On 12th august hyperlocal discussion “Why do we need higher education? Being a student in Estonia, Latvia and Finland!” took place at “Kino Bize”, Riga and also at Tartu, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. The theme of the pilot discussion organized within the Hybrid European Democracy Festival (HEDF) is primarily related to the representation of student interests and challenges affecting the availability, quality and future development of higher education. During the discussion, student representatives pointed out that the importance of higher education in everyone’s everyday life is related not only to expanding the scope of knowledge, but also to the opportunities for individual growth and the improvement of the study environment in…

If you are interested in participating in the quality of higher education evaluation processes, use the opportunity to become a member of the European Student Union’s Quality Assurance Network (ESU QA Pool) for the term 2023/2024. The network maintained by ESU ensures the involvement of students in the quality assurance system, evaluation, and accreditation of study programs, proving that students are important decision-makers in ensuring the quality of higher education throughout Europe. The main benefits of joining the ESU student-expert network: The main duties and tasks of a member of the ESU student-expert network: Minimum requirements for applicants: Application takes place through the ESU website. You can find more detailed information…

The Student Union of Latvia (LSA) in cooperation with Students’ Council of the University of Latvia (LU SP) and the University of Latvia (UL) has made a “Discrimination in higher education institutions” survey to gather information about what kind of discrimination students, academics and general staff encounter in the higher education institutions. At the moment, in Latvia, there is a lack of in-depth analysis about the cases of discrimination in Latvia’s higher education institutions, which would reflect discrimination cases and statistics in universities and colleges. Survey’s data will be important to define the current situation in the higher education environment in order to impose anti-discrimination and inclusive environment promoting events. LSA…