HED is coordinated by an international project team - a group of 21 active European youngsters who work voluntarily for something they believe in!
HERE WE ARE:
Diana Yolova - Project Manager
Life is like a school in which we come to study, to develop ourselves, to improve our knowledge and virtues. We go up to the upper class with one simple goal: knowledge, improvement and perfection! But even if we make a mistake, we suppose to learn from it, to be grateful for the opportunities and of course never give up! Therefore already today and even more tomorrow, Europe HAS TO BE a place, where young people are IMPORTANT figures in the society, who actively participates in decision-making and determination of decisions of development. So…………why not with HED?"
Jorge Miguel - Content Manager on Non-Formal Education
Almost since the first time I heard about EWG, I was curious about what are the activities AEGEE organizes concerning educational matters and when I attended my first Agora (Leiden, Spring 2010) I decided to become active at European level and to join EWG. Once taking part in HED project, I started being PR responsible for several months until the HED restructuring lead me to my current position, as content manager for Non-Formal Education (NFE).
I like to travel around in a non-stop race for discovering new places, meeting new people and continue learning and developing myself. I am really interested in social and emotional learning, and NFE plays a very important role on it. My biggest aim in life it's to bring a better education to this world...
Moreover, I like HED a lot, but I also hope the project will finish someday... :P"
Lora Lyubenova - Documentation / research Responsible
If I should describe myself with a few sentences I would say:” Lora Lyubenova, she is a political scientists and she could not think as nothing else accept political scientist. She has not grown up enough to be a politician, yet. Actually, it is not sure that she wants to grow up. She likes to live in Dreamland, where she is dreaming about Higher education which gives us equal start and opportunities in the life to succeed! That’s why she is Content Manager on Bologna Process. She is proud to be part of AEGEE- Sofia. Her life is just her work! But in her free time: She loves to cook for friends! She loves to watch old black and white movies! She loves to write boring papers and to dance on Micheal Jackson’s songs in a break of it. In short she- Lora Lyubenova – loves to love!
Aleksandar Danailov - External Relationships Responsible(AEGEE-Skopje)
Studied Law. "I am in AEGEE for two years and I am External Relations Responsible in both AEGEE-Skopje board and the HED Team. I like to party, to watch sports (and play some, too), I am passionate about F1 races, backgammon and rock music. :)"
Snejana Avramova - Fund Raising Responsible Studied Journalism (B.A.) and Management of European projects (M.A.).
"I am interested in communication, international projects, youth initiatives and activities in the nature. I love the sea and the mountains! I am driven to be part of HED project because the project is raising awareness among young people of the current situation of Higher Education, searching for youth opinions across Europe and seeking to create a dialogue between young people and decision makers in the field of Higher Education."
Szabina Hellinger - Public Relations Responsible (AEGEE-Budapest)
Studying: LifeLongLearning Process MA
"I am member of AEGEE-Budapest since 2009, where I have been working in the HR and PR Working Group before I joined HED. I have a BA degree (Educational Studies, where I focused the Education's Organisation) but after I realized to be more intrested in Higher Education, that's why I changed my field. :)
In my work I would like to show You all the hidden opportunities in the Higher Education! :)"
Contact: szabina.hellinger@gmail.com
Anne Wensveen - Human Resources Responsible (AEGEE-Groningen)Studying International Relations and Arabic Languages and Cultures.
"I am a member of AEGEE-Groningen since September 2009 and I have been active in my local as a board member for the past year. Next to that, I am secretary of the EWG and I travel as much as possible :) since this is my biggest hobby! My hobbies are travelling, windsurfing, reading and I like to get involved in actions for a better education and environment since it is a matter that all concerns us and we should work on together."
Adela Militaru - Documentation / research Responsible
The HED project represents for me an opportunity and a try to make a difference in the field of Higher Education, a field that has formed me and that directly concerns a very wide number of young people.
My interest in the topic of Education is also of a professional nature, since my current studies focus on School Counseling and on Educational Psychology.
Moreover, the HED project has been a chance to work in a lovely team of motivated young people, who can still dream and actively work for achieving what they wish for, not only for their own benefit, but for sustaining the development of society as a whole, that can only be done through assuring quality education."
