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The EUROSTUDENT 8 Topical Module Reports have been released! Based on the latest data, the reports on a) digitalisation, b) discrimination, c) impact of COVID-19 pandemic, and d) well-being and mental health are available.

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A EUROSTUDENT conference ‘EUROSTUDENT on-topic’ is scheduled to be held for policy coordinators on 27/28 September 2023 in Hanover, Germany.

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An updated third version of the EUROSTUDENT VII micro data set is now available. 17 countries have contributed to the data set, which now covers data from more than 200,000 students from all over Europe.

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A Researchers' Forum will be held in Malta from 18-20 April 2023. The event focuses, inter alia, on students' mental health & well-being, digitalisation of teaching, learning and student life, effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and discrimination experiences. Please see our Call for contributions.

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An updated second version of the EUROSTUDENT VII micro data set is now available. It contains data from 16 countries, now also including Norway, Romania, and Sweden. The data set covers data from 169,788 students from the European Higher Education Area.

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Decreasing response rate is a challenge that researchers are facing today when gathering survey data. Sandra Haugas from the Estonian EUROSTUDENT research team is sharing some insights how Estonia dealt with the challenge and what strategy was used to encourage students to participate.

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Author: Amanda Weber Based on the data from the EUROSTUDENT VII, the following is a brief summary of the study on students’ learning and well-being in Denmark. It provides international comparison of the Nordic countries.

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Joris Cuppen & Ardita Muja (ResearchNed)

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Lucie Hündlová, Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague

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An overview of the workshop “Flexible pathways into and within higher education: importance, practices, students’ experience” and its key points.

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Members of the Estonian EUROSTUDENT team, Sandra Haugas and Kaupo Koppel, have published an article with a focus on students’ mental health in one of the biggest Estonian daily newspapers Eesti Päevaleht based on EUROSTUDENT VII results and. Following is the translation of their article.

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What can we learn from EUROSTUDENT results for Estonia? The Estonian EUROSTUDENT team answered a few questions about the latest survey results. Which findings are particularly surprising? Which policy conclusions should be drawn from them?

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EUROSTUDENT VII student-level micro data is now available free of charge as a scientific use file, providing EUROSTUDENT comparable data on the social dimension of European higher education. The project covers a wide range of topics related to students’ social and economic conditions.

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By Judith Engleder and Robert Jühlke

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Suvi Jokila, Juhani Saari and Alina Inkinen

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Interview with Juhani Saari (Statistics Finland) and Kaisu Piiroinen (Ministry of Education and Culture)

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Interview with Vaida ¦aukeckienė and ´emyna Pauliukaitė from STRATA in Lithuania on EUROSTUDENT VII national results

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Join our virtual launch event to get a sneak preview of EUROSTUDENT results - the newest comparative data on the social and economic condition of students in Europe!

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First publication drawing on “fresh” EUROSTUDENT VII data has been published

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Interview with Martin Unger from The Institute of Advanced Studies on Austrian EUROSTUDENT VII results

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By Kyra de Korte

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By Anna Lena Keute, Kristine Sundberg

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The social dimension has been mentioned and endorsed in each Bologna Ministerial Communiqué since its first introduction in 2007. Nevertheless, inequity still persists in many European higher education systems.

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The planned policy workshop in Malta on May 14 will not take place as planned.

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National EUROSTUDENT research teams gather in Vilnius to discuss preliminary results of EUROSTUDENT VII national surveys, explore national policy implications and foster collaboration opportunities. Follow on Twitter to get the latest insights from the conference! @EUROSTUDENTtwt #ERF2020

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From November 5-6, the seven partner organisation of the EUROSTUDENT consortium will meet at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in Hanover.

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From October 21st-25th, national researcher teams which collected their data in the spring are meeting with consortium partners from the Institute from Advanced Studies (IHS) and ResearchNed for a few days of intensive, hands-on data cleaning and weighting.

From October 2nd-4th, national researchers from Finland, Iceland, and Norway travelled to Vienna to meet with the consortium partners from the Institute from Advanced Studies (IHS) and ResearchNed for a few days of intensive data cleaning and weighting.

