On 21 May, the renowned Turkish Scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for “aiding a terrorist organisation as a non-member”.
She is accused of being one of the more than 2 000 signatories of the 10 January 2016 declaration “We Will not be a Party to this Crime” of The Academics For Peace Group. The document accused the Turkish government of “deliberate and planned massacre” of the civic population in Eastern Turkey. More...

The partners of the project ‘Linking academic recognition and quality assurance’ (LIREQA) have published recommendations on how fair and effective academic recognition practices can be supported through internal and external quality assurance. More...

The INVITED project establishes a knowledge base on the engagement of universities in diversity, equity and inclusion across Europe. It promotes good practice exchange and fosters dialogue between stakeholders at the system level in order to ensure that public policies, including regulatory and funding frameworks empower universities to fulfil their social responsibility. More...

The Steering Committee of ESU’s Quality Assurance (QA) Student Experts Pool hereby opens a call for 60 members. More...

The archives have been deposited in 2015 at the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence by the European University Association. The 452 files cover 50 years of activities of the CRE and are now accessible for consultation in the reading room of the Archives. More...

IF@ULB offers a unique opportunity to recruit 63 international postdoctoral researchers in total at ULB. 21 postdoc researchers were granted a fellowship for the first call. They will start their project from 1 July 2019. More...

The Magna Charta Universitatum was first signed by 388 rectors in Bologna in September 1988. It defined fundamental principles and means of achieving them so that universities could play an effective role in society. More...

This IMZ Academy establishes the importance of media skills for the next generation of musicians and explores how the music education of the future should adapt its syllabus to prepare students effectively for the opportunities and challenges of the digital realm. More...

Applications are now open for the ever popular HUMANE and EFMD annual Summer School “Transforming Higher Education Professional Services". Once again it will be delivered at the iconic Freie University Berlin on 15-20 September 2019. More...

The Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, jointly with the Italian Ministry for Education, Universities and Research, under the aegis of the Observatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum, invite rectors and academics to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Bologna Declaration. More...