Africa itself won’t pass that landmark until sometime in the 2030s, but when you look at the numbers rather than the percentages, you can see why this year’s African Economic Outlook from the OECD Development Centre, African Development Bank, and UNDP is focusing on “Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation”. More...
10 septembre 2016
Africa’s urbanisation and structural transformation
The challenge: How can foreign direct investment fulfil its development potential?
International investment, and in particular foreign direct investment, has an important role to play in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It can be a powerful international mechanism for mobilising the tangible and intangible assets (such as capital, technology, skills, access to markets) that are essential for sustainable growth and development. More...
Science Europe workshop report now online
Discussions centred on Open Science topics, such as data and tools re-use, reviewing and appropriately crediting multidisciplinary research, and careers. Various research communities were represented, including funders, researchers, publishers, university organisations and proposal evaluators, who all came together to discuss the realities of the changing scientific research environment and to make recommendations on what might be done to adapt research-career evaluation systems and to support multidisciplinary research. More...
SEFI Annual Conference, 12-15 September, Tampere (Finland)
This year’s theme, "Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation," is aligned with the hosting city, its strong industrial past, its present start-up environment and its future as a flagship in new technologies. More...
ACA Annual Conference, 20-22 November, Budapest (Hungary)
The Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) will hold its annual conference in Budapest, Hungary from 20 to 22 November 2016. Under the title “UniverCities. Higher education institutions and their habitat,” the conference will focus on the relationship between universities and colleges and the cities in which they are located. More...
4th Transatlantic Dialogue, 24-27 May 2017, Luxembourg
At this year’s conference, participants will explore the growing importance of cultural diplomacy in international relations and the key role universities have in this regard. They will discuss the role of culture diplomacy in negotiating problems facing humanity, how universities can harness the potential of cultural diplomacy to transform societies, and how to interpret cultural diplomacy and act upon it. More...
2nd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event: Last chance to register
Time is running out to register for the 2nd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event (ECE). Organised in the framework of the UNI-SET project, the event will be hosted by the Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy, from 26 to 28 September 2016. The registration deadline is 14 September. More...
3rd EUA Funding Forum: Registration deadline approaching
EUA is starting the new academic year with a high-level event addressing key university funding issues. The 3rd EUA Funding Forum, “Efficient universities: Value for society,” will look at university efficiency and effectiveness against the backdrop of the latest public funding trends at the European and national level. More...
EUA takes part in Parliament hearings on the EU’s Financial Regulation
The European Parliament invited EUA to present its views on the revision of the EU’s Financial Regulation at a workshop on 11 July 2016. Organised by the Parliament’s Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control, the workshop offered an opportunity to discuss issues surrounding research funding with relevant stakeholders. More...
EUA Workshop: Universities as motors of innovation in Central and Eastern Europe
EUA and the Polish Rectors’ Conference (CRASP) are jointly organising a workshop entitled “Universities as motors of innovation in Central and Eastern Europe.” It will take place on 13 October 2016 and will be hosted by the University of Warsaw in Poland. More...