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The BFUG Working Group on Monitoring met in Brussels to discuss the structure and main topics of the Bologna Implementation Report 2020.

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The overarching aim of the BFUG Advisory Group 1 on the Social Dimension is to develop proposed instruments and policies to support national plans and strategies aimed at strengthening the social dimension of higher education.

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On May 15th, the project coordinator Kristina Hauschildt followed an invitation to Barcelona. In the Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona, the Xarxa Vives Network presented the results of the Via Universitària survey.

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EUROSTUDENT national policy coordinators meet in Tallinn to exchange about their experiences of using EUROSTUDENT data in policy making at the national level. Lot of discussions and feedback are planned - in this way, EUROSTUDENT strives to increase its relevance for the participating ministries.

On March 27th, the EUROSTUDENT Steering Board met in the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to discuss the project progress, financial and annual reports, and the future of EUROSTUDENT after 2021.

The national research team from Statistics Finland are the first to launch the EUROSTUDENT VII field phase. The Finnish EUROSTUDENT has been taking place since the "Opiskelijatutkimus 2000", the Student Study 2000.

The EUROSTUDENT consortium met in Malta on February 14-15. With the preparation of the national surveys well underway, consortium members discussed indicators and data delivery. A main point on the agenda was also the upcoming policy workshop in Tallinn. Minutes are available in the internal wiki.

All national research teams with a field phase planned in 2019 have taken part in preparatory seminars to discuss the national implementation of the EUROSTUDENT survey with the consortium field experts from IHS and ResearchNed, as well as among each other. Wishing everyone a successful field phase!

The latest EUROSTUDENT Intelligence Brief, authored by Christoph Gwosć from the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), examines the distribution of students' income between and within countries. What is the extent of inequality among students?

The consortium has finished its work on the field phase handbook, including the EUROSTUDENT VII core questionnaire. National teams can access the document in the project wiki pages and start the adaptation and translation process to the national context.

Dear EUROSTUDENT friends and family, we wish you a great start into the new year! 2019 is going to be an important year for us as students all over Europe are going to take part in the 7th round of our survey. We are surely excited for what 2019 has to bring, we hope you are too!

According to EUROSTUDENT VI every 10th student in Europe is a parent. The latest Intelligence Brief, written by Sandra Haugas from the EUROSTUDENT consortium partner organisation Praxis in Estonia, takes a closer look at this group of students. How to reconcile studies and parenting?

Following the successful Kick-Off Meeting in Vienna, we are happy to announce that the next round of the EUROSTUDENT project, EUROSTUDENT VII, as of June 18, 2018 has officially begun. We are happy to be able to continue this international cooperation for the bettering of higher education in Europe.

The final conference will mark the release of the EUROSTUDENT VI final report. Project partners from ministries, national research teams, as well as external stakeholders will get together in Berlin on March 6th and 7th, 2018, to learn about and discuss the recent results.

We are happy to announce the successful close of the sixth round of the EUROSTUDENT project. The latest edition of the EUROSTUDENT report (2016-2018), the synopsis of indicators, with new downloadable figures and tables, is now available.

Based on the results of the EUROSTUDENT VI project, a publicly accessible database is now available to be used! All data collected during the sixth round of the EUROSTUDENT project can be found in the database.

EUROSTUDENT VI results: 7 % of all students report having interrupted their studies for at least a year

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More detailed EUROSTUDENT VI results and analyses can be found in:

• EUROSTUDENT VI Synopsis of Indicators
• EUROSTUDENT VI Overview and selected findings
• EUROSTUDENT Database

Register now for the EUROSTUDENT VI Final Conference taking place in Berlin, Germany from 6 - 7 March 2018

Missed the original deadline? Good news - submissions will still be accepted until November 15th!

The call for contributions for the EUROSTUDENT VI Final Conference is now open. We invite researchers, ministry representatives, and other stakeholders to submit contributions focusing on the social and economic conditions of higher education students’ life, as well as student mobility.

