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Understanding the battle against extremism

Whoever has a hammer sees every problem as a nail. Those in the security business tend to see the answer to radicalism and terrorism in military might, and those in the financial business in cutting flows of money.




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No gain without (some) pain (OECD Education Today Blog)

Across OECD countries, 32% of low-performing students reported that they give up easily when confronted with a difficult mathematics problem compared to only 13% of top performers.




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Closing the gap between education and employment (OECD Education Today Blog)

Employer engagement in education and training has become a hot topic for policy makers and practitioners around the world.




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What makes a school a learning organisation? (A guide for policy makers, school leaders and teachers)

Today’s schools must equip students with the knowledge and skills they’ll need to succeed in an uncertain, constantly changing tomorrow. But many schools look much the same today as they did a generation ago, and too many teachers are not developing the pedagogies and practices required to meet the diverse needs of 21st-century learners.




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How to transform schools into learning organisations? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Schools nowadays are required to learn faster than ever before in order to deal effectively with the growing pressures of a rapidly changing environment.




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Singapore tops latest OECD PISA global education survey

Singapore outperforms the rest of the world in the OECD’s latest PISA survey, which evaluates the quality, equity and efficiency of school systems. The top OECD countries were Japan, Estonia, Finland and Canada.




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Register for a webinar "PISA 2015: Q&A Session Closing the Achievement Gap" with Andreas Schleicher (December 15th, 14h Paris time)

Register for a webinar "PISA 2015: Q&A Session Closing the Achievement Gap" with Andreas Schleicher (December 15th, 14h Paris time)




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Enhancing skills to boost growth in Hungary

Skill requirements in the labour market have significantly changed over the past two decades. The restructuring of the economy is making the labour market increasingly knowledge-based.




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Closing the Achievement Gap - Archived webinar with Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD.

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading and mathematics, but what they can do with what they know. Results from PISA show educators and policy makers the quality and equity of learning outcomes achieved elsewhere, and allow them to learn from the policies and practices applied in other countries.




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Portugal: Successful reforms have underpinned economic recovery

The Portuguese economy is gradually recovering from a deep recession thanks to a broad structural reform agenda that has led to rising economic growth, falling unemployment and remarkable progress in export performance.




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Mind the Gap: Inequality in education (OECD Education Today Blog)

Inequality has been growing in most OECD countries since the 1980s and is currently at its highest level in 30 years. Forecasts for 2060 suggest that gross earnings inequality could continue to rise dramatically across the OECD if current trends persist.




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Investigating the complexities of school funding (OECD Education Today Blog)

Back in 2013, when we launched the OECD's first international review of school resource policies, we may not have been fully prepared for the detective-type work we were getting into. The OECD Review of School Resources covers 18 school systems and aims to shed light on a part of education policy that has been surprisingly left in the dark.




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How can countries close the equity gap in education? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Education plays a dual role when it comes to social inequality and social mobility. It is the main way for societies to foster equality of opportunity and support upward social mobility for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. But the evidence is overwhelming that education often reproduces social divides in societies, through the impact that parents’ economic, social and cultural status has on children’s learning outcomes.




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Bengaluru hospitals refuse to admit auto-driver in need of brain surgery; DIPR steps in

Several government hospitals denied admission to Suresh, an auto-driver in Bengaluru, before a Twitter user highlighted his ordeal and prompted the DIPR to provide help.




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Padarayanapura teens assaulted by Bengaluru cop, local goon: Video goes viral

Video shows civil dressed police officer thrashing two Muslim teenagers in the Hebbal-Sahakar Nagar area of Bangalore. People are calling out the police officer for using excessive force against the teenagers and are demanding action against the cop.




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Pawan Kalyan to his Jana Sena members: Kindly, focus on helping victims (Vizag gas leak) families

Pawan Kalyan has urged political parties and Jan Sainiks not to protest over the Vizag gas leak when the country is battling COVID-19.




