2009 Archive

Evolving Diversity: an overview of equitable access to HE in Europe

Thu 28 Oct 2010

The EQUNET project in which ESU has been involved has delivered its first report that gives a comparison of the state of equity in access to Higher Education in the EU27 + EEA countries, and of the evolution of the concept and the actual state of diversity in Europe’s Higher Education institutions today.

 
Calling for an end to education chaos in Malta

Wed 07 Jan 2009

ESU is lending its voice to Maltese NUS, KSU's call for an end to the chaos currently gripping the Maltese higher education system due to a long-running dispute between teacher unions and the Maltese Government.

 
Czechs at the helm!

Thu 22 Jan 2009

The Czechs are at the helm! This month has seen Prime Minister M. Topolánek and co. take over the Presidency of the EU from the French under the banner of a ‘Europe without barriers’. At a meeting in Prague on 6th January, the Prime Minister and his deputy launched the official work programme for the next six months, highlighting their priorities as the three ‘E’s’: Economy, Energy and Europe in the world. While it is sad, but unsurprising, that education is not one of the three priority ‘E

 
Assessing 6 months of HE under the French

Fri 23 Jan 2009

Six months of the French Presidency drew to a close at the end of December, and with it a very hectic period of meetings and conferences for ESU staff. But what was the outcome of all this frenetic activity in terms of higher education policy at the European level? Were there some real achievements, or rather a lot of talk and little action?

There are a lot of positives to be drawn from the French tenure at the top of the EU. Firstly, ESU would like to express it sincere gratitude for the

 
Latvian Government goes hardline on HE and students

Fri 23 Jan 2009

As starts to the New Year go, this was not what the students of Latvia had in mind. The Government of Latvia heralded 2009 with a swift cut in the higher education and student support budget. Both the magnitude and manner of doing so have been outrageous. The student response, on the other hand, has been modest. The anatomy of the situation is as follows:

In the middle of December, the Latvian Parliament held an all-night session producing a plan and law to enable huge cuts in the country’s

 
Students call for global ombudsperson for student rights

Mon 02 Feb 2009

They came from Australia, Africa, North America, Asia and Europe. For the first time in five years, 17 organisations representing students across the globe came together in Paris last week at an official preparatory conference for the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE), scheduled for July 2009. The conclusion of the meeting: student rights are violated all across the globe, and student bodies now want UNESCO to set up a global ombuds office that deals with breaches of student r

 
ESU reacts to the Commission's education and training strategic framework

Thu 12 Feb 2009

It is designed to set the tone for cooperation on education policy across all 27 Member States for the decade ahead. And last week, ESU had the opportunity to comment on the European Commission's updated strategic framework for European cooperation on education and training at an annual stakeholder forum event in Brussels.

 
Reaching out to the Sahrawi people: Student Peace Prize for Human Rights Activist

Thu 12 Feb 2009

It's a long-disputed, largely neglected and forgotten corner of North Africa. But finally, Western Sahara has something to celebrate with the announcement that one of its citizens, Rabab Amidane, is this year's winner of the Student Peace Prize 2009. Amidane was awarded the Prize for her work on human rights, students' rights and peace in the controversial territory.

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony up until 1975, when the Spainish withdrew. Morocco invaded the same year and has occupied

 
ESU contributing to educational empowerment in Kazakhstan

Sun 15 Feb 2009

ESU has been continuing to help the reform of educational systems and to empower student around the globe with a visit to the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan in early February by Vice-Chair, Anita Lice. Organised by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan in co-operation with the Magna Charta Observatory, the event was a response to Kazakh requests for assistance to join the Process. Such is the level of enthusiasm that even without being an official part of th

 
Bologna to 2020: Call for Education Ministers to move from aspiration to action

Mon 23 Feb 2009

ESU has kickstarted its campaign of work leading up the Ministerial Conference of the Bologna Process in April by launching its student declaration towards this crucial meeting. Gathering in Prague last week (15-19th February), more than 100 national student representatives from over 30 countries came together to analyse the progress made on Bologna over the last 10 years, and to formulate a common voice towards the shape the Process should take in the next decade to 2020.

 
ESU launches its equity training

Thu 12 Mar 2009

ESU is embarking on a series of equity training sessions for member unions, as part of a major project to increase awareness of, and action on, equity issues within the context of higher education. Taking place in the Romanian city of Timisoara from 6-8th March, the training will provide 50-60 representatives from ESU’s member NUSes in the south and east of Europe with high quality professional training to enable them to both achieve greater equity and to combat discrimination more effectivel

 
This month, it's all about Bologna...

Sat 04 Apr 2009

The crucial month for higher education policy is here. For anyone interested in Europe's educational future, this is the time to get involved.

 
Launching an Education Manifesto for the European Parliament

Tue 14 Apr 2009

ESU is delighted to be launching its Education Manifesto for the European Parliament elections which are taking place across the 27 Member States from 4-7th June.

 
Bologna With Student Eyes is here!

Wed 22 Apr 2009

The fourth Bologna With Student Eyes report from The European Students' Union has arrived!

 
Rankings? No thanks!

Thu 30 Apr 2009

The vast majority of national student unions in Europe do not want to see a European system of university rankings or classification, nor do such proposals work in the best interests of European students. This was the strong message in a new statement issued this by ESU on the ‘transparency tools’ currently being touted as a quality-enhancement and choice tool at European level. With the European Commission having launched a call to tender for a ‘feasibility study’ into how Europe could follow

 
Students celebrate victory in Bologna Process negotiationsStudents celebrate victory in Bologna Proc

Thu 14 May 2009

Students from across 46 European countries can look forward to a better educational future after Ministers made a major shift in emphasis in the Bologna Process reform programme. The Leuven Communiqué, agreed yesterday by the Education Ministers from all 46 members meeting in Belgium, is being acknowledged by national unions of students from across the continent as marking the start of a much more student-centred focus for the Bologna reform agenda, the most comprehensive transformation of hig

 
A changing of the guard at ESU

Thu 28 May 2009

All good things must come to an end, and for many of the members of ESU’s elected team 2008-2009, next month will see their mandate draw to a close as a new team gears up to steer the organisation into the first half of 2010.

The ESU 2009-10 team was elected at the 56th Board Meeting which took place in Brussels at the end of April. A number of motivated student representatives were elected by official representatives from ESU’s 47 member unions who gathered to vote in the public figures of

 
Taking the initiative on youth health

Fri 29 May 2009

The European Commission has just launched a new Youth Health Initiative (YHI) project designed to encourage young people to become active partners in promoting their health. ESU is a partner in the project, and you can visit the newly created website here.

 
Fill in and win! ESN Survey 2009

Mon 08 Jun 2009

A new student survey, the ESNSurvey 2009: Information for Exchange has just been launched, offering you the chance to help improve information provision for fellow students. Organised by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), the survey is open for contributions until the end of July 2009.

 
Join ESU as our new Executive Assistant!

Tue 16 Jun 2009

ESU is looking for a team player to fill the position of the Executive Assistant (EA) at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

 
 
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