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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 08/07/2024

Conexus alliance, G7 of Higher Education and Research ministers,... these institutions host events from 08/07/2024. News Tank's agenda purpose is to provide an overview of the events taking place in the higher education, research and innovation ecosystem in Europe. We focus on: • events…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 331328
• Published on 08/07/24 at 11:19
• Updated on08/07/24 at 15:52
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The challenge of implementing research assessment in Europe (EUA-CDE annual meeting)

"Since its creation in 2022, Coara has aimed to reform research assessment in Europe through its core commitments to guide its implementation in different countries", says Pastora Martinez Samper, Commissioner for International Action at the Open University of Catalonia (Spain) and co-chair of the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 330325
• Published on 08/07/24 at 11:00
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France: Rennes School of Business "has internationalisation at the heart of its identity"

"Rennes SB has internationalisation at the heart of its identity. From the outset, the programme portfolio has been taught almost entirely in English", declares Caroline Jouanin, in charge of International Development at Rennes School of Business (France), in an interview with News Tank on…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 328649
• Published on 05/07/24 at 16:21
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Swiss association to EU programmes: calls opened to Switzerland as "a sign of goodwill" (I. Ivanova)

"In the context of ongoing negotiations on a broad package of measures, which include Switzerland’s association to EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, the Commission decided to open calls for Swiss entities to apply as beneficiaries", declares Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 331176
• Published on 05/07/24 at 15:40
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AACSB: 106 schools extending Business and Accounting accreditation, including 13 Europeans

86 institutions have extended their AACSB business accreditation and 20 have extended their accounting accreditation, AACSB International announces on 03/07/2024. The organisation now has 1,026 accredited institutions in over 65 countries and territories. "The commitment to earning…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Quality Assurance, …
• Article # 330969
• Published on 05/07/24 at 06:55
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New Dutch government to make major cuts to education and research budget and limit foreign students

Dutch universities sent a letter to the Parliament "stating that budget cuts could cost 1,200 academic jobs. Today, we read that it could even cost us up to 5,000 jobs. In doing so, we are actually putting the Netherlands' knowledge position at a disadvantage", says the party leader of Volt…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, Universities, …
• Article # 331013
• Published on 04/07/24 at 17:42
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Canada’s association to the EU research and innovation programme Horizon Europe signed

“We warmly welcome today’s association of Canada to Pillar II of Horizon Europe, the European Union’s framework programme for research and innovation. This is an important milestone in the long-standing strategic partnership between the European Union and Canada", declare Commission President…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 330886
• Published on 04/07/24 at 11:34
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AACSB: renewal of accreditations for French schools Excelia BS and EM Normandie for five years

Two French business schools, Excelia BS and EM Normandie, have had their respective AACSB accreditations renewed for five years, they announce on 03/07/2024. They both hold Amba and Equis accreditations and therefore retain their triple crown. According to Excelia BS, the AACSB evaluators…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Digital, …
• Article # 330825
• Published on 03/07/24 at 17:33
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Leiden 2024: American and Chinese universities top ranking of most impactful in the research field

Harvard University (U.S.) is the world's most impactful university in terms of research publications, arriving first in the Leiden ranking, published on 03/07/2024 by the CWTS research institute in the Netherlands. With 94,615 publications in total and 21,2% of them belonging to the top 10% of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 330771
• Published on 03/07/24 at 15:48
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Data collection in doctoral education: positive outcome but a "need to develop indicators" (EUA-CDE)

"A positive outcome of data collection in doctoral education in Germany was that it started discussions on the situation of PhDs, but it was (too) focused on numbers, and it compared different subjects and forgot about the specific needs and situation", declares Kolja Briedis, from DZHW (Germany)…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 330144
• Published on 03/07/24 at 09:35