The use and sharing of research data has changed the way research is undertaken. The conference endeavours to encourage researchers, research funders, publishers, research organisations and senior decision makers to explore their roles and responsibilities in this dynamic environment. More...

The European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) has launched a survey on leadership for active and former female rectors and vice rectors.
The survey would help EWORA define its future activities. It aims to collect experiences, perceptions and expectations of women in leadership positions across Europe. More...

Taking its cues from the practical guide on “Improving Gender Equality in Research Organisations,” which was issued by Science Europe on the occasion of the event, discussions centred on how to avoid unconscious bias in peer review processes; how to monitor gender equality; and how to improve grant management practices. More...

Registration is now open for the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCs) 2017, which will take place in Madrid, Spain from 22 to 26 May. This year the conference will focus on “Digital Education: Out to the world and back to the campus.” More...

EUA invites all European universities and higher education institutions to participate in the TRENDS 2018 survey. The eighth in the series, the EUA flagship initiative aims to map developments in Europe’s changing higher education landscape. More...

The USTREAM (Universities for Strategic, Efficient and Autonomous Management) project partners have launched a call inviting senior university managers and public administrators to participate in a series of peer learning seminars on various aspects of efficiency and effectiveness in the higher education context. More...

Since its set up in 2007, some 7 000 top researchers have been awarded the highly-competitive and much sought-after ERC grants, creating career opportunities for about 50 000 scientists. Six grantees went on to receive the Nobel Prize and ERC funding has led to more than 800 patent applications, along with uncountable scientific discoveries. More than 180 researchers have also moved to Europe with an ERC grant, bolstering the attractiveness of the European university landscape. More...

EUA participated in a panel reflecting stakeholders’ views, alongside the European Court of Auditors and the European Parliament, and brought forward the outcomes of its own large-scale membership consultation on the mid-term review, to support the following points:

• Simplification must benefit the beneficiaries;
• Accepting nationally-recognised management and accounting practices is the most important step towards effective simplification;
• Measures presented on additional remuneration cannot alone address the challenges involved in widening participation;
• Financial instruments must be designed in full recognition of the specificities of research work (and therefore not be result-based). More...

EUA has updated its latest data on women in leadership positions in Europe’s universities. The results show that in the 47 countries with EUA members, only 12% of all rectors are female.
On a related note, the European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) has launched a survey on leadership for active and former female rectors and vice rectors. The survey results will be published in May. EWORA is dedicated to promoting the role of women in leadership positions in the academic sector and advocating gender equality in higher education and research at European and international scales. More...

The White Paper looks at how Europe might change over the next decade and spells out the choice between being swept along by those developments or embracing them and seizing the new opportunities they bring. It points out that countries will have to work closely together to achieve more and outlines five scenarios on how to do this, concluding that no matter what the cooperation model will be, Europe's prosperity is likely to depend on openness and strong links with partners. More...