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Arenberg - Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students 2010
It is with great pleasure that the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group informs that on 23 March 2010 Mr Alessandro De Bortoli from the University of Padova was selected as the winner of the 2010 Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students.
The Recommendation from the Selection Committee:
This year, in the face of some stiff competition, the Committee and the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group agreed to award the Arenberg Prize to Alessandro De Bortoli, University of Padova. He is the first medical student to win the award. He went to the University of Bergen for part of his studies as a very deliberate decision to move to a part of Europe very different from his previous experience in Italy, and to test the meaning of a European research area in his own life. Not only did he come to a very vivid appreciation of the value to his own research of this European experience; it has also created very practical outcomes for the treatment of those with certain cardiological problems in Italy, a true trans-European advance which we regarded as eminently worthy of the award.
The award will be presented to Mr De Bortoli by Prince Léopold of Arenberg at a reception on 3 June at the University Foundation in Brussels. |
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Annual Conference at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (9-11 June 2010)
The celebrations of the 25th anniversary will continue in Iaşi, when the Coimbra
Group holds its Annual Conference at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University on 9-11
June 2010 on the occasion of the University’s 150th anniversary.
The Annual Conference 2010 will start on the Wednesday afternoon 9 June with Task Force
meetings, continuing on the Thursday morning and, if needed, also the Thursday
afternoon, while the TF Chairs meet with the Executive Board. Later in the
afternoon there will be the Closed Rectors’ meeting.
The theme of the Conference on the Friday morning 11 June will be “Research and
Values”. The General Assembly will take place in the afternoon of 11 June.
For
those of you who have the possibility of staying on over the weekend, our kind
hosts are designing a weekend trip to the Bucovina region with the famous painted
churches, part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
You can find all information concerning venues, flights, social programme and accommodation together with the preliminary programme in the website prepared by the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: http://150.uaic.ro/english-coimbra-group-annual-meeting/?lang=en.
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The Coimbra Group celebrates 25th anniversary
On 1 st of February Rectors, Mayors and Governors from Coimbra Group Universities and Cities met at the University of Leuven to mark the 25th anniversary of the Coimbra Group. The afternoon seminar focused on the impact of universities on the cities and regions in which they are situated, The impact of the university on regional economic development and the evolution of the knowledge economy . Eighteen Rectors and ten Mayors and Regional Governors attended the seminar together with representatives from the Universities of Leuven and Louvain, former members and chairs of the Coimbra Group Steering Group/Executive Board, former representatives of Coimbra Group Universities and former Coimbra Group staff. The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Lord Boers, and the Chair of the Committee on Regional Development in the European Parliament , Dr Danuta Hübner, presented their views on collaboration between universities and regions and the impact of large research universities on cities and regions. The Vice-Rector for International Policy of the University of Leuven, Prof. Dr. Bart De Moor, provided the introduction to the seminar and to the speakers with a presentation on the development of the University of Leuven over the centuries, later seconded by the Mayor of Leuven, Mr Louis Tobback, at a reception at the Town Hall in his address to the assembled representatives on the special relationship between town and gown.
The Chairman of the Executive Board, Prof. Dr Guido Langouche rounded off the afternoon session with a presentation on the past, present and future of the Coimbra Group (cf. below). At the formal dinner at the Faculty Club, the former Rector of Leuven, Prof. R. Dillemans, expanded on past developments, which have influenced higher education policies in Europe and the role of the Coimbra Group. His speech and the other presentations will later be available on the Coimbra Group Intranet pages.
We would like to thank the University of Leuven for their hospitality, organisation and generosity.
 CG25 - Guido Langouche
 
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Scholarship Programme - 2010 online application now available!
The Coimbra Group has been offering three different Scholarship programmes over the past years, which have enjoyed considerable popularity among the target groups. In 2009 the Coimbra Group Universities awarded a total of 78 scholarships to the three different programmes:
Scholarship Programme for young African researchers
Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities
Scholarship Programme for young researchers from Eastern Neighbouring Countries
In view of the success of previous editions we have just launched the three programmes simultaneously and applicants from all three target groups will be able to apply online until the 15th March. For more information please visit: http://www.coimbra-group.eu/sp.
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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Coimbra Group
2010 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Coimbra Group and the first celebration will be marked on 1st of february in connection with the Dies Natalis on 2 February of the Universities of Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve.
Rectors of Coimbra Group Universities and Mayors of the cities hosting Coimbra Group Universities have been invited to the seminar on 1 February at the University of Leuven, as have Coimbra Group Representatives and Task Force members. You will find the invitation letter, a note on practical issues and the programme of the event itself together with a registration form. Please send your registration form to the address indicated on the form:
inge.vanderveren@int.kuleuven.be
 Programme
Invitation letter members
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15 December 2009: Coimbra Group Response to the Green Paper on Learning Mobility
for Young People of the European Commission
The Executive Board of the Coimbra Group has prepared a response to the European Comission's Green Paper in consultation with the Task Force on Education, Training and Mobility and the Rectors' Advisory Group.
The response stresses the need to focus on quality mobility, on content-related definitions of mobility and on mobility of students, doctoral candidates as well as academic and administrative staff in universities.  Coimbra Group comments to the European Commission’s Green Paper on Learning Mobility of Young People
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ESNSurvey 2009: Information for Exchange has been launched!
Organized by Erasmus Student Network (ESN), the survey will stay open till the end of August 2009, with the support of the Coimbra Group.
Students are invited to participate in one of the biggest student surveys and help improve the availability, quality and access to information for international students.
To fill in the online questionnaire, visit http://www.esn.org/survey_09.
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The 2009 Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students awarded to Markus Davidsen from Aarhus University
The Executive Board of the Coimbra Group has fully endorsed the result of the selection committee established for the 2009 edition of the Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students. The Prize will be presented to Markus Davidsen from the University of Aarhus by H.S.H. the Prince of Arenberg at a ceremony at the University of Geneva on 4 June on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Coimbra Group.
More info about 2009 Arenberg Prize
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2 March 2009: The Coimbra Group and European Higher Education after Bologna 2010 - Position Paper
The Coimbra Group Universities have enthusiastically embraced the Bologna Process, as they appreciated the added value of increased transnational transparency. With the present position paper they point towards a number of critical issues that need follow-up in the years to come.
They recommend a shift in attention from structures to contents, and encourage the Ministers of Education to take concrete measures to ensure that the degrees within the Bologna structure are based on internationally comparable learning outcomes. Alternative learning paths have to lead to certificates with titles that differ from those of the standard Bologna degrees.
Moreover they recommend that more transparency is introduced in institutional diversity, genuine support to mobility and permanent attention to the societal role of universities. They are confident that internationally attractive and competitive universities will emerge from the present process, ready to face the challenges of a globalising world.
CG Position Paper |
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