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Jan2021Coimbra Group Statement on UK’s withdrawal from the Erasmus+ programme
In light of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the new Erasmus+ programme, and given the significant engagement of Coimbra Group…
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Jan2021Coimbra Group Winter School: Global Change and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa – Chances or Challenges?
What are the economic, social and cultural effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in different African regions? During this winter school, 50 MA and PhD students at Coimbra Group and African universities will learn about impacts, challenges and responses related to Covid-19 and Africa thanks to…
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Dec2020We are hiring!
The Coimbra Group of Universities is looking for its new office assistant…
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Dec2020Widening and deepening integration among European universities
The virtual EHEA Rome 2020 Conference and the subsequent Ministerial Communiqué have marked two further steps in the process of constructing a truly European Higher Education system…
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Dec2020Coimbra Group High Level Webinar on Education Policy
Whereas virtual exchange and digital education in general were already trendy topics prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sanitary measures taken all over the world…
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Dec2020Utrecht University now officially a full member of the Coimbra Group
Coimbra Group Executive Board Chair Prof. Ludovic Thilly has officially welcomed Utrecht University as the 41st member…
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Nov2020KU Leuven: European Capital of Innovation
Rector Luc Sels, KU Leuven “Stagnation is the worst thing that can happen to you as a scientist”. This is how Emmanuelle Charpentier reacted when she, together with Jennifer Doudna, received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at KU Leuven in 2016. Both scientists received this academic tribute for their fundamental contribution to the understanding […]
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Nov2020Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area
The Coimbra Group is organising a High-level webinar on Education Policy focusing in the “Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area”…
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Oct2020We cannot afford to let down Europe’s next generation of researchers
Twenty years after its inception, the European Commission adopted last month a Communication on a new European Research Area (ERA). The Coimbra Group welcomes the timely publication of this roadmap…
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Oct2020Coimbra Group Statement on the Multiannual financial framework (MFF)
As new rounds of negotiations are set to take place this week between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the Coimbra Group…
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Oct2020Coimbra Group Three Minute Thesis Final Winner Announced
Congratulations to Maria Francesca Di Filippo on winning the 2020 edition of the Coimbra Group Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! A PhD candidate at the University of Bologna, Maria Francesca talked to our audience about how her research work attempts to improve the properties of bioplastic to make it more competitive when it comes to replacing plastic.
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Oct20203MT Final and Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus students Award Ceremony
The Coimbra Group is delighted to invite you to the live final of the Coimbra Group Three Minute Thesis competition on 22 October at 10am (CET), followed by the Award Ceremony for the 2020 Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus students.
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Sep2020First scientific paper on the Coimbra Group Internationalisation Benchmarking
Professors Ludovic Thilly, Jürgen Barkhoff and Daniel Donoghue, respectively Chair, Vice-Chair and member of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group, co-authored with Professors Helen Spencer-Oatey and Daniel Dauber (University of Warwick) and Nick Pidgeon (i-graduate), the first scientific paper on the new approach used for benchmarking internationalisation within the Coimbra Group. The article was […]
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Sep2020Coimbra Group first reaction to the EC Communication on European Education Area
The Coimbra Group welcomes the Communication from the European Commission on achieving the EEA by 2025 whose objective is to make the EEA (finally) a reality, an objective to which universities (and in particular the Coimbra Group) have made a constant and significant contribution for decades. The vision and roadmap proposed by the Commission are […]
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Sep2020Promoting the European Way of Life
The new European ’education package’ should be characterized by excellence, lifelong learning, inclusiveness and diversity. Deeper, transnational, and interdisciplinary education is more urgent than ever! This was the core message put forward by The European Commission Vice-President
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Sep2020Second exchange of views with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Professors Ludovic Thilly and Jürgen Barkhoff, respectively Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board, and Emmanuelle Gardan, Brussels Office Director, met online with the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
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Sep2020Coimbra Group Student Exchange Network – 20 years of success
The academic year 2000-01 the Coimbra Group universities exchanged the first Student Exchange Network “SEN” students…
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Sep2020Coimbra Group at the Research and Innovation Days
The 2020 edition of the Research and Innovation Days took place virtually from 22 to 24 September, attracting a record number of 35 000 participants
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Sep2020First European Conference on Moving the Frontier of the Macroeconomic Modelling of Research & Innovation
Elmer Sterken, economist, University of Groningen, member of the Coimbra Group Executive Board It is something that academics consider to be an absolute truth: investment in research and innovation is beneficial to societies. In economic terms: there is a positive net return on investment in research and innovation. But in reality the returns are uncertain […]
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Sep2020Coimbra Group Position Paper on Digital Education Action Plan
The Coimbra Group has submitted a position paper in reply to the Eu consultation on the new Digital Education Plan.