UAS4EUROPE aims at providing a central platform for European universities of applied sciences, allowing them to join forces and speak with one voice. Just before the launch, UAS4EUROPE presented a joint position paper that shows the roles of universities of applied sciences and their value to Europe. More...

The Guild brings together universities from across Europe that have demonstrable excellence in teaching, research and policy formation to collaborate on the creation of innovative solutions to some of Europe’s most intractable scientific and social challenges. More...

The University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) has launched a call for abstracts and proposals for its Asia-Pacific Conference on University-Industry Engagement which will take place from 15 to 17 February 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. More...

The event, which will be hosted by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), is entitled “Challenges of the Digital Era for Education, Working and Learning: Researchers and Practitioners in Dialogue”. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the current and future technological challenges in the field of education and to exchange, think and rethink innovations in education, as well as explore the impact of virtual technology. More...

The event will focus on national and institutional policies in the changing pedagogical landscape, empowering universities for excellence in higher education, the Modernisation Agenda for European universities, blended degree education on campus, flexible continuing education, open education and learning analytics and technologies. The conference will also serve as a platform for discussion on social inclusion for migrants and refugees and Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. More...

This year’s theme is “Management Education for a Digital World”. Deans and directors of universities and business schools, leaders of international and regional management development institutions, as well as international publishers and representatives from business, government and the media will take part in the event. More...

The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is currently studying the feasibility of a European database of higher education institutions and programmes that have been subject to quality assurance by EQAR-registered agencies. The purpose of the database would be to allow for easy access to the corresponding reports and decisions. More...

The Association will hold the EARTO-EBN-ERRIN High-Level Debate on “EU Regional Innovation Policies looking forward Post-2020: RIS3 & Simplification” on 13 October on the occasion of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC). Registration for this event will open on 8 July via the EWRC website. More...

On 30 June 2016, the European Commission published its proposal for the 2017 EU budget. The proposal also includes the annual programme budget for Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+.
Overall the draft budget amounts to €157.7 billion in commitments, a 1.7% increase compared to this year’s budget, and €134.9 billion in payments, a 6.2% decrease compared to 2016. With its proposal, the Commission aims to support economic recovery and address the security and humanitarian challenges facing the Union. More...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching two new areas of work in the field of higher education: benchmarking system performance and in-depth analysis of higher education issues. The first topic chosen for examination is labour market relevance and outcomes of higher education. More...