| The EQAR Founding
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The European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR) was established on the 4th of March 2008. At
the founding ceremony of the EQAR, the E4 presidents signed the
statutes of the association. Commissioner Jan Figel from the European
Commission and Vice-chair of the Bologna Follow-up Group, Germain
Dondelinger, gave keynote speeches at the ceremony. All the speakers
stressed the importance of the Register as a tool for transparency and
mutual recognition in quality assurance in the European Higher
Education Area. More...
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What Does Gender Have to do With Mobility?
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Students and staff mobility promotion program Erasmus celebrated its
20th birthday last year and has now entered a new phase. During this
last period numerous statistics have been collected about mobile
students. Among many other specific goals of the program there were
also specific objectives laid out in relation to the promotion of
gender equality . More...
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| Vienna & Budapest to Host 2010 Ministerial Conference with help of ESU
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ESU is pleased to announce that there will be a special Ministerial
summit in the spring of 2010 to mark the creation of the European
Higher Education Area, as outlined in the Bologna process. The meeting will be held in both Vienna (Austria) and Budapest
(Hungary) and will be organised by the Austrian and Hungarian
governments in cooperation ESU, the European University Association
(EUA) and the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
(EURASHE). This decision was reached at the recent meeting of the Bologna
Follow-Up Group (BFUG) held in Brdo,
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ESU Needs You
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The Let's Go! Mobility Project is in full swing. ESU is delighted with the progress so far and with the response from our national members who have been busying themselves planning national campaigns along with the national teacher unions. We still need help though - the campaign website has a Wikipedia component which aims to become THE reference point for all topics related to staff & student mobility. We are filling this up over time and urge you to visit the wiki and write and edit articles on your areas of expertise. together we can create a living mobilty encyclopeadia.
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Students Gather to Discuss Democracy
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From 13th-17th March, ESU held its' 15th European Students' Convention. Close to 100 Student representatives from across Europe gathered in ljubljana to discuss 'Students For Democracy'. the outcomes of this conference were gathered in the 'Ljubljana Declaration'. Read about the conference and its' conclusions here
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