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ESC22 to set future vision of ESU
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LAZY - The 22nd edition
of the European Students' Convention aims to define in which direction
the European Students' Union (ESU) should be heading in the next few
years. The event, taking place from 30 August to 3 September in Lazy,
at the Polish riviera, will consult the delegates of the member unions
on their views on the future of ESU. The Polish minister for Higher
Education, Barbara Kudrycka, will furthermore pay a visit to the event
and answer questions from the students' representatives. Read more
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Kurdistan: Rapid expansion has led to shortage of university places
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ARBIL - An ESU
delegation consisiting out of four people visited the Kurdistan Region
in Iraq from 20 to 23 of August to meet with the Kurdistan Student
Union (KSU) and learn about the situation of students and higher
education in the region. Higher education has expanded majorly in this
region in the last decades, which has led to a massive shortage of
places at universities, leaving 7000 people waiting to enter
university. Read more
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| ESU expresses its support to Chilean students' protests | BRUSSELS
- The European Students' Union (ESU), the umbrella organisation for 45
national unions of students in 38 European countries, expresses its
support for the struggle of the Chilean students for reforms of their
national education funding model. Allan Päll, ESU Chairperson said: "Education is a public good and every student has a right to open and free access to quality higher education." Read more
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| "No coherent mechanism to identify student view on quality assurance" | |
EDINBURGH - Up until now
there is no coherent mechanism at European level that identifies the
student perception of quality assurance in higher education. With that
in mind, intensive discussions and training exercises were carried out
in the field of quality assurance (QA) in the European Higher Education
Area (EHEA) by more than 30 students from all over Europe, at the
occasion of the first QUEST Workshop from 13-16 July in Edinburgh. Read more
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FINST project makes steady progress
| LONDON
- ESU's project on 'Financing the Students' Future' (FinSt) - a hot
topic in the world of higher education - is moving ahead rapidly.
Members of the Project Team and Research Team met in London for the
second Management Meeting of the project on 8-9 August. Although a lot
of work still needs to be done, progress has been made on a number of
aspects of the project and its outcomes. Read more
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ESU: "BFUG mobility strategy still lacks clear emphasis"
| BERLIN
- The Bologna Follow Up Group on Mobility met on 24 August in Berlin
to finalise the draft proposal of mobility strategy that will be
adopted by ministers at the BFUG ministerial conference in 2012 in
Bucharest. The European Students' Union (ESU) welcomes the extensive and
comprehensive strategy proposal that the draft paper of the BFUG
brings to the debates on future development of student mobility in
Europe. However, ESU acknowledges the paper still lacks clear emphasis
on the purpose and the importance of mobility in particular. Read more
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| ESU: "Radical re-allocation of EU funds is needed" | BRUSSELS
- The European Students' Union (ESU) fears that the recently proposed
EU long-term budget (2014-2020) will be insufficient to cover for the
expectations raised by the EU member states in their Europe 2020
Strategy. Allan Päll, ESU Chairperson said: "Although there is
certain progress reflected in the proposals, the overall investment
level into higher education is not proportional." Article and full reaction can be read here.
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Upcoming ESU Events
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30 Aug- 2 September - European Students' Convention 22 - Lazy, Poland
7-13 Nov - ESU Board Meeting 61, Sofia, Bulgaria
24-27 Nov - Consultations Seminar FINST, Liverpool, UK
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The European Students' Union, headquartered in Brussels, is the umbrella organisation
of 45 National Unions of Students from 38 countries. ESU represents and
advocates the educational, social, economical and cultural interests of
students at the European level: European Union, Council of Europe, UNESCO and the Bologna Follow Up Group.
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