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ETUCE Activity Report on higher education and research
The following report is a summary of ETUCE activities on higher education and research between February 2024 and February 2025. Global efforts of protect democracy and academic freedom in higher education and research 10th World Congress of Education International met in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 27 July and 2 August under the theme  Growing our...
European Students’ Union: The State of Belarusian Academia in 2024
The European Students’ Union has published the latest 2024 edition of the Report on the State of Belarusian Academia by the Belarusian Students’ Association (BSA), It provides an overview of the state of Belarusian academia in 2024. It highlights politically motivated repression towards students and faculty members, the increasing ideologisation and militarisation of education, mandatory...
Final Conference and outcomes of the PLAR-U-PAGs project
On March 25 this year, a mixed group of stakeholders gathered in Brussels for the final conference of the Erasmus+ project ‘PLAR-U-PAGs’, Peer Learning Activities and Resources to Underpin the Principles and Guidelines for Social Dimension. The aim of this project was to support higher education institutions as well as public authorities in the implementation...
Launch of the Project: Code of Good Practices on Microcredentials in Andorra
The Ministry of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities of the Government of Andorra held a pivotal meeting with the rectors of Higher Education Institutions on 12 May 2025 to initiate formal discussions on microcredentials at national level. This meeting marked the beginning of a collaborative effort to develop a Code of Good Practices on Microcredentials in Andorra, reflecting...
An integrated/internationalised EHEA: insights from the frontline
By Laura E. Rumbley and Jody Hoekstra-Selten, European Association for International Education Signals from Tirana: integration and internationalisation The Tirana Communiqué provides a dynamic and comprehensive call to action for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), with its purposeful vision for enhanced inclusion, innovation and interconnectedness. For the stakeholders across the EHEA with a particular...
25 years of Bologna implementation gaps? A student perspective
What lies ahead for the Bologna Process? This question was on many minds following the latest Ministerial Conference in May 2024—a gathering that unfortunately fell short of both inspiration and forward-looking vision. As the gap between local, regional, national, and European levels of higher education governance widens, the sense of direction seems increasingly lost. Local...
Newsletter - December 2024
