EU Council adopts education targets in EU 2020 strategy
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The Council of the European Union has adopted the so-called EU 2020 strategy for economic growth. After pressure from ESU and other organisations, the strategy includes a target to increase the share of 30-34 year olds having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 per cent.
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Student appeal to G8/G20 leaders
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Before the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, student organisations from both across the world called on the world leaders to make higher education accessible to all, as agreed in the United Nations Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights. Student organisations representing more than 150 million students signed a statement to the G8/G20 leaders. You can read the full statement in English, French or Spanish.
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New ESU representatives
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 Six new representatives will start their first ESU mandate on July 1. The whole group of elected representatives have met in Cologne to discuss the next six months and to start planning 2011.
Read more and check who is who and send your input to the ESU team on Facebook
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Submit papers to the European Quality Assurance Forum
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Do you have ideas on quality assurance and want to present them to an international audience? Then submit a paper for the European Quality Assurance Forum in November.
Read about the forum and how you can submit a paper here.
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Happy holidays
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The next ESU newsletter will be published in August. ESU wishes all its newsletter readers a good summer.
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