EU Council adopts education targets in EU 2020 strategy
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The Council of the European Union has adopted the so-called EU 2020
strategy for economic growth. After pressure from ESU and other
organisations, the strategy includes a target to increase the share of
30-34 year olds having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at
least 40 per cent.
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Student appeal to G8/G20 leaders
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the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, student organisations from both
across the world called on the world leaders to make higher education
accessible to all, as agreed in the United Nations Covenant on Social,
Economic and Cultural Rights. Student organisations representing more
than 150 million students signed a statement to the G8/G20 leaders. You
can read the full statement in English, French or Spanish.
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New ESU representatives
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new representatives will start their first ESU mandate on July 1. The
whole group of elected representatives have met in Cologne to discuss
the next six months and to start planning 2011.
Read more and check who is who and send your input to the ESU team on Facebook
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Submit papers to the European Quality Assurance Forum
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you have ideas on quality assurance and want to present them to an
international audience? Then submit a paper for the European Quality
Assurance Forum in November.
Read about the forum and how you can submit a paper here.
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Happy holidays
| The next ESU newsletter will be published in August. ESU wishes all its newsletter readers a good summer.
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Upcoming ESU Events
| July 5-10: Quality Assurance Student Expert Pool Study Session, Strasbourg
September 15-17: Student centered learning training, Bratislava
October 15-17: ESC 20/Student centered learning stakeholders' forum
November 1-6: BM 59 and seminar, Israel (minor date changes possible)
November 19-21: European Quality Assurance Forum, Lyon
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Interesting bits from elsewhere
| Read the European Commission's study on gender differences in educational outcomes
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