Learning to teach 🎧 #STAFFDEV_EU Podcast series takes you into the world of those who design and organise staff development activities to improve learning and teaching at European universities. Episode 1 is out now https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

Expanding Horizon Europe’s Pillar III is very welcome, but researchers and universities are absent from this part of the Commission’s #FP10 proposal. 🏛️ Universities should be explicitly recognised and included as participants. 📄 Our analysis: https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4

🌿 #Sustainability brings wide benefits for universities: better campus life, R&I opportunities, hands-on learning & teaching, staff and student recruitment, partnerships with other institutions and society at large and cost savings. 📘 Full report bit.ly/48yIEDT #HigherEdSky #Greening #SDGs

📣 EUA is seeking proposals for contributions to the 2026 Funding Forum (#EUAFF26), which will take place at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, on 14-16 October 2026. 📅 The submission deadline is 30 March. Read the call in full at https://bit.ly/45qBgsi

The European Commission’s proposal of €175 billion for Horizon Europe in the next #MFF is encouraging, but must serve as a baseline in the upcoming negotiations. €200 billion would help the programme to truly reach its potential. 📄Our analysis https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4

Building on 30 years of experience as an independent quality assurance programme, EUA-IEP now offers tailored, peer-reviewed evaluations specifically to strengthen alliances’ strategic leadership, change management capacity and internal quality culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7d_MZYJY-o

🏠 Access to affordable housing is a challenge for society at large, but it is also a critical condition for the success of European higher education and research. Innovative policies & practices are needed to ensure housing is accessible and affordable bit.ly/4tgQxq5

📣 EUA is seeking proposals for contributions to the 2026 Funding Forum (#EUAFF26), which will take place at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, on 14-16 October 2026. 📅 The submission deadline is 30 March. Read the call in full at https://bit.ly/3YR80aB

📢 To showcase good practices from among our membership, we invite contributions for 3 breakout sessions during our Annual Conference #EUA2026AC ⏳ Deadline: 11 February 2026 📝 Read the full call for contributions and submit your proposals at https://bit.ly/3Y26emp #CallForContributions

As EU policy makers pay increased attention to research security in Europe, EUA’s Sergiu-Matei Lucaci examines how recent developments, proposed measures and persistent questions affect the state of play for universities & researchers https://bit.ly/4aLAoSu #EUAExpertVoices #ResearchSky

Delivering knowledge, research and innovation for Europe’s competitiveness requires time and resources as well as space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do. 📔 Universities and competitiveness: A big picture view https://bit.ly/49mTz4o

What’s changing in quality assurance across the European Higher Education Area? EUA’s survey for the SPICE project collects institutional perspectives. 🗓️ Deadline: 3 April 2026 🏛️ Only one response per institution 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cbvTkK

University engagement for sustainability and greening has increased since EUA’s last survey on the topic in 2021. 📈 Most initiatives are based on voluntary commitment and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. 📘 Full survey report bit.ly/48yIEDT

By building mechanisms for participatory dialogue and decision making, universities can equip themselves to determine where AI can support everyday practices, where it has transformative potential, and where it may carry disproportionate risk. https://bit.ly/4qh9lmo

EUA's @thomasjorgensen.bsky.social is participating in the @sciencebusiness.net Annual Network Conference parallel session on universities' preparedness for the age of competitiveness. Our report discusses 3️⃣ forecasts based on futures thinking & strategic foresight: https://bit.ly/4o8vp29

Collaborative research 🤝 is one of #HorizonEU’s key strengths. The Commission's proposal rightly protects the bottom-up nature of @erc.europa.eu, #MSCAactions and the #EUeic’s #EICPathfinder and Transition schemes. 📄Read EUA's analysis https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4 #FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social#HorizonEU

A summary of our yesterday’s exchange at the @europarl.europa.eu in Brussels with a delegation of the Committee on #Research, Technology, Space and Technology Assessment of the @bundestag.de 👉🏻 bit.ly/3NV1Gww @eua.eu

