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Oct2022Europe needs national excellence initiatives
Stimulating excellence in research and education is of the utmost importance to push the frontiers of science and for the world to produce the knowledge needed to meet current and future challenges.
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Oct2022Latest developments on the Research Assessment Reform
On 28 September 2022, the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment officially opened for signatures during a plenary session at the European Research and Innovation Days. Building up on the discussions held in Padua in June in connection with the Coimbra Group Annual Conference, the network has continued fostering dialogue among its members on this initiative.On 20 […]
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Oct2022Siena signs Poitiers Declaration
Siena signed today the Poitiers Declaration. The Mayor of Siena hosted the event at the astonishing Sala delle Lupe, at the Palazzo pubblico of the city. The Chair of the Executive Board Ludovic Thilly underlined the strategic importance of strong ties and collaboration between the University and the town before the formal signature between Rector Francesco […]
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Oct20222022 Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme: numbers continue to increase and reach new high
A total of 710 candidates applied for the 2022 edition of the Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme, among which 609 were declared eligible. After the selection process, CG participating universities have awarded to the three different schemes a record number of 88 scholarships for the academic year 2022-2023. This new high follows three years of continuous […]
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Oct2022Internationalising Higher Education: Safety Abroad, Interculturality at Home
Tuesday, December 13th from 14:00 – 17:30 After years of both hard work and unmuting ourselves, the UNISAFE Project and the TICKET Project, in collaboration with the Coimbra Group, are delighted to invite you to our in-person joint dissemination event: Internationalising Higher Education: Safety Abroad, Interculturality at Home This event will take place physically in […]
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Oct20227th edition of the Coimbra Group Three-Minute-Thesis Competition
The Coimbra Group Office has launched the call for the 7th edition of the Coimbra Group Three-Minute-Thesis (CG 3MT) Competition. The live final of the 2023 edition of the competition will take place during the CG Annual Conference at the University of Cologne (31 May – 2 June 2023). The timeline is as follows: Please […]
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Oct2022Eurail and Coimbra Group in the front seat towards a Green(er) Erasmus+
Eurail and Coimbra Group strategic partnership reveals an increasing interest for greener travel solutions The Green(er) Erasmus+ pilot programme developed by Eurail and the Coimbra Group confirmed a growing demand for sustainable travel solutions. The initiative took place in the academic year 2021/22, a timely celebration for 2021 as European Year of Rail and for […]
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Sep20222022-2023: Looking ahead to the new academic year with renewed ambitions
September has rolled out again, marking the official start of the 2022-23 academic year across most of European countries. In the increasingly complex and challenging environment our institutions operate in, we greatly appreciate the strong ties Coimbra Group members have established throughout the decades…
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Sep2022Coimbra Group signs open letter against Horizon Europe 2023 budget cuts
In the light of the proposal of the Council of the EU to cut the 2023 draft budget for Horizon Europe by €663 million, the Coimbra Group co-signed an open letter, together with several university and research associations, urging the EU Member States to reconsider the proposed budget reduction. The European Commission has planned a […]
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Sep2022Registration open for the first Life Sciences Working Group Conference of 2022/23 – “Animal models of aging” on October 7th
Life Sciences Working Group Conference October 7th, 2022 The Coimbra Group Life Sciences Working Group is pleased to announce the launch of a virtual conferences cycle this academic year. The first event will take place on 7th October 2022 under the title “Animal models of aging”. Professor Simon Galas, a Full Professor at the University […]
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Sep2022Coimbra Group greening mobility developments at the EAIE Annual Conference in Barcelona
On 15 September 2022, the Academic Exchange and Mobility Working Group (AEM WG) representatives: Dorota Maciejowska, Tiziana Gatti, and Michela Cobelli, held a session at the 32nd EAIE Annual 2022 conference in Barcelona. The session entitled “Greening mobility: Coimbra Group developments towards sustainability in Europe” was a result of Coimbra Group universities’ experiences in transitioning […]
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Sep2022The Coimbra Group Office is looking for its next trainee/intern
Deadline: Friday 21st. October 2022 Traineeship/Internship period: January 2023 through end June 2023. Who we are: The Coimbra Group is an association of forty European research universities, all of which are long-standing, comprehensive and renowned universities (www.coimbra-group.eu). The Coimbra Group has its Office in Brussels, at the interface between the Coimbra Group Universities and the […]
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Aug2022Finding certainty in uncertain times
Rapidly after I joined the Coimbra Group in early 2020, the world as we knew it changed dramatically. I have then often been told that my first years in the office must have been unsettling in many ways. How do you foster transnational community-building, relationships and cooperation in times of social distancing and travel restrictions? The resurgence of war in Europe in 2022 only added
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Aug2022Call for Papers – Coimbra Group International Seminar on Universities’ Built Heritage
The Heritage Working Group is pleased to announce the international seminar “The Built Heritage of Universities – use, re-use, hidden stories and aspects of conservation and interpretation”, to take place at the University of Tartu on Tuesday 15 November 2022.
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Jul2022French Presidency of the EU Council in the fields of higher education, research and innovation: kick-starting a new era?
Professors Anne Fraïsse, Philippe Augé and Virginie Laval, Presidents of, respectively, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, University of Montpellier and University of Poitiers The first semester of 2022 will sadly be remembered for the many significant historical and political developments that happened in Europe, among which is, of course, the tragic invasion of Ukraine by the […]
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Jul2022Synergies in the research and innovation funding in Europe
Prague, 7-8 July On July 7-8, 2022, a conference on synergy in funding research and innovation in Europe was held in Prague, organized by the Czech Republic, which holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, in which Coimbra Group envoys from Charles University Kristýna Kolinová and Bulat Nigmedzianov took part. The conference addressed […]
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Jul2022The Coimbra Group commits to eight ERA policy actions
Together with Member States, associated countries, and other stakeholder organisations engaged in the ERA Policy Agenda for 2022-2024 development process, the Coimbra Group was invited in June to express its commitments towards the implementation of specific ERA Actions.After an internal consultation and considering the network’s internal capacity, the CG formally committed to the following eight actions: The […]
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Jul2022Coimbra Group Master Students Exchange Program in Infection Biology to start in September 2022
The Coimbra Group Life Sciences Working Group will launch its Master’s students exchange program concentrating on Infection Biology from September 2022 onwards.Student mobility will be encouraged among the participating Universities (Würzburg, Göttingen, Uppsala, Montpellier) to carry out their laboratory internships abroad.This mobility will strengthen the cooperation between the partner Universities, promote higher education attractiveness and […]
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Jun2022Academic freedom: a fundamental value guiding our work and our choices
Daniela Mapelli, Rector, University of Padua After two years of virtual conferences, in 2022 the University of Padua has had the honour to facilitate the return to face-to-face meetings and host the 2022 Annual Conference and General Assembly of the Coimbra Group – a welcome change and the occasion to see new and familiar faces […]
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Jun2022E-NOTE Project Consortium team meets in Coimbra
The European Network on Teaching Excellence (E-NOTE) consortium met this week in a hybrid mode, with most participants traveling to Coimbra to participate in person. Organised by the CG member University of Coimbra, the meeting took place at the Faculty of Economics. The consortium team discussed the progress of the Project’s Intellectual Outputs, consulted the […]