On 30 January 2019, the European Commission proposed that Erasmus+ students currently in the UK be allowed to continue their studies after the Brexit deadline. This would also be the case for UK Erasmus+ students on exchange. The proposal regarding UK students holds the condition that the UK honour its financial commitments for the current Multiannual Financial Framework. More...

The spectre of digitalisation casts a growing shadow over the world of work, presenting a range of challenges to professionals and managers. And as Europe moves to a more green, low-carbon economy, employment markets are facing another set of difficulties. More...

Inspired by the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area, universities across the continent have been increasingly participating in international exchange programmes, developing and organising joint and double-diploma programmes, and collaborating in various study projects. More...

The European University Association (EUA) has been focusing on learning and teaching, and how universities can better balance their research and education missions while meeting the students’ needs to become active partners in the learning process. More...

The African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ASG-QA), developed in the context of the Africa-EU Partnership, were published in the end of 2018. They are part of a larger process in Africa that aims to ensure the implementation of the Pan-African Quality Assurance Framework (PAQAF), and were developed under the Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Initiative, funded by the European Commission. More...

At Malmö University (MAU) in Sweden, there is a clear aim to attract a non-traditional student population and to promote a cross-disciplinary base in order to address societal challenges and propose solutions. This is done, among other things, through student-centered pedagogy and societal engagement. We call this challenge-based learning. More...

For the past twenty years, the Bologna Process has provided a framework for European collaboration in higher education by promoting common degree structures and approaches to quality assurance, recognition and credit allocations, among others. The Paris Ministerial Communiqué published last May identifies “cooperation in innovative learning and teaching practices as another hallmark of the EHEA”. More...

EUA member universities Roma Tre, Sapienza and Tor Vergata offer in March a series of open lectures on Europe, addressed to all students of the three Roman insitutions. More...

A European Union training day entitled "The European Union, the realization of a dream", will be held Tuesday, 19 February from 9.00 to 17.00, for teachers of schools in Lazio, at the Roma Tre University. More...

The call for paper proposals for the 41st Annual EAIR Forum 2019, hosted by the Leiden University, the Netherlands, is open untill 18 February. The theme of the 2019 EAIR Leiden Forum is “RESPONSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS: WHAT? WHY? HOW?”. More...