Universities currently have the opportunity to become part of the select EMT Network and join other institutions striving for excellence in their translation programmes. 
The third call for applications to join the European Master’s in Translation Network is now open. Universities may apply if they run programmes that comply with EMT quality standards. Existing members wishing to renew their membership must re-apply with a complete file — selection cannot be guaranteed.
The deadline for applications is 16 December 2013.
The results will be published by 2 June 2014.
EMT membership (or observer status) will take effect on the day the results are published and last for five years. No other selection procedure will be conducted during this period.
For more information on the EMT and the selection procedure, please consult the dedicated EMT website.

The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) welcomes the launch of the results of Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) yesterday the 8th of October. PIAAC clearly demonstrates that Europe needs to invest in adult education - it is a loud wake-up call to Europe and the member states to start acting NOW.
EAEA hopes that the PIAAC results will lead to a European-wide debate on the skills and competences of adults, raise the awareness for and increase investment in adult learning. The assessment proves the requirement for continuous learning in Europe, underlining "a strong positive relationship between participation in adult education and skills proficiency". We need a ‘Learning Europe´ where everyone can and wants to participate in learning.
The PIAAC publication states that "While countries cannot change the past, policies designed to provide high-quality lifelong opportunities for learning can help to ensure that the adults of the future maintain their skills" (Skilled for life? Key Findings from the Survey of Adult Skills, p.13). Suite...

EUA – together with its partners ENQA, ESU and EURASHE – is pleased to announce that registration is still open for the 8th edition of the European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), which will take place at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from 21 to 23 November 2013.
Through a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, the 2013 EQAF, entitled “Working together to take quality forward”, will specifically explore how both individuals and organisations can better understand the role that quality assurance can play in their daily lives, get engaged and work together.
Keynote speakers will include Mats Alvesson, a leading European researcher in the field of organisational culture, and Sijbolt Noorda, President of the Academic Cooperation Association. More details on the programme, as well as abstracts of papers and workshops to be presented at the Forum, are now available on the EQAF website. 
EUA invites you to register as soon as possible. The deadline for the early-bird registration fee is 18 October 2013. After this date, late registration fees will apply.

Quality assurance staff from universities in the Western Balkans gathered in Korca, Albania, from 5 to 6 September, to discuss the role of central quality assurance units, as well as the tools they use. The workshop was organised in the framework of the EUA-led “Empowering Universities to fulfil their responsibility for Quality Assurance” (EUREQA) project.
During the second in a series of four workshops, which will bring together quality assurance managers from the Western Balkans and EU countries, 40 participants discussed in detail various models for distributing quality assurance tasks among the central- and faculty-level units. The workshop addressed questions such as: What role should the central QA unit play and how can it co-operate with those working in the faculties? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different divisions of responsibilities? What are the different roles of QA officers?
The EUREQA project will continue promoting capacity building for QA in Western Balkan universities, through study visits, participation in the European Quality Assurance Forum and the translation of EUA’s publications on quality culture into the local languages.
More information on the EUREQA project, including presentations from the second workshop, can be found here.

In the context of the “Framework for the Internationalisation of Doctoral Education” (FRINDOC) project, EUA is launching a call for universities to participate in a pilot group and contribute to the finalisation of an online tool which the project is developing.
The FRINDOC project aims at providing a comprehensive overview of good practices and valuable experiences regarding internationalisation of doctoral education for universities. The online tool will help universities with the planning and implementation of internationalisation strategies for doctoral education and enable universities to attain a united picture of strategic goals, capacity and possibilities to implement the right structures for their particular profile.
The pilot group will be obliged to participate in two working groups where they will engage in discussions about the elements of successful internationalisation of doctoral education and critically evaluate the proposed tool. Based on this consultation process, the tool will be refined and a statement of good practice will accompany the launch of the final version. The first working group is scheduled to take place at the University of Bergen, Norway, from 13 to 14 February 2014. A follow-up evaluation working group is expected to take place in September 2014 at the University of Camerino, Italy.
If you are interested in participating in the FRINDOC pilot group, please consult the full text of the Call for Participation on the project page and return the application form by email to joanne.byrne@eua.be by midday on 11 October.
Further information about the project can be found at www.eua.be/FRINDOC
FRINDOC is coordinated by EUA on behalf of its partners the University of Hong Kong, Stellenbosch University, Imperial College London, the University of Bergen and the University of Camerino. The project is supported by the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission.