VSK host OBESSU workshop!

On Sunday 22nd January, OBESSU Board Member Jessie Seal was invited to run a workshop for our Flemish members Vlaamse Scholierenkoepel (VSK). Keen to find out how VSK’s everyday activists can get more involved with OBESSU, VSK asked us to run a session and we were very happy to oblige! After a short trip by Eurostar to Brussels, Jessie arrived in Lokeren (where the weekend was held) on Saturday evening. An evening of chatting to VSK activists, followed by a team building game made sure that everyone was in great spirits and excited (if a little tired) for Sunday morning!

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Message from the 2012 Study Session Prep-Team!

The Prep-Team of the Study Session on “Special Needs”: education, participation and social inclusion is happy to now have a full list of eager participants for the study session.

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Getting Youth on Board

OBESSU’s VET Officer, Johanne Stenstrup, participated on the 24^th January in the panel “Getting Youth on Board” along with the European Youth Forum, AEGEE-European Students’ Forum, Rural Youth Europe and others, in the conference “The economic Crisis, Education and the Labour Market” organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The main points from the panel were that education should be for all and that students’ job chances increase through participation in non-formal learning.  Read more »