January 9-10. Thank you to the @lifbi.bsky.social team for organising and facilitating discussions and collaborations focusing on a harmonising framework for analysing national data. #Learnineq