eBulletin Issue 04
ISSUE 04 | 08 MAY 2019 The countdown has started for the 7th ASEF Rectors' Conference! Here are our final practical updates on your travel preparations for Bucharest, including airport…
Opinion by Nefeli Kleopatra Venetsianou | Accomplishing sustainability requires changing ourselves
Taking action for social change requires taking action for personal change. Is that true? In what ways can universities promote taking action towards the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals…
Opinion by Mirko Savkoviç | Leadership in Academic Solidarity
“For the Common Weal”, proudly states Scot language inscription which translated into English bears the meaning “For the common good”. It is the moto of the Glasgow Caledonian University,…
Opinion by Martin Hammerbauer | Higher Education in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has gone a long way since 1989, when the democrats finally overthrew the communist regime during the Velvet Revolution. There are, nevertheless, several remnants of the totalitarian…
Opinion by James Ranstead | The plight of international students in the New Zealand Higher Education system
International Students in New Zealand are being treated unfairly through huge fees, and discriminatory policies that come at the expense of student welfare. This is not sustainable. “As an international…
Opinion by Florian Schanznig | Implementing the SDGs through cooperation at a university level
Looking at the Sustainable Development Goals creates a good feeling for me. Not only because of the bright colours and the nice pictures, but also because they form a guideline…
Interview by Mirko Savkoviç | Challenges faced by International Graduate Students
Molly Swindall is the elected International Class Representative at the IMSISS Erasmus Mundus Master degree program at the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University and Charles University in Prague. Through…
Interview by James Ranstead | Equity and Equality in Student Mobility
Mr. Lukas Kristen Lukas Kristen is the President of the New Zealand International Students’ Associations. Lukas is from Brazil, and is studying law at the Victoria University of Wellington…
Interview by Florian Schanznig | Research in Austrian Universities
Franz Fehr is working at BOKU since 20 years and has much experience in university networks, consulting and is specialised in agriculture. Additionally, he is the local Councillor for environmental…
Interview by Nefeli Kleopatra Venetsianou |Student volunteering at universities and connection to the realisation of SDGs
Interview with Professor Serkos Haroutounian, Chemistry professor in the Laboratory of Physiology of Nutrition & Diet in the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Coordinator of the thematic unit “Organic Chemistry”…