From 7. to 11. April, around 40 young liberals from Poland and all over Europe met in the University city of Poznan to discuss about education. The four-day seminar titled “Education as a location factor” discussed and reflected on modern day problems and challenges of education systems, both on a national and a European level. Notable subjects included the cooperation between higher education and industry, the transfer from schools into the labour market, the question of elites in education, as well as the funding of education systems.
Adding to several workshops and lectures, the participants also undertook a morning study visit to different Poznan high schools, debating education issues with students from those very schools and comparing their respective education systems with the Polish one.
The seminar was organised by the European Liberal Forum asbl, with the support of LYMEC and Projekt Polska and funded by the European Parliament.Following the tragic plane crash that killed Poland's president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people on Saturday, the Poznan events were cut short of the further programme, notably sightseeing and the farewell party, in order to show respect and condolences to our Polish hosts. In the evening, participants took part in a moment of silence with candles in front of the Poznan Crosses monument.
