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INTERVIEW - Bert
Vandenkendelaere, who has been the Chairperson of the European Students'
Union (ESU) since 2010, is handling over the helm of ESU to Allan Päll
on 1 July. He thinks that in the past years ESU has grown a lot. Not
necessarily in membership, but in professionalism and reputation. Read more
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Päll and his team are ready to get to work
| PRAGUE
-The ancient capital of the Czech Republic has formed the background
of the handover between the old and newly elected representatives of
the European Students' Union (ESU) from 23 to 26 June. During the event
various trainings have been given on the political context where ESU
is functioning in: the developments in the Bologna Process, the
European Union's 2020 strategy and the global tendencies in higher
education. Read more and check out the pictures of the handover on our Facebook page.
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Possible cooperation looming between ESU and NUS-Russia
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SINT PETERSBURG - The
final conference of the Erasmus Mundus WISHES project took place in Sint
Petersburg (Russia) on 17 and 18 May. The conference served as a
platform for international officers of higher education institutions out
of 10 different countries to network and gain more insight in the
Russian higher education system. The European Students' Union (ESU) also
met with the National Union of Students from Russia to discuss future
cooperation. Read more
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ESU agrees with EUA on shallowness of university rankings
| BRUSSELS
- The European Students Union (ESU) is pleased to see that the first
review of major international university rankings from the European
University Association (EUA), published on 17 June in Brussels, finally
confirms what university rankings really are: shallow and useless. Read More
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SiS - Catalyst project wants access to education for all
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AMSTERDAM -
Widening of access to education was the main topic of the second major
SIS-Catalyst project meeting on 17 and 18 June in Amsterdam. In
particular the inclusion of children from social disadvantaged families
was debated during the meeting. The European Students' Union (ESU)
participates in this project as it thinks that no group in society
should be left out of education. Read more
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Upcoming ESU Events
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13-16 July - QUEST QA Pool Workshop, Edingburgh, Scotland
30 Aug- 2 September - European Students' Convention 22 - Lazy, Poland
7-13 Nov - ESU Board Meeting 61, Sofia, Bulgaria
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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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