Education - the most powerful weapon to change the world?

Approximately 100 students from all over Europe gathered in Brussels for the 30th European Students’ Convention. Among other issues, we discussed the refugee situation and the role that student unions and higher education institutions could play in the mitigation. By and large, the scale of the refugee situation has taken Europe by surprise. Although with the cuts of many European countries, Finland now sadly among them, to development cooperation and humanitarian aid, it was only a matter of time. More...