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30
Jan2019

Call 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.

28
Jan2019

Supporting 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.

21
Dec2018

Research 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.

20
Dec2018

Information 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.

17
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.

14
Dec2018

Myanmar’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.

04
Dec2018

ICMED 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” …

30
Nov2018

100 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…

22
Nov2018

STEM 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.

15
Nov2018

At 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…

08
Nov2018

Research 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).

07
Nov2018

St 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.

06
Nov2018

Staff Training on Recognition of Refugees’ Qualifications – Updated Programme

Check the updated the programme of the Staff Training Workshop on Recognition of Refugees’ Qualifications.

31
Oct2018

Alliances of European Universities: a new momentum to the European Union?

The long-awaited call for proposals for Alliances of European Universities is out! …

25
Oct2018

Prague 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.

24
Oct2018

Central European University – Hungarian Government’s continued harassment

As already reported on several occasions, the Hungarian Government continues to find ways in which to make life unbearable for higher education institutions in general and the Central European University (CEU) in particular. Since the start of 2017, the Hungarian Government has done its utmost to prove that the CEU is illegal in Hungary in […]

18
Oct2018

Coimbra Group represented on DG EAC working groups

As part of the priorities of the Coimbra Group, a renewed and strengthened role of universities in the Bologna Process already formed part of the discussions in Salamanca and has been close to Coimbra Group hearts for the past several years. To the education policy priorities since the Closed Rectors’ meeting in Salamanca, was added […]

16
Oct2018

Erasmus Salon: Are Universities a Hub for Lifelong Learning?

On 11 October the European University Foundation (EUF) organised one of their Erasmus Salons at the Maison des Ailes…

01
Oct2018

The University and the City of Würzburg sign the Poitiers Declaration

Prof. Dr Alfred Forchel, President of the University of Wurzburg and Mr Christian Schuchardt, Mayor of the City of Würzburg, have signed the Poitiers Declaration.

28
Sep2018

Welcoming Refugees Into Universities

Giovanna FILIPPINI, Head of the International Relations Division, University of Bologna (Chair)
Mathieu CRETTENAND, Senior advisor to the Rectorate, University of Geneva
Dana SAMSON, Pro-Rector for International Affairs, University of Louvain
Universities across Europe have a long tradition of hosting refugee…