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24 Jul 2019Seize our Common Future: Joint Call for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Budget
EUA has joined efforts again with more than a dozen European organisations to call for an ambitious Horizon Europe budget that would invest in excellent, cross-border research and innovation (R&I). This investment is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to build a prosperous future for European society.
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08 Jul 2019EUA launches search for new Secretary General
The EUA Board is seeking to appoint a new Secretary General to succeed Lesley Wilson, who will step down later this year, having served since the foundation of the Association.
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05 Jul 2019Hungary: EUA condemns law tightening control on scientific research bodies
On 2 July 2019, the Hungarian Parliament passed a law giving the government more control over scientific research bodies. The bill, if ratified by the country’s president, will place the 15 research bodies in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in a newly established state research network under the control of a government committee, whose chair will be appointed by the prime minister.
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01 Jul 2019Michael Murphy officially begins EUA presidency
EUA is pleased to announce that Michael Murphy of University College Cork has taken office as the Association’s president.
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26 Jun 2019European Universities Initiative: results of the first pilot call released
On 26 June, the European Commission announced the results of the first pilot call for “European Universities”.
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20 Jun 2019
Transforming universities to embrace equity, diversity and inclusionThis was the topic of the INVITED project’s peer learning seminar on 14 June at University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland.
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18 Jun 2019EU Copyright Directive: EUA issues guidelines for universities
EUA has prepared a set of guidelines for the university sector to influence the national implementation of the EU Copyright Directive.
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06 Jun 2019Multilingualism in scholarly communication: Endorsement of Helsinki Initiative
The European University Association (EUA), Universities Finland (UNIFI) and Universities Norway (UHR) strongly support the "Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication”.
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28 May 2019Turkish scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay faces prison for supporting peace petition
On 21 May, the renowned Turkish Scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for “aiding a terrorist organisation as a non-member”.
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27 May 2019Recommendations published on supporting recognition through quality assurance
The partners of the project ‘Linking academic recognition and quality assurance’ (LIREQA) have published recommendations on how fair and effective academic recognition practices can be supported through internal and external quality assurance.
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16 May 2019EUA addresses Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Europe dialogue on higher education
The 7th Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7) took place in Bucharest, Romania from 11 to 15 May. The Conference, entitled “Higher Education taking Action Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Perspectives from Asia and Europe”, gathered approximately 150 participants to discuss the key responsibility of universities in tackling the SDGs.
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16 May 2019EUA asks Technopolis to investigate Read & Publish agreements
Following the opening of a call for tenders to conduct a study on so-called Read & Publish agreements with scientific publishers, EUA has selected Technopolis to carry out the work. Technopolis is a consultancy firm specialised in science and technology policy.
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16 May 2019
Is the restructuring of the European higher education sector coming to an end?Data collected by EUA shows that a peak in merger and clustering activities involving universities occurred in the mid-2010s, with an average of nine such processes completed each year between 2005 and 2015.
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17 Apr 2019Horizon Europe gets greenlight – Time to scale up
Members of the European Parliament have now adopted the Horizon Europe regulation, paving the way for preparations and implementation in time for 2021.
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15 Apr 2019Universities driving European innovation
Nearly 450 participants gathered at the EUA Annual Conference on 11-12 April at the Sorbonne University in Paris to discuss how to drive innovation in and through universities across Europe.
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15 Apr 2019Registrations for EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme are now open
EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) is now accepting registrations for the 2019/20 round of evaluations.
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12 Apr 2019Artificial intelligence: EUA welcomes newly-released ethics guidelines
The European Commission’s High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence presented the Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence on 8 April. EUA welcomes the guidelines, which come after a stakeholder consultation held earlier this year.
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11 Apr 2019EUA elects new Board members
EUA is pleased to welcome a new Board. Elections took place on the morning of 11 April 2019 in the context of the EUA General Assembly in Paris.
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11 Apr 2019
Michael Murphy elected EUA PresidentThe European University Association (EUA) is pleased to announce that Michael Murphy of University College Cork will be its next president.
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10 Apr 2019EUA, ALLEA and Science Europe join forces on academic freedom and autonomy
EUA, All European Academies (ALLEA) and Science Europe have issued a joint statement on the urgent need to back commitments to academic freedom and university autonomy with solid actions. The three partners, representing a vast section of Europe’s research and higher education system, maintain that academic freedom and institutional autonomy are of fundamental importance and value to society.
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