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In recent years, much attention has been given to the public funding of universities across Europe. While in the second half of the 2010s, most countries were re-investing in universities, the long-lasting ...
21 Apr 2022
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... funding agencies, student organisations, national rectors’ conferences, social partners, etc.). In this context, it is worth paying attention to how a change in learning and teaching policies, in pedagogical ...
16 Mar 2022
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... Here the European Strategy for Universities estimates that €80 billion of EU funding will go to the sector over the period from 2021-2027. This sounds important but it is not new money. The estimate reflects ...
10 Mar 2022
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... be. Is the ultimate aim to create federal institutions with a European legal statute that allows them, for instance, to apply for EU funding as one legal entity, to pool their resources, to jointly recruit ...
23 Feb 2022
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... key question is whether member states will provide the support, in funding and in system-level reforms, needed to meet the expectations this expansion will create. As the Commission rightly says, EU money ...
08 Feb 2022
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... scientific publishers allow researchers to use open access to data. This can conflict with what universities or funding organisations recommend. It remains important to strengthen and expand the existing ...
08 Feb 2022
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... have been preparing for the advancement of micro-credentials by developing national policies and frameworks, providing specific funding and organising country-wide projects for their development and regulation. ...
20 Jan 2022
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... the Colruyt Group, the University of Cambridge and Technion. Later, we prepared a research proposal and received funding for the “GLAD” (Green LAst-mile Delivery) project, which is on its way to forming ...
29 Nov 2021
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... gathers input from 166 institutions from 28 European countries. This unique body of evidence has allowed the Association develop recommendations for universities, policy makers and funding agencies on ...
29 Nov 2021
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... options to just a few institutions in the long run may limit the innovation potential of the sector as a whole, and this would not be in the interest of society. Instead, reforming regulatory and funding ...
10 Nov 2021
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... in many systems, hence career progression remains disconnected from staff development programmes. Even in those systems supportive of leadership development, two other main obstacles remain, namely funding ...
10 Nov 2021
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... countries means more than 50 university systems, with varying levels of funding, diverse funding sources and, doubtless, very different types and levels of autonomy.
But diversity can bring its own challenges. ...
18 Oct 2021
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... Relevance to labour market, enhanced knowledge flows between academia and industry, performance-based funding, universities of excellence – all of this will sound familiar. There, efficiency in the implementation ...
13 Oct 2021
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As it emerges from the pandemic, the French university sector finds itself confronted with funding challenges often similar to other European countries. The French Conference of University Presidents, ...
13 Sep 2021
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... it comes to cooperation between universities on both sides of the Channel. The biggest worry for the sector since the UK chose to leave the EU in 2016 has been participation in EU funding programmes such ...
15 Jul 2021
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... standard. In most cases, public funding and regulatory frameworks oblige public universities to comply with EU procurement law (which is a strong driver towards green and sustainable procurement) as wel ...
08 Jul 2021
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... (CRUI), are confident that these investments will deeply change the current situation of underfunding in the higher education system.
The whole investment for the university and research sector is based ...
07 Jul 2021
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... and supports peer learning. But investment and funding—important elements of the cohesion agenda—are not really included.
For its part, the renewed European Research Area aims at building compatibility, ...
15 Jun 2021
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... the majority of institutions call for enhanced funding from the national and European levels. In addition, peer learning and exchange with other institutions on this topic would be especially welcome. ...
27 May 2021
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... artnerships with entities in countries that show a track record of restricting academic freedom. AFi data can strengthen demands for transparency in the funding and governance of such partnerships, support ...
21 Apr 2021