The QAA held its Annual Conference at the University of Birmingham in April 2016. The theme of 'The Right Touch' aimed to reflect the need for the collective shaping of the right quality assurance, the right regulation and the right policies to safeguard the world class reputation of our higher education sector and the academic experiences of our students for the future. More...
The Government White Paper on higher education, Success as a Knowledge Economy, sets out significant reforms for higher education in England. More...
In March this year, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) published its Revised operating model for quality assessment. In the revised model, HEFCE offered the opportunity to tender for aspects of UK higher education quality assessment. More...
A two-year project on the Quality Assurance of Cross-Border Higher Education (QACHE) has just culminated in a final report (opens in new window). Its findings and recommendations point to the value of international cooperation among quality assurance agencies so that institutions can offer students the benefits of transnational education opportunities without undue administrative burden. More...
To forge better links not only between university research laboratories but also with companies, there should be more room for bottom-up, collaborative research in the EU’s framework research programme – specifically in Horizon 2020’s pillars II and III. Today, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) issues a Note to call attention to this issue. More...
The League of European Research Universities (LERU), one of the strongest collaborations of leading research universities in the world, regrets the outcome of the recent UK referendum. With 21 members across 10 countries, LERU nonetheless respects the result as the democratic will of the British people. More...
Now in its seventh iteration, ESOF attracts about 5,000 delegates from across the world to the host city during the week of the conference, which, in 2016, will be held between 24 and 27 July in Manchester. ESOF is one of the best opportunities for everyone from leading scientists, early careers researchers, business people, policy makers, science and technology communicators to the general public to come together to find out more about the latest scientific breakthroughs and how science is helping us advance today. More...
On 20 June 2016 the EC's High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud, on which LERU was represented by Dr Paul Ayris (UCL) and Prof Barend Moons (Leiden University), published its draft Report. This is the product of months of deliberation and discussion amongst the Group's international membership. More...
On 28 May 2016, the International Association for Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) issued a response to the EU Competitiveness Council’s Conclusions on Open Science. Although welcoming the move to Open Science, STM noted its concern at a number of Conclusions which the Council has reached. More...
Today, the EU Member State Ministers responsible for Research have adopted conclusions that will set the way forward for research and innovation. These conclusions are the result of the exemplary Dutch Presidency of the EU Council. A Presidency that has put research high on the agenda and has made its actions match its words by delivering on its priorities. The Council conclusions set the course of action on the three main priorities identified by the Dutch Presidency in research and innovation: higher impact of investments in R&I via better circulation and access to knowledge (Open Science); improved framework conditions (R&I friendly regulation); and investment in R&I as essential for economic growth & jobs and tackling societal challenges (Framework Programmes). More...
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