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06 Jun 2023
EUA experts meet to discuss pathways for an impactful EU R&I framework programmeOn 31 May, the second meeting of the European University Association task and finish group on the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme took place in Brussels.
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23 May 2023Open Science: stakeholders welcome European efforts towards publicly owned and not-for-profit scholarly communication
For European public research and innovation actors, scholarly knowledge is a public good. Publicly funded research and its results should be immediately and openly available to all without barriers such as subscription fees or paywalls. This is essential in driving knowledge forward, promoting innovation and tackling social issues.
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23 May 2023EUA supports Swedish universities’ call to protect institutional autonomy
The European University Association condemns the recent decision by the Swedish government to shorten the mandate of external members of university boards from three years to 17 months.
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09 May 2023EUA welcomes new members
On 19 April 2023, the EUA Council approved the applications of 13 new members.
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08 May 2023EU Data Act must promote fair access for data for research purposes
The European University Association, alongside several fellow associations that represent universities and university libraries, has called for the EU’s co-legislators to ensure that the proposed Data Act ensure fair access to data for research purposes.
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03 May 2023Virtual worlds: investment and inclusive governance needed in development of virtual and augmented reality
In its input to a European Commission public consultation on emerging virtual worlds (e.g. metaverses), the European University Association has highlighted that universities are important users, as well as creators, of virtual and augmented reality technologies.
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24 Apr 2023Do No Significant Harm, broader implementation in EU R&I programmes remains premature
The European University Association (EUA) fully supports the environmental objectives outlined in the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy regulation. However, broadening the application of the Do No Significant Harm principle to all projects under European R&I framework programmes (i.e. Horizon Europe and any eventual successor programme), as foreseen in the European Commission’s proposal for the recast of the EU Financial Regulation, is still premature.
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20 Apr 2023Josep M. Garrell elected EUA President, to lead new Board
The European University Association (EUA) is pleased to announce that Josep M. Garrell will be its next President. He was elected this morning at the EUA General Assembly in Gdańsk, and will succeed Michael Murphy, former President of University College Cork, who has served in the role since 2019.
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13 Apr 2023EUA outlines university perspective on defending democracy
The European University Association has urged the European Commission to be mindful of not letting the notion of protection stand in the way of dialogue between a multitude of actors, both within European societies and globally.
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03 Apr 2023
EUA hosts first meeting of Expert Group on InnovationOn 30 March, members of the new EUA Expert Group on Innovation came together for a first meeting in Brussels.
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28 Mar 2023
EUA hosts first meeting of new Expert Group on Open ScienceOn 16 March, the first meeting of the newly recomposed European University Association Expert Group on Open Science (EGOS) took place in Brussels.
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27 Mar 2023DIAMAS: Survey on Diamond Open Access and the institutional publishing landscape
The DIAMAS (Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication) project has recently launched a survey on Diamond Open Access and the institutional publishing landscape.
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24 Mar 2023EUA responds to public consultation on the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning
In response to the European Commission’s public consultation to evaluate the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF), the European University Association (EUA) has developed a set of recommendations on the future development of qualifications frameworks. EUA has long played an active role in this area, as a member of the EQF Advisory Group since 2009.
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02 Mar 2023European Commission opens the door for UK association to Horizon Europe
The European University Association (EUA) strongly welcomes the words of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that the agreement on the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland will unblock the association of the United Kingdom to European Union programmes, in particular to the Horizon Europe programme.
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27 Feb 2023EUA recommends improvements to EU R&I programmes
As part of a recent public consultation conducted by the European Commission on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation framework programmes, the European University Association has outlined a series of recommendations aiming to improve Horizon Europe and contribute to the design of the programme that will succeed it.
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22 Feb 2023EUA and CESAER call for more balanced funding within Horizon Europe clusters
In a new statement, the European University Association and CESAER, an association of universities of science and technology in Europe, have expressed their shared concern about the unbalanced share of funding for research projects within the Horizon Europe clusters under the programme’s second pillar in comparison to projects further along in their development and implementation phases.
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16 Feb 2023EUA kicks off new project on "Universities and the future of Europe"
Current crises, and the geo-political, economic, social, environmental and technological change and uncertainty that they bring, are impacting how universities work, follow their missions and collaborate with European and global partners. To address this fundamental challenge, European cooperation, both between universities and at policy level, plays a vital role.
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09 Feb 2023EUA welcomes ten new members
On 27 January 2023, the EUA Council approved the applications of ten new members.
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08 Feb 2023Eight candidates in the running for EUA Board
The European University Association is pleased to announce that the Association’s Council has endorsed candidates for the EUA Board for the period 2023-2027:
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01 Feb 2023EUA Board urges Hungarian government to address autonomy concerns to ensure universities’ access to EU programmes
In accordance with a December 2022 Council of the European Union decision to protect “the Union budget against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary”, the European Commission has ceased to enter into legal commitments with public interest trusts under Hungarian law and the entities that they maintain.
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