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Student representatives meet in Vienna to elect a new leadership
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VIENNA -
Representatives of 47 national unions of students are now getting
together in Vienna, Austria, for the 66th Board Meeting of the European
Students' Union that was preceded by a presentation on the Challenges of
Student Mobility in Cosmopolitan Europe project (CoSMiCE). This event
will end in Vienna on 4 May, when ESU will have elected its new
Executive Committee and Presidency members. Go to full article
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Challenges of student mobility in a cosmopolitan Europe
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BRATISLAVA
- Representatives of national unions of students from all over Europe
and other stakeholders in higher education gathered in Bratislava,
Slovakia, from 28 April to 1 May for a seminar on the so-called CoSMiCE
project. Go to full article
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ESU comments on a proposal for European Area of Skills and Qualifications(EASQ)
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BRUSSELS
- The European Students' Union (ESU) published yesterday its position
on the European Commisssion's proposal for a European Area of Skills and
Qualifications (EASQ), as part of a public consultation process. ESU
welcomes this excellent idea that only risks failing if it encourages
confusion. It should by no means create parallel structures to the ones
that already exist in the European Higher Education Area, but rather
serve as a tool box of existing measures. Go to full article
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Access to mobility must be a top priority
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STRASBOURG
- Responding to the work on student mobility of Council of Europe's
Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport on 10 April, the European
Students' Union (ESU) stressed that funding and recognition of higher
education studies continue to be the main obstacles in achieving further
progress in that area. Mobility remains to be an option for the elite
that can afford it, especially those individuals that come from families
with a higher education background. Go to full article
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A need for an independent mechanism for persecuted students
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AMSTERDAM -
Participants at the triennial Global Congress of Scholars at Risk in
Amsterdam on 9 to 10 April were introduced to concrete testimonies of
students that have had to face persecution in their home environment.
This event brought attention to the need to implement an independent
mechanism to protect students at risk. Go to full article
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ESU supports sustainable migrant education policies
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BARCELONA
- The European Students' Union (ESU) underlined the need for an
inclusive school governance during a thematic workshop and General
Meeting of the SIRIUS network in Barcelona from 2 to 4 April 2014. All
members of the academic community should have an active role to play in
shaping the governance models of their schools or higher education
institutions. Go to full article
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Inclusive history teaching must apply student-centred learning
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VIENNA -
It is important to support inclusive history teaching in order to
create a European identity among younger generations of all nations.
This was one of the conclusions of a conference in Vienna, Austria,
organized by the Council of Europe from 9 to 10 April entitled "Shared
histories for a Europe without dividing lines". Go to full article
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Send your postcard to a European candidate!
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BRUSSELS
- Representatives of national unions of students, stakeholders in
higher education and other participants in the 27th European Students'
Convention were invited to write postcards to Members of the European
Parliament or candidates for the European elections in May 2014. Go to full article
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International Roma Day stresses the need for an inclusive higher education
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BRUSSELS
- The European Students' Union (ESU) supports actions against
anti-gypsyism and stands in solidarity with Roma people all over the
world. ESU took the opportunity on the International Roma Day to
celebrate the history and culture of Roma people and to raise awareness
about the situation they are facing. Roma people must have access to
higher education and their rights respected. Go to full article
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| Mr. Ivan Gasparovic, the President of Slovakia,
invited participants of the CoSMiCE seminar in Bratislava to attend a
reception at the presidential palace on April 30. Here he is with ESU's
Chairpersons and Katarina Stolarikova, Chair of the national union of
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The European Students' Union, headquartered in Brussels, is the umbrella organisation
of 47 National Unions of Students from 39 European 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.
Find out more about ESU on www.esu-online.org or check out our social media:
For more information, contact:
Robert Hlynur Baldursson
Communications Manager
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+ 32 473 669 894
robert@esu-online.org
ESU - European Students' Union
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