The European Students ́Union (ESU) strongly believes that education and sustainability go hand in hand, and therefore ESU’s policy is aligned with the focus of these strikes. As stated in our latest resolution on climate change (read full version here), European decision-makers need to strive to build a more sustainable society. More...
On 3 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted with consensus a resolution proclaiming 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. More...
The Union of Students in Ireland hosted the National Mature Student Gathering on the 18th of January 2019. The purpose of this event was to meet mature students’ needs and to provide an opportunity for networking and to further assess needs. More...
The ‘My country, our world in 2030’essay competition, organised in the context of the May 2019 European elections, is an opportunity for students and young people to provide insights on how they see the future of both their country and Europe more broadly. More...
On 19 January 1969, Jan Palach, a student at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, set himself on fire as an act of defiance against the Soviet occupation of his country which crushed the Prague’s Spring some months before.
On the 50th anniversary of his death, a neo-fascist association organised a concert in Verona (Italy), where the main bands linked to extreme-right movements were set to play to ‘commemorate’ Palach. Furthermore, the City and the Province of Verona gave the official sponsorship to the event. More...
The International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) and Springer are offering subscription-free access to two recently published IRE articles each month. The purpose of this promotion is to make articles that exemplify the best qualities of the journal –international scholarship on the theory and practice of lifelong learning, supporting and promoting the development of sustainable learning societies – available to the broadest possible readership. More...
It has been suggested in the literature that the relationship with a doctoral supervisor is the predominant factor in student decisions to continue or withdraw from their candidatures. However, anecdotally it is not uncommon to hear heads of department, faculty deans and those in similar positions say that they know who the poorly-performing doctoral supervisors are, but often they are not sure what they, or others can do to remedy the situation. More...The latest edition of Australian Universities' Review, vol. 61, no. 1, is now available.The Department of Education and Training recently released HELP data – January 2019. More...
Australian education company Studiosity’s plan to introduce an Uber-style peer-to-peer tutoring service for university students is another step in the ongoing casualisation and outsourcing of teaching at Australia’s universities, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said today. More...
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