Like every year, July is a month that marks a transition and a new beginning: hacks handover, start of new board mandate, but also internal changes to facilitate communications flows, such as the migration of users and internal documents to Google Apps and, as you can see, a brand new responsive newsletter design. This way,  you can enjoy reading our newsletter on your mobile / tablet or desktop, no matter the size.

We are glad to announce the launch of the 30th European Students' Convention, which will take place in Brussels between 28-30 September. You will have the chance to meet high-level EU policy-makers and higher education professionals and discuss topics such as student-centered learning, decisions shaping higher education policies in Europe, such as the Yerevan Comunique and Paris Declaration, as well the future steps to build a stronger European higher education area.

Stay tuned for more information to come in the following weeks and in the meantime, we wish you a pleasant reading and of course, happy holidays!

Best wishes to all,
ESU team

ESU warmly invites you to the e 30th European Students' Convention to be held in Brussels, Belgium, from 28 to 30 September 2015. Debates will reflect on recent policy developments and on how Europe can promote and value again active citizenship, intercultural understanding and human rights education.

We are pleased to announce as a key speaker Mr. Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the European Commission.
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EI and ESU have been partners for many years, notably within the Bologna Process, but also in the defence of education as a common good. ESU's participation at the Congress helped highlight the common causes that students and teachers have, while also laying the grounds for further cooperation between the two unions within areas such as public responsibility and the post-2015 process.
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ESPRIT project partners from Israel and EU have met in Brighton, UK between 7th and 9th July 2015. The three working days provided space for discussing the progress on related project activities, among which is the finalizing and piloting a Social-Benchmarking Tool (SBT). The SBT is aimed to be used for institutional self-analysis and tracking as well as to compare universities and colleges according to their social missions.