EUA recently launched its annual Public Funding Observatory, which is composed of an overview report and an updated online tool. This year’s edition records worrying signals from Northern Europe, a region that has so far kept up investments in higher education and research. Concerns particularly relate to Denmark and Finland, where new governments have embarked on cost-cutting programmes for the sector. More...

EUA will coordinate the EFFECT (European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching) project (2015-2018), which will facilitate the exchange of practices and experiences for teaching enhancement initiatives in different European countries, and assess the feasibility of establishing a European structure so as to continue beyond the duration of the actual project. More...

The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) has opened registrations for its 9th thematic workshop on “Doctoral Supervision – practices and responsibilities”. The workshop will be held at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, on 20-21 January 2016, and will address the supervisor-supervisee relationship, institutional practices and how to engage with supervisors. More...

The next EUA webinar will be an interactive discussion on the top 10 key findings of the report “Trends 2015 - Learning and Teaching in European Universities” and will take place on 25 November 2015, 14.00 CET. More...

EUA’s Annual Conference 2016 on the theme “Bricks and clicks for Europe: building a successful digital campus” will take place on 7-8 April 2016 at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). In the framework of the conference, EUA has launched a Call for Presentations for three Working Group sessions. More...

The EUA Council adopted a statement on refugee students and academics at the end of October. Science4Refugees is accessible to refugees and institutions through the EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion portal, a pan-European initiative providing access to a complete range of information and support services to researchers wishing to find jobs and pursue their research careers in Europe. More...

EUA calls upon policy makers and higher education institutions in Europe to enable refugee students to gain access to higher education. During its last meeting on 23 October in Brussels, the EUA Council adopted a statement on refugee students and academics. More...

EUA has launched a series of interviews “University Leaders’ Perspectives: Governance and Funding”, which is a new style that gives university leaders the opportunity to express their views on current issues in the field. With this series of interviews, EUA follows up on the 2nd Funding Forum held one year ago in Bergamo, Italy. More...

EUA presents the first European Atlas of Universities in Energy Research & Education, a compendium of European university-based Master, Doctorate and Research Programmes. The Atlas has been developed by the EUA energy platform, the “European Platform of Universities in Energy Research & Education” (EUA-EPUE). The aim of this platform is to support universities by addressing “grand challenges” in the energy field, in particular the transition towards a low-carbon society. More...

The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) has published a Call for Presentations for the 9th CDE thematic workshop to be held at Delft University, the Netherlands, on 20-21 January 2016, entitled “Doctoral Supervision – practices and responsibilities”. The workshop will look at the supervisor-supervisee relationship, institutional practices and how to engage with supervisors. More...