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Jun2023“European Network on Teaching Excellence” project’s final event
On 21 June, the Coimbra Group hosted the final conference of the “European Network on Teaching Excellence” (E-NOTE) project at the University Foundation in Brussels. It was the occasion for the consortium members (Leiden University, University of Coimbra, Charles University, Copenhagen University, Global Governance Institute, and the Coimbra Group) to present the fruits of the […]
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Jun2023Reaction to the European Innovation Council Board’s statement on intellectual property
On 3 May 2023, the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC) published a statement on the Intellectual Property (IP) rules applicable to EIC Pathfinder and Transition projects. Our associations of knowledge transfer professionals, research and technology organisations, and universities, including the Coimbra Group, praise the efforts of the EIC Board especially the then interim […]
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Jun2023Towards a collective open access publishing service
From the Research Support Officers Working Group On 14 June 2023, Coimbra Group represented by RSO WG members Ondřej Daniel (Charles University) and Börje Dahrén (Uppsala University) attended a R&I stakeholders‘ online meeting organised by the Commission’s DG RTD on the future of the Open Research Europe platform (ORE), “Towards a collective open access publishing […]
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Jun2023ERA Action 11.3 Workshop on the digital transition and working life
By Luca Pietrantoni (University off Bologna), Katrine Moland Hansen (University of Bergen) and Sergi Martinez Rigol (University of Barcelona) On 16 June the Coimbra Group, represented by members of the Employability Working Group, Sergi Martinez Rigol (University of Barcelona) and Katrine Moland Hansen (University of Bergen), and by expert Prof. Luca Pietrantoni (University of Bologna), […]
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Jun2023Coimbra Group 2023 Annual Conference
Wrap-UpThe Coimbra Group (CG) 2023 Annual Conference and General Assembly took place from 31 May to 2 June 2023 in the beautiful city of Cologne, hosted by our member the University of Cologne. Around 250 representatives of the 40 Coimbra Group member universities gathered in the event for a full 3-day programme. You can watch the public […]
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Jun2023Dealing with Complex Heritage: Revisiting University Pasts in Contemporary Practice
Call for ChaptersHeritage Working Group Editors: Peter Bille Larsen (University of Geneva), Markéta Křížová (Charles University), Gertjan Plets (Utrecht University) How do universities deal with problematic or complex heritage issues from colonialism, exclusion of minorities to authoritarian practices? This book aims to explore and learn from how universities address “uneasy”, “problematic” or “difficult” heritage (in both its […]
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Jun202325 R&I organisations urge the African Union and European Union to take a novel funding approach to science cooperation
Ahead of the second African Union – European Union Research & Innovation Ministerial Meeting scheduled to take place on 13 June 2023 at Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), where Ministers are expected to adopt the AU-EU Innovation Agenda and hence kick-start its implementation phase, Coimbra Group joins several other stakeholders in urging AU and EU leaders, and […]
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May2023Valuing student voice, engagement and partnership
President Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, University of Galway When we at University of Galway launched our Strategic Plan Shared Vision, Shaped by Values in early 2020, we committed to ‘being here for our students, our society and our planet’. As President of University of Galway, who had been a student here in the 1980s and who […]
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May2023All roads lead to… Cologne!
The Coimbra Group 2023 Annual Conference and General Assembly is taking place this week, hosted by the University of Cologne. More than 250 representatives of the 40 Coimbra Group member universities will get together in the beautiful city of Cologne for a full 3-day programme. On the 31st the day starts with a meeting between […]
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May2023Join the Final Conference of the European Network on Teaching Excellence (21 June, Brussels)!
The consortium partners of the European Network on Teaching Excellence (E-NOTE) are delighted to invite you to their final event on “Higher Education Teaching Excellence and the Future of the European Education Area”. The conference will present the outcomes of the E-NOTE project, a Strategic Partnership funded by the Erasmus+ programme (2020-2023) with the view […]
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May2023Standing in solidarity with their values, Coimbra Group members vote to revoke the membership of St Petersburg University
On 26 April 2023, an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Coimbra Group (CG) Universities has taken decision on the membership status of St Petersburg State University (SPbU). In March 2022 SPbU’s membership had been suspended after the Rector of SPbU co-signed a public statement by the Russian Union of Rectors backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
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May2023Workshop on green transition and working life
Annette Retsch, Vice-Chair Employability Working Group (University of Würzburg) On 27th April the representatives of the CG Employability Working Group Annette Retsch (Vice-Chair, University of Würzburg) and Katrine Moland Hansen (University of Bergen) and Enora Bergot (CG Office) participated in the first workshop of the ERA4FutureWork subgroup that was initiated by the European Commission. The […]
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May2023EB Statement in support of the Swedish Universities and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions
The Executive Board of the Coimbra Group would like to express its full support to the Swedish Universities and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions[i] in their protest against the political decision to cut the period of office of university board members by half in order to increase the “security competence” of the boards. […]
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Apr2023Much needed policy experimentation on the European Degree Label – a challenging opportunity
Rector Pilar Aranda Ramírez, University of Granada The European Strategy for Universities and the subsequent Council Recommendation on building bridges for effective European higher education co-operation adopted on 5th April 2022 both make clear reference to the need to eliminate barriers to the development of joint academic programmes, and in particular of joint degrees, in […]
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Apr2023Congratulations to the finalists of the 2023 Coimbra Group 3MT competition!
This year again, the Coimbra Group 3MT Competition was enthusiastically received, with no less than 26 universities nominating a candidate. Following the voting process, we are delighted to announce the 3 finalists (in alphabetical order, not ranking order): Ida Cecilie Jensen (Aarhus University), Juhi Parmar (Jena University) and Michaela Raab (Edinburgh University). Congratulations to each […]
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Apr2023Webinar on ‘Disability, Diversity and Inclusion’
The Faculty of History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow is organising, as part of the activities of the Equality and Diversity Working Group, a webinar on good practices in academic education for people with various disabilities, entitled ‘Disability, diversity and Inclusion’. The webinar will take place on Friday 28 April, 12 – 1:30 pm […]
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Apr2023Coimbra Group attends EU-LAC Knowledge Forum in Montevideo
On 24 and 25April, Latin America WG Vice-Chair Soledad Garcia Ferrari represented Coimbra Group at the EU-LAC Knowledge Forum held in in Montevideo, Uruguay. A joint initiative of the EU-LAC Foundation, the Uruguayan International Cooperation Agency (AUCI) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the event was attended by a wide range of […]
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Apr2023CG Survey results: European Universities Initiative & Student engagement
Background: European Universities Initiative – Coimbra Group Since the very start in 2018, the Coimbra Group has been actively involved in the co-design process of the European Universities initiative with the EC and has made the strong political choice to provide support to all member Universities during the calls. From the beginning, the Coimbra Group […]
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Mar2023Should universities go to war?
Vincent Blondel, Rector of UCLouvain, President of the European Alliance Circle U. These are troubled times. In many parts of the world, violence is mixed with injustice. Europe is no exception. Europe is experiencing both a terrible war in Ukraine, because of the Russian aggression, and the rise of internal forces that threaten the creation […]
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Mar2023New EU Innovation Agenda: Coimbra Group meets Silicon Valley R&I actors
Coimbra Group universities were represented at the First Silicon Valley European Innovation Days that were held on 21-22 March in San Francisco, California. The Chair of the Coimbra Group Executive Board, Ludovic Thilly, was part of the high-level delegation of entrepreneurs, investors, leaders of regional authorities, Members of the European Parliament and other innovation actors, […]