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Call for papers: Engaging employers in Skills development and utilisation

The work will seek to identify good practices for employer engagement in the areas of both developing and utilising skills, including setting up innovative workplace learning methods, designing effective employer partnerships with the employment and training system as well as financing mechanisms for employer-led training, including how best to reach SMEs.




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OECD reports wide gaps in well-being across Mexico’s states

Improvements in health, access to basic services and housing have contributed most to raising standards of living of Mexicans over the past 15 years but further advances are needed to bring well-being indicators closer to the average of OECD countries, according to a new report.




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Playing the Long Game: Urban Green Growth, Spatial Planning and Land Use - Insights Blog

Imagine you have an important decision to make. Do you carefully consider the long-term implications of each possible option or do you act impulsively? Would you approach the decision-making process differently if the consequences stretched out to 30 or even 50 years?




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Conference on engaging employers in building better local jobs and creating a more responsive skills system

This conference organised jointly by the OECD, Warwick University, the Work Foundation, and the Centre for Cities brought together stakeholders from national government departments, cities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) as well as business, NGOs and research institutions to discuss the key challenges facing the United Kingdom in building more and better quality jobs




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Spa Manager Required In Portugal Under TRC

Company: Continental Immigration Consultancy Services Private Limited
Experience: 1 to 3
location: Other International
Ref: 24828163
Summary: Why Portugal Temporary Resident Permit? 1) No IELTS Required 2) No Degree Required 3) Low cost of living 4) It is valid for 1 Years. 5) Extendable for another 4 Yrs. 6)After 4 Years....




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Mega Hiring For Picker Sr. Assistant Associate For Bangalore,Hyderabad

Company: 2COMS Consulting Private Limited
Qualification: , Diploma
Experience: 0 to 1
location: Bengaluru / Bangalore
Ref: 24820479
Summary: Top Leading company hiring for Fresher as Associate/Picker for Hyderabad Location. #Best opportunity for Freshers # Gender - Male /Female bouth Shift Timing: 9 hours....




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Garment Merchandiser – Ludhiana(Men’s T-Shirts, Formal Shirts, Sweat shirts)

Company: P & I Management Consultants
Experience: 0 to 50
location: India, Ludhiana
Ref: 24729186
Summary: Job Description: Job Description • Collaborate with buyers, suppliers, distributors and analysts to negotiate prices, quantities and time-scales • Maximize customer interest and sales levels by displaying products ....




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OECD Conference on the Environmental Uses of Micro-organisms, 26-27 March 2012, Paris, France

The conference will cover developments and the state-of-the art of environmental microbiology, as it is applied for biotechnological purposes, and the role of genetic engineering of micro-organisms intended for use in the environment, now and in the near future.




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Guidance Document on Assays for Testing The Efficacy of Baits against Cockroaches

This document provides guidance on conducting laboratory tests to determine and assess the efficacy of test substances and/or the effectiveness of test products used as baits for the control of cockroach species in indoor environments.




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Guidance for Assessment of the Efficacy of Baits Against Garden Ants

This biocide document provides guidance on the conduct of laboratory and field tests aimed to assess the efficacy of anti-ants baits for indoor use. A bait contains one or more insecticidal active ingredients combined with food for garden ants.




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Consensus document on the biology of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

This new document is available as a tool for environmental safety assessment of new varieties of sugarcane derived from modern biotechnology. Given the large production of this crop worldwide, its biosafety will be an important issue for many countries.




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Report of an OECD survey on risk management/mitigation approaches and options related to agricultural pesticide use near residential areas

This report of a survey collates member countries’ approaches to manage and mitigate the risk of pesticide use near residential areas.




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Biosafety and the Environmental Uses of Micro-Organisms

Micro-organisms play a fundamental role in the environment. Yet their role is the result of complex biogeochemical processes by consortia of micro-organisms and the function of individual species is not clear in many cases. This publication provides an overview of the current situation and relevant developments in environmental microbiology.




