The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) has opened registrations for its 9th thematic workshop on “Doctoral Supervision – practices and responsibilities”. The workshop will be held at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, on 20-21 January 2016, and will address the supervisor-supervisee relationship, institutional practices and how to engage with supervisors. More...
Next EUA webinar to focus on Trends 2015 – Learning and Teaching in European Universities
The next EUA webinar will be an interactive discussion on the top 10 key findings of the report “Trends 2015 - Learning and Teaching in European Universities” and will take place on 25 November 2015, 14.00 CET. More...
Deadline approaching: Call for Presentations for EUA Annual Conference 2016
EUA’s Annual Conference 2016 on the theme “Bricks and clicks for Europe: building a successful digital campus” will take place on 7-8 April 2016 at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). In the framework of the conference, EUA has launched a Call for Presentations for three Working Group sessions. More...
EUA supports the “Science4Refugees” initiative
The EUA Council adopted a statement on refugee students and academics at the end of October. Science4Refugees is accessible to refugees and institutions through the EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion portal, a pan-European initiative providing access to a complete range of information and support services to researchers wishing to find jobs and pursue their research careers in Europe. More...
Refugee students welcome
EUA calls upon policy makers and higher education institutions in Europe to enable refugee students to gain access to higher education. During its last meeting on 23 October in Brussels, the EUA Council adopted a statement on refugee students and academics. More...
New EUA interview series gives the floor to university leaders
EUA has launched a series of interviews “University Leaders’ Perspectives: Governance and Funding”, which is a new style that gives university leaders the opportunity to express their views on current issues in the field. With this series of interviews, EUA follows up on the 2nd Funding Forum held one year ago in Bergamo, Italy. More...
The European Atlas of Universities in Energy Research & Education is now online
EUA presents the first European Atlas of Universities in Energy Research & Education, a compendium of European university-based Master, Doctorate and Research Programmes. The Atlas has been developed by the EUA energy platform, the “European Platform of Universities in Energy Research & Education” (EUA-EPUE). The aim of this platform is to support universities by addressing “grand challenges” in the energy field, in particular the transition towards a low-carbon society. More...
9th Thematic EUA-CDE Workshop: Call for Presentations
The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) has published a Call for Presentations for the 9th CDE thematic workshop to be held at Delft University, the Netherlands, on 20-21 January 2016, entitled “Doctoral Supervision – practices and responsibilities”. The workshop will look at the supervisor-supervisee relationship, institutional practices and how to engage with supervisors. More...
AECHE Thematic Conference on “The Networked University” links Arab and European universities in Al Gouna, Egypt
The AECHE Thematic Conference “The networked university: opportunities and challenges for Higher Education between the Arab World and Europe” brought together over 150 participants from European and Arab countries. The conference took place on 10-12 October at the Campus of the Technical University of Berlin in Al Gouna, Egypt and was the first-ever conference of EUA to be held at the branch campus of an EUA member institution. More...
EUA: EU Parliamentarians get ready to defend budget for research and education
EUA welcomes the European Parliament’s recent move to reinforce the 2016 EU budget for research and education. In mid-October the Committee on Budgets adopted a motion defending EU funding for research and education in the negotiations on the 2016 budget. The text explains the amendments voted by the Committee at the end of September. More...