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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.
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Aug20202020-2021, an unprecedented academic year for the European Higher Education, Research and Innovation Areas
The agenda of the 2019-2020 academic year was always expected to be busy with the appointment of a new European Commission, the final discussion rounds and decisions on Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe programmes,…
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Jul2020A collective outlook on the next academic year at Coimbra Group universities
In autumn 2020, the European Commission will put forward a Communication on achieving the European Education Area by 2025. As part of the co-creation process of this Communication…
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Jul2020Joint statement on UK participation in Horizon Europe
The Coimbra Group has joined over a hundred organisations and individuals in signing a statement on UK participation in Horizon Europe.
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Jul2020EU Council reaches accord on MFF and recovery plan: a missed opportunity for education and research
July has been a crucial month for EU policy making and the future of higher education and research. On 21 July, after four days and four nights of complex discussions, EU leaders finally reached a historic accord on a € 1.824 billion package…
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Jul2020#EUInvestInKnowledge
Fifteen European associations of universities unite and call on European leaders to step up investment in excellent, cross-border research, education and innovation
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Jul2020Coimbra Group members strongly represented in the European Universities initiative
The European Commission has revealed the 24 new European Universities that will join the first cohort of 17 alliances launched in 2019…
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Jul2020Coimbra Group meets Commissioner Gabriel
On 7 July the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board, Prof Ludovic Thilly and Prof Jürgen Barkhoff, and the Office Director, Emmanuelle Gardan, held a very constructive meeting with the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel to discuss her priorities in relation to…
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Jun2020Priorities of the German EU Council Presidency for higher education, research and innovation
On 1 July 2020, Germany will take over as chair of the Council of the European Union for a six-month term. The draft programme of…
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Jun2020The need for European cooperation has never been greater
As Presidents of Montpellier University and Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University, we would have been delighted to welcome the 2020 Coimbra Group Annual Conference and General Assembly in Montpellier from June 10 to 12. Together with the …
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Jun2020Insights from Coimbra Group report on Covid-19 impact contribute to inspire future implementation measures of the EU recovery instrument
In the May issue of the Coimbra Group newsletter we announced the publication of a report on the practices of our member universities in response to the Covid-19 crisis. We were happy to be approached by Ms Anna Panagopoulou…
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Jun2020CHARM-EU Knowledge Creating Teams: an introduction to transdisciplinary alliances
Last June 15th 2020, over 170 academics and researchers from CHARM-EU partner institutions – all Coimbra Group members – took part in the pilot European Universities CHARM-EU’s first induction session for potential staff aimed at bringing multiple disciplines together to face global challenges. The webinar introduced CHARM-EU’s innovative new approach to inter and transdisciplinary alliances: […]
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Jun2020Make it Virtual: Insights from the International Staff Training Week 2020 on Virtual Exchange for Innovation in Education
The University of Padua has recently hosted an International Staff Training Week 2020 on Virtual Exchange for Innovation in Education…
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Jun2020Joint statement from Coimbra Group Rectors’ Advisory Group and Executive Board on the next European Multiannual Financial Framework and the recovery instrument “Next Generation EU”
The Coimbra Group welcomes the recent proposal for the next European Multiannual Financial Framework and the recovery instrument, “Next Generation EU”…
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Jun20202020 Coimbra Group General Assembly
The 2020 Coimbra Group General Assembly took place today, 12 June, as an online live session due to the current Coronavirus pandemic restrictions…
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Jun2020Open Session on the European Universities Alliances
On 10 June the Coimbra Group held an open session on the European Universities Alliances. The report of the event is now available.
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May2020Coimbra Group Universities’ responses to the COVID-19 emergency
We are pleased to announce the publication of the report “Practices at Coimbra Group Universities in response to the COVID-19 – A Collective Reflection on the Present and Future of Higher Education in Europe”…
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May2020Europe needs blue sky research more than ever
We are approaching the summer months with more time for leisure and family, but we will face a different summer than the ones we are used to…
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May2020Virtual Exchange at Coimbra Group Universities
The Chair of the Coimbra Group Education Innovation Working Group, Francesca Helm (University of Padova), has produced a report on Virtual Exchange at Coimbra Group Universities…
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May2020Coimbra Group reaction to new MFF proposal
While the Coimbra Group welcomes the proposed budget for Horizon Europe programme, there is a clear lack of ambition…