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... support and offered psychological and medical support services. Indeed, the European Association for International Education (EAIE) conferred its 2022 Award for Vision and Leadership to Ukraine’s ...
20 Feb 2024
Expert voices
... policy making and informed debates. European universities’ responsibility to fulfil this role is now greater than ever as our world faces a series of multifaceted crises and challenges, which are becoming ...
29 Jan 2024
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It is hard to believe that it has been two years since I wrote an Expert Voices article on the new European Research Area (ERA). Back in 2021, the European University Association (EUA) was advocating, ...
19 Jun 2023
Expert voices
... for Quality Assurance in the EuropeanHigherEducationArea (the ESG). These pressures relate to extending the ESG’s scope to issues that have made their way into the higher education policy agenda: environmental ...
11 Jan 2023
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... to a sense of stability, orientation and motivation for learning and teaching. These factors were highlighted by the work of the European University Association’s 2022 Thematic Peer Group (TPG) on “Needs ...
06 Jan 2023
Expert voices
... systemic barriers to women rising to the top remain in place, and are even increasing in some parts of the world.
While in many European countries the number of women in senior positions in highereducation ...
19 Sep 2022
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... in the sense discussed here.
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European universities advocate human-centred digitalisation in a European way, recognising our universities’ special role due to their diversity, wealth of experience ...
05 Sep 2022
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... ministers across the EuropeanHigherEducationArea (EHEA) endorsed the “Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Dimension of Higher Education in the EHEA”. They thereby committed to develop ...
14 Jul 2022
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... for discussions as well as publishing its Roadmap for highereducation in 2030. Although UNESCO’s direct influence on European higher education is limited, the event provided an opportunity to take stock ...
07 Jun 2022
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... by European grants and loans. In these plans, highereducation funding reforms all tend to bring on board the same concepts and tools: increased share of performance-related funding tools, development ...
21 Apr 2022
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Through the Institutional Evaluation Progamme (IEP), an independent quality assurance agency, the European University Association supports the development of highereducation institutions’ strategic management ...
20 Apr 2022
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... of Ukraine.
And because the European University Association (EUA), which is founded and defined on cross-border understanding, tolerance, and dialogue, has had no option other than to suspend most of ...
08 Apr 2022
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Learning and teaching has undoubtedly attracted increased interest in the EuropeanHigherEducationArea (EHEA) in recent years. A great majority of higher education institutions (HEIs) are establishing ...
16 Mar 2022
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The European Commission’s new highereducation package is welcomed by Europe’s universities. It provides us with a positive, supportive narrative that respects our role in driving the transition to a more ...
10 Mar 2022
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... of online communication channels. (For further details, see “European Quality Assurance agencies’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic”.)
Nevertheless, national universities have gained experience and made ...
14 Feb 2022
Expert voices
... leadership and change management” (2021, p. 16).
Such development could build on current provision in this space nationally and, indeed, at European level. The LOTUS Leadership Development Programme ...
09 Feb 2022
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On 18 January, the European Commission launched a new policy strategy for universities in Europe, along with a proposal to member states, technically known as a ‘Council recommendation’, ...
08 Feb 2022
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... to cooperate in solving global challenges like climate change or the next pandemic.
The European University Association’s recent survey on Open Science demonstrated the strategic importance of Open Science ...
08 Feb 2022
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It is clear that micro-credentials are quickly becoming a hot topic for policy makers and stakeholders. The proof is in the fact that the European Commission’s 2021 public consultation on micro-credentials ...
20 Jan 2022
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The concept of leadership in teaching is not easy to grasp. Across the EuropeanHigherEducationArea, leadership in teaching typically refers to two types of practices. Firstly, it is associated with ...
10 Nov 2021