The Africa-EU Harmonisation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Initiative (HAQAA) held its launch event on 20 September 2016 in Windhoek, Namibia.
The initiative supports the implementation of the Pan-African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework (PAQAF), which aims for the capacity development of the national and regional quality assurance (QA) and accreditation bodies in Africa, and helps the African higher education institutions in developing their own QA processes. More...

EUA will partner in a new project called “Higher Education Supporting Refugees in Europe (inHERE).” EUA’s highly-successful Refugees Welcome Map will feed into the project, which aims to address higher education access and integration of refugees. The initiative will kick off in Rome, Italy on 26 and 27 September 2016. More...

The Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU and EUA organised an informal meeting with national education and research counsellors to discuss current trends and challenges of public university funding on 21 September 2016 in Brussels. More...

On 14 September 2016, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, made his annual State of the Union speech outlining the policy priorities for the coming year. EUA expresses its disappointment in what seems to be a continued low priority for research and higher education from the side of the European Commission. More...

EUA is pleased to announce that its Annual Conference will take place from 6 to 7 April 2017 at the University of Bergen in Norway.
The conference will focus on university autonomy and academic freedom, both crucial for the well-functioning of universities and higher education systems. More...

Registration is still open for the 11th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), which will take place from 17 to 19 November 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The deadline for the early-bird registration fee is 3 October. More...

The European Platform of Universities in Energy Research & Education (EUA-EPUE) and the UNI-SET consortium are inviting universities to contribute to different parallel and knowledge clustering sessions at the upcoming 3rd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event (ECE). Entitled “Universities in the Energy Transition: Focus on Smart Energy Systems and Communities,” the event will be hosted by the University Politehnica of Bucharest from 21 to 23 November 2016 in Romania. More...