Following the success of the activities under the Learning & Teaching Initiative in 2017, EUA continues its work to support members by providing opportunities for peer-learning and the exchange of good practice. More...

Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK are moving into the second phase. The talks during the coming months will focus on finalising the withdrawal agreement including a transitional regime, and establishing a framework for the future relationship. More...

In order to meet political ambitions and societal needs, the European Union needs a good working budget and will have to revisit its investment priorities for the future so as to be able to address the challenges Europe is facing and ensure sustainable development. Cooperation in research and education is a key facilitator to achieve these goals and should therefore be a top investment priority of the Union for the future. More...

The TandEM project (Towards Empowered Migrant Youth in Southern Europe), led by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with EUA and COREIS Italiana, was officially launched on 12 February 2018 at a kick-off meeting in Rome. The project aims to improve higher education integration of third country nationals (TCNs), and to contribute to making societies in Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain more socially inclusive. More...

The Eurasian University Union held its 2018 Higher Education Summit in Istanbul from February 14-16. EUA participated in the event that gathered higher education institution leaders, educational service providers and academics interested in developing cooperation with the Eurasian region. More...

This study, entitled ‘Enhancing quality: from policy to practice’, presents the results of this work and includes recommendations for practitioners and policy-makers. Topics covered include the diversity of external contexts and legal frameworks, institutional responsibility for QA, communication about QA, quality culture and bureaucracy, and student-centred learning. More...

Universities are still male-dominated institutions. Currently, 12% of rectors among the 47 EUA member countries are female, compared to 88% of male rectors. In the 28 EU member states, only 21% of rectors are female. However, the figures for female vice rectors are more uplifting - some EUA member countries do have gender parity (e.g. Latvia, Croatia or Norway) and, on average, a third of vice rector positions in 2010 were taken up by women in countries with EUA members. More...

The EUA Energy and Environment Platform (EUA-EPUE), EIT InnoEnergy and the University of Lorraine would like to invite you to attend the event “European Universities for a Clean Energy Future: Interdisciplinary Education, Training and Research”. The event will be hosted by the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France) on 21-22 March 2018.
Participants in the event will have the opportunity to discuss interdisciplinary education, training and research for a clean energy future. The event will take as a starting point the recommendations issued in the newly-published report “Energy Transition and the Future of Energy Research, Innovation and Education: An Action Agenda for European Universities. The report “Action Agenda”, produced by the EUA Energy and Environment Platform after the extensive three-year UNI-SET project, promotes innovative education and research activities in the field of energy and seeks to support the ambitions of many universities across Europe. More...

Registrations are now open for the EUA event “European Universities for a Clean Energy Future: Interdisciplinary Education, Training and Research”, hosted by the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France) on 21-22 March 2018. The event is co-organised by the EUA Energy and Environment Platform (EUA-EPUE), EIT InnoEnergy and the University of Lorraine. More...

The American Council on Education (ACE) has launched a global exchange on how to improve outcomes for underserved students through research, policy and the dissemination of good practices. On 2-4 February 2018, ACE invited higher education, policy and business leaders to participate in an international debate on the topic in Washington, DC.
The conference kicked-off a two-year initiative involving eight national or regional systems: Australia, Canada, Colombia, the European Union, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. In this context, an EUA delegation comprising EUA Board member Michael Murphy, Institutional Development Director Tia Loukkola and Academic Affairs Director Lewis Purser from the Irish Universities Association represented the European Union. More...