The conference aimed to provide a first “sneak preview” of the fresh EUROSTUDENT data. Participants were invited to provide feedback and discuss the policy relevance of different topics and questions related to the socio-economic situation of students in the EHEA.

From 1 - 2 February, 79 participants attended the EUROSTUDENT Researchers’ Forum in Vilnius. The Forum provided a chance for exchange and discussion among the national research team with input from external speakers and experts.

The newest intelligence brief focuses on the phenomenon of delayed entry into higher education. Based on EUROSTUDENT V data, this IB provides comparative data for these patterns, and also provides insight into the possible reasons and consequences of a delayed entry into higher education.

The new intelligence brief analyses international student mobility in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine. The main focus of the IB is to describe and compare plans and realisations of temporary enrolments abroad, as well as examining major channels and obstacles for international mobility.

The new EUROSTUDENT blog will share news, updates, insights into the data, and other relevant information about the EUROSTUDENT project. It also provides important updates on the social dimension of higher education and students’ socio-economic situation in Europe.

The latest EUROSTUDENT Intelligence Brief investigates students’ income. By applying a variant of the 'Big Mac Index' to control for purchasing power, differences in students’ average monthly incomes are reduced to some extent. How many burgers could students in your country afford?

The survey shows that, assuming a normal study time of 37,5 to 45 hours per week, most of the full-time students spend full-time on study related activities, i.e. personal study time. The students’ responses reinforce the picture that higher education often consists of personal study time.

The briefs are selected results for Sweden and cover the students economic situation and student mobility. The surveys show for example that 20 percent of the Swedish students have been abroad on studies or study related activities and around half of the students gained full recognition of credits.

This monograph includes four papers on the social dimension of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia supported with data gained through EUROSTUDENT (in English).

January 1st marked the start of the sixth round of EUROSTUDENT. The overarching goal of EUROSTUDENT VI remains to provide a broad policy-relevant cross-country comparison of data on the social dimension of European higher education. The results will be published in spring 2018.

Based on the data collected for Eurostudent V, the Report also includes comparative analyses with the previous national surveys, and additional data & analyses focussed on national issues. A separate Executive Summary in English is available.

The briefs are selected results for Sweden and cover the students housing situation and the situation for students with impairments. The surveys show for example that Swedish students are satisfied with their housing situation, whether in a student accommodation or not.

On the EUROSTUDENT-YouTube channel you can watch videos with impressions from the final conference as well as 10 short videos covering topics from the EUROSTUDENT V synopsis of indicators.

A completely new EUROSTUDENT V Database (Data Reporting Module) has been launched. The new version of the DRM generates figures and tables for the selected configurations and allows for downloading data as excel file for further use and calculations.

On invitation by the Fundació Jaume Bofill in Barcelona, fresh EUROSTUDENT results were presented to experts and the public to provide context for the discussion of study conditions and the social dimension in Catalonia. Presentations, pictures and tweets available in this Storify (in Catalan):

The final conference will present the new data set from nearly 30 European countries. The conference will be co-hosted by the project Peer Learning for the Social Dimension.

Surveys from 29 European countries and a sum of 210 thousand students have been brought together to provide a comparative perspective on student life in Europe. Join us 25-27 Feb. to find out more.

E:V results were presented at the SD in HE conference to around 250 participants. The conference ended with a EUROSTUDENT VI pre-kick-off bringing together representatives from interested countries looking forward to EUROSTUDENT VI.

The EUROSTUDENT & PL4SD conference reporting is now available on the PL4SD website – including all presentation files and key findings of the conference contributions.

20 years of EUROSTUDENT already. Now planning for the sixth round of EUROSTUDENT has begun. More than 25 European countries have already expressed formal intent to participate.

There are major differences between student populations in Europe - follow the campaign and guess which countries the data highlight.

This study uses a combination of EUROSTUDENT and UOE-Data to investigate imbalances in mobility participation across the European Higher Education Area - report: http://ow.ly/xD0WB and data & charts: http://ow.ly/xD0I4

The EUROSTUDENT V Annual Report 2013 is now available on our website. Please click on the link below to open the file.

