At this year’s conference, participants will explore the growing importance of cultural diplomacy in international relations and the key role universities have in this regard. They will discuss the role of culture diplomacy in negotiating problems facing humanity, how universities can harness the potential of cultural diplomacy to transform societies, and how to interpret cultural diplomacy and act upon it. More...

Time is running out to register for the 2nd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event (ECE). Organised in the framework of the UNI-SET project, the event will be hosted by the Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy, from 26 to 28 September 2016. The registration deadline is 14 September. More...

EUA is starting the new academic year with a high-level event addressing key university funding issues. The 3rd EUA Funding Forum, “Efficient universities: Value for society,” will look at university efficiency and effectiveness against the backdrop of the latest public funding trends at the European and national level. More...

The European Parliament invited EUA to present its views on the revision of the EU’s Financial Regulation at a workshop on 11 July 2016. Organised by the Parliament’s Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control, the workshop offered an opportunity to discuss issues surrounding research funding with relevant stakeholders. More...

EUA and the Polish Rectors’ Conference (CRASP) are jointly organising a workshop entitled “Universities as motors of innovation in Central and Eastern Europe.” It will take place on 13 October 2016 and will be hosted by the University of Warsaw in Poland. More...

After the vote in the UK to leave the European Union, there has been much discussion about the future of universities after Brexit. Since June, EUA has been gathering evidence regarding the possible outcomes of Brexit for European programmes for research and higher education. More...

EUA met with the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK) to discuss developments in the Turkish higher education sector following the attempted coup on 15 July 2016. The meeting took place at the EUA headquarters in Brussels on 6 September. More...

EUA is organising a webinar on the “Erasmus+ midterm review” on 28 September 2016. Ahead of the mid-term review, EUA conducted a consultation of its membership in order to develop a comprehensive view of the university sector in time for European-level discussions on the future of the programme. More...

The 4th Arab-Euro Conference on Higher Education (AECHE) is scheduled for 25 and 26 April 2017 at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. The theme of the conference is “Research for sustainable societies – the role of universities.”
Participants will have the opportunity to explore how universities collaborate in research and address issues of high national, regional and global priority, such as water, energy, and the related environmental and sustainability challenges. The conference will also focus on how Arab and European universities can work together in promoting research and research-based education, as well as relevant policy and funding frameworks. In addition, a workshop prior to the conference, on 24 April, will provide an occasion for an exchange on developments in doctoral education in both regions.
AECHE, launched in 2013, is a platform for Arab-European higher education cooperation and exchange. The conference series is organised by the AECHE Consortium, which comprises the Association of Arab Universities (AARU), EUA and the University of Barcelona, which hosts the secretariat of the initiative.
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The European University Association (EUA) strongly condemns the attack on the American University in Kabul, Afghanistan that took place on 24 August 2016. A group of militants raided the university killing 16 people, including students and staff, and injuring dozens more. More...