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17 Oct 2019EUA President meets with next EU Commissioner for Innovation and Youth
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner-designate for Innovation and Youth, was well-received during her official hearing in the European Parliament on 30 September. As the College of Commissioners awaits final approval, Gabriel has already begun meetings with key stakeholders.
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01 Oct 2019Horizon 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 Brussels on 24-26 September 2019, speaking on behalf of 800+ EUA members and fourteen partner associations. During an official ceremony, he presented the European Commission with the call “Seize our common future”, advocating for an ambitious European budget for education, research and innovation.
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19 Sep 2019EUA 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 for the next seven years, Brussels will also be busy this autumn discussing the next annual EU budget for 2020.
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18 Sep 2019
25 years of the Institutional Evaluation ProgrammeThis year, (IEP) marks 25 years since its founding. During this time, the Programme has conducted 436 evaluations of higher education institutions in 50 countries worldwide.
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10 Sep 2019
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29 Aug 2019Achieving high quality audit in European research
As the new academic year kicks in, Brussels is getting ready for the “European Research & Innovation Days”, dubbed as “the first annual policy event of the European Commission, bringing together stakeholders to debate and shape the future research and innovation landscape”.
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24 Jul 2019Seize our Common Future: Join the call for an ambitious Horizon Europe budget
EUA and 14 other associations, along with a growing number of 200+ signatories, are calling for an ambitious European budget for research, education and innovation.
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08 Jul 2019EUA launches search for new Secretary General
The EUA Board is seeking to appoint a new Secretary General to succeed Lesley Wilson, who will step down later this year, having served since the foundation of the Association.
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05 Jul 2019Hungary: EUA condemns law tightening control on scientific research bodies
On 2 July 2019, the Hungarian Parliament passed a law giving the government more control over scientific research bodies. The bill, if ratified by the country’s president, will place the 15 research bodies in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in a newly established state research network under the control of a government committee, whose chair will be appointed by the prime minister.
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01 Jul 2019Michael Murphy officially begins EUA presidency
EUA is pleased to announce that Michael Murphy of University College Cork has taken office as the Association’s president.
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26 Jun 2019European Universities Initiative: results of the first pilot call released
On 26 June, the European Commission announced the results of the first pilot call for “European Universities”.
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20 Jun 2019
Transforming universities to embrace equity, diversity and inclusionThis was the topic of the INVITED project’s peer learning seminar on 14 June at University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland.
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18 Jun 2019EU Copyright Directive: EUA issues guidelines for universities
EUA has prepared a set of guidelines for the university sector to influence the national implementation of the EU Copyright Directive.
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06 Jun 2019Multilingualism in scholarly communication: Endorsement of Helsinki Initiative
The European University Association (EUA), Universities Finland (UNIFI) and Universities Norway (UHR) strongly support the "Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication”.
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28 May 2019Turkish scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay faces prison for supporting peace petition
On 21 May, the renowned Turkish Scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for “aiding a terrorist organisation as a non-member”.
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27 May 2019Recommendations published on supporting recognition through quality assurance
The partners of the project ‘Linking academic recognition and quality assurance’ (LIREQA) have published recommendations on how fair and effective academic recognition practices can be supported through internal and external quality assurance.
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16 May 2019EUA addresses Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Europe dialogue on higher education
The 7th Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7) took place in Bucharest, Romania from 11 to 15 May. The Conference, entitled “Higher Education taking Action Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Perspectives from Asia and Europe”, gathered approximately 150 participants to discuss the key responsibility of universities in tackling the SDGs.
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16 May 2019EUA asks Technopolis to investigate Read & Publish agreements
Following the opening of a call for tenders to conduct a study on so-called Read & Publish agreements with scientific publishers, EUA has selected Technopolis to carry out the work. Technopolis is a consultancy firm specialised in science and technology policy.
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16 May 2019
Is the restructuring of the European higher education sector coming to an end?Data collected by EUA shows that a peak in merger and clustering activities involving universities occurred in the mid-2010s, with an average of nine such processes completed each year between 2005 and 2015.
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17 Apr 2019Horizon Europe gets greenlight – Time to scale up
Members of the European Parliament have now adopted the Horizon Europe regulation, paving the way for preparations and implementation in time for 2021.
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