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Nov2019Coimbra Group Statement
The Coimbra Group Executive Board, on behalf of its 39 member universities, voices strong opposition to the potential cut of €12 billion to the budget of Horizon Europe and urges the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, as well as the Member States, to recognise the critical importance that research and innovation will […]
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Nov2019Coimbra Group EIT-Health recommendations
The Life Sciences Working Group wrote a policy paper, endorsed by the Coimbra Group Executive Board, with recommendations to EIT Health
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Nov2019Seize our common future
The Coimbra Group is one of the 15 European associations of universities, representing more than 800 universities, calling for an ambitions Horizon Europe. More than 300 organisations (including 24 national university associations) have already joined the campaign…
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Oct2019Universities in a Changing Europe: 30 Years since the Fall of the Iron Curtain
Professor Tudorel Toader, Rector of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi
These days, Europe honors the 30 years passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain. At the same time, Europe witnesses Brexit. -
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Oct2019European Universities initiative : latest developements
On 3 October 2019 the Coimbra Group Executive Board Chair was invited to a seminar on the “European Universities initiative” organized in Stockholm, Sweden, by the Expert Group for Internationalization…
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Oct2019Universities as driving forces for change in regions and cities
Universities as driving forces for change in regions and cities was the topic of the Coimbra Group workshop which was held on 8 October in Brussels, at the premises of the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU. The workshop explored the role of universities in innovation ecosystems by outlying successful examples of […]
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Oct2019Coimbra Group High-Level Education Policy Seminar
We are pleased to announce that the title of the High-Level Seminar on Education taking place at the University of Tartu, next 2nd – 3rd December 2019…
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Oct2019Coimbra Group workshop on the role of universities as driving forces for change in regions and cities, 8 October
The Coimbra Group has the pleasure to invite you to the High-level Workshop “The role of universities as drivers of change in regions and cities”, to be held on 8 October in Brussels, at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union (rue Caroly 15).
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Sep2019Coimbra Group Vice-Chancellors from the UK on Brexit
We will address two questions: what are the aspects of Brexit that concern us most and what can we do to mitigate risks? In addressing the second issue, our fellow Coimbra Group members can undoubtedly help us…
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Sep2019The Research and Innovations Days and the Second Education Summit : busy days in Brussels for European Higher Education and Research Areas
The dates of 24-25-26 September have been important days for the European Higher Education and Research Areas with the Research and Innovations Days…
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Sep2019EU Research & Innovation Days: “Me and My Society – Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities”
There is wide recognition that interdisciplinarity is key to helping to better understand and find solutions to society’s great challenges around climate, health, well-being, democracy, inequality, migration and so on…
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Sep2019Are universities prepared to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution?
Report on the IEASA Conference by Gunda Huskobla, Chair of the Coimbra Group Doctoral Studies Working Group and Managing Director of the Graduate Academy at the University of Jena
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Sep2019Seize our common future
Following the “Joint Call for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Budget”, an initiative of 15 university associations, we inform you that a dedicated web page has now been established…
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Aug20192019-2020, another crucial academic year for the European Higher Education and the Research and Innovation Areas
We concluded the July 2019 editorial with a call for a “new deal for European Higher Education and Research Areas” and the best Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe programmes…
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Aug2019Rectors’ Seminar: Universities in a Changing Europe – 30 years from the fall of the Iron Curtain
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi invites Rectors and representatives of Coimbra Group universities to the seminar Universities in a changing Europe, organised in Iasi on 24-25 October.
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Aug2019YEBO project consortium at IEASA Annual Conference
YEBO project partners from Europe and South Africa met in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa from 21 to 23 August to participate in a series of workshops within the IEASA Annual Conference…
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Jul2019A New Deal for European Higher Education and Research Areas
A lot has happened in Europe in recent weeks: the all-important elections to the new European Parliament and of the Commission Presidents will have great influence on…
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Jul2019Celebrating the XX Anniversary of the signing of the Bologna Declaration
The organising committee has forwarded the information below as follow-up to the XX Anniversary of the Bologna Declaration…
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Jul2019Joint Call for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Budget
The Coimbra Group has once again joined 14 associations to call on the EU Institutions and national policy makers to strengthen Research and Innovation investment at European level.
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Jul2019Machine Learning applications in SSH
17-18 October 2019, University of Würzburg