Horia Onița, Head of the European Higher Education Area and former president of the European Students' Union (ESU) tells us how he started to be involved in international education through student activitism, which led him to cover the role of President of the national student union in Romania and subsequently President of the European Student Union. Horia shares with us insights of his involvement in the Bologna Process, including most recently contributing to the drafting committee of the Tirana EHEA Ministerial Conference Communique.
He shares his interest in the quality assurance of TNE, now increasingly at the centre of EHEA and international debates with the development of European Universities and the momentum associated the Global Recognition Convention, raising important questions about the quality of the TNE student experience. Horia also stresses the importance of continuing to highlight to stakeholders the value of an international education to individuals and communities, and leveraging digital technology to widen access to international education... and shares the memorable experience of addressing the Tirana ministerial Conference highlighting the centrality of students experience in the further development of the EHEA.