EUA has been specifically calling for an expert-led Pillar II, better delineation between #FP10 and the ECF, and fast-track association for long-standing EU partners like the UK and Switzerland. More input from EUA Secretary General Amanda Crowfoot and @kamilakozirog.bsky.social in the article ⬇️

Sector bands together in major effort to shape design of EU's next research and innovation programme www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Universities and research institutes in Europe propose joint amendments to the Commission’s #HorizonEU proposals bit.ly/43Yxy8A "Involving the right expertise at the right level is essential if FP10 is to deliver tangible impact" 🗨️ Amanda Crowfoot, EUA Secretary General

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

EUA calls on the European Commission to provide a breakdown of the proposed budget allocation for the different #Erasmus+ actions, with minimum funding levels for the different education sectors. 🔗 Our response to the public consultation on the next #MFF bit.ly/43SdIM9

When asked how to overcome the barriers to implementing #sustainability and greening measures, universities most often point to the need for enhanced national and European funding. 💶 📘 For more insights, read our full survey report bit.ly/48yIEDT

Funding still main obstacle to sustainability, say European university leaders www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Is the Lisbon Recognition Convention still fit for purpose? Sjur Bergan gives a first-hand account of the past, present and future of a key European framework for the fair recognition of qualifications earned abroad. 🖇️ bit.ly/4hSLwOV #EUAExpertVoices @eua.eu

“I think we need to demonstrate and explain to the public why healthy & strong universities benefit them too. Maybe we need a new concerted public case for academic freedom and for fundamental values and why the entire society benefits from it.” EUA Deputy SG Monika Steinel @uniworldnews.bsky.social

Fair recognition of qualifications earned abroad is one of the cornerstones of student mobility. 📜 🎓 🚄 🔗 In his #EUAExpertVoices article, Sjur Bergan gives a first-hand account of the past, present and future of the Lisbon Recognition Convention. https://bit.ly/4hSLwOV #HigherEdSky #AcademicSky

Ahead of #AUEU25, a new joint statement by the Association of African Universities and EUA highlights that exchange and cooperation in higher education and research must be a pillar of the two regions’ strategic partnership. 🌍 🔗 Read the joint statement: https://bit.ly/3WN4pcw

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

EUA Director of research and innovation Vinciane Gaillard concluded: “Building resilience and preparedness is the target objective. Dialogue, collaboration and coordination are the means to achieve it.”

"Was auf europäische Hochschulen zukommen könnte" Ein EUA-Report entwirft Szenarien, wie sich das Paradigma "Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" auf Hochschulen auswirkten könnte. Transformationen stehen bevor. @eua.eu

Europe’s universities are backing the EU’s competitiveness push. A new EUA report shows they’re ready to align with industrial and defence research priorities. 📍 Read more:

While European quality assurance standards apply to all higher education provision by European universities, including to #microcredentials, the challenge is dealing with that in practice, said EUA’s @mariakelo.bsky.social to @uniworldnews.bsky.social www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

It is with deep sorrow that we share the news of the passing of Stephane Berghmans, former Director for Research and Innovation at the European University Association. An online memorial page has been created to honour Stephane’s memory: https://www.online-tribute.com/StephaneBerghmans

"..delivering knowledge, research and innovation for competitiveness requires time, resources and space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do,” the university group says." EUA's new foresight report: bit.ly/49mTz4o

To define their role and respond to Europe’s drive for competitiveness, security and sustainable prosperity, universities need to take a longer-term perspective. This report presents 3️⃣ different forecasts based on futures thinking and strategic foresight: https://bit.ly/49mTz4o

“The idea [...] is worth exploring, as it has shown positive results in reducing bias and easing selection bottlenecks in some national systems,” said @kamilakozirog.bsky.social.

Coordination between the EU, its member states and businesses will be essential to realise the bloc’s “very ambitious” strategy for boosting the use of artificial intelligence in science, highlights EUA's @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy to @resprofnews.bsky.social #AI4Science

“Researchers in widening countries produce excellent science,” said EUA's @kamilakozirog.bsky.social, but they “continue to face structural barriers, such as limited institutional support structures and a lack of dedicated staff to help them prepare and manage competitive project proposals” ⬇️

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re excited to join the conversation. Follow along for updates, insights and opportunities across international higher education. 🌍🎓

Students, early-career researchers and university staff are increasingly affected by housing shortages and rising rents across Europe. For this reason, EUA has responded to the @ec.europa.eu's public consultation on the European Affordable Housing Plan 🏡 bit.ly/48zx4c8 #housing #EduSky #EdChat

Why must #HorizonEU keep its independent identity? It boosts research excellence & capacity, fosters mobility, international and cross-sectoral cooperation and drives breakthrough innovation💡 The new #EUCompetFund should complement, not absorb it. 📄 https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4

Thriving universities are critical to driving growth and opportunity in the UK🌟 📢 In our submission to the government’s Autumn Budget, we outline how the sector needs the right support following a sustained, long-term erosion of funding. See more on our submission: https://loom.ly/9gwXOV0

"Reforming academic career assessment is about much more than quantitative versus qualitative" Read Sybille Hinze's new piece for #EUAExpertVoices: 🖇️ bit.ly/3KNHGKz @eua.eu @berlinualliance.bsky.social @coarassessment.bsky.social

