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The rise and fall of nationalism studies
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (868+ words) What the demise of a small department in an embattled university says about the future of Europe and the world." By EMILY SCHULTHEISin Vienna In early 2022, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, around two dozen students in the nationalism studies…...
Spanish parents at war with European Schools over Christmas holidays
2+ week, 6+ day ago (453+ words) Parents plan to ask an EU commissioner to intervene and to allow children to take Jan. 6, 2027 off school. Christmas is still more than a week away but Spanish parents working for the EU in Brussels are already furious about next…...
Flagship EU school system buckles while Belgium hesitates on new campus
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1410+ words) Overcrowded classrooms and an impending forced relocation leave parents in limbo as Brussels drags its feet on constructing a new school. Hundreds of EU officials" children face upheaval and uncertainty as a major campus of the European School system in…...
Fancy replacing Mogherini? The College of Europe is looking for a new rector
3+ week, 1+ day ago (387+ words) New rector should "live up to the high ethical standards and values of the College of Europe." The College of Europe is hiring a new rector because the former holder of that role, Federica Mogherini, resigned after being mired in…...
Lawmakers bash EU recruitment office over online exams for Brussels jobs
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (352+ words) EPSO is "working tirelessly" to "deliver a better candidate experience," its director Olivier Salles told POLITICO Lawmakers urged the embattled office that recruits EU staffers to conduct serious reforms to prevent any more "reputational damage " to the EU institutions." Members…...
EU sanctions Russian university rector for offering degree in … how to bust sanctions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (323+ words) A senior EU official explained that Brussels had wanted to give the rector "the opportunity to share his own experience with students." BRUSSELS " The EU on Thursday sanctioned the rector of a Moscow university after the school started a program…...
EU plans to expand Erasmus program to southern Mediterranean countries
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (528+ words) The inclusion of non-EU students from the bloc's partners in Africa and the Middle East is part of the broader "Pact for the Mediterranean." The EU wants students from the bloc's southern neighbors to join its Erasmus exchange program, it…...
Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (539+ words) US-based applicants to a prestigious EU research scheme have increased five-fold. BRUSSELS " A recent call for a multimillion-euro program run by the EU's top research council saw a fivefold increase in U.S.-based applicants seeking to relocate to European institutions to…...
Lagarde furious as Eurocrats’ kids taught in containers
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (871+ words) Frankfurt, home to several EU institutions, still hasn't identified a site for a new school for Eurocrats' kids, leaving the existing one severely overcrowded. The city of the euro is failing Europe, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde....
Britain’s universities feel the heat of its migration culture war
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (1565+ words) Governments of all stripes have nudged overseas brainiacs away from U.K. universities. Those educational establishments are now feeling the pinch. LONDON " Thought writing a 10,000-word dissertation was tricky? Try managing Britain's embattled university sector." As students pack their bags, sort their…...