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An assembly is a group of members of an organization who meet periodically to make decisions about a specific area or scope of the organization.

Assemblies hold meetings, some are private and some are open. If they are open, it is possible to participate in them (for example: attending if the capacity allows it, adding points to the agenda, or commenting on the proposals and decisions taken by this organ).

Examples: A general assembly (which meets once a year to define the organisation's main lines of action as well as its executive bodies by vote), an equality advisory council (which meets every two months to make proposals on how to improve gender relations in the organisation), an evaluation commission (which meets every month to monitor a process) or a guarantee body (which collects incidents, abuses or proposals to improve decision-making procedures) are all examples of assemblies.

Learning beyond
barriers

Real stories of people who found their own path to higher education.

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Our voices

Every week, a student, graduate or staff member from an OpenEU university shares how they reached higher education and what it changed in their life.

Their stories speak of migration and new beginnings, of breaking the glass ceiling in science and technology, of living with a disability and of studying far from big cities.

Because where you live, where you come from or who you are should never decide whether you can study.

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Which story sounds like yours?

Four lives, four routes into higher education. Start with one and keep exploring.

Women in STEAM

Breaking the glass ceiling in science and technology

Fida Abu Libdeh

Bifröst University, Iceland

Meet Fida!
People with disabilities

Studying and working without barriers

Nikita Kursišs

Daugavpils University, Latvia

Meet Nikita!
Rural communities

Studying far from big cities

Aina Elies and Asun Colom

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Meet Aina and Asun!
Migrants and refugees

A new country, a new beginning

Philsan Osman

Open Universiteit, Netherlands

Meet Philsan!

Participating universities

Universidade Aberta Bifröst University Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Open University of Cyprus Daugavpils University FernUniversität in Hagen Hellenic Open University Open Universiteit University of Veliko Tarnovo

Reference: openeu-ASSE-2026-11-36