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

University groups urge swift deal on UK’s return to Erasmus+ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

How can staff development can be (re-)designed to facilitate innovation in learning and teaching? 🚨 Registrations for the 2026 #EUALearnTeach Forum are open! 📅 12-13 February 📍 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 🇵🇹 https://bit.ly/bs2026ltforum #highereducation #EdChat

Free to read: EU Innovation Act must not neglect universities, says @eua.eu www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

What did the National Polytechnic University of Armenia learn from making their campus fully solar powered? 🌞 Make sustainability a strategic priority 🌞 Don’t chase scores, start with self-awareness 🌞 Sustainability is a culture, not a department Read more: bit.ly/4nQHUPa @eua.eu

Universities have a central place in the innovation process. The European Innovation Act is just as important as the ERA Act for the university sector, and we are ready to contribute to its success. EUA's response to the @ec.europa.eu call for evidence: bit.ly/4nX5U3b #innovation #higheredsky

The European University Association (EUA) is pleased to announce that Sunniva Whittaker, rector of the University of Agder, Norway, has been elected to the EUA Board. 🔗 Read the announcement in full at bit.ly/3KR6MIn

"We have proposed to double the budget of Horizon Europe... and I hope that at the end of the long-term budget discussions, this will be maintained because it is a cornerstone of boosting innovation." For @eua.eu, the proposed figure must serve as a baseline in the negotiations: bit.ly/4nxoFL4

For Sargis Asatryants (National Polytechnic University of Armenia), a local, values-based approach to #sustainability rooted in education, research and institutional identity is needed to train the next generation of innovators. ✍️ https://bit.ly/4nQHUPa #EUAExpertVoices

While recent events in the United States have brought academic freedom into sharp focus and mainstream debate, European countries have their own homegrown pressures on academic freedom. EUA's Monika Steinel for @sciencebusiness.net 🧵👇

What can universities themselves do to strengthen #AcademicFreedom in an increasingly fractious world? 🎓 The answer is, actually quite a lot, EUA Deputy Secretary-General Monika Steinel writes in @sciencebusiness.net#AcademicFreedom Read her article at https://bit.ly/48CoSry #EUAExpertVoices #AcademicSky

"Europäische Universitätsvereinigung analysiert FP10-Entwurf" 🗞️ Read about new analysis from @eua.eu of the European Commission's proposal for Horizon Europe in the next MFF (2028-34) in Forschung & Lehre: forschung-und-lehre.de/politik/euro...

Regarding the overall #FP10 budget, EUA said the proposed €175bn was encouraging but but falls short of what is really needed. A budget of €200bn would ensure that the programme achieves the greatest possible impact. 📄 Full analysis: bit.ly/4nxoFL4 #HorizonEU #researchsky #EUCompetFund

" #HorizonEU's new competitiveness component, largely replacing today’s Pillar II, at times seems to belong to FP10, while in other instances it is presented as if already integrated into the ECF(...)This ambiguity undermines the stated commitment to a truly independent programme." EUA's analysis⬇️

#HorizonEurope must remain focused on excellent research, including collaborative research. It should not be repurposed as a tool to deliver industrial or short-term political objectives. 👉 Read EUA’s full analysis of the @ec.europa.eu's proposal bit.ly/4nxoFL4 #FP10 #EUCompetFund

For Fabrice Lemoine, #ErasmusMundus will make an even bigger contribution to achieving Europe’s strategic goals if its funding is significantly increased in the EU’s next #MFF. ✍️ Read his #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/4pzhjYL #AcademicSky @euerasmusplus.bsky.social#ErasmusMundus

The global attractiveness of European higher ed & research has arguably never been so prominent, especially with the launch of 'Choose Europe'. But did you know that the EU already has a scheme to attract global talent much earlier in their academic journey: Erasmus Mundus 🌍👇

For Fabrice Lemoine, #ErasmusMundus will make an even bigger contribution to achieving Europe’s strategic goals if its funding is significantly increased in the EU’s next #MFF. ✍️ Read his #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/4pzhjYL #AcademicSky @euerasmusplus.bsky.social#ErasmusMundus

« L'Université favorise la création d’emplois, attire des entreprises, stimule l’innovation et renforce le dynamisme local. » Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé, www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti... @lemonde.fr @upecofficiel.bsky.social

"The doctorate was supposed to be about discovery — what happened?" For Sónia Cardoso, doctoral education increasingly prioritises performance over inquiry, risking the erosion of intellectual freedom. 👇

EUA director for R&I, Vinciane Gaillard, said: “Focusing on national commitments to achieve the 3 per cent of GDP investment target, reducing the fragmentation of investment and policies, and improving the framework conditions for researchers, is a good starting point. #ERAact

Can one tool deliver academic career assessment reform? Norway's universities are implementing a reform supported by the 'NOR-CAM' tool. What can the global movement learn from this early mover's experience? ✍️ @uhrno.bsky.social's Ragnar Lie writes for #EUAExpertVoices 🖇️ bit.ly/46ezM3M @eua.eu

EUA welcomes the adoption of the report on #EuropeanUniversities by the @europarl.europa.eu: - Universities in alliances must be able to set their own direction - Keep the competition for funding open - No separate funding instrument - EUI is one of many cooperation models buff.ly/YESP5KY