THE STUDENT VOICE
The monthly newsletter of
the European Students' Union

July 2015 
 
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          July Edition   

    

Letter from the Chairperson  

This is the last time I will be the one addressing you as my mandate as ESU chairperson ends on June 30th. So I will take this opportunity less to address the events of June, which you can read about, but to say some words about my time in ESU and my hopes for the organisation and education policy.
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Interview with Fernando Galan Palomares, ESU's new chairperson
How did Fernando get involved in student activism? What are his plans for ESU for the following year? What are the greatest challenges ESU has struggled with so far? Find out more about ESU's chairperson in this interview.
Who are the newly elected ESU representatives? What are their studies of interest and what policy actions are they focusing on in ESU? 
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Call for ESU Quality Assurance Student Experts' Pool and the Institutional Evaluation Programme     

The Steering Committee of the ESU QA Student Experts' Pool hereby opens a call for 30 members of the ESU Quality Assurance Student Experts' Pool. In addition to new recruits, the call is also being issued to current members of the ESU QA Pool, who wish to continue their activities as pool members.
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ESU Event in the European Parliament - Understanding the Bologna Process with Student Eyes. Why does it matter?   

BRUSSELS - Today the European Students' Union held a seminar in the European Parliament, hosted by two MEPs: Krystyna Lybacka (S&D) and Therese Comodi Cachia (EPP) who discussed together with ESU Representatives and Ernest Maragall (MEP, Greens) how students perceive the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area in their daily lives and how Europe can address future challenges.

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Reaction to the new Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association (ESAA)-
Only students speak for students
BRUSSELS - Today the executive branch of European Commission DG EAC launched the new Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association (ESAA) in connection with the much criticised Erasmus Masters loan scheme.  EAC claims the new association will represent over 3 million Erasmus+ students in the period until 2020. The European Students Union calls foul on this so-called "representation".
Placing Students at the Heart of Quality Assurance
Student participation in quality assurance has been one of the success stories of the student participation in higher education governance and Bologna process in general. This has been acknowledged in the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG)  since 2005 - at institutional level, external reviews and in quality assurance governance. Still, it must be remembered that there is a marked difference between formal and active involvement of students in quality assurance. Thus, the recognition of students as full and active stakeholders in quality assurance processes will remain an issue.
Message from Paris: Information is not knowledge
9-11 June 2015, Paris - International Council of Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted a Global High level Policy Forum "Online, Open, and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want - From statements to action: equity, access, and quality learning outcomes"
MEMBERS' NEWS

Swedish students demand better pedagogy
When student unions in Sweden was asked which question is of most importance to quality of higher education the answer was clear: pedagogy. For several years the Swedish National Union of Students (SFS) has worked to push the debate on quality to also include the aspect of pedagogy.
Will Legal Notice 150 affect the University of Malta?
During this past year, the Education sector in Malta was faced with a number of reforms to promote a pluralistic provision in Further and Higher Education. In light of this, on the 8th of May 2015 a new Legal Notice (LN150 of 2015) was tabled in Parliament by the Minister for Education and Employment, which led to substantial modifications being made to a Subsidiary Legislation which rules the requirements for Further and Higher Education Institution to gain the University Status. This new Legal Notice led to a situation of reducing the requirements for institutions to be recognised as Universities.
This Month
Letter from the Chairperson
Interview with Fernando Galan Palomares
Meet the newly elected ESU representatives
Call for ESU Quality Assurance Student Experts' Pool
Understanding the Bologna Process with Student Eyes. Why does it matter?
Only students speak for students.
Placing Students at the Heart of Quality Assurance
Message from Paris: Information is not knowledge
Swedish students demand better pedagogy
Will Legal Notice 150 affect the University of Malta?
ESU in the Press

University World News: New loans scheme to make masters students mobile

 

 Malta Independent: Europe makes a difference in people's lives

 Nova Makedonija: Mobility of European students privilege for the few

Adevarul: Who was chosen as Klaus Iohannis' Education Adviser?
Upcoming Events
Projects

Peer Assessment of Student-Centred Learning

Student Advancement of Graduates Employability

Quest for Quality for Students

Financing the Students' Future

QUAEM - Development of Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Moldova

Effective Approached to Enhancing the Social Dimension of Higher Education (IDEAS)

Peer learning for the social dimension (PL4SD)

SiS Catalyst

Student Guidance for Inclusion (STAY IN)
  The European Students' Union, headquartered in Brussels, is the umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students from 39 European countries. ESU represents and advocates the educational, social, economical and cultural interests of students at the European level: European Union, Council of Europe, UNESCO and the Bologna Follow Up Group.  

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