14 juin 2016

Academia Europaea Annual Conference, 26-30 June, Cardiff (UK)

Academia Europaea will hold its 28th Annual Conference in Cardiff, UK from 26 to 30 June 2016. This event will also serve as the official launch of the new Cardiff Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea. More...

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Safe and Open Higher Education conference, 20 June, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Under the title “Safe and Open Higher Education”, the conference will serve as a follow-up to the Paris Declaration. Participants will discuss which further efforts are necessary for safe and open higher education institutions and present concrete actions and tools. During the event, a common position on safety and security will be presented and discussed from a European perspective. More...

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Colloquium on cultural heritage, citizenship and sustainable development, 15 November, Kaslik (Lebanon)

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon, in collaboration with the National Commission for UNESCO, is organising a colloquium and an educational day on “The Role of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Preservation of Cultural Diversity and the Promotion of the Spirit of Citizenship and Sustainable Development”. More...

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HUMANE Annual Conference and upcoming events

HUMANE (Heads of University Management & Administration Network Europe) will hold its annual conference on 17 and 18 June at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The conference theme is “Global University Rankings and Institutional Strategic Positioning” and is targeted to university leadership. More...

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EUA meets with European Ombudsman to discuss higher education sector

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...

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EQUIP project wraps up first phase of activities

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...

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Universities in Energy: UNI-SET Steering Committee holds fourth meeting

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...

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EUA special update on EU trade agreements and the recognition of professional qualifications

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...

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Third Funding Forum to highlight new EUA data on public funding of universities

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...

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Second UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event: Call for contributions

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...

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