Successfully connecting across missions, disciplines, professions, internal & external actors enables universities to generate and share the knowledge that academia, society and the economy need and to innovate education. 📚 #EUALearnTeach Agenda 2030

On 24 September, EUA President @josepmgarrell.bsky.social will present in Tbilisi the #EUATrends report at the "20 Years of Bologna Process in Georgia" National Center for Education Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) workshop. 📚 The full report is available at bit.ly/46P9Ayc

Over the last seven years, universities in Europe saw a significant increase in internationalisation in #DoctoralEducation, especially when it comes to the share of candidates that come from abroad. 📈 📖 #euacde report buff.ly/voxljuo #EduSky

As part of the EU’s response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, #MSCA4Ukraine provides support to displaced researchers from Ukraine. To stay up to date with the project's activities, we encourage you to sign up to the dedicated mailing list https://bit.ly/3K8JNIA

During our third ‘Spotlight on Sustainability’ webinar, we'll discuss how the rising importance of competitiveness in EU discourse can be an opportunity to enhance new ways of working between academia, citizens and industry. 🗓️ 23 September 14.00 CEST https://bit.ly/47BCS4v

Research assessment reform is essential to break the cycle of dependence on high-impact commercial journals and related metrics. ➡️ Reclaiming academic ownership of the #ScholarlyCommunication system buff.ly/0C0Wqfn #OpenScience

In this webinar we will explore the evolving landscape of university partnerships and its contribution to future-fit industries and skills through alignment with #sustainability across research, education and innovation. Join us 23 September, 14.00 CEST https://bit.ly/3IawsyS

EUA's response to the Commission's call for evidence on a European strategy for #AIInScience: The academic community should lead in defining approaches & needs for large-scale AI infrastructure, ensuring access is based the excellence of proposals. 🔗 buff.ly/OjjeQCH #AIinEducation

⚠️ There is an urgent need for strategic action to ensure the financial sustainability of universities across Europe. Pressure grows with rising costs, public funding cuts and global political tensions. Together, these trends challenge the prevailing ‘growth’ model buff.ly/Y8FhAO0

During our third ‘Spotlight on Sustainability’ webinar, we'll discuss how the rising importance of competitiveness in EU discourse can be an opportunity to enhance new ways of working between academia, citizens and industry. 🗓️ 23 September 14.00 CEST https://bit.ly/47BCS4v

As part of the #HorizonEU- funded iRECS project, EUA is looking for participants for an online workshop gathering feedback from university leaders and research actors on research ethics governance structures. 📅 7 October, 13.00 CEST. ℹ️ bit.ly/4ppVhHH #ResearchEthics

As part of the EU’s response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, #MSCA4Ukraine provides support to displaced researchers from Ukraine. To stay up to date with the project's activities, we encourage you to sign up to the dedicated mailing list https://bit.ly/3K8JNIA

#AIInScience strategy: Enough additional public funding needs to be available in a way that is equitably accessible to researchers to ensure that commercial interests are balanced with public interest and blue-sky research. 🔗 buff.ly/OjjeQCH #eduskyai

On 10 September, the European University Association responded to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the future European Research Area Act (#ERAAct). Read our 6️⃣ recommendations at https://bit.ly/4gjBpCd #Science4EU

EUA is developing a new Strategic Plan to guide the future direction of the Association. 🧭 As part of the consultation process, a focus group will take place on 20 November. Are you interested in joining us? ➡️ Apply by 10 October at https://bit.ly/4m5oULB

Quality assurance processes will become increasingly important in maintaining trust in academic standards, writes @evealcock.bsky.social @qaa.ac.uk, highlighting the importance of consistent approaches by QA agencies as well as opportunities by #AI tools. buff.ly/Up3tYsh #EUAExpertVoices

As part of the #HorizonEU- funded iRECS project, EUA is looking for participants for an online workshop gathering feedback from university leaders and research actors on research ethics governance structures. 📅 7 October, 13.00 CEST. ℹ️ bit.ly/4ppVhHH #ResearchEthics

