Archive for November, 2011
Aachen, a city full of various interesting places
It was directly in the city of Charlemagne where the meeting of the European Youth Voice took place in the term from 25th September until 1st October. The participants coming from Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Estonia were accommodated at [Read More]
Steve Jobs – The advocate of the new changed education paradigms
SOSMEC or SOS for the Ministry of Education and Culture. This was my first thought after I watched one of the most popular educational videos on the internet, “Changing Education Paradigms”. The video is worth its six million views as it follows the creation of a witty [Read More]
“Imperialists out of Africa!”
I was invited to a very interesting event in Cologne. Next to the huge, ancient Dom there was a crowd listening to the voice of Mudjacka Mvunuku. “We want to have the independence to vote without any influence from Europe. Just the voice of the people! Uhuru”, he says [Read More]
The Bottom billion
There’s nothing like a picture of a malnourished child from sub-Saharan Africa to turn our stomachs around, makes us pity their situation for a matter of 5 to 7 minutes, at most, and then flip to the next stumble upon page to make us feel better again. Around 5% of us [Read More]
Student life in UK
Many young people from Europe dream about studying in the UK. Cultural diversity, freedom of expression, creativity and world class modules are some of the many reasons to pick a university in the UK.. But is the real life of an international student really this fun in the [Read More]
