Building on the experience gathered so far, we offer NUSes an occasion to work on their capacity for taking actions regarding refugee-host interactions. Specifically, we will work on submitting meaningful project applications and on getting ready to implement them successfully. More...
Starting with September 2016, the European Students’ Union (ESU) takes part in a new project called Modernisation, Education and Human Rights (MEHR) that seeks to develop common tools for evaluation and quality assurance. The project focuses on the quality of European education on human rights and it will run until 2019 when it will end with an international conference organized by ESU in Brussels. MEHR is led by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), and in addition to Swedish institutions, it also involves participants from Croatia and Portugal. More...
For the last two years, ESU took part in an ERASMUS+ project that aimed to reform the higher education system in Spain. The project was led by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
As a result of the surveys and peer learning actions, the experts involved made several recommendations at national and European level, in order to promote reforms fostering the development of a student centered learning approach in the design and implementation of study programmes.
These recommendations are now gathered in two publications, freely available: Student-Centered Learning and Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes. More...
Education plays a crucial role in establishing fair, inclusive and just societies. The Pillar of Social Rights can greatly benefit welfare systems and social securities in Europe and be a driving force for further cohesion.
ESU welcomes the Commission’s Initiative to establish European Pillar of Social Rights that would be implemented in all Member States, not only limited to the Monetary union. More...
The SciChallenge contest is the perfect opportunity to show the world your inspiring ideas in the fields of natural science, technology, engineering or mathematics. On top of that, you can even win a prize for it at the final award event in Vienna.
There are 50 topics to choose from, covering subjects such as Bionics, Climate Change, Nanobiotechnology or Cybersecurity. Additionally, participants can choose an alternative STEM-topic (open STEM category). More...
Following the decision made by the national unions at the Board Meeting 71 in Gdansk, Poland in December 2016, the European Students’ Union has a new member: BOSS (Brotherhood of Organisers of Student Self-Governance) from Belarus. More...
UNESCO promotes ESD through the Global Action Programme (GAP), the official follow-up to the UN Decade for ESD. It is against this background that key partners, the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, with its secretariat in the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg, and the City of Hamburg, organized the workshop for Europe and North America. More...
In a special Thai celebration to launch the third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE III) in the Asia-Pacific region, participants lit candles to symbolize the light shed by the report on the important issue of adult learning and education (ALE). The launch event, which took place from 24 to 26 November 2016, in Bangkok in Thailand, was part of a Policy Forum on Youth and Adult Learning and Education, co-organized by International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV International), UNESCO Bangkok and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). More...
Three visiting scholars at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) spent June 2016 conducting research into learning cities and how the corresponding lifelong learning strategies work at local level. With the support of UIL’s comprehensive library and in consultation with experts at UIL, the three scholars – Oksana Chigisheva from the Russian Federation, Serhii Pryima from Ukraine and Sawsan El Sherif from Egypt – explored a number of promising themes in relation to learning cities. More...
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