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BFUG debates future of Bologna Process
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- The Bologna Follow-Up Group discussed the draft Bucharest communiqué
at their last meeting in Copenhagen on 18 and 19 January. The
communiqué is to be signed by ministers at a conference in the enormous
Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest on 26 and 27 of April. In
relation to this, the BFUG also discussed the progress report of the
Bologna Process reforms in all 47 member states of the European Higher
Education Area. Full article
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"Erasmus needs to become more inclusive"
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BRUSSELS - "Erasmus needs to become more inclusive - the grant scheme must set clear targets for disadvantaged students",
said Allan Päll, Chair of the European Students' Union, at the occasion
of the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus programme on 30 January. Full article
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BFUG decides: 'Belarus not fit to join EHEA'
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BRUSSELS - The European Students
Union (ESU) welcomes the conclusion of the Bologna Follow Up Group
(BFUG) that Belarus should not become member of the European Higher
Education Area (EHEA) without reform first. On 30 November 2011, Belarus
officially applied to become a member of the area but the Bologna
Follow Up Group decided to advise against EHEA membership of Belarus at
its meeting on 18-19 January in Copenhagen.Full article
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ESU's international cooperation working group sets agenda for 2012
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LONDON - ESU's working group on
International cooperation (ICWG), established in 2008 to facilitate the
European Students' Union communication from with student bodies
globally, has had a first planning meeting this year, hosted by NUS UK,
on 28 and 29 January in London. Full article
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VSS-UNES-USU deposited citizens' Initiative for Scholarships
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BERN - The Union of Students in
Switzerland (VSS-UNES-USU) - member of the European Students' Union
(ESU) - deposited on 20 January the citizens' Initiative for
Scholarships with 140'000 signatures at the Federal Chancellery. The aim
is to set a cornerstone for equal opportunities in the scholarship
system by harmonize the 26 different systems. Full article
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European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance to be revised
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COPENHAGEN - European stakeholders
in higher education in the E4 Group have proposed that the European
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) should be revised.
This is the core recommendation of the MAP-ESG report that was launched
at an event in Copenhagen on 17 January. Full article
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