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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - n°2

Former staff urge increased UK oversight of the China campus; Cornell’s research grants reinstated after agreement with the White House; Concordia University in Montreal proposes early retirements amid budget pressures; New Zealand government commits $75 million to infectious disease…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 419399
• Published on 21/11/25 at 15:24
©  D.R.
European Commission report sets out member states' actions to boost academic careers across Europe

The majority of European countries have adopted top-level strategies or enacted major reforms in recent years to address challenges facing academic staff, according to an EU report titled "Academic staff in Europe 2025" and published by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, Careers, Policy, …
• Article # 420252
• Published on 21/11/25 at 14:48
©  European Commission
European Commission awards €105.6 million in co-funding for doctoral and postdoctoral programmes

The European Commission will provide €105.6 million to co-fund 31 projects as a result of the 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for regional, national and international programmes (COFUND), it announced on 18/11/2025. The funding is for 14 doctoral training programmes and 17…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 420268
• Published on 20/11/25 at 17:53
League of European Research Universities appoints three new chairs

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has appointed three new chairs, the organisation announced on 19/11/2025. Two chairs were appointed to policy groups and one was appointed to a network group. The new chair of the Learning and Teaching (LEAR) policy group is Orla Sheils, the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 420218
• Published on 20/11/25 at 14:53
©  EUA
EUA's Maria Kelo: Quality assurance's "tiny contributions" can have an impact on global problems

Quality assurance has a role to play in helping institutions facing the challenges of the higher education sector, according to Maria Kelo, Director of Institutional Development at the European University Association, in charge of quality assurance. "Quality assurance can give tiny…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Policy, Quality Assurance, …
• Article # 420039
• Published on 20/11/25 at 14:42
QS Sustainability 2026: Sweden's Lund university overtakes Toronto for top spot in rankings

Lund University in Sweden is in first place in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2026, followed by the University of Toronto (Canada) and University College London (UK), according to the results published on 18/11/2025. