European University Association (EUA), is the representative organisation of Europe's universities with over 900 members and affiliates.
#HigherEducation
📢 Out now 📢
Based on data collected from 480 universities in 46
#highered
systems in the European Higher Education Area,
#EUATrends
2024 provides a unique overview of the latest developments in the EHEA, from the perspective of institutions.
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For everyone wishing to follow the European support to Ukrainian universities, we will be curating this list which will be updated daily. It includes public statements and concrete support offers.
#ReformingRA
: Final version of agreement reached after 6 months of co-creation with ➕350 organisations from more than 40 countries. Read it here
🔗
Involved in
#ResearchAssessment
? Then consider signing the Agreement and joining the Coalition!
#Research
The Russian Union of Rectors has issued a statement (in Russian), which supports the invasion of
#Ukraine
by the Russian Federation.
The EUA Board has therefore taken the decision to suspend the membership of those universities
➡️
Universities need to drive how the evaluation of the quality and impact of academic activities and careers will be defined. The moment to do so is now.
🖋️
#EUAexpertVoice
by EUA experts involved in drafting the
#ReformingRA
Agreement 📌
#RiDaysEU
Following the invasion of
#Ukraine
by the Russian Federation, EUA, representing > 850
#universities
& national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries, stands in
#solidarity
with the university
#students
& staff and the entire population of Ukraine
Today we launch The EUA Open Science Agenda 2025.
It sets 3⃣ major priority areas on
#OpenScience
in the future:
1
#OpenAccess
to scholarly outputs in a just scholarly publishing ecosystem,
2
#FAIR
research
#data
, and
3
#Research
assessment.
More ℹ️
EUA stands in solidarity with our 26 members in
#Ukraine
at this time.
We are in contact with these members, and will provide any support that we can in this difficult and distressing situation. (1/2) ⬇️
#BigDealsReport
: One billion euros per year is the amount paid in Europe for accessing scholarly publications, while the bulk of these costs fall on Europe’s universities. EUA releases updated mapping of major publishing contracts
#scientificpublising
🇸🇪 EUA condemns the recent decision by the Swedish government to shorten the mandate of external members of university boards from three years to 17 months. Read our statement:
#InstitutionalAutonomy
@timeshighered
@uniworldnews
EUA and
@ScienceEurope
issue a joint statement on the need for research funders, research performing organisations & universities to combine their efforts for more accurate, transparent & responsible approaches to scholarly
#ResearchAssessment
#OpenAccess
Afghanistan : la CPU appelle la France et l'Union européenne à se mobiliser pour les Afghans !
Solidarité à l’égard des étudiants et universitaires afghans.
Cc
@EmmanuelMacron
-
@gouvernementFR
#Universit
é
Good news this morning: UK associates to
#HorizonEU
! Beginning 2024 with transition measures and domestic funding for UK applicants for this year.
Congratulations to Europe, the whole European
#research
community and the European family of
#universities
!
We have just reached a political agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus.
It will allow the EU and UK to deepen their relationship in research, innovation and space, bringing together research and space communities. More ↓
EUA is pleased to announce that
@TiaLoukkola
has been promoted to Deputy Secretary General 👉
In her new role, Tia will contribute to increasing EUA’s capacity for strategic & organisational development ➕ external representation.
Congratulations! 👏
We are pleased to announce that EUA has appointed Amanda Crowfoot as Secretary General.
She will replace Lesley Wilson, who has served EUA since its foundation.
Today, the
#CoARA
Constitutive Assembly takes place.
Participation is restricted to organisations that signed the Agreement on
#ReformingRA
by 17 November 2022, and whose CoARA membership was confirmed.
📝 Here's what's on the agenda: (1/3)
#ReformingRA
: The Agreement is now officially open for signature 📝
Co-created with 350+ organisations from 40 countries and published earlier this year, the Agreement was presented
#RiDaysEU
Read the news 🗞️
✒️Sign here
"I wouldn't abandon campuses yet. We need to make sure
#communitybuilding
space is not just a space for someone to sit, watch a lecture and log off, but spaces that foster connection, discussions" concludes Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich
@UCDSU
#EUALearnTeach
#learning
#teaching
Various rumors have emerged that European
#universities
have been expelling Russian students since the aggression on Ukraine. As stated by the French universities association below, it is untrue and EUA hasn't received any report of potential expulsions by any of its members.
📢The end of a very long process:
#HorizonEurope
&
#ErasmusPlus
get 4bn and 2.2bn top-ups in final
#MFF
deal.
We welcome the efforts of
@Europarl_EN
in fighting for a future-oriented
#EU
but greater investment would have been needed to address the immense challenges Europe faces.
It's a deal!
@EU2020DE
and
@Europarl_EN
reach political agreement in talks aimed at securing the EP's consent to the next 7-year
#EUbudget
.
➡️The deal will now be submitted to member states for endorsement with the rest of the MFF and recovery package.
👉
Science collaboration should come before politics.
EUA is supporting
@Stick2Science
and urging European leaders to finalise the UK’s and Switzerland’s association to
#HorizonEurope
.
#StickToScience
The much-anticipated EUA
#AutonomyScorecard
is out now!
This extensive study is a central reference in discussions and analyses of institutional autonomy – both in Europe and beyond.
Link to the report at the end of this thread (1/11)
EUA will organise a
#webinar
series on Academic
#CareerAssessment
in the Transition to
#OpenScience
on 18, 19 & 20 May at 14:00 CET. Registrations are now open until the start of each webinar & free of charge:
The European University Alliances formed under the 🇪🇺's
#EuropeanUniversitiesInitiative
include
#universities
from different member states, alluding to different governance processes & legal frameworks.
