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The Global Student Forum (GSF) is the global union of school and university student organisations.

20/10/2026

Can young people influence the decisions that affect them?

With students across France making their voices heard right now, the question is hard to ignore. It was also at the heart of a group discussion on Youth-led Flourishing at Education House on 22 September, during , with Tamara Ciobanu - Global Student Forum and François Taddei - Learning Planet Institute.

Here are our six takeaways from this group discussion 🤝

Where have you seen young people’s input change a decision? Tell us in the comments 👋

20/10/2026

🌍 What should student representatives take to COP?

Join the Global Student Forum and the All-African Students Union for Student Voices to COP: A Global Pre-COP Dialogue.

This one-hour online event connects students unable to attend COP with student representatives going to the conference. Share how climate change affects your education and community, raise your priorities and help shape the messages brought forward.

📅 Tuesday, 27 October
🕒 15:00–16:00 GMT+1
💻 Online

Open to student leaders, student unions and student climate advocates worldwide, whether or not you are attending COP.

Register: https://luma.com/b94zfjo6

19/10/2026

What happens when students organise for change?

The latest World Student News covers two weeks of student mobilisation, from demands for better-funded schools and public universities to the fight for democratic representation.

In this edition:
🇫🇷 France’s student movement wins commitments on teacher shortages.
🇦🇱 Albanian students mobilise over education costs and university conditions.
🇦🇷 Argentina marches in defence of public universities.
🇮🇳 AMU students secure the return of student-union elections.

We also examine proposed US restrictions affecting international students and UNESCO’s latest findings on unequal access to education.

Read the stories and the Global Student Forum’s take on what should happen next.

📰 World Student News | 5–18 October 2026
https://ow.ly/K4xS50ZYTmZ

07/10/2026

What would education policy look like if students helped set the agenda?

In our new interview with UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed speaks with the Youth Democracy Movement about defending rights, building collective power, and why students’ everyday experience of education must shape international decision-making.

For student representatives and organisers, her message is clear: our experience is expertise, and our voices should help guide decisions about education.

Read the full interview:
https://www.globalstudentforum.org/united-nations-special-rapporteur-farida-shaheed-young-people-have-the-right-not-just-to-be-at-the-table-but-to-guide-the-discussion/

23/09/2026

382 attacks on higher education communities in 59 countries and territories.

That is what Scholars at Risk documented between July 2025 and June 2026. Its new *Free to Think* report describes violent crackdowns on student protests alongside growing government interference in universities.

For students, academic freedom means being able to learn, organise, ask difficult questions and speak publicly without fear. Attacks on students must be treated as threats to higher education itself.

The Global Student Forum calls on governments and universities to protect those at risk, ensure access to legal support and include student representatives in their response.

Read the report: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free-to-think-2026/

14/09/2026

The news affecting students does not stop at national borders.

World Student News is the Global Student Forum’s weekly briefing for students, student organisations, activists and education partners worldwide.

Every Monday, we bring together the most important developments from the previous week, from student rights and civic space to access, equality, funding and mobility. Each edition includes GSF’s take, the events and decisions to follow in the week ahead, and issues we are continuing to watch.

Named after the historic publication of the International Union of Students, World Student News connects national developments with the wider international student movement.

Subscribe and receive the briefing every Monday: https://www.globalstudentforum.org/ #/portal

09/09/2026

More than 1,000 schools in Ebola red zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reopened after authorities abandoned plans for distance learning, fearing that students without adequate access would fall behind.

We believe that students should not be forced to choose between their education and their health.

Open schools must have safe water, hygiene equipment, adequate staffing and effective infection-prevention measures. If temporary closures are necessary, properly resourced and accessible alternatives must be available to every student.

27/08/2026

🌍 What does meaningful international student solidarity look like in practice?

GSF Steering Committee member Anika Joshi facilitated a workshop with SAMOK - The Finnish National Union of University of Applied Sciences Students, bringing together its board and student representatives from more than 20 Finnish universities of applied sciences.

Participants explored how political conditions, institutional protections, tuition fees, accessibility, finances and visa barriers shape students’ ability to organise and participate.

The central lesson: global solidarity does not require students everywhere to share the same priorities or methods. It requires listening across different experiences, recognising unequal access to power and creating structures that enable more equal participation.

Read more: https://www.globalstudentforum.org/whose-activism-is-protected-lessons-on-global-student-solidarity/

26/08/2026

Australia orders university to end partnership with China

The Australian Government has directed the Australian National University (ANU) to terminate its teaching partnership with Shandong University in China.

The partnership allowed students to begin an undergraduate science programme in China before continuing their studies at ANU. While ANU has confirmed that students already enrolled at the university will not be affected, the future arrangements for other participating students remain unclear.

Governments may review international partnerships on security grounds, but students must not bear the consequences of decisions between institutions and states.

Affected students must receive clear information, meaningful consultation and guaranteed pathways to complete their education without additional costs, lost credits or unnecessary disruption.

20/08/2026

Five years have passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. For Afghan students, especially girls and women, these years have brought the systematic destruction of their right to education.

Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where girls and women are formally prohibited from education beyond primary school. An estimated 2.4 million girls are excluded from secondary education, while women have been banned from universities since December 2022.

The crisis extends across the entire education system. More than two million primary-school-aged children are out of school, and 93% of children completing primary education have not yet achieved basic reading proficiency. Shortages of qualified teachers, learning materials and sustainable funding continue to undermine the education of girls and boys alike in a country that cannot afford to be forgotten.

After five years, there is a growing danger that this situation becomes accepted as Afghanistan’s new normal, that attention moves elsewhere while an entire generation is denied its future. Let us not let Afghanistan become another forgotten crisis.

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