EUA is pleased to announce that registration is still open for the Annual Conference 2016 that will take place at the National University of Ireland (NUI) in Galway from 7 to 8 April 2016. Please register by 1 March 2016 to benefit from the early bird reduced fee. The overall deadline for registration is 20 March 2016. More...
EUA President meets Commissioner Navracsics
The consultation on the revision of the EU’s Modernisation Agenda was also part of the discussion. As EUA welcomes the revision, Tarrach expressed support for the priorities already identified by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture and confirmed that EUA is preparing a response on behalf of its members. More...
EUA responds to EC’s European copyright framework
EUA has offered a list of six suggestions to the European Commission regarding its intentions to move towards a modern, more European copyright framework. More...
ERC announces winners of Consolidator Grant competition
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 585 million euros to more than 300 mid-career scientists. The winners of the 2015 Consolidator Grant competition will receive up to two million euros each to consolidate their research teams and develop their innovative ideas. More...
Lithuania: An experimental “class voucher” methodology aimed at solving education funding problems will be tested
The financing principle “the money follows the pupil” or better known as the “pupil voucher” implemented in Lithuania has been criticised for a number of years. With the decreasing number of pupils in schools, particularly in rural areas, this fails indeed to ensure equal financing. In fact, it often encourages educational establishments to compete with each other by simply reducing the requirements for students rather than improving the quality of education, as schools are interested in attracting a pupil and so the “pupil voucher”. More...
Jean Monnet in Ukraine: strengthening academic ties between the EU and its neighbours
Security cooperation, early-warning systems, NATO and crisis management: these were themes that dominated a highly-pertinent research conference in Kiev, Ukraine, in May 2014.
The conference, run by the International Association for Institutional Studies and dedicated to Europe's evolving security landscape, was planned in 2013. This was before the Maidan and Ukraine crisis had come to dominate the news agenda worldwide in November 2013. More...
Ressource Euroguidance : construction de l' espace européen de l'éducation et de la formation
Apprentissage en milieu de travail en éducation et formation professionnelles continues: politiques et pratiques en Europe
COW Boys & Girls, un apprentissage conjoint
COW BOYS & GIRLS (Create Our Way, Boys and Girls) est un partenariat stratégique entre les villes de Cenon (Aquitaine, France) et Parades de Coura (Norte, Portugal), associées chacune à des établissements scolaires et des opérateurs artistiques et culturels de leur territoire : Musiques de nuit, L'EPLC du Rocher de Palmer, le Collège Jean Zay et le LABA pour Cenon, AltoMinho TV et le Lycée professionnel EPRAMI pour la ville de Paredes. Voir l'article...