On 10 December 2015, the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) is organising a European Policy Seminar on the international refugee crisis. The event will bring together relevant stakeholders to address this pertinent question from different perspectives and to explore the best ways to support refugee students and academics from Europe and the Middle East. More...
On Saturday 14 November 2015, the negotiators of the European Parliament and European Council agreed on the EU budget for next year. This agreement comes before the end of the limited conciliation period when both institutions have to reach a compromise, denoting that the 2016 budget will be implemented in time. Considering the wider economic and political context and pressures on the overall EU budget, the outcomes regarding Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, two EU funding programmes of major importance to European universities, can be regarded positively. More...
On 23 October 2015 the EUA Council decided to take forward a recommendation made by EUA’s Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science to develop a roadmap to assist European universities in the transition to Open Access. More...
The discussions covered a broad range of topics, including developments in the European Research Area (ERA), the contribution of universities to society and progress on the FP7 UNI-SET project. RPWG members also discussed a draft background paper, in preparation for the upcoming high-level conference “Lund Revisited: Next steps in tackling Societal Challenges”, which will take place at Lund University (Sweden) on 4 December 2015. More...
In spring 2015, EUA Solutions, one of EUA’s special membership services, concluded an evaluation exercise at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the management of doctoral education at the university. More...
The top 10 key findings of the Trends report will be presented by author Andrée Sursock during the webinar, and there will also be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. More...
The European Commission’s new Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) was launched on 10 November 2015 announcing the seven leading scientists who will form the first High Level Group of scientific advisors. The seven members of the High Level Group were selected following an open call for nominations and the recommendations of an independent identification committee. More...
The German Rectors’ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz - HRK) has today, 11 November, launched an initiative for ‘Open Universities’, calling on its members to stand up against any form of xenophobia, and to defend the basic university values of openness, tolerance and diversity against the backdrop of the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe. The European University Association (EUA) welcomes and fully supports the HRK’s initiative. More...
EUA recently launched its annual Public Funding Observatory, which is composed of an overview report and an updated online tool. This year’s edition records worrying signals from Northern Europe, a region that has so far kept up investments in higher education and research. Concerns particularly relate to Denmark and Finland, where new governments have embarked on cost-cutting programmes for the sector. More...
EUA will coordinate the EFFECT (European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching) project (2015-2018), which will facilitate the exchange of practices and experiences for teaching enhancement initiatives in different European countries, and assess the feasibility of establishing a European structure so as to continue beyond the duration of the actual project. More...
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