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ESU strongly condemns Turkey's purge of the academic community
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BRUSSELS - Following the failed coup attempt, the Turkish authorities
extended their repressions to the education sector, suspending more
than 15,000 employees of the education ministry, from teachers and
administrators to university professors. In addition, more than 1,500
university deans have also been ordered to resign by the state-run
higher education council (YÖK).
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Students and teachers' unions call for education to be carved out from global trade agreements
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 With
the 14th Round of negotiations commencing between the European Union
(EU) and the United States (US) on the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP), Education International (EI) and the
European Students' Union (ESU) urge governments in Europe, the United
States, and beyond, to explicitly carve-out education from global
trade agreements such as the TTIP, the Trade in Services Agreement and
the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. |
Call for participants: Study Session "Student leaders for human rights, democracy and peace"
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Join the study session for student representatives in Europe on
human rights, democracy, peace-building, global student solidarity and
equity in higher education with special focus on Eastern Partnership
Countries. |
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ESU at CoE Seminar on integration of Syrian refugees in the European Higher Education
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ESU was represented by our Executive Committee member, Chiara
Patricolo at the Seminar on integration of Syrian refugees in the
European Higher Education system, which took place in Strasbourg
between 11th to the 16th of July. The event was organised by the
Council of Europe together with the Global Platform for Syrian Students
and Kiron - Open Higher Education and Voice of Young Refugees in
Europe.
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Meet our new elected representatives and coordinators
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  After
the 70th Board Meeting in Bergen, Norway our members elected 7 new
Executive Committee Members and the Presidency, consisting of 2 Vice
Presidents and one President. In addition, 3 Coordinators were appointed
to deal with issues such as human rights, membership and equality. To
know more about them, we prepared a list of short biographies so that
anyone interested can have more insight to their education and
experience in the student movement. A warm welcome to all of them! |
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A joint vision for Secondary and Higher Education for All in Europe
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BRUSSELS - Together, Education International (EI), the
Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU), and the
European Students' Union (ESU) are targeting their members and partners
through a joint action programme aimed at advancing the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development adopted last year by the United
Nations.
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Call for Communications Intern
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The European Students' Union is looking for a creative and
dynamic team player to fill the position of Communications Intern at
its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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SciChallenge mid-term review
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On 8 July, SciChallenge consortium underwent a mid-term review at the Research Executive 
Agency in Brussels. We are glad to announce that the feedback was very
positive and we are looking forward to launching the next phases of the
project. The SciChallenge project will develop novel concepts to
inspire young people to work with science, scientific methods and
insights. It is using a contest-based approach to encourage
self-produced digital education materials by young people for young
people. The project is driven by inspiring topic sheets, guides and
toolkits that are created in this project and distributed to
partner schools, teachers and other youth-oriented institutions as well
as through various social media channels. For more information, please consult www. project.scichallenge.eu |
CREUP: Students celebrate the unification of the Erasmus programme, but they consider it insufficient
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CREUP, the Spanish National Student Union (NUS), celebrates the
withdrawal of the Erasmus.es programme, as well as the creation of a
single framework of European mobility grants. This implies the
withdrawal of the languages requirement, as well as broadening the
funded months from 5 to 7. |
BOSS (Candidate member): The Bologna informational campaign was launched in Belarus
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The informational campaign regarding the Bologna process and its  implementation
was launched in Belarus in June. The series of video episodes
from unknown character - Mr Bologn, appeared in Youtube. From the
videos Mr Bologn was explaining the essence of the Bologna process. The
information was addressed specially to Belorussian viewers. |
LIS: A controversial bill and social media
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For years students in Iceland have had vested interest in the
construction and functions of the Icelandic student loan fund (LÍN). The
fund has often been a center of debate and, in fact, it was the reason
behind the creation of our national union. In May, our Minister of
Education, Illugi Gunnarsson, presented a new and highly anticipated
bill, which had the purpose of reforming the fund. Many shared their
opinions on social media and soon a very active conversation started on
Twitter with the hash tag #LÍNFrumvarp. |
ANOSR: Students lobby for better integration of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in HE
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The National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania (ANOSR)
expresses dissatisfaction about not including any measure that includes
specific actions related to the integration of young people from
disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds in higher education in "The
Integrated Package to combat poverty" launched by the Romanian
Government. |
Top quality support for local Student Unions - PSRP Online Library
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Website of Students Parliament of Republic of Poland is not only
providing recent information about work of student representatives, but
also is full of publications, part of them are located in Online
Library of PSRP. It's a part of a project aiming at delivering top
quality materials for training new and developing other student
activists and representatives. |
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