Full ESU reaction to Youth on the Move communication
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 The Europe 2020 Strategy underlines important targets such as achieving 40% level of tertiary education attainment and reduction of poverty levels below 10%, and is now being backed by initiatives such as Youth on the Move. But not really backed in the view of ESU, since no concrete and explicit plans for extra funding have been outlined.
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ESU and EI launch student-centred learning toolkit
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 ESU and Education International (EI) will present a student-centred (SCL) toolkit for students, staff and higher education institutions at the Student-centred learning stakeholders' forum in Leuven on October 14-17.
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OECD report: Fees do not encourage students to complete studies quickly
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Tuition fees do not make students more eager to or capable of completing higher education. This is the finding of the latest Education at a Glance report by the OECD. "It is high time that universities, so-called experts and others stop using this argument for justifying student fees", says Bert Vandenkendelaere, Chairperson of the European Students' Union.
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| White paper outlines future of higher education cooperation between Europe and Africa |
An international consortium of African and European higher education organisations has published a White Paper outlining a series of recommendations for strengthening higher education cooperation between the two continents, both as a response to global challenges and to contribute to African development.
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Student conference in Rome
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3 representatives of ESU chaired workshops at the UNICA students' conference in Rome, On 22-25th September.
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