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ESU: “Council should act on Hungary’s higher education bill"

Fri 10 Feb 2012

BRUSSELS – The European Students’ Union (ESU) urges the EU ministers for education to put pressure on Hungary during the Education, Youth and Sports Council (EYSC) in Brussels on 10 February. Budapest recently adopted a new law on higher education that,



according to ESU, represents an unjustifiable restriction of freedom of movement for workers and is a violation of the 45th Article of the Treaty of the European Union (TFEU).

 
ESU turns to European Commission as Hungary restricts freedom of state-funded students

Wed 08 Feb 2012

BUDAPEST – “The new Hungarian education law hugely restricts the free movement of Hungarian students. We call upon the European Commission to take action and immediately start a thorough investigation into the legality of such a law in the EU”, said Allan


Päll, Chair of the European Students’ Union (ESU) on 8 February. Hungarian students are continuing their protest against this new law in the evening of 8 February in Budapest.

 
ESU: “Erasmus needs to become more inclusive”

Wed 01 Feb 2012

BRUSSELS – “Erasmus needs to become more inclusive - the grant scheme must set clear targets for disadvantaged students”, said Allan Päll, Chair of the European Students’ Union, at the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus programme on 30 January.

 
VSS-UNES-USU deposites citizens’ initiative for scholarships

Tue 31 Jan 2012

BERN - The Union of Students in Switzerland (VSS-UNES-USU) - member of the European Students' Union (ESU) - deposited on 20 January the citizens’ Initiative for Scholarships with 140’000 signatures at the Federal Chancellery. The aim is to set a cornerstone


for equal opportunities in the scholarship system by harmonize the 26 different systems.

 
Bologna Follow-Up Group debates future of Bologna Process

Tue 31 Jan 2012

COPENHAGEN - The Bologna Follow-Up Group discussed the draft Bucharest communiqué at their last meeting in Copenhagen on 18 and 19 January. The communiqué is to be signed by ministers at a conference in the enormous Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest

on 26 and 27 of April. In relation to this, the BFUG also discussed the progress report of the Bologna Process reforms in all 47 member states of the European Higher Education Area.

 
European standards for quality assurance to be revised

Tue 31 Jan 2012

COPENHAGEN - European stakeholders in higher education in the E4 Group have proposed that the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) should be revised. This is the core recommendation of the MAP-ESG report that was launched at an


event in Copenhagen on 17 January

 
ESU’s international cooperation working group sets agenda for 2012

Mon 30 Jan 2012

LONDON – ESU’s working group on International cooperation (ICWG), established in to facilitate the European Students’ Union communication from with student bodies globally, has had a first planning meeting this year, hosted by NUS UK, on 28 and 29 January
in London.

 
BFUG decides: ‘Belarus not fit to join EHEA’

Wed 25 Jan 2012

Demonstrations in Belarus, December 2012

BRUSSELS - The European Students Union (ESU) welcomes the conclusion of the Bologna Follow Up Group (BFUG) that Belarus should not become member of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without reform first. On 30 November 2011, Belarus officially



applied





to become a member of the area but the Bologna Follow Up Group decided to advise against EHEA membership of Belarus at its meeting on 18-19 January in Copenhagen.

 
Research articles on the financing of higher education in Europe

Mon 23 Jan 2012

BRUSSELS - The ESU project on Financing the Students' Future (FINST) aims to increase the knowledge of the effects of financing systems in Europe on students and works on the capacity building of the NUSes. Here you can find four research articles from

the research team of the project.

 
ESU opens the call for the FINST student exchange in Estonia

Mon 16 Jan 2012

BRUSSELS - The European Students' Union (ESU) opens the call for the FINST student exchange in cooperation with the Federation of Estonian Student Unions EUL, to take place in April 2012. ESU invites all the members of the National Unions of Students.





to apply to take part in the last of three student exchanges which will take place as part of the ESU project Financing the Students' Future (FINST), funded by the European Commission Lifelong Learning Program.

