EU citizens, businesses and associations can file a complaint with the European Ombudsman if they encounter difficulty in exercising their rights. However, universities, students and staff generally do not take advantage of this service. More...

The first phase of activities of the EQUIP project (Enhancing quality through innovative policy and practice) is now complete. The project, in which EUA is a partner, has offered three workshops and two webinars for stakeholders in quality assurance (QA) of higher education. More...

The Steering Committee (SC) of EUA’s UNI-SET project held its fourth meeting from 31 May to 1 June at the EUA office in Brussels. UNI-SET aims to mobilise the research, innovation and educational capacities of Europe's universities. The SC members discussed, among other topics, European energy policy developments and the creation of a “Roadmap for Universities in Energy”. More...

EUA has recently published a special update on EU trade agreements and the recognition of professional qualifications. EUA reports regularly on the two policy areas as they have implications for higher education institutions. More...

Earlier this month EUA launched a new round of consultations with its collective members - the national rectors’ conferences - to seek feedback and collect data on public funding of higher education institutions in 2016. This latest Public Funding Observatory data will be complemented by the outcomes of the EUA member consultation on Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, which engaged 277 higher education institutions across Europe. One of the aims of the EUA analysis is to explore the vital synergies between the evolving national public funding for universities and the dynamics of the EU funding programmes. More...

EUA and the UNI-SET consortium have launched a call for contributions for the 2nd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event (ECE) to be held at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy from 26 to 28 September 2016. More...

Building on the success of the previous events, EUA is organising its 3rd Funding Forum hosted by the University of Porto in Portugal on 6 and 7 October 2016. More...

The 2016 review is an important element in a series of ongoing or upcoming reviews and revisions of EU funding instruments and regulations that are important to universities as beneficiaries. These include the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) - the EU’s seven-year long-term financial planning - and programmes such as Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+. The review will also provide the basis for discussions on the future MFF and the funding programmes post 2020. More...

The Ministry of Education and Science in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has commissioned EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) to carry out evaluations in the five public higher education institutions in the country. More...

The Secretaries General of EUA’s collective members – the national rectors’ conferences (NRCs) – held their third annual informal meeting in London, UK on 19 and 20 May 2016 to discuss emerging key issues that are of importance to university systems. More...