The European Forum for Enhanced Collaboration in Teaching (EFFECT) project is in full swing with a series of activities: a pilot experience on institutional strategies in learning and teaching, a staff development webinar on inclusiveness and citizenship skills, and an upcoming feasibility study on how to best promote a forward-looking European dimension for enhancing learning and teaching. More...
Open Science: EUA warns against rushing the EU copyright reform
EUA joined a broad alliance of more than 100 organisations representing educators, academics, universities, technology companies, start-ups and scale-ups, and non-governmental organisations in a letter that voiced its concerns over the latest proposal of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. They believed that this does not qualify as a balanced compromise and potentially harms Europe’s openness, education, research, innovation and competitiveness. More...
Réforme de la formation professionnelle et de l’apprentissage. Enjeux, dispositions, impacts.
Dans le cadre de la réforme 2018 sur l’apprentissage et la formation professionnelle, le Cariforef des Pays de la Loire et le Cafoc de Nantes se sont associés pour vous permettre de mieux appréhender les éléments de cette réforme. Pour ce faire, sont organisées des demi-journées d’information et des webinaires proposés au fur et à mesure de la parution des décrets. Plus...
Accès et retour à l'emploi
L'accès ou le retour à l'emploi sont considérés comme les premiers moyens de la lutte contre la pauvreté et sont les garants d'une insertion sociale. Les mesures politiques ou dispositifs en faveur de l'accès à l'emploi ou du retour à l'emploi portent sur des aides directes, de l'accompagnement et de la formation. Plus...
Lu pour vous : "Jeunes handicapés : comment trouver un emploi ?"
Afin de favoriser l’accès à l’emploi des jeunes handicapés, dans le cadre de la semaine européenne pour l’emploi des personnes handicapées en 2017, le secrétariat d’État aux Personnes handicapées et le ministère du Travail publient un ouvrage sous forme de fiches pratiques. Plus...
USTREAM concludes a series of peer learning events and releases its first recommendations on efficiency
On 18 and 19 April 2018, the USTREAM partners concluded the series of three peer learning seminars with the final event centering upon efficiency, leadership and governance. This final seminar, which was co-organised by EUA and HUMANE (Heads of University Management and Administration Network Europe) and hosted by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, brought together 20 university leaders and senior policy makers from across Europe in a highly interactive working programme. More...
IEP concludes external evaluation of higher education sector in FYR Macedonia
EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) has completed the evaluations of all public higher education institutions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The evaluations took place during the years 2016-2018 at the joint request of the institutions and the Ministry of Education and Science as part of the Skills Development and Innovation Support Project. The overall objective was to provide an assessment of the current situation in the country’s higher education sector, including areas for improvement and investment, and recommendations for priority interventions. More...
“Inclusive Europe Today, Powerful Europe Tomorrow” – A message from the participants of the inHERE staff training week
The inHERE (Higher Education Supporting Refugees in Europe) project staff training week on “Integration of Refugees: the Role of Universities” at Sapienza University in Rome successfully concluded on 20 April 2018. More...
Open Science: EUA signs joint letter on future-proofing rules for Text and Data Mining
EUA joined an alliance of 23 organisations representing universities, technology companies, service providers, start-ups and scale-ups, open access publishers, investigative and data journalists to express its concerns that a recent draft Communication of the European Commission on artificial intelligence does not recognise the fundamental role of text and data mining in this field. More...
From Paris to Paris – Bologna Process goes full cycle
The Bologna Process, unlike the name suggests, actually began at the Sorbonne in Paris on 25 May 1998, at a meeting between four European ministers. And this is where it will return, after exactly 20 years, for the Bologna Ministerial Conference & Policy Forum (23-25 May). More...