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Mar2023Coimbra Group Chair to participate in First Silicon Valley European Innovation Days
The Chair of the Coimbra Group Executive Board, Ludovic Thilly, has been invited to be part of the high-level delegation accompanying European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, at the first ever EU Innovation Days in the Silicon Valley (United States) from 21 to 23 March 2023. The delegation includes representatives […]
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Mar2023Coimbra Group founding member Trinity College Dublin receives EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion Award from Commissioner Maryia Gabriel
On International Women’s Day 8 March 2023, Trinity College Dublin was named a European Union Gender Equality Champion in recognition of its century-old effort to work toward gender equality on its campus and in its sector. The new European Union Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions, which comes with a €100,000 prize, was presented to […]
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Feb2023Science is in the interest of community at large
Coimbra Group Executive Board In the face of the countless challenges our societies are currently dealing with, now more than ever science must be addressed as a collective enterprise. This has been precisely the approach followed by the Coimbra Group to respond to the consultation on the ‘Past, present and future of the European Research […]
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Feb2023CG Education Innovation Working Group Seminar on Learning Analytics: registration is open
The Coimbra Group Education Innovation Working Group, together with the University of Poitiers, is organizing a Seminar on Learning Analytics on Thursday, 30th March in Poitiers. In the context of the digitalisation of higher education, learning analytics is a more and more prolific research and innovation domain. Organized by the Education Innovation Working Group and […]
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Feb2023We’re hiring – Work with us!
Are you interested in joining our team in Brussels? We are currently hiring two policy and advocacy officers at the Coimbra Group Office. One job position has a particular focus on education, and the other one on research issues. These are two unique opportunities to work at the interface of policy development and hands-on cooperation […]
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Feb2023Open Education Week 2023: registrations open for the Education Innovation Working Group webinar “Hybrid and Virtual Learning Spaces”
At the invitation of EDEN Digital Learning Europe, a network for the distance and e-learning professional community, CG Education Innovation Working Group (EDU WG) will host a webinar, “Hybrid and Virtual Learning Spaces,” during the upcoming Open Education Week 2023. The webinar will build on the work conducted by the Education Innovation Working Group members […]
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Feb2023Position Paper “Past, present, and future of the European Research & Innovation Framework programmes 2014-2027”
This document is the result of the collective efforts of the whole Coimbra Group community and expresses our views on the: Read the full position paper here
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Feb2023Coimbra Group’s position paper on the European R&I Framework Programmes
The Coimbra Group has submitted its position paper in reply to the European Commission public consultation on the ‘Past, present and future of the European Research & Innovation Framework programmes 2014-2027’. This document is the result of the collective efforts of the whole Coimbra Group community and expresses our views on the: The outstanding results […]
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Feb2023European Research Area (ERA) Forum launches work on research careers
The European Commission convened on the 1st of February in Brussels the kick-off meeting of the ERA Policy action designed to strengthen research careers (ERA action 4). As a co-sponsor of this action, together with Portugal, the Coimbra Group works closely with the Commission to advance work related to this action. We also played an […]
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Feb2023What’s new in Brussels? 2023: ACA event on recent developments in European policies and programmes
On the 2nd and 3rd of February, the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) hosted its annual flagship seminar What’s new in Brussels? Recent developments in European policies and programmes. After two years, the event returned to an entirely onsite format, giving participants a full networking experience. The conference went beyond sharing the Erasmus+ Call 2023 novelties, and offered […]
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Jan2023The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Universities
The Czech Republic took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU on July 1, 2022, and finished it at the end of December the same year. The preparations at all levels of the State and society had started a few years ago already. The priorities initially settled had to be changed dramatically after the attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
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Jan2023Next Life Sciences Working Group Virtual Conference: “Hide and Seek: Host Evasion of Protozoan Parasites” on 20 January 2023
The next Coimbra Group Life Sciences virtual conference this academic year will take place on 20 January 2023 under the title “Hide and Seek: Host Evasion of Protozoan Parasite
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Dec2022Reaffirming the ERC’s commitment to scientific excellence
The ERC is based on a simple idea. We support the best researchers to work in Europe on their best ideas. The sole criterion for selection is scientific excellence. This approach is critical to the success of the ERC and we have no intention of changing this principle
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Dec2022Follow-up: “Internationalising Higher Education: Safety Abroad, Interculturality at Home”
The final Multiplier Event for two projects, UNISAFE and TICKET, took place on the 13th December, at the University Foundation (Brussels). The event gathered almost 100 people and raised a lot of interest. You will find below the slides from the event, as well as links for the project outputs. UNISAFE: TICKET: The UNISAFE and […]
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Dec2022V European Education Summit in Brussels: recent challenges in education
The 5th European Education Summit, held in Brussels on 1st December, gathered representatives of EU institutions, ministers for education, stakeholder institutions, teachers and students in discussions on needed improvements, investments and challenges related to the resilience, quality, inclusivity and sustainability of education in Europe. This year’s Summit motto – Bright young minds – reflected on […]
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Dec2022Joint Statement Paper on the Model Grant Agreement’s Intellectual Property Provisions of the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe
The Coimbra Group and 7 other stakeholders, representing European universities, research performing organisations and knowledge transfer professionals, have published a joint statement urging…
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Nov2022Coimbra Group endorses call for broad and robust support to early career researchers
The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and their economic consequences have brought a whole new set of challenges for researchers in addition to the already existing ones. While this has impacted research productivity for both experienced and early-stage scientists, the latter – women in particular – are further affected by concerns related to their […]
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Nov2022Developing and reaffirming our universities as leading learning environments
Uppsala University, in close cooperation with the Coimbra Group Executive Board and Education Innovation Working Group, recently hosted and organised the High-Level Seminar on education policy on the theme From Learning Spaces to Learning Environments. Coimbra Group Rectors and Vice-Rectors for Education, as well as Working Group members, gathered in Uppsala
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Nov2022Dealing with Complex Heritage: Revisiting University Pasts in Contemporary Practice – Call for expression of interest
The principal goal of this initiative is to explore how universities address “uneasy”, “problematic” or “difficult” heritage. It focuses on the responsibility of present-day university institutions faced with such legacies as well as their significance for contemporary research, education and representational practice.
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Nov2022Coimbra Group signs agreement on Research Assessment Reform
The Coimbra Group is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and will join the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). In signing this agreement, CG joins almost 400 research organisations, including universities, research centres and funders, as well as national and regional authorities from across […]
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