Flash Eurobarometer 466 (The European Education Area)

The European education area.<br>Topics: importance of experience abroad; own stay abroad as: school pupil, student in higher education, student in vocational education, apprentice, volunteer, youth worker, young professional; main benefits of own experience abroad; reasons for not having experience abroad; difficulty with the recognition of abroad qualifications; current educational status: studying at higher education institution, finished studies at higher education institution, plans studies at higher education institution; usefulness of each of the following options regarding studying within the EU: automatic recognition of diplomas or credits across countries, creation of degrees offering the chance to study in different EU countries, flexible choice of courses or modules offered by a network of different European universities, cooperative work of students with researchers and companies from different countries, increase teaching of creativity and critical thinking, creation of working and study opportunities across disciplines, increase cross-cultural exchanges; usefulness of selected services of a European Student Card with regard to studying abroad: electronic data transfer of previously obtained diplomas to university abroad, electronic registration for university courses, electronic access to libraries and online resources, discounts for cultural activities, electronic data transfer of credits obtained abroad to home university; teaching languages at school or university; interest in learning new languages or improving command of languages already learned; languages desired to learn or to improve.

Demography: number of languages respondent is able to speak and write; education in mother tongue; teaching languages respondent is able to follow; marital status; age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.