Equity in European Higher Education

Final Seminar
The conference will deal with the topic "Equity in European Higher Education: State of the Research, Problems, Ideas and Perspectives". It will included special focuses on migration and lifelong learning in line with the second and third EQUNET reports (read the draft programme).
It will take place for a full day on 7th November 2012 at the University Foundation, Rue d’Egmont 11 Brussels (map).
Background
At the end of its lifecycle, EquNet is organising a workshop in Brussels with the aim to aggregate energies from the main European networks and organisations active both in the higher education field and in equity-related activities, to discuss the importance of equity in EU higher education.
The seminar wants to be a genuine dialogue moment between Higher Education and social inclusion stakeholders in Brussels, and aims to:
    Contribute, starting from the results of the EquNet research and of similar exercises, to shaping EU and national policies in the field of Higher Education;
    Foster the exchange of research findings, working practices and ideas among relevant stakeholders and communities, in particular facilitating contact between the academic and the civil society communities;
    Present the EquNet set of HE equity indicators, a set of tools and methods developed to actually “measure” equity in European higher education.
At the end of its lifecycle, EquNet is organising a workshop in Brussels with the aim to aggregate energies from the main European networks and organisations active both in the higher education field and in equity-related activities, to discuss the importance of equity in EU higher education.
The seminar wants to be a genuine dialogue moment between Higher Education and social inclusion stakeholders in Brussels, and aims to:
    Contribute, starting from the results of the EquNet research and of similar exercises, to shaping EU and national policies in the field of Higher Education;
    Foster the exchange of research findings, working practices and ideas among relevant stakeholders and communities, in particular facilitating contact between the academic and the civil society communities;
    Present the EquNet set of HE equity indicators, a set of tools and methods developed to actually “measure” equity in European higher education.
Participation
Participation is open to representatives of stakeholders from the HE field (European HE associations, universities, experts, policy makers) and from the social inclusion field (NGOs, associations, trade unions). To register, kindly confirm by e-mailing beatrice.niyibigira@menon.org. A limited number of travel grants are available – these can be requested on a case by case basis by contacting beatrice.niyibigira@menon.org. You can download the programme here.
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