Workshop
... still casting shadows on the transatlantic relationship as the new leadership starts to position itself on the international scene. Moreover, threats to academicfreedom around the world and uneven capacities ...
12 Feb 2021
Conference
... higher education systems – such as academicfreedom, institutional autonomy, student participation in governance of higher education institutions, inclusion and equity – are at the core of the EHEA. These ...
20 Mar 2020
Webinar
... is based. The other presentation demonstrated one university’s efforts to support researchers at risk and promote academicfreedom.
Snježana Prijić Samaržija, Rector, University of Rijeka, Croatia ...
19 Mar 2020
Workshop
... careers in academia as the supervisors and academic scholars of tomorrow. Institutions are confronted with the task of best preparing the doctoral candidates for whatever their next career step may be. ...
18 Jun 2019
Conference
It is with much regret that we inform all participants that, in view of the continuing spread of coronavirus in Europe, EUA has taken the decision to cancel the 2020 EUA General Assembly and Annual ...
01 Apr 2019
Workshop
Supervision is a central and defining element of doctoral education. It is through supervised research that doctoral candidates develop a research mindset, and it is the supervisor-supervisee relationship ...
17 Sep 2018
Conference
University autonomy and academicfreedom are crucial for the well-functioning of universities and higher education systems. The current political, economic and societal challenges in Europe have a significant ...
31 Aug 2018
Conference
... complex. Higher education institutions need to foster academic excellence in research, drive innovation and ensure through high-quality teaching that graduates have the knowledge and skills that prepare ...
03 Aug 2018
Issues
... activities include monitoring and promoting institutional autonomy as a core principle of university governance and advocating academicfreedom as the single most important basis for meaningful ...
09 Jul 2018
Expert voices
Higher education and academicfreedom are fundamental human rights that shape human life and societal development. Indeed, the importance of global higher education has never been more pronounced, given ...
06 Sep 2023
Expert voices
... challenge of purpose-free academic curiosity?
For any of us who have been involved in research which - potentially or intentionally – could lead to useful innovations of any kind, or even to transformative ...
07 Jun 2023
Expert voices
... But when opportunities are limited and when career assessment does not reward non-academic achievement, then intersectoral mobility risks being one-way. This is typically to the benefit of the private ...
12 Apr 2023
Expert voices
... e. alternative impact measurement), the democratic school (i.e. access to knowledge) and the pragmatic school (i.e. collaborative research)". All five are present in Europe thanks to the academic and politi ...
21 Mar 2023
Expert voices
... cy and utility, precarisation of academic work, and market and competition-oriented funding) could threaten academic autonomy, academic values and dedication to the creation of knowledge for the better ...
01 Mar 2023
Expert voices
... sustainability, the social dimension of higher education, and the protection of academic values. But can QA in higher education be a panacea? And if it can, should it? Is it QA’s job to exert pressure ...
11 Jan 2023
Expert voices
... values”
The appropriate question is not one of “university values” but of the values of our profession, academia. The central value of our profession is academicfreedom.
Many academics may not b ...
17 Oct 2022
Expert voices
... in academic assessment and research assessment, universities should have an active voice in shaping research assessment processes. Universities are research performing organisations that assess research ...
22 Sep 2022
Expert voices
... besieged in several European countries. Academicfreedom and university autonomy seemed on a downward trajectory, in parallel with growing pressures on democratic systems, erosions of the rule of law and ...
08 Apr 2022
Expert voices
In recent years, growing geopolitical tensions have led to a reconsideration of international academic cooperation. As a result, the relationships that universities forge around the world have come under ...
13 Jan 2022