European universities have proposed measures to adapt the Erasmus+ program to support Ukrainians, while calling on the EU to consider the risk of brain-drain.

Access to education is a foremost priority for the ESU, and is an objective that governments across the continent must focus on while making funding for universities sustainable, the group has said in its 2019 policy document.

Students who partake in the Erasmus+ program say it prepares graduates for work, while it boosts a sense of European belonging, two new studies have indicated. Meanwhile, Universities benefit from better placed to respond to the needs of the world of work.

More than 400,000 HE students, trainees and staff spent time abroad in 2016/17 as Erasmus+, according to European Commission statistics – up from 330,000 during the previous academic year.

The European Students’ Union has opened the second call of the year for the ‘Together, Moving Forward’ small grants program, aimed at supporting initiatives led by student and refugee organisations.

European higher education was underprepared to integrate refugees in the aftermath of the 2015 humanitarian crisis, according to a report from the European Students’ Union.

Student unions across the globe have signed a declaration to promote collaboration and shared values as the first step in creating a global student movement.

The European Students’ Union (ESU), which represents 47 national unions of students from 39 European countries, has demanded that education and research are protected from Switzerland's impending immigration restrictions. A narrow margin of victory meant voters approved a cap in EU migration this month.