Education Ministers ready to boost future Erasmus+ and enhance cooperation
The European University Association (EUA) welcomes the willingness of EU Member States to significantly increase the budget for the future Erasmus+ programme after 2020. This broad support for a strong future programme is the main outcome of the Education Council meeting on 15 February 2018 where ministers discussed the mid-term evaluation of the current Erasmus+ programme presented by the European Commission. More...
Registration and Call for Contributions open for the 11th EUA-CDE Annual Meeting
Registration for the 11th EUA-CDE Annual Meeting “Excellence through diversity: Doctoral education in a globalised world” is now open. The event will be hosted by the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia on 7-8 June 2018. More...
EUA calls on universities to take urgent action in Djalali case
EUA is asking its many members to speak out in the case of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a scholar of disaster medicine who is facing execution in Iran. Iran’s Supreme Court recently confirmed Dr. Djalali’s death sentence, stripped him of his right to an appeal and rejected a recent request to review his case. Dr. Djalali is a Swedish resident based in Italy and Belgium who was imprisoned while participating in a workshop in Iran. More...
Erasmus+: European Commission publishes midterm evaluation report
On 31 January 2018, the European Commission published the external midterm evaluation report of the Erasmus+ programme. The report, “Combined evaluation of Erasmus+ and predecessor programmes”, is accompanied by the Commission’s own report and a staff working paper. They provide evidence for discussions both on the midterm review and on the development of the post-2020 programme. EUA finds that the external report provides extensive documentation and analyses, however some important findings are not even based on Erasmus+, but on its predecessor programmes. More...
EUNIS 2018 Rectors’ Conference, 26-28 April, Porto
EUNIS and the University of Porto take great pleasure in inviting Rectors, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Provosts, Vice Chancellors and other senior leaders from Higher Education Institutions to join the EUNIS 2018 Rectors’ Conference. More...
EWORA Workshop "Change Management and Resistance": 24 - 26 May 2018, Lisbon
The European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) is happy to announce its 2nd General Assembly and 1st EWORA Workshop entitled "Change Management and Resistance” which will take place at University of Lisbon Nova on 24- 26 May 2018. More...
CRESTING: Call for applications for 15 Early-stage researchers on the topic of Circular Economy
The CRESTING project, coordinated by the University of Hull (UK), awards fellowships to Early-stage researchers around Europe, to develop different aspects around the research theme “Circular Economy: sustainability implications and guiding progress”. More...
STREAM online training and good practice platform for admissions officers now updated
The platform now includes a section on the latest developments in recognition of foreign qualifications (login required), offering information on automatic recognition, the global recognition convention, quality assurance of recognition procedures (ESG 1.4) and digitalization. In addition the training module on recognition of refugees qualifications (login required) has been renewed. More...
Launch of a francophone Observatory on gender issues in universities in 2018
RESUFF was created by the AUF, and at its constitutive assembly (Paris, 2015) it brought together nearly forty women university managers, presidents and vice-presidents, rectors and vice-rectors, and deans, from AUF member institutions. More...
Conference on Partnerships for Digital Future, 19-20 April, Tallinn
The Conference, which will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, will focus on the HE educational policies and academic issues, the role of PHE within diversified higher education systems across Europe and relevant policies and expectations from and partnerships with the businesses and other partners from the world of work. More...
