Blogs from previous study tours

News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

On this page you’ll find a collection of blogs from previous study tours. There’s also a collection of resources from each country’s SUs and national unions, let us know if you need access.

In 2020 we toured Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland:

We must be able to make it possible for students to build a fairer world now and in the future

Everyone has a right to a cheap hot meal

Once a year we sing our hearts out

Women are more important here

You do have to pass a test

In 2022 we toured Denmark, Sweden and Norway:

What can we learn from Scandinavia and from students?

His Majesty the Pig writhes out of his whimsical reclusive binge

Why do we treat students like children?

Blankets are available

A study time to remember and an education to be proud of

Sometimes we have to get loud

We are the university’s best partner and greatest critic

In Denmark, they give students a hygge

In 2023 we toured Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany:

Could UK SUs help students “create tomorrow”?

You can’t learn on an empty stomach

They are so proud of us

As the sector expands, why are we letting more mean less?

It’s the most important five days of your life

Students will go if other students have organised it

It’s like Karaoke, but more about community

In 2024 we toured Dublin in Ireland:

We know, it’s bananas

Please vote and we will shut up

In 2024 we toured Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Austria:

Why does the UK have the worst student rights in Europe?

Because nothing has to stay the way that it is

Jump over the leather with a shout of salvation

We live in a time when we are all too busy with ourselves

Sometimes the rice is undercooked

90 per cent of students are right and 10 per cent are not

In 2024 we toured Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland:

There are too many student reps in this country. And also not enough

When students are tutors belonging is built

Active student involvement is key to a university’s academic success

We make tomorrow by fostering responsibility, courage, and collaboration

You represent you, your subject and your university

It’s a popularity contest, but not as we know it

Good teaching and learning can only happen in cooperation

We never invaded anyone

Gather a team of 3-4 friends, put on your favorite T-shirt

Nobody wants it to go nuclear

There’s also a collection of Euro:Visions blogs

Euro visions: A good place for students to study, live and stay in

Euro visions: The rules aren’t political – except when they are

Euro visions: In Sweden, Mickey Mouse meets wine, beer and dog behavioural biology

Euro visions: Giving students a hygge

Euro visions: Ambitions in the Balkans

Euro visions: Even if we can stand alone – should we?

Euro visions: Taking students seriously in Sweden

Euro visions: Aalto people forever

Euro visions: Getting mouthy in Belgium

Euro visions: Radical in Roskilde

Euro visions: Twente, Twente

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