The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) is pleased to announce the launch of “The Doctoral Debate” – an online platform offering commentary and analysis on doctoral education in Europe. Written by academic leaders and experts in the field, “The Doctoral Debate” will showcase the work of EUA-CDE members and partners. More...

EQAF is organised annually by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE and regularly attracts over 400 participants from the higher education quality assurance community in Europe and beyond. This year’s forum will focus on the theme of ‘Broadening the scope of Quality Assurance’ and will explore how institutions and quality assurance agencies can build quality assurance systems that encompass a broad range of activities, including learning and teaching, research, governance and administration, and service to society. More...

EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) will hold a webinar on Wednesday 25 April at 14.00 CEST to give an insight into how the programme works and the impact that it has had on institutions that have undergone evaluations. Reserve your seat for this webinar and discover what IEP can do for your institution. More...

EUA and Universities UK will organise a two-day workshop on “University Autonomy in Europe: Trends, Benefits, Challenges and Threats” hosted by the University of Leicester on 23-24 April 2018. More...

On 21 March 2018, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published the briefing paper “A contribution to simplification of EU research beyond Horizon 2020”. EUA welcomes the initiative and is pleased to see its own recommendations for achieving an effective simplification of the rules for participation in the 9^th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9) reflected in the publication. More...

EUA welcomes the introduction of mission-oriented research and innovation (R&I) in the next EU Framework Programme for R&I (‘FP9’) and sketches out four general conditions and six recommendations for successful implementation in its response to the European Commission’s call for feedback on ‘Mission-Oriented R&I in the European Union’. More...

On 19-20 March EUA held a two-day training seminar for partners of the TRUNAK project, focused on promoting university autonomy in Kazakhstan. In 2018, the consortium will coordinate a large-scale mapping study of the sector, which will help to understand the regulatory environment for Kazakh universities and practices in the field.
The analysis is based on the EUA University Autonomy Scorecard methodology, which has been used in over 30 higher education systems since 2010. Last year, EUA released an updated comparative report of the state of play of university autonomy in 29 European systems. The Scorecard methodology is being adapted for the needs of the project and will help identify and compare the regulatory frameworks governing the different types of universities that co-exist in Kazakhstan. More...

The meeting of the Expert Group on RIS3 followed the recent publication of five EUA key messages on Smart Specialisation for the period post-2020, Coherent policies for Europe beyond 2020: maximising the effectiveness of smart specialisation strategies for regional development. In this document, EUA outlined five main success factors for smart specialisation, namely: investing in human talent and skills to ensure enduring innovation; enhancing the strategic involvement of universities in regional innovation ecosystems; promoting the engagement of all EU regions without compromising excellence; strengthening collaboration among stakeholders to induce innovation at the regional level; and reinforcing synergies and multi-level governance (at local, regional, national and European levels). More...

EUA invites its member universities to speak up in the “EU funding for universities” campaign about the need to increase European investment in research, education and innovation.
At the beginning of May, the European Commission will release its proposals for the post-2020 EU financial framework, which will cover the successor programmes of Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+. Now is the time to reach out to governments in all member states (and participating countries) to show them that the sector needs significantly more EU investment to achieve the Union’s ambitious goals. More...