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ESU: "Students should not suffer from financial problems universities"
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- The European Students' Union (ESU) is deeply concerned about the fact
that students are the biggest supplement to public funds as an
alternative source of funding. According to ESU, it should not be
students that ensure the financial sustainability of universities. In
reaction to a report of the European University Association (EUA) on the
financial sustainability of Europe's universities, launched on 22
February in Brussels ESU's Chairperson, Bert Vandenkendelaere, said: "Students should not be the ones to pay for the long-term financial sustainability of universities." Read more
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ESU bracing for first consultation round EU Modernisation Agenda
| BRUSSELS
- During the last month, ESU has been polishing up its
recommendations for the new Communication from the European Commission
on the Modernisation of Higher Education. ESU's recommendations for the
first consultation round with stakeholders in European higher education,
will be delivered on 15 March. Read more
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EU education ministers agree on need for 'more effort' to reach EU2020 targets
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- The EU Education Council agreed that 'more efforts would be needed to
meet the education targets by 2020' during their meeting on 14 February
in Brussels. The ministers for Education underlined as well that the
national reform programmes that were presented so far are still
'provisional' and that the work was 'ongoing'. ESU's Chairperson, Bert
Vandenkendelaere: "Indeed, the member states are right to admit that these targets are not the final ones." Read more
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European students adopt Budapest declaration
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are the main actors in higher education, and recent protests across
Europe are a clear indication that students wish to maintain the role of
higher education (HE) as a public good and public responsibility in
order to guarantee equal access and success." This is the main
message of the Budapest Declaration, adopted at the 21st European
Students' Convention (ESC) on 18 February in Budapest. Read more
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| ESU on the frontline of creation children's universities | LIVERPOOL
- The European Students' Union (ESU) will lead the development of a
European framework for student interns for children universities.
According to ESU's Vice-Chairperson Allan Päll: "This project is an
exciting opportunity to engage students in activities with children thus
tackling access to higher education issues focusing on cultural reasons
at an early stage of education". Read more
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ESU launches new interactive website
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BUDAPEST- The
European Students' Union (ESU) launched its new website in Budapest
during the European Students' Convention on 18 February. This website
will allow for more interactivity with ESU's 45 member unions. On the
new website, there are many possibilities to discuss ongoing higher
education issues and to comment on news articles. Go and check it out on
www.esu-online.org
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Launch of Erasmus survey from ESN
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- Erasmus Student Network (ESN), one of the biggest non-profit
interdisciplinary student associations in Europe, has just started a
research called "Problems of Recognition In Making Erasmus"(PRIME). It
is a European-wide project investigating recognition procedures in order
to draw attention to ever-lasting problems and obstacles students face
and to provide them with good practices and possible solutions. Read more
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Upcoming Events
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March 17 - Meeting Bologna Follow Up Group, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2-7- Board Meeting 60, Tallinn, Estonia
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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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