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EU Horizon Europe project Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities (LEARN)

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✨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
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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📢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
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🚨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
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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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.

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#LEARNINEQ
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...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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📢 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

Please share - more below
hermwerf.bsky.social Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Nov 5
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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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
odissei.bsky.social ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · Nov 4
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social discusses how the primary school outcomes of Dutch pupils are shaped by neighbourhood and school contexts🧑‍🏫
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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📢 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
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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 consortium group picture 23 October 2025 - ZÜRICH
October 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎉Congratulations to 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 and the whole team! 👏🏽

@invest-flagship.bsky.social @elinakilpi.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🙌🏽 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
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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🙌🏽 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
daria-dodan.bsky.social daria-dodan.bsky.social @daria-dodan.bsky.social · Oct 6
In August, I presented work from the LEARN project (@learnineq.bsky.social) at the 22nd European Conference on Developmental Psychology.

Together with @oana-negrus.bsky.social and @ralucaszekely.bsky.social, we looked at how tracking and school prestige shape Romanian students’ GPA trajectories.
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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
katchzhen.bsky.social Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · Oct 1
It was great to see a talk by Dr Ilyar Barardehi at @tcdsociology.bsky.social weekly research seminar on social inequalities in Irish children’s exam subject difficulty levels - findings from #LEARNINEQ
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🚨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
NEW LEARN POLICY BRIEF: Shaping Futures with 3T: Educational Tracking, Transitions, and Tiers in Adolescent Identity
September 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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!
manmetuni.bsky.social Manchester Metropolitan University @manmetuni.bsky.social · Sep 19
Following this morning's announcement that we've been named Modern University of the Year 2026 by @thetimes.com, @andyburnham.bsky.social has shared his congratulations to the University. 🤝
Image featuring a quote from Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham: "Manchester Met has gone from strength to strength in recent years and has been vital to our economic success, providing innovation and skill at the heart of our global city region. We’re proud that Manchester Met is the leading provider of degree apprenticeships in the UK, driving social mobility alongside delivering world class research and fostering collaboration. We will continue to support the university on this journey as it inspires young people across the city region."
September 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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...
July 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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We've been enjoying a really positive and productive 2 days in Manchester for our annual consortium meeting.
May 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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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
May 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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
May 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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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
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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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!
April 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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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
April 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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LEARN partners: A Collaborative Journey in Amsterdam
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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...
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February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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🌍 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
January 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM