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May2020Coimbra Group Universities’ responses to the COVID-19 emergency
We are pleased to announce the publication of the report “Practices at Coimbra Group Universities in response to the COVID-19 – A Collective Reflection on the Present and Future of Higher Education in Europe”…
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May2020Europe needs blue sky research more than ever
We are approaching the summer months with more time for leisure and family, but we will face a different summer than the ones we are used to…
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May2020Virtual Exchange at Coimbra Group Universities
The Chair of the Coimbra Group Education Innovation Working Group, Francesca Helm (University of Padova), has produced a report on Virtual Exchange at Coimbra Group Universities…
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May2020Coimbra Group reaction to new MFF proposal
While the Coimbra Group welcomes the proposed budget for Horizon Europe programme, there is a clear lack of ambition…
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May2020Coimbra Group Statement on #Erasmus500
The Coimbra Group fully supports the #Erasmus500 initiative and calls on the EU Institutions and national policy makers to strengthen the investment in Knowledge…
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May2020Maddalena Centanni is the 2020 Laureate of the Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students
The Selection Committee established by the Executive Board for the 2020 Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize…
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Apr2020Universities to play an active role in laying the foundation for a sustainable society
We are currently living in an unprecedented period. The COVID-19 crisis we are going through has triggered numerous inspiring initiatives…
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Apr2020Towards a 2030 Vision on the Future of Universities in Europe
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) has launched, earlier this year, a study entitled “Towards a 2030 Vision on the Future of Universities in Europe”, supported by a consultancy agency, senior experts and stakeholders, including university networks, among which is the Coimbra Group.
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Apr2020Innovative practices in Learning & Teaching
The Coimbra Group Education Innovation Working Group started gathering examples of learning and teaching practices among Coimbra Group Universities.
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Apr2020Pan-European #EUvsVirus Hackathon
The European Commission, in close collaboration with the EU member states, under the patronage of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel is organising a Pan-European #EUvsVirus Hackathon
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Apr2020Coimbra Group to hold online General Assembly and Open Session on European Universities Alliances
In light of the current pandemic context, the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group jointly with the Rectors of Montpellier University and Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University were forced to cancel the 2020 annual meeting
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Apr2020Coimbra Group statement on resignation of ERC President
The Coimbra Group expresses full support to the ERC’s Scientific Council after the announcement of the resignation of ERC President, Prof. Mauro Ferrari…
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Apr2020Coronavirus: Implications for the implementation of programmes managed by EACEA
Following the deadlines extension for Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and EU Solidarity calls, due to the recent escalation of restrictions related to the coronavirus…
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Apr2020Horizon 2020 Work Programme update
The 2020 Work Programme update was recently published together with a Guidance document to provide support…
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Mar2020Coimbra Group response to the COVID-19 crisis
It has been now a month or so that the coronavirus outbreak has started to hit Europe, with already dramatic consequences in Italy, Spain, France and many other European countries. European States are gradually taking measures…
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Mar2020European universities’ transformative mitigation and adaptation plans and the new European Green Deal
The European Green Deal is a strategic plan led by the European Commission to address, over the next decade, the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals
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Mar2020The personal experience from one of the Coimbra Group scholars
I would like to tell you about my research stay at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, in October-November 2019, which was organized within the framework of the Coimbra Group Scholarship
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Mar2020Coimbra Group Life Sciences Master´s Programs: “Master in Cancer Biology”
Eleven Coimbra Group Universities take part in the “Master´s Program in Cancer Biology”, an initiative of the Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG)
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Mar2020First Coimbra Group briefing paper on Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education
This briefing paper is the result of a rapid consultation of Coimbra Group Working Group…
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Mar2020COVID19 Update
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following the recommendations set forth by the World Health Organisation and the Belgian government, the Coimbra Group Brussels Office is teleworking…