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Apr2021Seminar on Navigating the Evolution of Myanmar’s Higher Education – 29 April
This event marks the end of CHINLONE, a three-year capacity building project co- funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.
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Mar2021Women in Science: Why we must pay attention to equality and diversity
Every other year on March 8th, International Women’s Day, the University of Groningen awards the Aletta Jacobs prize to a woman who has served as an example to others…
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Mar2021Walls, Laws and Migrations – Past and Present
The Coimbra Group SSH Working Group invites you to the online colloquium “Walls, Laws and Migrations – Past and Present”, on 27-28 May 2021.
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Mar2021“YEBO!” project online conference – Registration is open
Join us and our partner institutions in South Africa and Europe at the YEBO! online conference on internationalisation of PhD studies, on 12-14 April.
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Mar2021NESET’s new publication on COVID-19 impact on higher education
The Network of Experts working on the Social Dimension of Education and Training (NESET) has just published a new analytical report on the impact of COVID-19…
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Feb2021Alliances of European Universities: an unprecedented initiative at the crossroads?
During the first semester of 2021, most of the 17 first Alliances (selected in 2019) will enter in the second half of their (first) funding period: this will coincide with the launch, by the European Commission, of a consultation process on a “EU Higher Education Transformation Agenda”…
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Feb2021Roundtable discussion with Dr Herzberger-Fofana and Dr Ahmed Ouma
You are kindly invited to attend the two final events of the Coimbra Group Virtual Winter School on Global Change and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa: roundtable discussion with…
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Jan2021The Momentum for Innovation
The year 2020 and Germany‘s 13th Presidency of the Council of the European Union was marked by the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has proven to be a particular challenge for the …
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Jan2021Main Events of CG Winter School on Global Change and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa
We are happy to announce that the Coimbra Group Virtual Winter School “Global Change and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa – Chances or Challenges?” will start on 1 February 2021.
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Jan2021Call for Papers – After Crisis / Post-conflict context: Justice, Institutions, Media (JIM).
This conference will focus on the construction – or otherwise – of positive peace by institutions, the media, the judiciary, and society at large, in the post-conflict phase…
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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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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.