Antonis Triantafyllakis - Documentation / research Responsible
"Higher Education... The title itself sounds a bit ironic nowadays, with the educational system being based on an outdated labor market system that is now resulting in an inflation of people expendable and specialized just like products, tailored to the needs of linear consumerism instead of a sustainable evolution that would result in happiness for all instead of continuous antagonism. Luckily, it has also provided us with the tools to change it. Tools that make intercultural and international communication and cooperation, direct democracy and non-formal education a piece of cake. HED is using a piece of that cake, so that's the reason I'm in!"
Ceyda Peker - Documentation / research Responsible (AEGEE-Eskisehir)
"I have studied Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Copenhagen. I have worked with student exchange programmes in the University of Porto. I am open- minded person that loves challenges and travelling around the world.
I believe education is very important and investing in Higher Education is the right thing to do for Europe at the moment, in the near future and ten years from now. Higher Education should not just be a privilege for some, but a right of all citizens.
Be active for better European Higher Education!"
Ana Dumbara - Public Relations Coordinator (AEGEE-Bucuresti)
Studied Journalism and Communication Sciences. "I am in HED Project because it illustates the core element of every NGO: change. As a volunteer for a cause, I wanna make a change and the Education System is a frame that shapes us, humans, from the structure. That's why we need to make sure that our system is improved constantly."
Erman Berkay - Public Relations Coordinator
I am Erman Berkay who is originally from Gazimağusa / N.Cyprus and lives in Ankara / Turkey. I am an architect and working in the design office at Ankara. I am an active member of AEGEE since 2008. I joined HED as subteam PR Coordinator because i dream of a great future for us & HED as well. Shake your HED and feel difference.
Javier Luesma Herrera - Public Relations Coordinator
Studying Industrial Engineering in Zaragoza (Spain) and now working in artificial intelligence research.“I am in AEGEE since 2010 and I really love it.. I love meeting new people, new cultures, of course travelling and like a goоd Spaniard: football.. My dream? A world without borders” Kisses!
Milica Milanovic - Public Relations Coordinator
I joined AEGEE and this project in order to become a socially aware and active in questions of student initiative, especially the one which concerns our education and future. I believe that gathered around Higher Education Days project we can make a change and improve the quality of our education and make our voice heard and acknowledged. As youth activists, we feel there is a strong need for young people to participate in the Higher Education decision making process, because a student-centered approach may be fostered at European level only with the help of students. Since one of the aims of the Bologna reform is that of moving towards a learner-centered education, it seems clear to us that if education must focus on students, their opinions and especially their needs related to Higher Education deserve bigger focus and attention. Together, I believe that we can bring about the change we all need and lead the future in the direction of our desires not simply bow to the already made rules. The world, I feel is ours for the taking.
Roxana Ivan - Fund Raising Responsible
Higher Education Days aims at looking at the needs of young people today in a changing economic and social environment, offering them a voice and a platform where they can communicate with decision makers and offer suggestions for shaping the educational system in Europe. I fully support the ambitious aims of the HED team to draft a position paper of the entire European youth which should be no more and no less than a wake-up call for the people who have the power to decide about the present and future of Education.
Sophie Zafeiri - Public Relations Coordinator
The reason I firstly joined this group of people is because I firmly believe that through education we can achieve unreachable goals and a better tomorrow, without stereotypes and prejudices. I was even more involved to it after I saw the dedication of the members to the project and their inspirational behavior. As about me I would describe me as a typical volunteer worker!
Tomasz Szeder - Documentation / research Responsible Graduate of psychology and student of the 3rd year of management. Joined AEGEE in 2005, soon after that became active on the local level and coordinated many projects. In the years 2007-2008 he was a President of AEGEE-Warszawa. In 2008, after Training for Trainers in Bucuresti joined AEGEE-Academy, where he was a Board Member for one year. Since that time active as a trainer, delivering workshops and trainings both inside and outside of AEGEE in several countries across Europe. Lately a manager of AEGEE’s T4T in Izmir and a trainer during BEST’s T4T in Riga. His favourite topics are leadership, strategic management, communication and marketing. Idealist and incurable perfectionist, in his free time he loves to read polish fantasy books. Candidate for an HR Director of AEGEE-Europe during upcoming Agora Alicante.