The latest EUROSTUDENT V Newsletter 2014 is now available on our website. Follow the link below to get to it.

The ES-NIS initiative group has now established a Regional Coordination Committee that has been authorized to steer and methodologically consult the implementation of a series of EUROSTUDENT surveys in Spring 2014 in Armenia, Belarus and Ukraine.

In many countries, students who live away from their parents’ home dedicate the largest part of their expenses to housing. This Intelligence Brief provides insights using EUROSTUDENT data.

The first EUROSTUDENT V Annual Report is now available on our website. Follow the link below to get to it or browse through our 'comparative and national reports' to also find all other EUROSTUDENT publications

EUROSTUDENT V will be a central element of evidence for policy development in the Tempus project on sustainable funding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. The fifth round of EUROSTUDENT now covers 27 countries.

Following the invitation of the Moscow Higher School of Economics EUROSTUDENT delegates will represent the projects’ impact on their countries at the III International Conference of the Russian Association of Higher Education Researchers and discuss NIS inclusion plans.

Following the invitation of Armenian representatives EUROSTUDENT V project leader Dominic Orr will give a presentation about the project at the above mentioned Summit meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

This workshop is aimed at discussing last details of the new EUROSTUDENT core set of questions and the preparations of the three upcoming regional conferences organized by ResearchNed and PRAXIS.

First meeting of special regional cluster to assist the smooth entry of non-EU countries into the EUROSTUDENT network. Workshop will be opened by Dr. Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.

New data analyses on mobility barriers released using the EUROSTUDENT IV data set from 5 countries - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Poland.

The coordinating team is pleased to inform you that 24 countries will officially take part in the fifth round of the EUROSTUDENT project. Follow the link below to see a map of the participants.

The conference website is now updated. You can find all the workshop materials and a selection of the best conference pictures. Follow the link below to get to the website

Dear colleagues,
please follow the link below to get to the registration form.
We look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Joint study on the implementation of the Bologna Process in the European Higher Education Area. According to Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education: This report delivers clear messages on the challenges ahead.

The coordinating team has now received 23 Letters of Intent & 6 expressions of interest from European ministries responsible for higher education expressing their intent to take part in EUROSTUDENT V, starting in April 2012. A kick-off workshop is planned for late May 2012 in Berlin.

The project managers have released a review of work accomplished within the fraemwork of EUROSTUDENT IV (2008-2011). This gives an insight into project approach, events and outputs and the relevant of the project for national and European stakeholders.

New report on the national and comparative results for Spain using the EUROSTUDENT IV dataset. The minister, Ángel Gabilondo Pujol,concludes that there can be no true excellence that does not enable participative equity.

The Estonian team of researchers at Praxis have just released their new report. This report looks at the national results of the EUROSTUDENT survey from a national and an international perspective and evaluates their importance for future policy-development in Estonia.

The German team juxtaposes national results with international comparative results. This puts national results in a comparative context and provides insights on Germany’s current position in comparison with other countries, providing some pointers for the future of German higher education.

The French EUROSTUDENT partner (Observatoire national de la vie étudiante) has published its 26th newsletter, which summarizes the results of EUROSTUDENT IV from a French perspective.

Dominic Orr was recently invited to the US as part of a European delegation of experts. For Dr. Martha Kanter, Under Secretary at the US Department of Education increasing access, improving quality and accelerating completion are major challenges for the future of US and EU higher education systems.

Around 70 experts in European higher education attended this event, where key topics of the Eurostudent survey were presented and put up for discussion. Additionally the Eurostudent IV final report 'Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe. 2008-2011' was officially introduced.

19 October the EUROSTUDENT international consortium will release the final report Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe. 2008-2011 and the EUROSTUDENT database will be released with detailed country data shown as graphics and charts and available for download as Excel files.

Today is the day! The EUROSTUDENT IV final report "Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe" will be released at a dissemination and networking event at the Dutch Embassy in Brussels. You can download the PDF version of the report through the link below. Enjoy reading!

