The European Students’ Union (ESU) strongly repels the violent acts that took place on 22 March 2018. On this day, hooded men attacked students who were peacefully occupying the lecture hall of the faculty of law and political science of Montpellier, in France.
The students were supporting the massive students’ demonstrations against the latest Macron’s higher education reform, when the attackers – allegedly from far-right movements – entered the hall and started to hit them with iron and wood bars leaving some of them hospitalised. More...
BizMOOC, a 3-year ERASMUS+ funded project, is working to enable businesses, universities and employers to utilise the potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Following the successful release of MOOCBOOK, which showcases research into current use, perceptions and collaboration on MOOCs across Europe, BizMOOC is pleased to announce the release of Digital Skills, Digital Learning. More...
The National Union of Students (NUS) Women’s Committee celebrated the work of women everywhere and recognised how much is left to do during the International Women’s Day 2018.
NUS Women’s Campaign supported both the International Women’s Strikes on 8 March and the UCU (University and College Union) strike – a significant labour dispute where lecturers are striking to save their pensions. Although the two may appear unconnected, it’s important to note that both involve workers in the education sector and both concern the demands for better wages and better living standards. More...
In 2017, the Federation of the French-speaking students in Belgium (FEF) discovered a network of fake universities: institutions of higher education, which are not qualified to deliver a degree endorsed by the government and use techniques that are intentionally deceitful in order to make students register for their programs. Some of them are located near official universities or use similar designations. More...
The UNESCO Regional Consultation Meeting for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is taking place on 23-24 April 2018 in Moscow and will be hosted by the NAA (National Accreditation Agency) and AKKORK (Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development).
The meeting belongs to the two consultation rounds organised by UNESCO (see UNESCO Regional Consultation on Quality Assurance for Western Europe) and the proceedings and reports from these consultations will feed into the UNESCO Global Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Paris, France, which will take place in fall 2018. More...
EQAF is organised annually by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE* and regularly attracts over 400 participants from the higher education quality assurance (QA) community from Europe and beyond. This year’s forum will focus on the theme of ‘Broadening the scope of QA’ and will explore how institutions and QA agencies can build QA systems that encompass a broad range of activities, including learning and teaching, research, governance and administration, and service to society. More...
On 8 March 2018, The European Students’ Union (ESU) joined the worldwide campaign #PressforProgress to raise awareness following the publication of the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report which shows that we are as far as 200 years from achieving gender parity. On the upside, we see a growing global movement striving for equality. More...
The workshop was jointly organized by the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL); the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); the UNESCO Office in Cairo and UNESCO Headquarters. More...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has published five regional reports examining progress in adult learning and education in each world region, complementing the global perspective provided by the third edition of UNESCO’s Global Report on Adult learning and Education (GRALE 3). They were debated at the CONFINTEA VI Mid-Term Review, in Suwon, Republic of Korea and together with GRALE 3, represent the most up-to-date assessment of progress against the Belém Framework for Action on adult learning and education. More...
In 2017, IRE, UNESCO’s peer-reviewed journal of lifelong learning, published three special issues on key topics: experiential learning in informal educational settings; language learning to support active social inclusion; and non-formal and community learning for sustainable development. More...
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