Members of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities will meet between 6-8 May 2019 in Brussels for their annual meeting. They will also take part in the United Nations’ European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities. FUEN is an official partner of the Regional Forum. More...
Education in mother language is a human right
The FUEN President pointed out the main conclusions of the organisation’s expert team on education, stating that financial and administrative concerns appear to be the most common ones: access to all levels of education, proper funding, partaking in the decision-making process and administration of schools and universities. The adequate curriculum, teaching materials and textbooks as well as providing funding for teacher training is the second most important concern. Incorporating best practices in teaching foreign languages into the methodology for teaching official or state languages and on the other hand promoting the teaching of both the regional or minority languages and the official language, would address the existing mistrust and sensitivities both in the majority and the minority groups. More...
FUEN strongly objects the intimidation of the Hungarian community in Romania
Using the mother tongue in the public administration can cost you 100,000 euros in Romania. This is the case of the municipality of Corund (Korond), a settlement with 93 percent Hungarian population, where the mayor was fined for writing “Községháza” in Hungarian language next to the Romanian "Primaria" on the municipal building. More...
Ukraine is clearly on the wrong track regarding minority rights
Unfortunately, today Ukraine is clearly on the wrong track when it comes to minority rights. The current political environment is unpredictable, but once the presidential elections are over there will be a new chance for Ukraine to go back on the right track, respecting national minorities and supporting their linguistic and educational rights – said FUEN president Loránt Vincze on Tuesday in Strasbourg at the side event of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The conference, entitled Language Rights in Ukraine was organised by the FUEN and the Hungarian Delegation of the PACE. More...
International Conference “Linking Academic Recognition and Quality Assurance“
The Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC) hosts the international conference of LIREQA project “Linking Academic Recognition and Quality Assurance“ as a final event of the project, co-financed by the European Commission, on 22 May 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania. More...
Statement on transparent and productive communication between Romanian youth stakeholders
ESU at the YO!Fest2019
The YO!fest, organised by the European Youth Forum, hosted participants coming from all EU Member States and beyond, with the aim of bringing more young voices together. More...
Special issue of IRE explores lifelong learning and the Sustainable Development Goals
The April issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning examines the relationship between education and development. Its five articles critically evaluate the potential role of lifelong learning in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while reflecting on the ways in which lifelong learning is conceptualized, enacted and monitored in the 21st century. More...
Latest issue of Advocate out now
This special Federal Election edition of the Advocate contains a 20 page guide covering the main election issues. We've scored the major parties on their promises and commitments in higher education policy & funding, research policy, industrial relations, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander policy, and climate change. Plus, meet the Defenders of Tertiary Education, hear from the major parties on education, and discover where the pork has been dished out to recently. We also cover the latest news from across the country, with features on standing up to racism, the Year of Indigenous Languages, China's crackdown on dissent and much more. More...
Media release: International students providing reverse foreign aid to Australia
It appears that these concerns have now caught the attention of the Australian media, with the ABC’s Four Corners focusing on the international student market in its program to air this evening. More...