Is trust between people and their governments crumbling? What the great philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau called the social contract, whereby free citizens voluntarily agree to concede authority to the state in their own interest, could be in question. The OECD’s How’s Life? 2017 report finds that only 38% of people in OECD countries say they trust their government. More...
Listening to the radio this morning, I heard a story about a former FBI agent who had come out of retirement to reopen a very old case: who tipped off the Gestapo to Anne Frank’s whereabouts? There have been two investigations into the circumstances leading up to the arrest of the young diarist and her family on 4 August 1944 in Amsterdam, but this newest attempt is using artificial intelligence (AI). More...
Air pollution in Delhi has been so bad this November that the Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency. At more than 25 times the WHO recommended level, the pollution peak in India’s capital has been extraordinary. More...
Pricing carbon is one of the surest policy means we know for curbing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement agreed in 2015. Has there been any progress with its implementation since then? Not enough, is the verdict of some of the world’s leading experts. More...
The European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching (EFFECT) project, funded under the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme and coordinated by EUA, is launching a call for participation for higher education institutions that are currently developing or enhancing their strategies for learning and teaching. More...
The report provides the reader with an insight into the discussions and conclusions of the groups with each chapter consisting of the summary of one thematic peer group presenting first the challenges identified, followed by recommendations on how to address them. With this document EUA advocates consolidating a European dimension in learning and teaching that will be driven by universities, in collaboration with national and European policy makers and other actors. More...
After a year of looking back into the evolution of what started as a student mobility programme in 1987, today marks the end of the Erasmus+ programme 30th anniversary celebration. This is a great opportunity to take stock of the Erasmus+ achievements, suggest improvements and raise the bar for an even more ambitious scheme beyond 2020. More...
When we think of how Europe can best invest in research and innovation, we often instinctively foresee putting our money behind new scientific discoveries and technological devices engineered to better our individual lives. More...
A new dynamic is emerging in Brussels following a recent European Commission proposal to create a European Education Area. The move, accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron’s push for coordinated networks of universities, and discussions at the recent Social Summit in Gothenburg, finally puts education where it belongs – at the heart of a more social and prosperous Europe. More...
EUA is pleased to announce the EUA Annual Conference on 5-6 April 2018 and hosted by the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
Universities, through their core missions of education, research, and innovation, are key drivers of knowledge societies. Europe is currently facing challenges including social and educational inequality, demographic changes and new migration patterns. More...
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