Coming soon: call for students’ initiatives supporting migrant and refugee inclusion in education
We are happy to announce that the European Students’ Union (ESU) and the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) are continuing their collaboration through the ongoing programmes – Together, moving forward (ESU) and Seeds for integration (OBESSU). More...
Together Moving Forward visit projects working on access to Education for Refugees
Between 19 and 22 April 2018, as part of ‘Together Moving Forward’, we went to Berlin to talk with the initiators of SHAMS, a project led by refugee students aiming to provide information to other refugees and asylum seekers who want to access the Higher Education system in Germany: procedures, documentation and the different opportunities they can apply for. More...
Armenian Students fighting for a better life on campus
“YSU Restart” Initiative organises “a toilet paper collecting charity” because student fees are not enough to create a hygienic environment for students. The students bothered by this issue can have their investment by bringing with them toilet papers to the yard of YSU library and leaving it in the box placed in front of YSU library. This initiative became a subject of heated debate as it was disseminated on social media and covered by the media. More...
FEF campaign welcoming refugees in Belgium
The Federation of the French-speaking students in Belgium (FEF), together with different local students’ unions, is taking part in a campaign to make universities and higher education institutions more friendly for immigrants, promoting open spaces and community building between locals and newcomers. More...
ESU response to the Proposal for a Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to language learning in school
Various aspects of the initiatives the commission seems to be undertaking under the EEA2025 heading are aimed at increased mobility. Lack of language skills continues to be a significant obstacle to mobility in several European countries, e.g. France, where a large part of learners continue to be monolingual. As most international mobility programmes demand working knowledge in English, turning the attention to offering language courses beyond upper-secondary education is absolutely necessary. More...
The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report calls for national education reports be made public
The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report launches a new campaign called #MakeitPublic calling on governments and regional organisations to make public reports to monitor countries’ progress on education. These reports have to include data on the government education expenditure and the status of the different commitments across all levels of education (paying special attention to the Sustainable Development Goals 4). More...
Reaction to MFF: Students need a tenfold increase in Erasmus+
The European Students’ Union acknowledges the European Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. The proposed budget allocation for Erasmus+ is 30 billion euros – double the amount of the current budget. More...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) in perspective
TheInternational Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) has just released a special issue on massive open online courses (MOOCs). Edited by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and published by Springer, this issue highlights both the potential of MOOCs and the challenges which have emerged from their development. More...
Revamp of ALADIN
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just revamped its global Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN) web platform. Since 1997, this cooperative initiative has facilitated networking, information sharing and capacity-building between libraries, documentation centres and information services in the area of adult learning. More...