The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, an EUA member, will host an international conference on Master’s admission for a diverse international classroom from 5 to 7 July 2017.
The event will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to discuss how Master’s admission needs to evolve in the context of globalisation and the ongoing Bologna Process. A call for proposals for the event is now open. More...

On 6 January 2017, Turkish authorities issued another decree resulting in the dismissal of more than 8000 public employees, among them 631 academics and 155 higher education administrative personnel accused of being linked to the coup attempt that took place on 15 July 2016. More...

A conference on “The Future of Higher Education 2017: Beyond Brexit” will take place on 24 January in Manchester. The conference aims to help institutions prepare, plan and proactively respond to the challenges and opportunities beyond Brexit. More...

The European Commission is conducting a survey to support the revision of the Diploma Supplement and to analyse the feasibility of its digitalisation at the European level.
The survey is aimed at personnel working on student records, student databases and student information systems in European higher education institutions. It takes around 10-15 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, German and Russian. The deadline is the end of January. More...

Roma Tre is looking for candidates with strong research and teaching experience in a wide range of areas within the field of sustainability. Candidates should also have experience in teaching undergraduate, graduate, and/or PhD courses. More...

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon will be celebrating World Theatre Day with an international and interdisciplinary colloquium on “Theatre, Democracies and Autocracies”. 
It will be organised from 29 to 31 March 2017 by the Department of Scenic and Visual Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in partnership with the Department of Humanities and Philosophy and the Superior Institute of Political and Administrative Science. The colloquium aims to study the role of theatre vis à vis democracies, autocracies and political regimes. More...

The presidents of 33 national rectors’ conferences met at the EUA Council for a policy dialogue with European Commissioner Carlos Moedas, President Markku Markkula of the Committee of the Regions, and Luke Georghiou, Vice-President for research at the University of Manchester and member of RISE (the Research, Innovation and Science Policy Experts High-Level Group of the European Commission). The meeting took place in Brussels on 27 January 2017. More...

At the EUA Council meeting on 27 January 2017 in Brussels, the Association will hold a special policy dialogue on the future of Horizon 2020 and the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9). Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, will participate in the discussion, along with other key voices. More...