The Voice of Europe’s Universities
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- 26 October
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Europe’s universities’ vision for the future of Europe
The Conference on the Future of Europe is an initiative for all Europeans to voice their ideas...
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- 21 October
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EUA calls for members states to co-create the new ERA with stakeholders
Member states plan to discuss the governance of the new European Research Area (ERA) on 25...
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- 14 October
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Horizon Europe: EUA joins European Parliament in call for a stronger 2022 budget
In the context of the European Parliament plenary vote on the EU budget for 2022, EUA calls on...
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Call for participation: NEWLEAD focus groups for university leaders
Deadline: 21 NovemberThe call for participation in the NEWLEAD focus groups on leadership development and institutional transformation in higher education is now open to senior leaders at European higher education institutions. The deadline is 21 November 2021.
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Call for contributions: 2022 EUA Annual Conference
Deadline: 13 December 2021The call for contributions for the 2022 EUA Annual Conference, entitled “University values: what, why and how?”, is now open. The call seeks proposals for presentations.
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Publications
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This checklist is a guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities. In recent years, the scholarly publishing system has become much more complex and dynamic. The Open Access landscape has also changed dramatically. Universities, researchers, research funders and national consortia have all taken important steps in the transition towards Open Access, but the reality is still that full Open Access is far from being a ubiquitous reality.
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Given the rapid and intense change taking place in our societies and, invariably, at our universities, institutional leadership has become a game-changer in the capacity to adapt. This is even more so since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Nevertheless, when it comes to leadership development and institutional transformation in higher education, there is not much evidence on the institutional and system-level approaches in Europe.
Expert voices
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19 October 2021
Safeguarding academic and digital sovereignty: a model for action
How can universities address digital and academic sovereignty through jointly coordinated actions in education, research and research assessment? VSNU’s Darco Jansen outlines the Dutch example, providing food for thought for other European universities interested in devising a similar approach at the national and international level.
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18 October 2021
The United Kingdom and the European Universities Association: an enduring partnership
On the occasion of EUA’s 20th anniversary, Cardiff University President and Vice-Chancellor Colin Riordan analyses the role of the Association in a changing world. The piece highlights that while some of the old certainties may no longer be evident, working together across Europe – including the UK – has never been more important.
Member and partner news
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28 October 2021
Webinar: Equity and diversity in Open Access. National and regional OA publishing platforms
SPARC Europe is organising the Equity and diversity in Open Access. National and regional OA publishing platforms webinar, on the 2nd of December 2021, starting at 3 PM CET.
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26 October 2021
Call for session proposals for EuroScience Open Forum 2022
The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2022 will take place in Leiden (The Netherlands), between 13-16 of July.
