By Katarzyna Kubacka, Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills. October 5 marks the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s World Teachers' Day, a day devoted to “appreciating, assessing and improving educators of the world”. This gives us a great opportunity to reflect again on how schools can celebrate and develop great teaching. One way to do that is through critical exchanges – building constructive feedback systems within the schools. Read more...
The Association for European Life Science Universities (ICA) will hold the ICA Rectors and Deans Forum 2014, “Challenges and Policy Implications of the new EU Programming period 2014 – 2020 for Life Science Universities”, from 23 to 24 October at Ghent University.
To find out more about the event, please see the ICA website. More...
The EuroTech Universities Alliance has announced that registration is open for its event “Mobilizing universities to address the grand societal challenges” taking place in Brussels, Belgium, on the evening of 20 October 2014.
An open panel discussion among stakeholders including universities and policy makers, the event will be followed by a Q&A session and networking reception.
To find out more or to register, please visit the event website. More...
HUMANE, the Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe, are organising a Seminar entitled “Academic Cultural Heritage: the Crown Jewels of Academia” in Rome, Italy.
The Seminar will address the question: How do universities face the challenge of managing their Academic Cultural Heritage, such as books, buildings or collections?
To see the programme or to register, please visit the Seminar website. More...
The “Joint Degrees from A to Z” project (JDAZ), which is co-financed by the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission and coordinated by Nuffic, aims to produce a “comprehensive, practical reference guide on joint programmes”.
In the framework of this project, the project consortium is inviting all persons working with international joint degrees to complete an online survey (by 24 October) to provide feedback on a manual on joint degrees.
For more information on the project, please visit the Nuffic website.
To access the survey directly, please click here. More...
EUA has this week published a briefing paper on open access (OA) entitled “Open Access to Research Publications: Looking Ahead. An overview of policy developments and positions from a European university perspective”. In parallel, EUA is conducting a survey amongst its membership and has provided input to the EC consultation on “Science 2.0: Science in Transition”.
EUA briefing paper
The new EUA briefing paper on OA to research publications, one of several EUA activities in this field, aims to provide its membership with an informative policy overview and to contribute to policy discussion at European level by outlining key issues to be addressed in the important field of OA from EUA’s perspective. More...
EUA is currently looking to appoint three new members to the Steering Committee of the EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE), to replace outgoing members. The EUA-CDE Steering Committee advises EUA on issues related to doctoral education and also prepares and implements the EUA-CDE work programme.
For more information about EUA-CDE please see: www.eua.be/cde
More details on how to apply by 31 October 2014 can be found here. More...
At a symposium organised by the Irish Universities’ Association on 29 September, Thomas Estermann, EUA Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, presented EUA’s analysis of university autonomy in Ireland in 2014.
The characteristics of the regulatory framework in which Irish universities operate were analysed according to the EUA Autonomy Scorecard methodology, which has been previously used to compare and benchmark 29 higher education systems in Europe.
The symposium, entitled “21st century universities: performance and sustainability”, was organised by the Irish university sector in the context of the ongoing policy debate in the country around university funding and governance. More...
EUA has published a call for interest to host its Annual Conference and General Assembly 2016 and would like to encourage its members to submit a declaration of interest before the deadline of 15 December 2014.
EUA Annual Conferences (held in late March/April) are a unique platform for discussion, and an unrivalled opportunity for university leaders to network with peers from Europe and other parts of the world. Through these events individual university leaders can contribute to shaping policy at European level, and gain valuable information on the latest trends and developments. The annual General Assembly of EUA members is also an integral part of the Annual Conference.
EUA takes account of geographic balance in deciding upon the location of its conferences as well as of ease of access. Please note that applications should be from EUA members only.
The full criteria for hosting the event can be downloaded here. More...
The European Commission recently announced the publication of the “Erasmus Impact Study – Effects of mobility on the skills and employability of students and the internationalisation of higher education institutions”. Ministers at the recent Competitiveness Council discussed a number of issues related to research including progress on the European Research Area, while the candidates proposed as Commissioners for the next European Commission led by Jean-Claude Juncker have been taking part in hearings at the European Parliament.
Erasmus Impact Study
The European Commission (EC) recently announced the publication of the “Erasmus Impact Study – Effects of mobility on the skills and employability of students and the internationalisation of higher education institutions”. More...
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