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A note from the editors
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Dear subscribers,
We
wish you a happy new year 2015, and we thank you for your interest and
support to our organisation in the past years. We hope that you had nice
holidays and a good start of the new year. Unfortunately, the December
issue of our monthly newsletter, the Student Voice, was delayed due to
the holiday break. We apologise for this inconvenience. The first issue
in 2015 will be published at the end of January. / ESU
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Human rights a core priority in 2015
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BAKU -
The European Students' Union (ESU) will enhance its work on human rights
in 2015. This was confirmed in the new plan of work that European
student representatives adopted at ESU's Board Meeting in Baku,
Azerbaijan, from 1 to 5 December 2014. Go to full article 
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European students adopt a firm position on TTIP
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BAKU -
Education should be excluded, should there be an agreement on a
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in the future.
Students in Europe urge the negotiating parties to use the example of
cultural and audio visual services that have already been excluded from
the discussions. Go to full article
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ESU warns against tuition fees in EU2020 and ET2020 strategies
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The European Students' Union (ESU) urges the European Commission to stop
promoting tuition fees as an option for financing higher education.
Aims to widen access to higher education should rather be supported,
such as national plans for access to education. Too much attention has
been given to the economic role of higher education. More should be done
to promote it as a public responsibility and a public good. Investments
in education should not be considered as targets in austerity measures.
Go to full article
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A new candidate union from Moldova
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BAKU -
The European Students' Union (ESU) has decided to grant the Students'
Alliance of Moldova a candidate status for membership. ESU will now
examine whether the applicant fulfils the conditions and criteria needed
to be become a member. Should that be the case, the application will
need to be approved formally by ESU's member unions at one of its Board
Meetings, held twice a year. Go to full article
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ESU rejects article misrepresenting our policies on the Lucens guidelines
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BAKU -
The European Students' Union (ESU) strongly rejects the news article
issue by Azerbaijani Students' Organisation (ASYOU) in which a number of
false claims were made. The article distorts the decisions and opinions
adopted by the highest decision-making body of ESU. Go to full article
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of the month: Opening ceremony of BM67 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1 to 5
December 2014. The Board Meeting was preceded by a seminar on human
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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.
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