As announced in the Spending Review, the Government is taking forward a review of the Research Excellence Framework to ensure future university research funding is allocated more efficiently, offers greater rewards for excellent research and reduces the administrative burden on institutions. More...
A further £200 million is being allocated across the UK to develop research facilities to encourage collaboration and support excellent research. More...
HEFCE has published a framework setting out how it will monitor compliance with the new Prevent duty in the higher education sector in England. Higher education providers will need to submit a self-assessment of their levels of preparedness in January, followed by more detailed information later the year. More...
The recent high-level conference “Lund Revisited: Next steps in tackling societal challenges” which took place on 4-5 December 2015 in Lund, took stock of the progress made since the 2009 Lund Declaration that prepared the way for Horizon 2020.
One of the conference’s central outcomes was a new 2015 Lund Declaration with recommendations for further advancement. The declaration focuses on four main priorities: Alignment, Frontier research, Global cooperation and Impact. More...
The development of pedagogics and didactics for higher education teaching is an area of growing importance for universities. The EFFECT project (European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching), a three-year project co-funded by the EU, assesses the feasibility of a European level structure that would support the enhancement of university teaching. More...
EUA is pleased to announce that registrations are open for five events this coming spring as part of the EQUIP project (Enhancing Quality through Innovative Policy and Practice). More...
EUA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for EUA’s 2016 Annual Conference that will take place at the National University of Ireland, Galway on 7-8 April 2016. The theme of the conference is “Bricks and clicks for Europe: building a successful digital campus”. More...
The document is an integral element of the EC’s digital single market strategy and aims at increasing the availability of creative content across the EU without compromising the protection of copyright holders. The Communication provides a framework with short-term goals, including the “portability” of online content services, mid-term plans for proposals in 2016, and a long-term vision for the coming years. More...
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