 
Student unrest in an era of economic crisis

Mon 09 Jan 2012

BRUSSELS - (Editorial Allan Pall, Chairperson ESU, in University World News) In a year that was marked by the euro crisis, and bailouts not only of banks but also entire sovereign countries, it is not surprising that higher education in Europe has taken quite a battering. Despite widespread agreement that higher education is a public good first and foremost, and thus a public responsibility, current trends paint an interesting picture, to say the least.

 
"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched" - Merry Christmas from ESU!

Wed 21 Dec 2011

If we were to sum up the last year, one could say that 2011 has been all about not counting the chickens before they are hatched. But, it has been a revolutionary year for sure. The European Students' Union has been working hard throughout the whole year, but many of our projects and activities have been about preparing for the future, 2012.

 
ESU: “Belarus is not eligible to become Bologna country”

Wed 14 Dec 2011

BRUSSELS – The European Students Union thinks that Belarus should not be invited to become a member of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) during the Bucharest Ministerial Meeting in April 2012. Allan Päll, Chair of ESU said: “Even though Belarus might fulfill formal criteria to join the EHEA, it should not become part of it as there is no such thing as academic freedom in Belarus.” Belarus has applied to become EHEA member on 30 November 2011.

 
“Economic crisis used as an excuse to reduce financing of higher education”

Tue 29 Nov 2011

LIVERPOOL - Students all over Europe are getting ready to fight back against higher education budget cuts. From 24 to 27 November the FINST Consultations Seminar took place in Liverpool which aimed to enable participants to look at financing of higher education from different perspectives. The students concluded that governments have been using the current financial crises across Europe as an excuse to reduce financing of higher education.

 
ESU urges EU ministers to free up money for education

Mon 28 Nov 2011

BRUSSELS – Strong commitments to increase public funding of higher education. This is what the European Students’ Union (ESU) wants the EU education ministers to come up with during the debate about financing of education that they will hold at the Education Youth and Sport Council (EYSC) on 28 and 29 November. ESU urges the ministers to free up money for higher education and for EU-wide student mobility instead of cutting down the budgets, which is currently the case in many EU countries.

 
“Increasing tuition fees could lead to an exodus of Europe’s young people”

Mon 28 Nov 2011

SOFIA – Around 150 student representatives from 45 National Unions of Students all over Europe discussed ongoing developments in higher education from 10-12 November in Sofia during the 61st Board Meeting of the European Students’ Union (ESU). They formulated common statements on budget cuts and other law proposals from European governments which are bound to harm higher education. These statements can be read here: http://www.esu-online.org/documents/motions/.

 
Students formulate common answers to education budget cuts

Fri 25 Nov 2011

LIVERPOOL – Who should pay for higher education? The students themselves, the state or should companies contribute as well? These questions will be answered at the ‘Financing the Students’ Future’ conference from the European Students’ Union (ESU) which takes place from 24 to 26 November in Liverpool.

 
National Union of Students (NUS UK) launches new project

Thu 24 Nov 2011

LONDON - The National Union of Students (NUS UK) has launched a new project called I Am The Change to encourage and support you to campaign for positive change at your college or university.

 
ESU: “EU loans will not lead to more mobility for poor students”

Wed 23 Nov 2011

BRUSSELS – The European Students’ Union (ESU) is pleased to see that the European Commission’s budget proposal ‘Erasmus for all’, published on 23 November, acknowledges the added value of learning mobility and internationalisation of higher education. However, ESU urges for more relevant budgetary commitments as it deems this is crucial to achieve opportunities for student mobility for all.

 
ESU worried about education budgets cuts on International Students’ Day

Thu 17 Nov 2011

BRUSSELS - On International Students’ Day, the European Students’ Union is sending out a warning to all national and global leaders to stop cutting down on higher education. ESU’s Chairperson, Allan Päll said: “All over the world, we see that governments are spending less and less on higher education. This must come to an end. If we continue on this path, then soon only students from well-off families will be able to go to university. This will be devastating for societies in the long run.”

 
 
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