On the 7th of September, Belarus State University (BSU) joined Magna Charta Universitatum, whose first principle claims, that “The university is an automonus institution”, whose “research and teaching must be morally and intellectually independent of all political authority and economic power”. More...

Ten  European Principles for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching were released during the 1st Teaching and Learning Forum held in Paris on 28-29 of September 2017.
These principles, were elaborated through a dialogue between higher education institutions and representatives involved in the Erasmus+ co-funded project –  EFFECT (European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching), of which the European Students’ Union is part of. The aim of these principles is to provide a proactive attitude towards a rapidly  changing environment of higher education. More...

After the Maagdenhuis occupation in the spring of 2015, action groups, representative councils, the university board and the labour unions agreed that University of Amsterdam (UvA) governance should become more democratic and less centralised.
The Committee on Democratisation and Decentralisation (D&D) was established to advise on how democratisation and decentralisation can solve problems at the University of Amsterdam. More...