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Feb2019Cologne University-Coimbra Group lecture series: “Narratives of Europe, Narratives for Europe”
In light of the elections for European Parliament, the University of Cologne is organising, together with the Coimbra Group, an unprecedented initiative on views on European Integration within the EU…
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Feb20192019 Coimbra Group Annual Conference in Kraków
At the General Assembly in Salamanca on 1st of June 2018, the Jagiellonian University extended an invitation to hold the 2019 Annual Conference in Kraków.
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Jan2019Coimbra Group Statement on BREXIT
As part of the follow-up to the meeting of the Rectors’ Advisory Board with the Executive Board on 25 January, the two bodies agree to issue a statement on behalf of the Coimbra Group on the BREXIT…
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Jan2019Forum on the Future of Learning
The Chair of the Executive Board, Prof. Ludovic Thilly was invited by Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, and by DG EAC to speak at the Forum on the Future of Learning in Brussels on 24 January 2019…
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Jan2019On the Austrian EU Presidency
Looking back at the Austrian EU Presidency in the latter half of 2018, we can see a number of positive initiatives and events, which took the negotiations on the future European programmes for education and research a big step further…
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Jan2019Call now open for CG scholarships
We have just launched the call for applications to the Coimbra Group scholarships for young researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the European Neighbourhood.
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Jan2019Supporting Employability and Career Development for Humanities & Social Science Students: Case Studies from across the Coimbra Group
A new resource has been developed by the Employability Working Group and is available on the Coimbra Group website.
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Dec2018Research impact: perspectives from the latest Coimbra Group High-level Seminar on Research Policy
High-level policy seminars are a cornerstone of the Coimbra Group calendar and this year’s event on “defining and measuring the impact of research” most certainly lived up to expectations.
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Dec2018Information session on the first European Universities call
The Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) held an information session on the first call for the European Universities initiative.
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Dec2018“YEBO!” Project Training Workshop: Toward institutional structures that support the complete PhD life cycle, 25-29 March 2019
A training workshop is being organised within the framework of the capacity building project “YEBO!” at the University of Pretoria on 25-29 March 2019.
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Dec2018Myanmar’s Higher Education Reform: Which Way Forward?
This Report was developed within the framework of the CHINLONE (‘Connecting Higher Education Institutions for a New Leadership on National Education’) project, coordinated by the University of Bologna.
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Dec2018ICMED Project: Coimbra Group Call for trainer
The Coimbra Group Office is an active partner in the project ICMED – “International Credit Mobility: A New Challenge in the Mediterranean Region” …
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Nov2018100 Years of Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic – the Legacy of Democracy, Humanism and Responsibility
Charles University together with the European University networks, the Coimbra Group, UNICA, LERU and Europaeum, organized an international Rectors’ conference on 24-25 October on the occasion of the 100th anniversary…
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Nov2018STEM WG workshop “Promoting STEM towards pupils, students and society”, Poitiers 13 December 2018
The STEM Working Group and the University of Poitiers have organised the workshop “Promoting STEM towards pupils, students and society”, on 13 December 2018.
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Nov2018At last an international diagnosis of higher education learning is available
A key question throughout the world of higher education is: Can higher education learning be improved and the improvement evidenced? There is an apparent lack of trust by civic society…
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Nov2018Research excellence and cooperation must prevail in Horizon Europe
New statement from the Coimbra Group and 13 other European associations, united to respond to the Ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe).
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Nov2018St Petersburg University and Freie Universität Berlin Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
St Petersburg University and Freie Universität Berlin have launched their First Call for Applications (2019–2020) for the Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.
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Nov2018Staff Training on Recognition of Refugees’ Qualifications – Updated Programme
Check the updated the programme of the Staff Training Workshop on Recognition of Refugees’ Qualifications.
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Oct2018Alliances of European Universities: a new momentum to the European Union?
The long-awaited call for proposals for Alliances of European Universities is out! …
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Oct2018Prague Appeal from Coimbra Group, EUROPAEUM, LERU, UNICA and Charles University
At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Czech Republic on 24-25 October 2018 at Charles University in Prague, University Rectors gathered there have agreed on the following Prague Appeal, refuting the “Europe first” approach.