A widely heard criticism of carbon pricing is that it will simply hurt the poor. But just like other similar schemes with environmental aims, such as water charging, the opposite is true. It all depends on having the right policies in place. More...
The 6th Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum will be hosted by the Singapore Management University, on 9-13 October. Under the title ‘Future-ready Universities and Graduates: Quality Education Beyond the Horizon’, ARC6 will offer an experiential conference setting, which fuses content-focused dialogues with interactive networking sessions and practical workshops. More...
A launch event is organised by the European Commission to mark the adoption of its Communication "Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions". The event will take place on 20 and 21 September 2017 in Brussels.
A draft agenda is available and you can register online no later than 8 September 2017. More...
The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) is pleased to announce its FNR ATTRACT programme open to future research leaders (levels R2-R3) who have an excellent track record and between two and eight years of experience after their doctorate. The FNR ATTRACT grant offers them the opportunity to set up their own research team within one of the country’s research institutions in domains of strategic relevance. Candidates are offered a 5-year grant of 1.5 – 2 million euros, depending on their level of seniority (FNR ATTRACT Starting or Consolidator Grants), plus a tenure track with in-built promotion. More...
After four years of in-depth investigation of procedures, standards, and principles in ethics assessment of research and innovation (R&I), across different scientific disciplines, institutions, and countries, the EU-funded FP7 SATORI project seeks to bring together all relevant stakeholder groups and experts to look at the future trends in the ethics of R&I. More...
“We’re all in the same boat”. This realisation by the participants of a large gender conference in Bonn last month was encouraging. Over two days, academics from all over the world discussed the barriers faced by female management staff in the higher education sector. An international network is helpful precisely because the problems are similar all over the world. More...
The workshop “How to respond better to refugee students: strategies, tools and lessons learned”, co-hosted with the University of Oslo on 12 September 2017, will provide a space for case-based peer learning and exchange on welcoming refugee students on campus, and on fully embedding the integration of refugees into institutional strategy. More...
The British Council has published a communiqué entitled ‘Our Shared European Future’, outlining specific recommendations to EU and UK leaders. Since January 2017, the EU-UK Culture and Education Series has convened over 500 leaders from the education, culture, science and research sectors across 32 European countries. More...
The conference will take place in Bucharest, Romania on 27–29 November 2017.
The call for papers is open until 28 July 2017. More...
The IAU 2017 International Conference (18-20 October), hosted by the University of Ghana, will be devoted to the theme “Leadership for a changing public private higher education funding landscape”. More...
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