New Legislation Threatening University Autonomy in Malta
Students from Romania protest against weakening the judiciary powers and anti-corruption resources
European Student Affairs Conference 2018
Organised by Deutsches Studentenwerk (DSW) and the German-Polish Working Group, the conference will focus on the topic “Different Angles: Student services in changing political, social, economic and cultural contexts”. More...
The European Students’ Union at the First European Education Summit
The summit seeked to “lay the foundations for a European Education Area.” Nonetheless, the lack of student organisations in the panels was striking as well as the lack of space to react on the proposals and be fully consulted on the proceedings. More...
EQAF 2019 & 2020: calling for hosts
The Forum is now a referent in the field of Quality Assurance, attracting over 400 participants each year; representatives from higher education institutions and QA agencies, students, researchers and policy makers among others. EQAF provides a platform for discussion, professional development and exchange of experiences. More...
Lack of financial resources for the students in Arts’ higher education institutions
The first Edition of the Erasmus Salon
The event will take place on 31 January 2018 in Brussels, and it will be part of an EUF initiative that plans to carry a series of 9 debates to discuss the future of Higher Education in the European Union. More...
Mexico embraces the learning city concept
Cities across Mexico continue to adopt the learning city concept following the second International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), which took place in Mexico City in 2015. This is a recognition of how learning cities promote sustainable development and what it takes to implement the learning city strategy in their communities. More...
CONFINTEA Fellowship Programme 2017: Adult Learning and Education and the SDGs
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted six government officials and representatives of civil society organizations in the field of adult learning and education (ALE) in November 2017 through its CONFINTEA Fellowship Programme. The fellows came from five different francophone countries: Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Senegal and Togo. With support from Mr Paul Bélanger (formerly Director of UIL, professor at the University of Québec in Montréal and President of the International Council of Adult Education), they drafted national strategies with the aim of operationalizing the Belém Framework for Action (BFA) and the 2015 Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education (RALE) in their respective countries. More...