The Voice of Europe’s Universities
News
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- 18 September
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EUA joins forces with UNESCO for a global transition to Open Science
EUA has joined the UNESCO Global Open Science Partnership. The purpose of this partnership is to...
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- 17 September
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Knowledge must be at the heart of plans to revitalise Europe
The European University Association’s response to Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union...
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- 02 September
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Bologna Process: EUA hosts seven-part webinar series
EUA is pleased to present a seven-part webinar series on the different areas of work in the
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Call for contributions for the 2021 European Learning & Teaching Forum
Deadline: 13 October 2020The revised call for contributions for the 2021 European Learning & Teaching Forum is now out.
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Publications
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Micro-credentials have attracted interest as a means to increase the effectiveness and flexibility of higher education and to provide upskilling and reskilling opportunities for the labour force.
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This briefing looks at the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on higher education in Europe over the past six months. In particular, it examines the sudden shift to emergency remote learning and teaching, the impact on internationalisation and mobility, as well as the effects on research.
Expert voices
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16 September 2020
Multidisciplinary entrepreneurship training develops the capacity for effectiveness
Providing students with the skills for multidisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship supports social impact. The Tampere Universities community promotes this endeavour through multidisciplinary entrepreneurship training, presenting students with innovation challenges aimed at creating societal benefit, and by facilitating interaction between people from multidisciplinary backgrounds. As Taru Pilvi explains, through active, targeted measures, universities can provide the tools and skills required to address today’s challenges – and this is increasingly attractive to students.
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15 September 2020
European quality assurance framework: Why all the attention?
The Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) have led to major developments, however there are now proposals for revisions. EUA expert Tia Loukkola looks into what is behind these calls and offers examples that highlight the flexibility of the ESG as a key success factor.
Member and partner news
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18 September 2020
RfII discussion paper on the enhancement of research data infrastructures
The German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII) published a Discussion Paper on “Building Sustainable Data Services” for the enhancement of research data infrastructures.
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18 September 2020
Registrations open for University:Future Festival 2020
The University:Future Festival 2020 will take place on 6-8 October 2020. Registrations are now open for this first digital higher education festival in Germany.
