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EP and EU Council at loggerheads
over 2012 budget for education
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BRUSSELS
- The EU Council and European Parliament (EP) are about to clash over
the 2012 budget for education. While the EP's Education and Culture
Committee will ask for an increase at its meeting on 4 October, the
Council is looking to cut 60 million euro from the EU's Life Long
Learning (LLP) budget. Read full article
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ESU calls for Erasmus scheme to go East
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BIALYSTOK
- The European Students' Union (ESU) strongly supports the Polish EU
Presidency in its quest for a widening of the popular Erasmus scheme.
Speaking at the ministerial meeting 'Go East, Erasmus!' from the Polish
EU Presidency, in Bialystok on 28 September, Allan Päll, ESU's
Chairperson said: "Where would Europe be without Erasmus? Read full article
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Budget deficit in Cyprus leads to meltdown of student grants
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NICOSIA
- Attempts from the Cypriot government to cut its budget deficit will
lead to lower student grants. The European Students' Union (ESU) is
deeply concerned about the government decision to cut the social
transfers by 10 per cent in order to save 200 million euro. ESU strongly
supports the protests on 27 September from POFEN, representative body
of Cypriot students, against this development. Read full article
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EU's plans for modernising Higher Education horrify European students
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BRUSSELS
- The European Students' Union (ESU) is utterly disappointed that the
European Commission's Modernisation Agenda for Higher Education,
published 20 September, promotes student debt. Allan Päll, ESU
Chairperson, said: "The EU's Executive has failed to send out a clear message about government investments into higher education." Read full article
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Students discuss political situation
in the Middle East
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- Students from all around the world met in Jerusalem for a 6 day
program in September to discuss the political situation in the Middle
East. Karl Agius and Taina Mosiander from the Social Affairs Committee
of the European Students' Union, together with other students and youth
were present from Belgium, South Africa, Norway, Germany and Greece. Read full article
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Upcoming ESU Events
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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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