The QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 marks an important milestone for Lithuanian academics with Vilnius University (VU) entering the list of the 500 most prominent universities in the world. […]
More than 30,000 first-graders are beginning school in Lithuania in the new academic year on September 1, several hundred more than last year. […]
Emigration has been a perennial headache for the Lithuanian government and businesses for more than a decade now. Departures of young and educated people are a particular drain on the country’s resources. […]
Lithuanian Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė plans to approve a new sexuality education programme which has drawn criticism from NGOs for its conservatism and focus on abstinence. […]
Several dozen people, rallied by non-governmental organizations, held a protest action outside the Ministry of Education and Science. They are critical of the new sexual education programme that the ministry is to approve on Wednesday, saying it is too conservative and fails to meet the needs of school students.
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Dropping admissions to Lithuania’s universities and colleges – 82 study programmes failed to attract any students – have once again put focus on the chronic ills of the country’s education system. […]
This year’s admission results at Lithuanian colleges and universities are pressing the need of radical reforms in the country’s education system. As many as 82 study programmes at Lithuania’s 45 higher education institutions did not […]
While Lithuania leads among the Baltic states in the number of doctoral students and people with degrees, a number of indicators suggest that the country’s education system is in poor health, experts say.
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The Jewish community wants Vilnius municipality co-found a Jewish kindergarten in the Lithuanian capital.
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This year, 28,000 graduates have applied to study in over 40 higher education institutions in Lithuania, 4,000 fewer than last year. As many as 100 study programs are currently under a threat of discontinuation due […]
Artūras Žukauskas, the rector at Vilnius University, says he believes that Lithuanian professors’ wages are too low.
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Experts from CERN are visiting Lithuania this week to discuss the prospects for Lithuania of becoming an associate member of CERN. “Lithuanian associate membership in CERN has to be seen in perspective. If it is […]
In Lithuania, 84% of students applying to higher education institutions are accepted, but 44% of professors say that many students are poorly or very poorly prepared for higher education.
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Around 300 people held a rally outside the United States embassy in Vilnius on Thursday, protesting against Lithuania’s domestic policies. Organizers of the action say they picked the site because the US “is the biggest […]
Some Lithuanian universities spend 80% of government funding on administration rather than on students – a simple reform would be to link government funding to student numbers but according to leading experts, this is just one of the areas that needs to be tackled if the country is to develop a competitive education system. […]
The European Commission issued a range of recommendations on how to improve Lithuania‘s economy including improving tax compliance particularly VAT, adjusting the education system to the needs of the labour market and increasing productivity. The […]
Vilnius-based Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Kaunas-based Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) are planning to merge into one higher education institution by 2019. […]
Professor David Pollick is leaving the Vilnius-based European Humanities University after two years as its rector, the acting chair of the school’s board Anne Lonsdale said on Friday. […]
New rankings show Lithuania’s best secondary schools and universities. […]
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