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30
Sep2020

First 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 […]

30
Sep2020

Coimbra 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 […]

30
Sep2020

Promoting 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

30
Sep2020

Second 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

29
Sep2020

Coimbra 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…

29
Sep2020

Coimbra 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

28
Sep2020

First 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 […]

11
Sep2020

Coimbra 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.

31
Aug2020

2020-2021, 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,…

31
Jul2020

A 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…

28
Jul2020

Joint 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.

27
Jul2020

EU 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…

14
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

10
Jul2020

Coimbra 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…

08
Jul2020

Coimbra 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…

30
Jun2020

Priorities 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…

30
Jun2020

The 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 …

30
Jun2020

Insights 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…

30
Jun2020

CHARM-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: […]

30
Jun2020