The Voice of Europe’s Universities
News
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- 17 October
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EUA President meets with next EU Commissioner for Innovation and Youth
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner-designate for Innovation and Youth, was well-received during her...
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- 01 October
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Horizon Europe: EUA presents “Seize our common future” call to European Commission
EUA Vice President Paul Boyle represented Europe’s universities at the European R&I Days in...
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- 19 September
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EUA calls on the European Parliament to defend EU investment in R&I in 2020
As the EU member states seek an agreement on the overall financial envelope for EU programmes...
Get involved
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Call for hosts: 2021-2022 EUA events
Various deadlinesEUA is inviting applications from member universities to host the following events in 2021 and 2022: EUA Annual Conference and General Assembly, European Learning & Teaching Forum and European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF).
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Consultation on EUA-FAIRsFAIR Survey on research data and FAIR data principles
Deadline: 31 OctoberUniversities are invited to participate in the EUA survey on research data management and the FAIR principles before 31 October.
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Support the #unlockEUfuture campaign
Next milestone: Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 8 November 2019Take part in the campaign to improve funding conditions for universities in the next generation of European funding programmes.
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Publications
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Ample evidence suggests that even though student-centred learning is a topic of great interest and benefit to universities across Europe and beyond, there are widespread difficulties in addressing the concept in practice, mostly due to its broad scope.
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This briefing outlines EUA’s proposals to national and EU funders on how to make the EU reporting and control environment more efficient and effective. This is a matter of strategic importance to improve the added value of European investment in education, research and innovation.
Expert voices
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17 October 2019
Coordinated evaluations and concrete change: experiences from EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme
Numerous cases of positive change in higher education systems can be attributed to EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP). As IEP celebrates its 25th anniversary, Andrée Sursock looks back at how coordinated evaluations have supported system level developments in the European Higher Education Area.
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16 October 2019
Why we continue to discuss university autonomy and academic freedom
University autonomy and academic freedom should be more than topics of proclamation and celebration. Sijbolt Noorda, President of the Magna Charta Observatory, discusses why they should be lived in the realities of university life and actively promoted worldwide – especially as they are being challenged in new ways and with greater intensity.
Member and partner news
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17 October 2019
EUA to present INVITED project at World Access to Higher Education Day on 26 November
The second World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) will take place on 26 November 2019 in Edinburgh, UK. WAHED is the international day of action focused on addressing inequalities in access and success in higher education. The aim of WAHED is to act as a catalyst for local, national and international activities to address these inequalities.
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16 October 2019
Database of External Quality Assurance Results: thousands of reports, new search options
The Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR) has grown significantly since its launch in May 2018 and now contains more than 40 000 reports on higher education programmes and institutions in the European Higher Education Area. A new public interface was also unveiled earlier in October, which offers a range of filter options, making it easier to search by decision, cross border review, status and report language.
