International Students’ Day celebrated
Stakeholders around the world are finding ways to pay homage to the individuals who ultimately bring the sector together, while celebrating multiculturalism and diversity.
Stakeholders around the world are finding ways to pay homage to the individuals who ultimately bring the sector together, while celebrating multiculturalism and diversity.
Male Ukrainian students are being blocked from crossing the country’s border to pursue their studies due to confusion about their conscription status, according to reports.
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.
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