YEREVAN- On the 14th and 15th of May the ministers of education in the European Higher Education Area meet in Yerevan, Armenia to discuss the priorities for higher education for the next three years. The European Students' Union were present representing the students in the Area at the table. In addition, students took part in many countries' delegations.

ESU is glad to invite you to a new webinar on empowering women in media education to take place on the 2nd of June 2015 at 10:00h. The event is organised as part of the Unite-IT project where ESU is a partner. The 36 months network project was co-financed in 2012 by the EU Life Long Learning Programme and was aimed at raising awareness and fostering sharing and joint actions to overcome the digital divide.

The European Women's Lobby and @EUPanelWatch are organising a Monitoring Month in June 2015. If you want to make a change by monitoring panels on the spot or from home, EWL and ESU warmly invite you to join the campaign by using hashtag #allmalepanels to share your experiences.

The objective of the SAVES Project is to support environmentally responsible behavior among the students living in the dormitories by means of running the fun Student Switch Off competitions in dormitories in five partner countries: UK, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus and Lithuania. Student Switch Off campaigns across Europe launched for the first time in the participating countries in September and October 2014. The first semester of this action showed the achieved average reduction of 295,732kWh in energy usage across the participating dormitories, which equates to 86.98tCO2 and 25.431toe, and translates to a 3.13% saving in just a few months! Even better news? SAVES Project is running until the end of the academic year 2015/2016 and the total expected energy saving at the end of the action is at the level of 8%.

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IGLYO launches two resources for school stakeholders to foster inclusive educational environments that are free from bullying, harassment and discrimination.

RANGOON - The European Students' Union (ESU) is saddened by the recent events that have taken place in Burma since our latest statement from the 5th of February. The time has come when the international community will now have to react and demand progress, if we want to see a democratic education system emerge.

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ESU reiterates the need for increased protection of schools and universities during armed conflict, in line with the Resolution passed at the Board Meeting 67 in Baku.

The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) is organising a conference together with the Norwegian Government to take place in in Oslo, between 28 and 29 May 2015. During this event a large number of States across the globe are expected to sign the Safe Schools Declaration, which pledges to adopt the "The Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict"

BRUSSELS- In May, the European Commission published country-specific recommendations as part of the European Semester 2015. The country-specific recommendations this year extensively featured recommendations on education. The country-specific recommendations were based on the European Union's Annual Growth Survey and a series of country reports. The European Students' Union (ESU) would like to take this opportunity to address several themes regarding education that were repeated in the recommendations.