Art schools can oppose the current educational system with its focus on competitiveness by meticulously cultivating uselessness.
The Five Key Student Protests in Ukraine in the Autumn of 2016
Although the protests of 2016 are mostly unrelated to each other and often concern internal university problems, they are a consequence of a more general phenomenon, namely the failure of the higher education reform in Ukraine.
Objects have the power to tell history
Artifacts on display at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk paint a powerful pluralist picture of war experiences. But the museum’s future is currently in jeopardy.
‘Illegal’ teachers’ strike
As the Slovak teachers’ movement for better working conditions continues, politicians fail to take action.
Emptyheaded education
A proposed educational reform is the latest in a series of governmental projects that are turning Poland upside down.
An Unruly Younger Generation? Student Protest and the Macedonian Crisis
The mass student demonstrations and growing protest movement led by the Student Plenum have paved the way for broader anti-government protests.
Slovak teachers on strike
Thousands of teachers have taken to the streets, demanding a 250 Euro increase in salaries, as well as an overall budget increase for the education sector.