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Christian Ehler report: Stakeholders concerned about the fate of Pillar 2 and research collaboration

The report of Christian Ehler, German MEP, on the assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe maintains the intention to allocate half of the FP10 budget to the ERC and EIC, as can be seen in the amended version of this same report published by its author on X on 11/12/2024. It adds that…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 346762
• Published on 12/12/24 at 18:24

Reactions to the passing of Alain Fuchs, former President of CNRS and Université PSL (France)

"A visionary, inspirational leader passes away. I am truly saddened by the passing of Alain Fuchs. I have admired Alain for many years, first from a distance, but more recently also from within The Guild", writes Jan Palmowski, Secretary-General at The Guild, on LinkedIn on 11/12/2024. Alain…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 347767
• Published on 12/12/24 at 16:12

Alex Pellacani, DG of Università di Trento (Italy), president of Humane as of 01/01/2025

Alex Pellacani, Director General of the Università di Trento (Italy), is approved by the Board as the new President of Humane, effective 01/01/2025, announces Humane, the heads of university management and administration network in Europe, on 11/12/2024. He will succeed Paul Greatrix, the…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 347666
• Published on 11/12/24 at 17:12

Knowledge valorisation: "Research results not fully exploited for the benefit of society" (M. Russo)

"The EU finances a lot of research, and there is a lot of ongoing activity. However, in all the important reports published this year — Letta, Draghi, and Heitor's — it is consistently stated that the results of research are not fully exploited for the benefit of society. Today's discussion is…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 347412
• Published on 11/12/24 at 15:57

QS Sustainability 2025: UK, Australia and Canada among most sutainable; University of Toronto first

The University of Toronto (Canada) is ranked first in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2025, followed by ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and third place is a tie between the University of California, Berkeley (US) and Lund University (Sweden), according to the ranking published on 10/12/2024 by QS. The…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Green transition, …
• Article # 347504
• Published on 11/12/24 at 15:34

Alina-Stefania Ujupan and Andreas Schwarz: Heads of cabinet for E. Zaharieva and R. Minzatu

Alina-Stefania Ujupan and Andreas Schwarz are the heads of the cabinets of Roxana Minzatu, Executive VP of the European Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs, and Preparedness, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I. Alina-Stefania Ujupan was head of the…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Careers, …
• Article # 347409
• Published on 11/12/24 at 11:50

Belgium: "The Wallonia-Brussels Federation decided to withdraw €3 M from universities" (F. Smets)

"The Wallonia-Brussels Federation announced it would cut €3 M from the higher education budget, which they intend to compensate for by raising the tuition fee for non-European students", indicates Françoise Smets, Professor, Rector of the University of Louvain and President of the French-speaking…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , State, Universities, …
• Article # 347306
• Published on 10/12/24 at 17:38

US election, international student policies, new British guideline: C. Cripps on higher ed news

"Four years ago, when Trump was in office, the higher education sector was talking doom and gloom, but now I think people are more prepared to look at opportunities", declares Christopher Cripps, Vice-President for Europe & International Affairs at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (France)…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): State, Funding, Horizon Europe - FP 10, …
• Article # 347255
• Published on 10/12/24 at 09:00

Alliances bring more prestige, status and public trust in the institutions (EUI survey)

Raising the profile of the institution in terms of status and prestige at the national level and globally is selected by 90% of respondents as the main area of impact of being in a European university alliance, can we learn in the Higher Education Informal Diplomacy Survey, presented on 21/11/2024…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 346444
• Published on 09/12/24 at 17:10

France: €213 M raised by the HEC Foundation, "a great collective success" (O. Sevillia)

"We collected a total of €213 M in donations, against a target of €200 M. For us, that's very satisfying. During the previous campaign (2008-2013), we also exceeded our objectives, as we were aiming for €100 M and raised €112 M," says Olivier Sevillia, Chairman of the HEC Foundation, a foundation…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Business schools, Executive education, Funding, …
• Article # 346556
• Published on 09/12/24 at 16:06