"educación universitaria" in English

Third-level education is vital to the success of a knowledge-based economy.

an alternative to the lockstep of college education

For the purposes of comparison, 40% of the population in the US have a university education, and 50% in Japan.

This percentage is very far from the European Union's 85% objective of young people who have access to secondary university education.

Furthermore, I cannot agree with paragraph 21 of the report, which states that free university education does not necessarily guarantee equity.

With regard to the lifelong learning programme, it does not take account of the particular situation of people who do not possess a university education.

Although women outnumber men in university education 59% to 41%, only 43% of PhD graduates and only 15% of full university professors are women.

In the area of university education I support the need to modernise the range of studies so that they fulfil current and future socio-economic requirements.

We need human resources at all levels: at a national level in compulsory and university education, and at European Union level in top-level research.

For future discussions, I therefore recommend drawing a clear distinction between university education according to the Bologna Declaration and 'traditional' university education.

The problem is worse still when it affects increasing numbers of young people - people who are finishing their education at school or university and who want to begin supporting themselves.