The World University Service (WUS) is an international organisation founded in 1920 in Vienna[1] as an offshoot of the World Student Christian Federation to meet the needs of students and academics in the aftermath of World War I. After World War II, it merged with European Student Relief to become International Student Service[2] and eventually as WUS in the 1950s. In the 1970s it began to focus on campaigning for educational rights for the disadvantaged.[3]
References
- ↑ "Council of Europe at the World University Service Conference on the human right to quality education". Higher education and research. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ↑ Arbeitsbericht des World Student Relief 1945/46
- ↑ Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan; Anthony Mango (Ed.) (2003). Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements volume 4: T to Z and index (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 2763. ISBN 978-0-415-93924-9.
Further reading
- Thompson, Mary, A. (1982) Unofficial Ambassadors: The Story of International Student Service. International Student Service.
See also
External links
- WUS country list
- Catalogue of the WUS archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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