The Brief shows that collectively, EU Member States are getting closer to the EU headline target: by 2020, the share of early leavers from education and training (aged 18-24) should be less than 10 %. Nevertheless, ELET remains still a serious challenge in many EU countries. Though all countries have put in place measures to fight against early leaving, only a few have so far developed a specific ELET strategy, integrating prevention, intervention and compensation measures. More...
Contributing to a resilient Energy Union
Contributing to a resilient Energy Union: Paving the way for a successful new European energy R&I approach through an integrated energy storage and smart grid strategy, Brussels, Belgium (17 June 2015)
For further information, please visit the event website and to register, please email brusselsevents@investni.com. More...
27th Annual EAIE Conference, Glasgow, Scotland (15-18 September 2015)
The conference programme includes plenary sessions, workshops, poster sessions, campus tours and networking events. The conference focuses on diverse topics relating to higher education – student experience, EAIE, admissions and accreditation, mobility and learning, teaching and curriculum etc. The event is expected to be the largest international higher education conference. To register, click here. More...
EUA affiliate DAAD, Germany celebrates 90 years
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) this year celebrates its 90th anniversary. Established in 1925, it has become the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers. Since it was founded, DAAD has supported more than 1.9 million academics in Germany and abroad. More...
EUA signs joint statement on ERA
EUA hosts round table on higher education in the European Neighbourhood Policy
On 17 June, EUA hosted a public event targeting the Brussels policy community on ‘Higher Education in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy’. This round table was prompted by an ongoing EU consultation on the revision/re-orientation of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP – deadline 30 June). More...
International Doctoral Education: registrations open for FRINDOC Launch Event
EUA has opened registrations to participate in the final conference of the FRINDOC project (Framework for the Internationalisation of Doctoral Education), which will be hosted by Imperial College London (UK) on 24-25 September 2015. The event will focus on institutional structures supporting international doctoral education. More...
EUA launches DOC-CAREERS II project report
EUA has recently published a report with the outcomes of the DOC-CAREERS II project – Promoting Collaborative Doctoral Education for Enhanced Career Opportunities (2009-2012). The DOC-CAREERS II project built on the first DOC-CAREERS project (2006-2009) and sought to further test and validate the main results of the first project, as well as to involve universities, their business partners and doctoral candidates with a view to collect “full stories” of collaborative doctoral experience. More...
UNI-SET Universities Survey on energy research and education
Over 100 European universities have already responded to the invitation of EUA to contribute to the UNI-SET Universities Survey. The mapping exercise is part of the FP7-funded UNI-SET project that is intended to mobilise Europe’s universities to contribute to the SET-Plan objectives and the Energy Union. More...