Month: November 2026
Students create a public dormitory wall of shame: “While politicians talk in meeting rooms, mould grows on our walls.”
More than 1 in 5 students living in Lithuanian dormitories rarely or never have a quiet place to study. That is one of the worst rates among the countries that took part in the EUROSTUDENT 8 survey. But quiet is just one of many things missing from dormitories. Lithuanian students also have to deal with damp, mould, cockroaches, broken showers and other poor living conditions. The Lithuanian National Union of Students (LSS) has been calling for a common quality standard for higher education dormitories in Lithuania since 2020, yet the problems caused by the lack of one have so far gone unnoticed. To push decision-makers to act, LSS has asked students to share their real living conditions anonymously through the initiative “barakiniai.lt”. On the website, students share photos of their rooms and rate dormitories from “best” to “worst”. Dormitory page | Photo: barakiniai.lt We don’t want the conversation to end Read More…