For the past decade, governance reforms have been largely shaped by narratives promoting accountability, public engagement and the societal role of universities. This has resulted in strengthened board competences and enhanced external representation. 🔗 buff.ly/P0Q6nks

How can doctoral education better serve society? 🌍 The next #EUACDE Annual Meeting explores research collaboration and preparing doctoral candidates for a labour market beyond academia. ✨ Submit your contributions by 17 April 🔗 https://bit.ly/3NKXUWm #cdeAM2026 #DoctoralEducation

Join our ‘Making the most of your EUA membership’ webinar to discover the various ways that members can get involved, be it through participation in EUA events, projects, working groups or various other activities. 📅 3 March 2026, 11.00 CET 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tnmLQz

Get insights from experienced leaders and practitioners from universities across Europe and learn how to plan and implement staff development in teaching! 🎧 Episode 1 of the #STAFFDEV_EU Podcast series now available at https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

Including principles such as integrity, accountability, and transparency in the ERA Act as well as EU-level AI guidelines, can help the R&I sector benefit from AI’s potential while preserving scientific values. https://bit.ly/3Zjq913

#EUA2026AC will shed light on how key drivers are shaping why, how and with whom universities cooperate. 📆 hosted by @yeditepeuniversity.bsky.social#EUA2026AC🇹🇷 from 16-17 April 2026 🔗 Join us in Istanbul - register now https://bit.ly/4po2HLg #AcademicSky

Rooted in human values and guided by their core missions, universities are well positioned to embrace new technologies responsibly and should take a deliberate approach to AI adoption, rather than blindly pursuing efficiency and productivity https://bit.ly/4qh9lmo

Erasmus+ should continue to focus on inclusion and other societal priorities as these are more important than ever before to Europe’s competitiveness, prosperity and resilience, not to mention their resonance with students 🔗 bit.ly/43SdIM9 #ErasmusPlus

The majority of universities have taken active measures to strengthen research security at doctoral level or are either creating or updating existing policies and procedures. 📘 Read the #EUACDE survey report II https://bit.ly/3Ze62B3

💻 Webinar: Evaluating European Universities alliances with EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme Learn how #EUAIEP offers tailored, peer-reviewed evaluations designed specifically for alliances 📅 5 February | 14.00 CET 🔗 Register at https://bit.ly/4sMCYOT

Can university innovation support both competitiveness and sustainability? For Robert Brummer, inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral public-private partnerships exemplify how disruptive R&I can benefit our planet, economy and society 🔗 https://bit.ly/4t6NPU3 #EUAExpertVoices

Our current university system is not systematically meeting the needs of the #neurodivergent community. #EUAExpertVoices article by Monique Mackenzie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Elliott Spaeth @advancehe.bsky.social on AI's potential for education that serves all learners buff.ly/bcLfAQk

The bottom-up nature of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions must be preserved! EUA is strongly opposed to the introduction of a top-down thematic focus or ‘directionality’ in the Commission’s proposal for Horizon Europe. 📄 Our analysis: https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4 #FP10 #MSCAactions

EUA is running a survey on internal & external quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (in the context of the SPICE project). ⏱️ 30–45 min 🗓️ Deadline: 3 April 2026 🏛️ Only one response per institution 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cbvTkK #HigherEdSky

Erasmus+ has supported the higher education sector’s capacity to contribute to European policy goals such as economic competitiveness and the #UnionOfSkills. However, too much top-down direction could harm this collective shared intelligence. 🔗 bit.ly/43SdIM9

Congratulations to all winners of the 2025 #GenderEqualityChampions Awards, especially the EUA member universities of @ucc.ie, @uocuniversitat.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz and Bielefeld University 🏆 https://bit.ly/3OjAzv2 ‪@horizoneu.bsky.social

Cultivating an understanding of AI’s climate and environmental impact is essential. Universities have a key role to play in building awareness of the vast resources AI consumes and the cumulative impact of casual users. https://bit.ly/4qh9lmo

