Policies and Statements
The Steering Committee ongoingly issues statements and policy papers as well as ad-hoc reactions to developments in and around education as well as formal and informal international decision making spaces.
Launch of WHEC2022 – Global Student Declaration
Read the WHEC 2022 – Global Student Declaration developed by the Global Student Forum in cooperation with the All-Africa Students’ Union, the Commonwealth Students Association, the European Students’ Union, the Latin-American and Caribbean Continental Student Organisation, and the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions.
Statement concerning World Intellectual Property Day
On the occasion of a World Intellectual Property Day focused on Intellectual Property and Youth, we call on governments to ensure that national and international copyright laws ensure the right to education for all. We applaud the choice of theme, which draws attention to the largest generation in history, who will be the driving force for sustainable and inclusive development. Yet, young people today are faced with considerable barriers to engage politically, economically and socially.
UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022 GSF Policy Briefs
The Global Student Forum launches the GSF-led transnational policy briefs that the GSF WHEC Working Group has prepared for the upcoming UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, that will take place in Barcelona from the 18th to the 22nd of May.
Statement on the Treatment of International Students in Ukraine
In reaction to the events of segregation and racism towards international students in Ukraine, the Global Student Forum (GSF) expresses its deepest concern.
Statement addressing the renewed Russian Aggression towards Ukraine
EN I Today, on the 24th of February, Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near large cities. The Global Student Forum, the European Students’ Union and the Ukrainian Association of...
Students’ Expectations, Hopes and Criticisms Towards the Upcoming 6th EU-AU Summit
Ahead of the 6th EU-AU Summit, the Global Students Forum, the European Students’ Union and the All-Africa Students Union came together to issue a joint declaration of student demands for the EU-AU Summit. They met last Tuesday, 15th of February, in order to identify...
The International Human Rights Day
EN I Today, 10th of December, we celebrate the International Day of Human Rights, which stems from the idea of human dignity and that every person on this planet is entitled to a certain minimum level of rights simply because they are human. Legally, states as...
The Omicron Variant and the Impact to Education
Today, 9th of December, The Global Student Forum launches a new paper to explain our position towards vaccine justice, the new variants and how the education agenda is being managed. The outbreak of Omicron, the new variant in the Covid-19 pandemic, is a further...
Recovering Better, Without Cutting Our Future! 17th of November
Our call for a global campaign for funding education in the 2021 International Students’ Day Think globally, act ... globally! November 17th, 2021, will be the second International Students’ Day that students all around the world will celebrate in the ‘era of the...
World Teachers’ Day
The Global Student Forum joins the global community to celebrate the transformative work that teachers do to educate students in the formal and informal education sector. World Teacher’s Day also marks the “adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organisation and...