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Facing the current global economic crisis and growing threats to public education at all levels, Education International salutes the student activists from 17 organisations around the world who have forged a new alliance to assert a principled and equitable approach to the challenges of higher education.

At the validation conference of the campaign for full higher education staff and student mobility held in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France from 6-7 October, Education International and the European Students' Union launched the campaign publication "Barometer of Academic Mobility".

The validation conference of the joint campaign organized by Education International and the European Student Union, “Let’s Go! Where to now?”, is being held in Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.

The final phase of the Mobility Campaign "Let’s Go!" will end with a conference at University Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, Villeneuve d 'Ascq, France, on 6th and 7th October 2008.

The University and College Union (UCU) is congratulating UK universities that are doing the most to combat climate change, but is still urging all universities to step up the involvement of staff and students in their efforts. The union has called for a carbon reduction strategy on every campus based...

The University and College Union (UCU) announced on 12 June that it has reached an interim agreement with Keele University over the current dispute involving the School of Economic and Management Studies (SEMS) and the Centre for Health Planning and Management (CHPM).

Together with the European Student Union (ESU) and its member organisation, the Freier Zusammenschluss von StudentInnenschaften (FZS), EI and its member organisation, the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW), are holding a press conference in Berlin on 12 June to present their joint campaign called "Let's Go".

The University and College Union (UCU) will "greylist" the University of Keele from 13 June. The term greylisting refers to a voluntary refusal to participate in the academic and other university activities where appropriate at Keele.

After finishing his first degree, Predrag Lazetic, a Serbian student, was happy to be admitted to a Master’s degree program in Germany. Well in advance of the beginning of his course, Predrag applied for his student visa, which he was told would take between four and five weeks.

The joint campaign of EI and the European Students' Union (ESU) for Staff and Student Mobility in Europe is in full gear. Entitled "Let's Go", the campaign is supported by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) and aims to achieve full freedom of movement for higher education staff and...

EI affiliates have a special responsibility in society to take the issue of climate change seriously in their work.

Is climate change a trade union issue? Activists at the University and College Union in the UK believe the answer to that question is an emphatic, “Yes!”

On 4 March, EI took part in the official launch of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)in Brussels.

EI's European committee in higher education and research (HERSC) met on 28-29 Feb in Dubrovnik, Croatia, to follow up on the outcomes of the EI International Higher Education and Research Conference held in Malaga last November, as well as discuss the current developments in the Bologna Process.

British scholars are urging colleagues in universities around the world to take action on climate change in order to 'green' their university campuses and curricula.

Although they have made significant progress, women in academe continue to face persistent barriers to professional equality, particularly in fields such as computer science and engineering.

In an era of global insecurity, fundamental rights and freedoms are increasingly threatened on university campuses, as in society at large.

Education International is joining with affiliates and Spanish partners to host a major international conference on higher education and research.