Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) is organising a seminar on 19 March 2015 in Brussels on ‘Ideas, tools, resources and a big picture — all you need to know in alumni engagement’. Michael Gaebel, Director, Higher Education policy, EUA will also be speaking at the event.
For more information on the programme and to register, click here. More...
The Joint Degrees from A to Z (JDAZ project) has published a guide providing information on relevant issues relating to developing, establishing and sustaining international joint programmes, which lead to a joint or multiple degree.
The guide ‘Joint Programmes from A to Z: A reference guide for practitioners’, presents an overview of good practices in coordinating joint programmes. More...
The Global Access to Post-Secondary Education (GAPS) initiative in association with Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur is organising a conference on ‘Access to Higher Education, Meeting the Global Challenge, Kuala Lumpur’ on 5-8 October 2015. The event will focus on articulating access to post-secondary education as one of the key global trends shaping the 21st century.
For further information on the conference, please click here. More...
EUA and University of Barcelona providing Centralised Support for Higher Education Reform Experts in European Neighbourhood countries
For the next three years, the SPHERE Consortium (Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts) composed of the University of Barcelona (Coordinator) and the European University Association (EUA) will be jointly in charge of the HERE project.
The first HERE activities of 2015 will be study visits to Berlin and to Brussels/Ghent, focusing on managing mobility and internationalisation, with a specific emphasis on credit mobility. A portal has been created to support the project and foster further information exchange.
Through this project EUA looks forward to more intensive exchange and collaboration with its members in the Eastern part of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and with partners in the Southern Mediterranean countries. Over the past years, EUA has engaged in capacity building projects funded by TEMPUS, including ATHENA and EUREQA, and through the Arab-Euro Higher Education Conference (AECHE) Platform, which is supported by the University of Barcelona. More...
EUA’s Investment Plan campaign has entered a new phase following the publication of the draft report of the European Parliament’s committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs and on Budgets regarding the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
The European University Association last week issued a statement welcoming the decision of the committee rapporteurs to take into account the arguments and concerns put forward by the university sector. More...
EUA hosted the first meeting of the UNI-SET project Steering Committee on 11-12 March 2015 in Brussels. The Steering Committee aims to support and oversee the overall implementation of the UNI-SET project.
The Steering Committee aims to support and oversee the overall implementation of the UNI-SET project. It seeks to provide expertise on energy research and education issues and maximise the benefits of the project for European universities. It is composed of experts from 17 leading universities from across Europe specialised in a wide spectrum of energy-related fields, as well as representatives of the DG Research and Innovation, the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), KIC InnoEnergy and EUA. Professor Torbjørn Digernes, former Rector of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and EUA-EPUE Chairman, serves as the Chair of the UNI-SET Steering Committee. The UNI-SET Steering Committee plans to meet twice a year. More...
Registration is still open until 31 March for the EUA Annual Conference 2015, which will take place at the University of Antwerp from 16 to 17 April. EUA members are also encouraged to attend the EUA General Assembly prior to the main conference where the new EUA President and five new board members will be elected.
There will also be a dedicated session on University Research: for the Benefit of Society which will look at the roles and benefits of science for society and will include a series of poster presentations. To view the preliminary programme, please visit the conference website. More...
EUA is pleased to announce that the 10th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) will take place in London from 19 to 21 November 2015, hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency and UCL Institute of Education.
Based on evidence gathered by EUA, Professor Nazaré pointed out that the most common reasons for companies to interact with universities included access to top knowledge, highly-skilled human resources, and infrastructure. Cooperation between universities and companies takes place at three main levels: project level, programme level and institutional level. Nevertheless, she noted that companies should not expect to find tailor made university graduates as the expertise required is often too specific and changes frequently, along the evolution of enterprise sectors, technology and markets. Professor Nazaré also presented the university-business online tool designed by EUA the ‘U-B Tool’. More...
The Commissioner also hinted that some unsuccessful projects could compete for money via the EU’s structural funds or Jean Claude Juncker’s new Investment Plan. Regarding the latter, EUA published a policy brief on whether universities could benefit from the Investment Plan as it stands. More...
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