Due to the current dominance of metric-based approaches to assessing academic staff, false incentives have proliferated. In her #EUAExpertVoices article, Sybille Hinze (#BerlinUAlliance) explains why, and looks for a better approach. ✍️ https://bit.ly/3KNHGKz @berlinualliance.bsky.social#EUAExpertVoices

💻🗣️ EUA is inviting proposals for 3 breakout sessions for its 2026 Annual Conference #EUA2026AC -Cooperating across sectors to serve society -How tech is transforming university cooperation -Why cooperation matters in R&I 📍 hosted by @yeditepeuniversity.bsky.social#EUA2026AC 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Y26emp

The ERA Act should include measures that will further embed gender equality in European R&I. However, rather than prescriptive obligations, awareness-raising, capacity-building and incentives will be most effective. https://bit.ly/3Zjq913

📣 EUA is seeking proposals for contributions to the 2026 Funding Forum (#EUAFF26), which will take place at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, on 14-16 October 2026. 📅 The submission deadline is 30 March. Read the call in full at https://bit.ly/45qBgsi

The link between education and research is indispensable to Africa-Europe cooperation on health, writes University of Bergen's Simon Øverland in his #EUAExpertVoices article: https://bit.ly/4a6IUJR @unibergen.bsky.social#EUAExpertVoices

To ensure legally compliant, sustainable and digitally sovereign teaching in European Universities alliances, open educational resources are an essential tool say @mebner.bsky.social and @sandra-schoen.bsky.social Read their #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/3NGFplG @tugraz.bsky.social#EUAExpertVoices

By encouraging and rewarding exploration, universities can build digital literacy, drive technological advancement and crucially, shed light on the value of interdisciplinarity in optimising AI. 📘 Final report of the EUA Task-and-Finish Group on AI https://bit.ly/4a4Mwfw

📢 To showcase good practices from among our membership, we invite contributions for 3 breakout sessions during our Annual Conference #EUA2026AC ⏳ Deadline: 11 February 2026 📝 Read the full call for contributions and submit your proposals at https://bit.ly/3Y26emp #CallForContributions

💻 Webinar: Evaluating European Universities alliances with EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme Learn how #EUAIEP offers tailored, peer-reviewed evaluations designed specifically for alliances 📅 5 February | 14.00 CET 🔗 Register at https://bit.ly/4sMCYOT

EUA’s 2025 survey report shows that European universities have become increasingly strategic about #sustainability and greening, moving towards institutional policies, more strategic and mainstreamed approaches, and increasing dedicated leadership portfolios 🌱📊 bit.ly/48yIEDT #highereducation

Is your university an EUA member? Are you curious about how to initiate or deepen your involvement with the Association? Then join our webinar, open to EUA members, and discover how to make the most of your EUA membership. 📅 3 March 2026, 11.00 CET 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tnmLQz

Dual governance at universities has become the dominant model across Europe, demanding new forms of cooperation, trust-building and shared understanding between academic communities and external members. 🔗 EUA’s comparative analysis buff.ly/P0Q6nks

Attractive, sustainable and mobile research careers must be central to the ERA Act. Better working conditions, minimum standards for paid leave and social benefits can help make the fifth freedom a reality. Our input to the ERA Act public consultation https://bit.ly/3Zjq913

Get insights from experienced leaders and practitioners from universities across Europe and learn how to plan and implement staff development in teaching! 🎧 Episode 1 of the #STAFFDEV_EU Podcast series now available at https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

📣 EUA is seeking proposals for contributions to the 2026 Funding Forum (#EUAFF26), which will take place at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, on 14-16 October 2026. 📅 The submission deadline is 30 March. Read the call in full at https://bit.ly/3YR80aB

Beyond climate issues, many universities take a broad SDG-focused approach to sustainability. ♻️ Most universities responding to our survey have strengthened their #SDG commitment over the past five years, with more progress expected 📈 Read the full report bit.ly/48yIEDT #GlobalGoals