Check out the brand new EUROSTUDENT IV Flyer, which has been designed to inform people not yet acquainted with the work of the EUROSTUDENT Network.

Subsequent to their national report, the Swiss Federal Statistics Office released a report on student mobility and its parameters in Switzerland, using data of their national report,the Swiss Graduate Survey and Eurostudent IV data.

Norwegian national report released, including English summary. It shows, e.g. that a full-time student spends 34 hours a week on average on studies, and 8 hours on work, while part-time students work 27 hours a week and only spend 18 hours a week on studies.

Following up the EUROSTUDENT IV Final Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark has now released an associated report discussing a selection of indicators on Danish higher education in international comparison.

The EIV Synopsis of Indicators has been released today at the EUROSTUDENT final conference in Copenhagen. The report provides comparative information from 25 countries on who gets into higher education, how they study and whether they go abroad during their studies.

On June 7th, the Fondazione Rui presented the results of the Sixth Italian EUROSTUDENT Survey at the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research in Rome. A round table discussion and statements of national experts rounded off the programme. A conference documentation is now accessible online!

At the conference, the findings of EUROSTUDENT IV will be presented and discussed with experts from more than 20 countries. For more information on the programme and registration please follow the link below. The deadline for registration is 5th June. Looking forward to meeting you in Copenhagen!

How can fairness in higher education be improved? The EquNet project has launched a competition to raise attention for equity in access to higher education. The best contributions will be presented at the EquNet autumn conference and within the network. Entries can be photos, films or texts.

The work on the Data Delivery Module is widely completed and it is in full use. Up to 22 countries have now delivered their data to the central coordinators.
We also have begun to write the first chapters of the EUROSTUDENT IV Synopsis of Indicators with a new design of the chapter structure.

The Canadian Journal of HE has recently published an article on the significance of age for study conditions using EUROSTUDENT data from across Europe. Age is associated with working during studies and with studying part-time, both more frequent for older students.

A national analysis of the social and economic conditions of students in Sweden has been released by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. Just under 25% of the students indicate to have enough money to cover their expenditure each month while 20% do not agree at all.

It gives a comparison of the state of equity in access to HE in the EU27 + EEA countries. Its indicators tackle entry into HE, equity as defined by socioeconomic background, income and expenditure of students. The indicators are matched with various examples of practice from around the continent.

The Fondazione RUI has produced two YouTube videos presenting a selection of results from their sixth Italian EUROSTUDENT report. Definitely worth a look!

A national analysis of the social and economic conditions of students in Switzerland has been released by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 75% of students pursue their studies concurrently with paid work. Ahead of paid work, relatives remain the main source of financial support.

Dominic Orr joins advisory board for international comparative project on widening university participation. OPULL will investigate how universities are opening up to professionals, employees without academic qualifications, and applicants without higher education entrance certificates.

Target groups of the event were vice-chancellors, students and researchers. It was organised by the University of Valencia together with the Ministry of Education. The General Secretary of Universities and the Chancellor of the University of Valencia inaugurated the symposium.

Preparations are being made for the forthcoming EUROSTUDENT workshop in Ankara. HIS visits the Middle Eastern Technology University (METU) in Ankara to prepare the workshop to be held at the end of November in conjunction with METU and the Turkish Council of Higher Education.

The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation unveils its new EUROSTUDENT website. At the same time a first research note on Danish results have been released. This looks at how Danish students use their time.

HIS represented EUROSTUDENT at the high level expert forum on higher education foresight organised in Dubrovnik by the Novi Sad Initiative. Dominic Orr talked about the challenge of organising effective higher education in the framework of improving the social dimension of higher education.

A national analysis of the social and economic conditions of students in Slovenia has been released by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. It shows amongst other things that 42% of students travel more than 10 km to reach their place of learning.

A national analysis of the social and economic conditions of students in Finland has been released by the Ministry of Education and Culture. It shows inter alia that 30% of students work regularly during their studies and that many students are concerned about their financial situation.