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22 Jul 2022EUA sets up new Ukraine task force
The European University Association (EUA) has established a new task force to support the reconstruction of the Ukrainian higher education system. The decision to establish this task force was one of several taken in support of Ukraine during the Association’s Council meeting in Budapest on 27 April.
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20 Jul 2022Reforming research assessment: the Agreement is now final
Launched in January 2022 as a co-creation exercise, the process of drafting an agreement for reforming research assessment has reached an important milestone. On 8 July, the final version of the agreement was presented at a Stakeholder Assembly bringing together the 350+ organisations from 40+ countries having expressed interest in being involved in the process. Today, the final Agreement is made public with this news.
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15 Jul 2022EUA welcomes new collective member from Ukraine
On 21 June, the EUA Board approved the application for full collective membership by the Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine, taking the number of national rectors’ conferences represented within EUA to 35.
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15 Jul 2022MSCA4Ukraine: EU fellowship programme for Ukrainian researchers to be launched in September
The European University Association welcomes the European Commission’s recent announcement of a new scheme - MSCA4Ukraine - to be funded under the Horizon Europe programme’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
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14 Jul 2022Recognition of Prior Learning: launch of project to establish a European network
On 14 June the kick-off meeting of a project to establish a new European RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) Network took place in Vienna, hosted by the Austrian Quality Assurance Agency (AQ Austria). This initiative is a part of the Austrian 3-IN-AT-PLUS project, which runs from March 2022 to December 2024 with funding from the 2021 Erasmus+ Bologna call.
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13 Jul 2022EUA commits to ERA actions and looks forward to member states’ commitments
Along with member states and associated countries, stakeholder organisations engaged in the new European Research Area (ERA) have been invited to express their commitments towards the ERA Actions. The commitments are to be announced and discussed today, 13 July, in the 8th ERA Forum meeting, and the actions that are considered to have gathered enough commitments will be included in the ERA Policy Agenda 2022-2024.
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20 Jun 2022EUA takes part in the EuroScience Open Forum 2022 (ESOF2022)
The EuroScience Open Forum 2022 (ESOF2022) will take place from 13 to 16 July 2022 in Leiden, the Netherlands. Several EUA colleagues will organise and contribute to various sessions during the conference, in both hybrid and online settings.
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03 Jun 2022EUA and international counterparts establish Global University Associations Forum
On 17 May, representatives of the European University Association and fellow university associations in Africa, the Americas, the Arab region and Asia came together in Barcelona to formally constitute the Global University Associations Forum (GUAF).
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20 May 2022EUA hosts first Digital Transformation Steering Committee meeting
In early May, members of the Digital Transformation Steering Committee came together for a first meeting in Brussels.
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17 May 2022EUA welcomes seven new members
On 27 April 2022, the EUA Council approved the applications of seven new members, a change in membership status for one existing member, and three affiliates. With the addition of a member from San Marino, the European University Association now represents universities from all 49 European Higher Education Area countries.
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09 May 2022EUA calls on Iranian authorities to rescind death sentence against Amadreza Djalali
Since Iranian-Swedish researcher Dr Amadreza Djalili was sentenced to death in Iran in 2017, the European University Association has repeatedly urged for his release. Amid reports that Iranian authorities intend to proceed with the execution of Dr Djalili in the coming weeks, EUA renews its call for Iranian authorities to immediately suspend the capital sentence issued against him and to secure his immediate release.
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06 May 2022EUA support for Ukrainian universities
At its meeting at Budapest University of Economics and Technology on 27 April, the EUA Council approved a set of actions to assist the Ukrainian higher education sector.
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03 May 2022UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022) – EUA’s contribution
The UNESCO World Higher Education Conference takes place from 18 to 20 May 2022 in Barcelona, the first such event since 2009, when the WHEC was held in Paris.
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07 Apr 2022EU member states take the European strategy for universities forward
EU education ministers welcome the European Strategy for Universities and have confirmed their support for the four priority areas in the higher education package put forward by the European Commission in January 2022.
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05 Apr 2022EUA supports call for the exclusion of education and research from the obligations of the Digital Services Act
EUA and other associations representing European universities, research performing organisations, research funding organisations, research libraries, and repositories in Europe have released a joint statement in the context of ongoing trilogue negotiations on the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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30 Mar 2022Registrations for EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme now open
EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP), a quality assurance agency that supports universities in enhancing their strategic leadership and ability to manage change, is now accepting registrations for the 2022/23 round.
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22 Mar 2022EUA welcomes new collective member from Georgia
The EUA Council recently approved the application for full collective membership by the Standing Conference of Rectors of Georgian Public Higher Education Institutions, taking the number of national rectors’ conferences represented within EUA to 34.
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14 Mar 2022EUA committed to co-create a reform of research assessment
EUA, together with Science Europe, Dr. Karen Stroobants (in her individual capacity as researcher with expertise in research on research) and the European Commission, is leading the drafting of an agreement on how to reform research assessment across Europe.
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09 Mar 2022EUA signs Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
EUA has signed up to the “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access” which aims to promote a sustainable, community-driven Diamond Open Access (OA) scholarly communication ecosystem. Published on 2 March 2022, the document is an initiative of Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS and the French National Research Agency (ANR).
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08 Mar 2022Fresh faces at EUA Learning & Teaching Steering Committee
EUA welcomed three new members to the EUA Learning & Teaching Steering Committee on 1 March.
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