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A new guidance is now available to facilitate the ecological risk assessment of organometallic and organic metal salt substances

The OECD has published guidance to facilitate the ecological risk assessment of organometallic and organic metal salt substances. A strategy is presented based on key steps that first consider the fate of these substances in the environment, the identification of moieties of concern, and subsequently the selection of an appropriate path forward to either assess the inorganic moiety and/or the individual substance.




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Council Act: Revision to the "Decision-Recommendation on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Chemicals"

The Decision-Recommendation on the Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Chemicals revises and replaces a 1991 Decision-Recommendation of the Council. The Decision-Recommendation is composed of two parts: Part A focuses on the development of harmonised hazard and exposure assessment methodologies for chemicals and Part B focuses on risk prevention and reduction.




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Adoption of the Recommendation on Countering the Illegal Trade of Pesticides

Today, OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Countering the Illegal Trade of Pesticides to strengthen cooperation between countries and inspectors and identify illegal pesticides throughout their lifecycle with a Best Practice Guidance.




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The Slow Lane: The secret garden with healing properties

Kew may be 70 times bigger than the Physic Garden, but historically Chelsea is the mother ship




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Christer Gardell, Cevian Capital founder, on clearing out boards

Europe’s biggest activist investor shakes up management teams to unlock hidden value




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Mitsui’s Tatsuo Yasunaga on Japan’s start-up culture

The Japanese trading house trusts its history of investment to create new lines of business




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Marcos Galperín, MercadoLibre

The dotcom entrepreneur who built Argentina’s largest company is now eyeing the banks




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The Fast Lane: my plan to make Canada great again

Young Canadians should do like Aussies and Kiwis by getting out into the world for extended periods




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The Fast Lane: playing the train game

The concepts on offer in Japan are exercises in extreme styling and peerless service






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Piers Morgan admits he has probably 'taken things a bit too far' with his criticism of Meghan Markle

The Good Morning Britain presenter has previously accused the Duchess of Sussex of having 'ditched' her own relatives and splitting her husband Prince Harry from the Royal Family.




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When Daisy Edgar-Jones was just a Normal Person

She is being propelled into the acting A-list by her mesmerising performance in Normal People, the BBC drama that has captured the imagination of the nation.




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Met Police officer is under investigation for posting jokey videos on TikTok while he's on duty

The London Metropolitan Police constable could become one of the UK's first officers to face misconduct proceedings over his use of the controversial video-sharing app.




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British Airways owner's boss Willie Walsh warns against two week quarantine

The CEO of International Airlines Group has waded into the row over the UK government's proposals to force travellers arriving into Britain, including UK citizens returning from holiday, into quarantine.




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Three members of Rochdale grooming gang are STILL living in the town

The victims of the Rochdale grooming gang have admitted they feel 'violated' after the men who haunted them have now returned to the town, despite losing their appeal against deportation.




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All eyes on Germany! Bundesliga will be the centre of the football world this week

Jurgen Klopp sat in the dugout at several big showdowns between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke. He will be a lot farther away for Saturday's fixture but his interest will be keener than ever.




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Sydney Airport worker is gouged in the eye by a FALCON that was living in a Qantas plane hangar

A worker at the Sydney Airport almost lost an eye after a peregrine falcon gouged at his eyes while he was completing duties inside of a Qantas engineering hangar.




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Qantas 'racism' row with will.i.am: Airline says legal action against Black Eyed Peas star possible

A spokesman for the Australian flag carrier said Qantas 'completely' rejected the suggestion that race was a factor in the incident involving will.i.am.




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Qantas will DOUBLE flights between Adelaide and Kangaroo Island after Regional Express pulled out

Qantas will more than double the number of flights between Adelaide and Kangaroo Island after a decision by Regional Express to withdraw from the route.




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Qantas suspends flights to Shanghai, cuts services to Hong Kong, Singapore over coronavirus

Qantas flights from Sydney to Shanghai will remain suspended until at least the end of May as the coronavirus claims more lives. Services to Hong Kong and Singapore will be reduced.