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EURASHE and the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, will hold on 8 and 9 June 2023 the EURASHE 32nd Annual Conference, ‘Skills for Europe’.
Aligned with the European Year of Skills, the event will gather more than 150 participants, experts and policymakers to get inspired and draft a shared path for skills and the future of higher education.
The two-day event will host Keynote speeches from Ligia Deca, Romanian Education Minister, and Arno Meerman, CEO of University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN), as well as three-panel discussions on the current state of play of higher education and contributions with the latest updates from all around Europe.
Read more and register on the website of the event: Skills for Europe | EURASHE 32nd Annual Conference
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