The wet and verdant expanse of the Mekong Delta’s rivers and farms is a veritable rice bowl for the world. Not only do the region’s paddies produce half of Viet Nam’s rice crop yearly, the country is the world’s third largest rice exporter, with 17% of world exports of paddy rice, the vast majority of which is produced in the Mekong River delta. More...
Ever hear of triple-bottom line accounting? This is what businesses use to go beyond the usual financial balance sheet to ensure their accounts reflect environmentally and socially responsible profits and loss. Shareholders and clients increasingly want companies to be clean and responsible in their business practices, to such an extent that it can affect their stock value. More...
The 2018 financial discussions were kickstarted by the European Commission at the high-level conference held on 8-9 January entitled “Shaping our future – Designing the next multiannual financial framework”, via its think-tank, the European Political Strategy Centre. The event notably featured top representation from the European Commission, including President Juncker and the Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Günther Oettinger, a large number of Member States ministers, as well as members of the European Parliament, the European Investment Bank, and experts from academia. The conference focused on debating the main political lines for the future EU financial period. More...
The TRUNAK project officially started at the end of 2017 with a kick-off meeting in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The project, supported by the European Union under Erasmus+, seeks to enhance university autonomy in Kazakhstan.
The project runs until October 2020. It is coordinated by Karaganda State Medical University and includes five other Kazakh universities, the Ministries of Health and of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, as well as six EU universities. It aims at developing both the management and governance of Kazakh universities, as well as the capacities of national authorities to modernise their higher education systems by supporting the definition, implementation and monitoring of reform policies. More...
Data collected by EUA on the Refugees Welcome Map proves that universities all over Europe already support students and scholars who are forced to flee their countries. The main reason why universities cannot do more is simply a lack of funding. A grant for international talent with protection status would not solve the refugee crisis, but it would allow European universities to sustain and enhance their engagement for refugees. It would also present an opportunity for the further internationalisation of the higher education sector. For member states, this should be welcome as support and as a complement to their own integration efforts, and the European Union would set a clear signal internationally, demonstrating its support for academic freedom, for civic and human rights, raising awareness and inspiring others to follow suit. More...
EUA is carrying out a study on the organisation of doctoral education in Europe. The outcomes of the study will influence future activities of EUA and its Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE). The latter brings together a community of academic leaders and doctoral education professionals from more than 230 universities in over 30 countries.
We are also happy to invite you to save the date for the presentation of the final report, which will take place at the 11th EUA-CDE Annual Meeting, “Excellence through diversity: doctoral education in a globalised world” on 7-8 June 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More...
The European Commission has launched a series of public consultations to ask stakeholders and citizens in which areas Europe should invest in the future. This is to prepare the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post-2020 which will also include the next Erasmus Programme, the Framework Programme for Research (FP9) and structural funds. EUA is closely involved in the discussions through its campaign on EU Funding for Universities and will continue to advocate for ambitious, simple and sustainable funding on behalf of its members. More...
EUA is pleased to announce the programme for the EUA Annual Conference, which will take place on 5- 6 April 2018, hosted by the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
Under the title ‘Engaged and responsible universities shaping Europe’, the conference will focus on the societal mission of universities and will provide participants with an opportunity to explore how universities across Europe demonstrate their social responsibility by ensuring that their activities contribute to shaping society at large. More...
The organisers of the European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) are seeking universities to host EQAF in November 2019 and 2020. Details regarding the requirements for hosting the Forum are available for download. More...
EUA is pleased to announce the date for its next Energy Clustering Event which will be hosted by the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France) on 21-22 March 2018. The event seeks to strengthen the dialogue on the current and future role of universities in the triangle of Europe’s energy, research and higher education policy. More...
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