📢 Apply now to host the EUA Annual Conference in 2027 or 2028! We are looking for member universities to make our Annual Conference a memorable experience, while gaining international visibility for their own institution. ⏲️ Send your bid by 15 November: buff.ly/r3s2BQv

To assess the quality of doctoral education, European universities now attribute higher importance to candidate satisfaction, qualitative indicators and relevance for society, reflecting the current movement to reform research assessment 📖 #euacde report buff.ly/voxljuo #EduSky #AcademicSky

How are universities addressing the evolving demands of the labour market, particularly in the area of AI skills? ASEM Public Online Seminar: "AI Skills: Are Universities Preparing Graduates for Labour Market Needs?" 📆 23 Sep | 9:30 CEST 🔗 https://bit.ly/465SlY5

#Erasmus+ has proven itself to be reliable and adaptable in crisis situations, e.g. the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine. The lessons learnt should feed into the general improvement and simplification of the programme. More insights in our report buff.ly/o5YDKI6

Investment in education and research, e.g. through a European ‘Skills Fund’, must be a priority of the #UnionOfSkills and #CompetitivenessCompass. Failure to step up investment risks undermining universities’ ability to fulfil their core missions.

In this webinar we will explore the evolving landscape of university partnerships and its contribution to future-fit industries and skills through alignment with #sustainability across research, education and innovation. Join us 23 September, 14.00 CEST https://bit.ly/3IawsyS

#EUALearnTeach Agenda 2030 introduces a more targeted, longer-term view on how EUA can best support its membership to put into action parity of esteem and systemic links between L&T and other university missions, notably research. 📚 Read it at buff.ly/tsCFqzu #learning #teaching

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How can universities contribute to a new #sustainability agenda? 🌱 EUA has launched a call for applications for a new task-and-finish group for senior leaders with responsibility for sustainability in their institution https://bit.ly/4emHNrn 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 19 September

How to streamline internal quality assurance processes across partner universities and ensure consistency, trust, and transparency? Join EUA’s Thematic Peer Group on Building strong QA foundations for international partnerships. 📅 Apply by 31 October https://bit.ly/42bKBlY #highereducation

#AIInScience strategy initiatives should provide added value for Europe, promoting public trust and fostering discussions on ethics and integrity. 🔗 Read EUA's response to the European Commission’s call for evidence at buff.ly/OjjeQCH #EduSky

Even under challenging circumstances, ensuring the continuity of learning and teaching during a crisis is vital, not only for students and staff but also for wider society. 🔗 #EUALearnTeach report buff.ly/3WFnBR0 #HigherEducation

We need to explain much more and much better that improvements on research assessment are already underway, stressed @pastorams.bsky.social, co-chair of the EUA Expert Group on Open Science and co-chair of the @coarassessment.bsky.social Working Group on Academic Careers, today at #OSFair2025

As part of the EU’s response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, #MSCA4Ukraine provides support to displaced researchers from Ukraine. To stay up to date with the project's activities, we encourage you to sign up to the dedicated mailing list https://bit.ly/3K8JNIA

Universities must strengthen their financial resilience by diversifying income, enhancing efficiency, building internal capacity and shifting from competition-driven models to strategic focus and collaboration. 🔗 Financially sustainable universities buff.ly/b92Q7Lm

Stefan Penders and Rita Morais explain the origins of the current diverse range of initiatives like ‪#CoARA‬ to tackle the publish-or-perish rat race and the renewed push to improve how careers in academia are assessed https://bit.ly/4oTAnk0 #EUAExpertVoices #ResearchAssessment #AcademicSky

Three focus areas form the basic framework of #EUALearnTeach Agenda 2030, establishing the overarching values and goals of EUA’s work on Learning & Teaching over the upcoming years: ensuring quality, connectivity and transformation in and through L&T. 📚 buff.ly/tsCFqzu #HigherEducation

As part of the #HorizonEU- funded iRECS project, EUA is looking for participants for an online workshop gathering feedback from university leaders and research actors on research ethics governance structures. 📅 7 October, 13.00 CEST. ℹ️ bit.ly/4ppVhHH #ResearchEthics

