ISHA International

EU Commission's education ambitions spell 'failure' for a Europe of knowledge

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:24:15 +0100

The European Commission's goal of 40 per cent tertiary education graduates is a problem rather than an ambition, said Ligia Deca, Chairperson of the European Students' Union.

The European Commission has released a Communication to the European Council on a strategy for EU towards 2020. One of the goals is that "at least 40% of the younger generation should have a tertiary degree".

Ligia Deca said: 'Setting benchmarks is good. But if the bar is set as low as this, Europe will not be able to call itself a real knowledge economy by 2020. Having less than 50 per cent higher education graduates among the young generation is a problem rather than an ambition.'

Although ESU supports the Commission's proposal for an increase in research and development (R&D) investments, the organisation thinks this should be matched with at least an equally raised level of investment in tertiary education.

ESU does not believe that the current policies and budget allocations in Europe allow for the Commission's ambitions to come true. For example, the Commission has formerly proposed a loans scheme to increase the mobility of students between countries, but has made no move on increasing equity in higher education as a way of breaking the poverty and social exclusion cycles.

Deca said: "Such schemes for financing based on loans are a way for governments to slowly withdraw from the public financing of higher education. If this trend is continued, the Commission's goal of 40 per cent tertiary education graduates will fail. The EU funds could be better used to support the current EU2020 ambitions, by reshuffling funds towards the education and training sector from areas which are of less long-term sustianability."

Application for Summer Seminar in Cyprus in two rounds, 8-14 and 15 to 21 March

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:41:24 +0100

A new application procedure will be used for the seminar in Cyprus, taking place from 7 to 12 June. The application will be done in two rounds. The first one will be as always, one week, from 8 to 14 March. The people who apply in this first round will get their confirmation on the 15th of March. If there are still places available after the first round, a second application period will immediately follow, from 15 to 21 March. They will get their confirmation on the 22nd. This makes it possible for the early birds to be accepted soon and to arrange their travels soon. Application takes place through http://syfiky.net/. Here the organizers will soon put more information available.

Application Period for Helsinki Annual Conference: 8 - 22 feb!

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:53:32 +0100

We can announce the official application period for the Annual Conference in Helsinki, taking place from 5 to 11 April 2010. The theme will be 'Integration throughout History', and we expect around 100 students from around Europe to show up. Please promote the conference among your friends and colleagues, and inform them that they can apply from the 8th of February on the official blog of the Conference. On this blog you can find more information, as well as ways to contact the organizers.

ISHA represented more clearly on Facebook

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:52:46 +0100

Our association was present on Facebook already in the form of a Group, but we now upgraded to a Page. Acknowledging the value of easy communication through Facebook, we hope to bring you news about ISHA more smoothly, and we hope that you can spread the word about ISHA more easy as well. We kindly invite you to become a member of the ISHA Facebook Page.

Holidays and New Year

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:50 +0100

It is the end of a wonderful ISHA Year and we would like to wish everybody happy holidays, enjoying some free time and for the people that can't join the ISHA Seminar in Vilnius: Already all the best for the upcoming year, may 2010 be a good year for all of you!

On behalf of ISHA,

The IB, Frerik, Elsa and Marko.

ISHA an associate member of ESU!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:31:00 +0100

During the 57th Board Meeting of the European Students' Union in Krakow, Poland, ISHA was running for the status of 'Associate member'. After presentation of our organization, this was granted by the board of ESU. We are looking forward to collaborate closely with ESU, learn a lot from them, and gain a firmer grip on European student issues.

Application Weekend Seminar in Marburg

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:31:03 +0100

It is now possible to apply for the Weekend Seminar in Marburg. You can have a look at marburg.isha-international.org for all the information.

The Weekend Seminar will be about Being a Historian and take place in Marburg, Germany, from 28 to 31 January 2010.

Application Period for NY Seminar Vilnius Announced!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:25:11 +0100

Dear ISHA-people,

I am glad to announce that ISHA Vilnius is ready to be swamped with applications for their seminar around New Year. The Seminar will take place from the 28th of December to the 2nd of January, including a great celebration of the New Year! Topic will be 'Manipulation in History'. The participation fee will be 80 euro. More specific information about the seminar will be announced in a few days, together with the registration form. Application will be possible from the first minute of Monday the 26th, untill the last minute of Friday the 30th of October 2009. The participants list will then be announced in the weekend.

This message is meant to give you some time to think about application and persuade others as well. Please use this possibility. More information is available at the weblog of ISHA Vilnius!

On behalf of the organizers of the New Year Seminar 2009/2010,

Frerik Kampman
ISHA President 09-10

Application period for the Utrecht Summer Seminar 2009 has started!

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:38:11 +0100

Dear ISHA People,

The Summer is getting near, time for the next ISHA-event after Zagreb. We are busy with organizing the Summer Seminar here in Utrecht and we're sure you'll enjoy it. The theme will be 'Comparative History of Religion', and more information you can find on our blog isha-utrecht.blogspot.com. That will also be the place where you can get your application form, to apply between Monday 18th of May, 0h00 and Sunday 24th of May 23h59. If there are to many applications, we will do restrictions on number of persons per section (Zagreb-style).

The participation fee will be 60 euros, unless some big fund suddenly decides to step out, than we have to raise the price, but to not more than 70 euros. Any news will be posted on the blog.

We are looking forward to your applications, and hope you're looking forward to the second week of July!

ISHA-greets,

On behalf of ISHA Utrecht,

Frerik Kampman

Application period for the Zagreb Conference 2009 has started!

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:22:59 +0100

Hello everyone,

As many of you have already noticed, the enrollment period for the Zagreb Conference started today and will last until the 15th of February 2009. So act now, all the information needed can be found here.

See you in Zagreb!

Zrinka

Application period for Autumn Seminar in Belgrade 2009 started!

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:35:25 +0100

Dear colleagues,

I am sending you an application form for the Autumn Seminar in Belgrade. You can also find it on ISHA site at Upcoming events and in the news section. The enrollment for the seminar will start on 1st September at 00:01h. The number of participants is limited to 30 persons, so, hurry up

Best wishes and greetings from Belgrade,

Bojana

The application can be downloaded here. For more information read the forum thread.

New Website

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:52:52 +0100

Finally, after a few days work the new ISHA homepage is ready. Here are the most important new features:

In addition to the current features i will continuously add new functions. Furthermore it is planed to improve the design of the homepage.

If you have suggestions or problems use this links to post them:

Suggestions&Problems

Gts Fabian