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Jan2020European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Workshop: University Networks shaping EOSC
The Coimbra Group actively took part in the European Open Science Cloud Workshop with University Networks, through the participation of five experts from our member universities…
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Jan2020European Universities initiative : second call of pilot phase and future roll-out in the next Erasmus+ programme
The Executive Board Chair, Prof. Ludovic Thilly, was invited to participate to the stakeholders’ event ‘Co-creating Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps’ …
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Jan2020Strong research and higher education for the future
From Professors Moira von Wright and Jukka Kola, respectively Rectors of Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku The year of 2020 is challenging and holds some important decisions concerning the EU programmes for research and education. Finland’s EU Presidency in autumn 2019 aimed at finalising the Council negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework, expecting a modernised MFF to […]
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Dec2019Native language higher education and science are a treasure
Just a couple of weeks ago, on 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrated its 100th anniversary as Estonia’s National University.
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Nov2019New Office Director of the Coimbra Group
The current Office Director, Ms. Inge Knudsen, will retire on 31 January 2020, after more than twelve years of dedicated commitment…
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Nov2019Present and future of European research – Changes on the Hungarian scene
There are ongoing discussions all over Europe with regard to the changes that will take place in the third decade of the 21st century. The unquestionable need to make higher education more open, flexible and mobile opened the way for the European Universities Initiative,…
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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
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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…