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The European Student Union (ESU), which represents more than 11 million students, is calling for measures to boost student movement in Europe. A statement on 26 April from the union in Brussels says that a voluntary agreement, known as the Bologna Process, has stalled. Improving mobility was a motivation for the process, which was adopted in 1999 to make quality-assurance standards comparable across the participating nations. For better mobility, more graduate-level grants need to become portable, says ESU chairman Allan Päll. Portable schemes, such as Marie Curie Actions and Erasmus, represent only a tiny percentage of the available funding, he notes.