How to strengthen higher education through #agile quality assurance? Find out at the next #EQAF taking place at Corvinus University of Budapest on 12-14 November. 👉 Check the programme for sessions on European policies and trends at buff.ly/HrNRaEW @eurashe.bsky.social #higheredsky #EduSky

EUA is looking for representatives of its members and affiliates to join an online focus group as part of the development of EUA’s next Strategic Plan, guiding the future direction of the Association 🔭 ➡️ To join the focus group, apply by 10 October https://bit.ly/4m5oULB

EUA's Thematic Peer Group on Cultivating Self-Reflection & Constructive Criticism will explore how to build institutional environments where open dialogue, honest feedback and continuous improvement are part of daily academic life. 📅 Apply by 31 October https://bit.ly/42bKBlY #HigherEduSky

Ragnar Lie writes about what the international movement to reform #research and academic career assessment can learn from the experience of universities in Norway implementing a reform supported by the Norwegian Career Assessment Matrix https://bit.ly/46ezM3M #EUAExpertVoices @uhrno.bsky.social#research

For @uniworldnews.bsky.social , EUA’s Helene Peterbauer reflects on: - why academic careers are receiving more attention of late, - why there is need for urgent action within universities, - how EUA’s key principles can help set this in motion 🔗 buff.ly/ZjT6H4R #EUAExpertVoices

Supporting and developing our next generation of researchers is of fundamental importance. An investment in early-career researchers is an investment in the future of higher education, writes Manuela Raith (Technical University of Leoben) at buff.ly/pfzRCiQ #EUAExpertVoices #HigherEd #AcademicSky

As part of the #HorizonEU- funded @irecs.bsky.social project, EUA is looking for participants for an online workshop gathering feedback from university leaders and research actors on research ethics governance structures. 📅 7 October, 13.00 CEST. ℹ️ bit.ly/4ppVhHH #ResearchEthics

Despite the deeply entrenched nature of the current #ScholarlyPublishing system and the significant challenges of transforming it, universities have a unique opportunity to shape the future of scholarly communication. ➡️ Read EUA's briefing buff.ly/0IjZlGS #OpenScience

How to strengthen higher education through #agile quality assurance? Find out at the next #EQAF taking place at Corvinus University of Budapest on 12-14 November. 👉 Check the programme for sessions on European policies and trends at buff.ly/HrNRaEW @eurashe.bsky.social #higheredsky #EduSky

In this webinar we will explore the evolving landscape of university partnerships and its contribution to future-fit industries and skills through alignment with #sustainability across research, education and innovation. Join us 23 September, 14.00 CEST https://bit.ly/3IawsyS

Due to demographic change and other factors, Europe is facing labour shortages in a wide range of areas. To address Europe’s skills needs, the #UnionOfSkills should count on STEM as well as other professional and academic disciplines. Read EUA's paper

For #EUACDE's #DoctoralDebate, Ann MacPhail and Peter Hanenberg report on discussions they had with Eurodoc's Ambassador Programme participants preparing the next generation of researchers to become ambassadors for European higher education’s values https://bit.ly/3JxsW1P #AcademicSky #Research

How can universities contribute to a new #sustainability agenda? 🌱 EUA has launched a call for applications for a new task-and-finish group for senior leaders with responsibility for sustainability in their institution https://bit.ly/4emHNrn 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 19 September

Are you passionate about cultivating self-reflection and constructive criticism in academic communities or building robust Quality Assurancefor international cooperation? 🚨 Call open: 2026 EUA Thematic Peer Groups 📅 Apply by 31 October 🔗 More info https://bit.ly/42bKBlY #HigherEdSky #QA

📢 EUA-IEP has launched evaluations of #EuropeanUniversities alliances. EUA-IEP evaluations are improvement-focused and fully independent — no rankings, no government influence, just valuable insights for your alliance. 👉 Learn more at buff.ly/eUnGFIR #HIgherEducation