Interested in #universities and #democracy? @EUA just kicked off this year's activities on the topic with a webinar discussion on topics such as campus protests, student representation and deliberative democracy in #academia - very inspirational! @HRK_aktuell Recording available here […]

#Democracy and #universities - how to retain #AcademicFreedom, critical thinking and dialogue in a context of polarisation and democratic backlash? Sign up for the @EUA webinar with a stellar panel here #Academia #HigherEd […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

A great, insightful, critical yet constructive discussion on #universities #innovation and #greentech - it is not every day that you get to moderate a debate like this @EUA https://youtu.be/MAelYsZ2ov8?si=eooxIh6WlM5-UAqa

A reference work for anyone interested in #sustainability, #SDGs and #universities - the @EUA report with lots of data on sustainability and greening in Europe's universities #academia #highered https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sustainability-and-greening-in-european-higher-education.html

#genai should not make us fast and skip thinking, here is how it can make you slower and more reflexive - not least in #academia https://theslowai.substack.com/

We are out with the @EUA report on #universities and #competitiveness - some take-aways (thread) https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/universities-and-competitiveness.html

Great session on #edtech and #AI - it makes me an even firmer believer in the #AIAct 😃 @JulieLuepkes @etui https://www.etui.org/events/challenges-edtech-fix-technosolutionism-education-sector

The US playbook for attacking #universities could well be used in Europe as well. Some concrete and practical thoughts on #academicfreedom from @EUA's Monika Steinel. #academia #highered […]

#sustainability is a culture, not a department. I really like this example of sustainability in a #university - starting with awareness of where the institution is, and then getting practical. #highered […]

Can #AI promote equity and inclusion in education? Certainly yes! Here are some examples well argued here by M McKenzie (S. Andrews) & E Spaeth ( @advancehe.bsky.social‬) #highered #neurodiversity #edi https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html

Going against the #generativeAI anti-hype - interesting arguments why we should take progress in the latest models more seriously. @cfg https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D The catch: the evidence is not […]

“As long as we don’t have an #AIAct that is being enforced, we keep systems on the market of which you don’t know whether these function well or [if] these are safe.” https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/

Thinking a lot about the future of #highered, this is an important signal: a cancelled course being continued outside the context of the university: "They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway." Is the future of #academicfreedom an […]

#sustainability action requires a vision - example from #HES-SO in Western Switzerland how to apply #FuturesThinking for that vision: "Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

If you believe in the hype about #AI disrupting education, you should read this small piece by Stefan Lang from Salzburg University #highered #euaaiconf #edtech https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html

Little Mitraillette Sunshine (the Belgian version) #junkfoodmovies #HashtagGames

Taco driver #junkfoodmovies #HashtagGames

We are about to start the @EUA Annual Conference on #sustainability at the University of Latvia #eua2025ac - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]

Europe should play to its strengths: a unique and strong system of #research based on cooperation. This will really put research and innovation at the heart of European competitiveness, as @vonderleyen aspires to […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

Have a look at the programme for @EUA's conference on #AI and #universities this May - loads of practices and ideas from across Europe - and there is more to come. https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html

The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.

Are #universities being taken over by the "analytics-industrial complex"? Maybe, but I think the author conflates actual developments and data company dreams and sales pitches. #academia #university_rankings https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299

Quality and access are main concerns regarding #AI in #highered - regulation is a solution, not a barrier #edtech #academia https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e

Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #highered 👍 @mrossemp.bsky.social

Start with art! Great checking in to today's #EuropeanUniversities event in Brussels with a dance performance! ... before we all do our various policy performances 😉 #eupol #EUPolicy

"Of the five EU missions—on cancer, climate, oceans, cities and soil—agreed only five years ago, not one focuses on the new Commission’s top priorities of AI, advanced materials and life sciences. This bodes ill for the capacity of any policymaker to pick a topic and sustain a long-term R&I […]

We had good talks yesterday with MEP Laurence Farreng, talking about the role of #universities in Europe's competitiveness, the #Erasmus Programme and the #europeanuniversityinitiative - exciting times for European #highered where many policy threads are coming together @EUA #eupol #EUPolicy

After a week of #AI madness in the 100s of Billions, it is good to have some sound scepticism from @ScienceBusiness' David Matthews https://sciencebusiness.net/viewpoint/ai/viewpoint-europe-must-stop-chasing-us-technology-hype-cycles

