The European University Association (EUA) and swissuniversities welcome the Swiss Federal Council and the European Commission’s respective adoption of final mandates for negotiations between Switzerland and the EU.
Read moreOn 27 March, the European Commission published a new higher education package, including proposals for Council Recommendations on a European recognition and quality assurance (QA) system and attractive careers, as well as a Communication on the building blocks towards a European Degree.
Read moreAs of 1 March, four new members start their mandate on the body which provides strategic guidance to EUA’s Learning & Teaching activities.
Read moreUkrainian higher education institutions and their communities continue to be profoundly affected by the ongoing hostilities marked, on 24 February 2024, by the two-year anniversary of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.
Read moreOn 26 January 2024, the EUA Council approved the applications of several new members.
Read moreOn 6-7 February 2024, an EUA-led project which aims to analyse, and strengthen related institutional capacity and strategies for staff development and academic assessment at European higher education institutions kicked off in Bochum, Germany.
Read moreToo often, European regulations and directives have been proposed with far-reaching consequences for universities, research centres and the people who work there, but with little or no consideration of these implications.
Read moreThe European University Association and Civil Society Europe, a network of EU-level stakeholder organisations, have today published a joint letter addressing worrying and potentially counterproductive elements of a planned proposal for a directive establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries.
Read moreThe European University Association, Science Europe and the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) have jointly addressed an open letter to Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, emphasising the importance of EU investments in research and innovation.
Read moreThe annual meeting of the Global University Associations Forum (GUAF) took place on 4-5 September 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. This is the second time that GUAF’s members have met in person, with this year’s meeting chaired by the ASEAN University Network (AUN).
Read moreIn a joint statement, the European University Association (EUA), the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN), Aurora Universities, The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities and the Coimbra Group commended the much-needed attention given to research careers in the European Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on a European framework to attract and retain talents in Europe.
Read moreOn 27 October 2023, the EUA Council approved the applications of 11 new members.
Read moreOn 27 October 2023, the inaugural meeting of a new working group dedicated to reforming Academic Career Assessment (ACA) took place online. As one of the first of 10 such groups selected by the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment Reform (CoARA) Steering Board, the group includes 35 partners and is coordinated by the European University Association (EUA).
Read moreThe European university community warmly congratulates the UK Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission on the deal that has been reached for the UK to become an Associated Country in the Horizon Europe programme, which takes effect from 1 January 2024.
Read moreThe European University Association (EUA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Space for Higher Education (ENLACES) have published a joint statement ahead of a summit between the two regions’ leaders.
Read moreThe European University Association and Universities UK renew their united call on political leaders to reach a rapid agreement on UK participation in EU research programmes, as the ongoing delay is damaging pan-European research collaboration. The Windsor Framework, which paved the way for progress in this area, was announced nearly five months ago, and researchers have been waiting for more than two years since the start of the Horizon Europe programme for a breakthrough.
Read moreThe European University Association is pleased to announce that Josep M. Garrell, former Rector of Ramon Llull University (Spain), has taken office as the Association’s President.
Read moreAlongside fellow European higher education and research stakeholders, the European University Association has reacted to a recent statement from the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC) on the Intellectual Property (IP) rules applicable to EIC Pathfinder and Transition projects.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreFor 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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