👉
#Universities
are still male-dominated institutions. Currently, 12% of rectors among the 47 EUA member countries are female, compared to 88% of male rectors. In the 28 EU member states, only 21% of rectors are female.
#PressForProgress
#IWD2018
The
@EU_Commission
launched
#EUvsVirus
, a pan-European non-profit online hackathon on 24, 25 and 26 April to connect civil society, innovators, partners & buyers across Europe to develop innovative solutions to overcome
#coronavirus
-related challenges:
On
#BrexitDay
, EUA endorses the statement by
#HigherEducation
&
#research
organisations from both sides of the English Channel reaffirming their commitment to working together and call on governments to make this a priority:
#Brexit
The European university community warmly congratulates the UK Prime Minister and the President of the
@EU_Commission
on the deal reached for the UK to become an Associated Country in
#HorizonEU
, which takes effect from 1 January 2024 ℹ️
Together with 1️⃣ 5️⃣ other representative organisations of European research & innovation stakeholders, we publish an open letter urging EU institutions to include stakeholders in the co-creation & implementation of
#ERA
governance
#EuropeanResearchArea
➡️
Turkish scholar Ayşe Gül Altınay faces prison for supporting peace petition, EUA calls on the Turkish government to respect and protect university autonomy and
#academicfreedom
➡️
📢 Just released! EUA publishes its vision for the next EU R&I Framework Programme (
#FP10
), offering its contribution to shaping the programme
Our vision formulates recommendations on how the programme can reach its ambitious goals. 🇪🇺
➡️ Read it at
💠
#Universities
have started to invest in diamond publishing, creating their own university presses and
#OpenAccess
journals.
Read more about this and other detailed
#OpenAccess
results from EUA’s 2020-2021
#OpenScience
Survey here➡️
Together with
@ScienceEurope
and
@EARTOBrussels
we are advocating for a doubling of the
#FP10
budget to €200 billion, as a critical step in enabling Europe to address pressing societal challenges.
📨 Our open letter to Commissioner
@Ili_Ivanova
at
What does the current landscape of
#doctoraleducation
in Europe look like today? With findings gathered from over 300 institutions across Europe, this unique
@EUACDE
survey presents key results of more than a decade of doctoral
#educationreforms
:
#EUACDE
In a joint statement several members of the
#BolognaProcess
, among them EUA, condemn the Russian invasion of
#Ukraine
as a clear violation of the values and principles of the Bologna Process
➡️
@BFUGsecretariat
European universities are requesting from both the
@EU_Commission
and the Swiss government to disconnect negotiations on Swiss participation in EU programmes from the wider institutional & political negotiations 🇨🇭
EUA statement ➡️
#HorizonEU
#ErasmusPlus
Following the widespread concern and debate provoked by the arrival of
#ChatGPT
and similar
#ArtificialIntelligence
tools, EUA’s Learning and Teaching Steering Committee shares key considerations for universities.
🔗
#EUALearnTeach
📢 Speak up for more EU investment in
#research
#innovation
and
#education
! In a joint statement issued today, the 13 signatory organisations call on member states to double investment in order to boost Europe's competitiveness and
#sustainability
✍️
Which skills & roles will be needed for
#EOSC
?
"
#DigitalSkills
for FAIR &
#OpenScience
" provides details for 10 different roles and recommendations for
#research
organisations.
Read the report 🔗
EUA will organise the
#webinar
series
#EUA2020online
based on sessions of the cancelled Annual Conference
#EUA2020Gdansk
on 17, 22 & 24 April at 14:00.
Registrations are free of charge & open to anyone interested in
#HigherEducation
institutional policy
#MSCA4Ukraine
fellowships for displaced researchers from
#Ukraine
: preliminary information on the
@EU_Commission
's new scheme is now available. We're extremely proud to be part of the consortium, learn more & join the mailing list 📩
#Science4Ukraine
🇺🇦
The European University Association is urging all members to send their own letter to the Iranian authorities to state their support to imprisoned scholar, and request the reversing of his death sentence
#freeAhmadreza
#Ahmadrezadjalali
.
@UNESCO
launched a global consultation to develop a standard-setting instrument on
#OpenScience
. Stakeholders, scientists & scientific institutes, publishers and policy makers are encouraged to participate and to share their insights:
#OpenAccess
Universities still face various challenges & obstacles when working together across borders. The
#EuropeanUniversities
alliances are a notable example of large-scale multilateral cooperation where these challenges come to the fore.
EUA latest analysis 🔗
During the 1st meeting of the recomposed EUA Expert Group on
#OpenScience
(EGOS), the group members discussed European open science priorities with
@MichaelArentoft
@EUScienceInnov
and set priorities for implementing the EUA Open Science Agenda 2025
🔓 EUA releases its 2017-2018
#OpenAccess
survey results, tracking European universities’ progress based on the degree of implemented institutional policies and practices. For the first time the report includes questions about
#researchassessment
➡️
"We, all together, are committed to provide a platform for the European higher education community, and specially a platform for the EUA’s higher education community to meet, and discuss, and learn from each other."
Speech by EUA President
@JosepMGarrell
#EUALearnTeach
Today is
#WorldRefugeeDay
In the past two years the
@EUErasmusPlus
funded
#inHERE
project identified & disseminated good practices on supporting refugee access
#highereducation
, staff training, and developed guidelines. Visit the good practice catalogue: