With the 14th Round of negotiations commencing between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Education International (EI) and the European Students' Union (ESU) urge governments in Europe, the United States,  and beyond, to explicitly carve-out education from global trade agreements such as the TTIP, the Trade in Services Agreement and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. More...

The quality of higher education is ensured in relatively similar ways across Europe. Nonetheless, to safeguard efficient quality assurance(QA), there is widespread consensus that approaches to QA need to be tailored to disciplinary, institutional and national contexts and cultures.
The 11th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 17 to 19 November 2016 will explore these different contexts and consider how quality assurance policies and practices are adapted to respect diversity and remain fit for purpose. More...

A new era begins for students in Belarus. Belarusian Students' Association revives its activity by combining the experience of past generations with the energy of the new cohort of student activists.
Belarusian Students’ Association (BSA), which was founded in 1988, is the oldest youth organization in Belarus. BSA is the first and the only national student union, which represents Belarusian students in Europe. More...

On 6-7 June, the EQUIP project organised its final training workshop on the ESG 2015, after two other workshops and two webinars. Over the past six months, under the framework of EQUIP project, five events brought together representatives from higher education institutions and Quality Assurance agencies, as well as students and voices from the labour market to discuss and share good practices on topics such as internal and external quality assurance, student-centred learning and the review and monitoring of programmes. More...

What defines a great professor? A Bologna Professor – or a Cool Teacher, as we call him – is that great individual passionate about education, the teacher who enlightens young minds, a partner of the students in the educational process.
The Bologna Professor Gala is a traditional project carried out by the National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania (ANOSR), whose main objective is to improve the Higher Education System by finding those dedicated teachers that contribute to the development of valuable individuals. More...

OpenCon 2016 will take place on November 12-14 in Washington, DC. and seeks to bring together effective, engaged students and early career academic professionals from around the world to advance Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data—regardless of their ability to pay for travel costs. The conference is hosted by SPARC and the Right to Research Coalition.
The application is available at http://www.opencon2016.org/apply and includes the opportunity to apply for a travel scholarship. Applications will close on July 11th at 11:59pm U.S. Pacific Time. More...

The European Students Union (ESU) would like to express our sincerest disappointment with the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union. It is disconcerting to see that young people will have a future without the EU - one that they do not want, but that was decided by the baby-boomers, while 65% of young people voted to remain. More...