"the #AI landscape is no longer just about who has the most money or the biggest data centres – it’s about who can innovate smarter, faster and achieve more with less" - finally some upbeat words on the #eu and #ArtificialIntelligence #Mistral #euaichampions #ceps […]

EUA calls on its members across Europe to commit to the protection & promotion of academic freedom at their universities, by developing & implementing institutional guidelines & policies. @eua.eu reiterates key support actions that can be taken by public authorities. Read more 👉 lnkd.in/dsSZA5Ui

Lots of interesting signals for the future of #universities in this article: scarce resources with cuts, cooperation and data to the rescue of #highered #academia https://www.thetimes.com/article/e19d0111-4df7-4521-9bf9-e9d7114868be?shareToken=b9998a51bee9bb0efa9a7ca61d91524e

Save the date - and prepare your contribution! @EUA is organising an online conference on #AI and #universities, focusing on use cases, practices and policies, 22-23 May 2025. The call for contribution is open, registrations will open in the coming weeks […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

The proposal for an #eu umbrella #competitivenessfund is bold, but #research and #education funding must remain stable and sufficient. #eupol #HorizonEU @EUA https://www.eua.eu/news/eua-news/stable-research-innovation-and-education-programmes-are-needed-to-build-a-competitive-europe.html

"Bodies and minds" and the future of #education - I found it inspiring that the #oecd sees physical and mental health as a main driver for changes in education in their recent "Trends Shaping Education 2025" @oecd-ocde.bsky.social #FuturesThinking […]

A thread on #ai4science: It has been a week of #AI events. First at #swisscor and then at @euractiv Some take-aways:

"Coordination, coordination, coordination" said @vonderleyen about the #competitivenesscompass. I am hearing a lot of top-down steering here in selecting key sectors and where to invest Thread 1/4

Much ado about the leaked #competitivenesscompass from the EC today. There are worries about #HorizonEU, but at least we will know where to act. It is also a strategy for simplification that requires at least 9 big pieces of regulation... #eupol #EUPolicy

It is very rare that you read the executive summary and think: I need to skip forward to the details! I want to read it all! The #oecd Report on Trends Shaping Education is that kind of report! #education #FuturesThinking #highered […]

#competitiveness Compass delayed - for me, it is still too early. There should have been much more time for stakeholders to chip in. Draghi and Letta cannot be the final word. #eupol #EUPolicy https://www.politico.eu/article/commissions-competitiveness-proposal-gets-bumped-to-jan-29/

For all of you itching to cleverly analyse and foresee #trump 2.0, I just want to channel my inner Tyler Durden: "How does that work out for you, being clever?" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgj324

If you are in Brussels and interested in #ai4science, this event should be for you. I am looking much forward to giving the #university perspective #eupol @euractiv https://events.euractiv.com/event/info/eus-approach-to-advanced-artificial-intelligence-time-for-a-cern-for-ai

As German and UK #universities are quitting X, the next big question is the alternative. The Dutch have been experimenting with the #fediverse for some time - here is more information #highered #socialmedia […]

The #eu Commission dependence on #microsoft also makes the rest of us dependent: fx if you want to be active on the Digital Education Hub, you have to go with Teams. This is problematic. #eupol #digitalsovereignty […]

If you want a quick overview of global participation in #HorizonEU, then this is an excellent place to see the state of play of various association agreements. https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/horizon-europe/horizon-europe-goes-global-whos-whos-out-and-why?

UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-universities-join-retreat-elon-musks-x-citing-misinformation-platform-2025-01-08/ Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British […]

The #eu Commission has a long, long list of digital projects. I took a good look at what’s supposed to come in the next weeks – and which projects might still take a bit longer. In January and February, we will probably see a European Action Plan to improve the #cybersecurity of hospitals and […]

State of play of the #digitaltransformation of German #universities #cybersecurity remains a key risk (and from what I hear perhaps a key driver for getting attention from the top) #highered https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pressures-rise-germanys-higher-education-barometer-van-der-brug-ui19e/

Still no official links to new Commissioners' cabinets... When is this going to be a real transparency problem? #eupol

"Les étudiants ne doivent pas imaginer que l’IA va leur permettre d’éviter d’étudier et d’éviter d’acquérir des compétences. C’est même le contraire. L’intelligence artificielle nécessite des compétences de plus haut niveau, comme l’esprit critique, qui doivent être développées beaucoup plus […]

Great ending to our podcast series on #FuturesThinking - Renato Soldenhoff @zhdk talks about how to get collective wisdom working and imagining the future for universities. https://rss.com/podcasts/universities-futures-lab/1808640/