Eurydice

The worst of attitudes is indifference, or to think ‘I can do nothing about it; I get by just fine’ – Stéphane Hessel

“The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.” -Roger Bacon

“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill” Wilbur Wright

Education is an all-encompassing activity that should be articulated through many different goals and objectives. In the 1980s the Delors Commission already formulated this idea by identifying four education pillars, namely those of learning to know, to do, to be and to live together. These different but related missions of our education systems strive to enhance the abilities, possibilities and the human development of citizens at various stages of their lives.

Politics is just history happening today, University student, Belfast, 21 years old.

In the early morning hours on February 24^th 2022, the Ukrainian population awakened to news of the outbreak of war. The bombings on this morning marked the beginning of the Russian invasion, not only devastating the lives of Ukrainians, but also bringing about a fundamental change to what we thought was possible in Europe. The invasion brought war back into the European consciousness and reminded us that peace should not be taken for granted.

I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom. 

James E Rogers, Jr

In recent months, a number of articles have been published addressing academic freedom in higher education. But what exactly is academic freedom? And does it matter?

“Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator.” Michael Fullan

"The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration our growth is limited to our own perspectives." Robert John Meehan

But one must not respect an individual more than the truth. Plato, The Republic, 595c

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation. Marcus Tullius Cicero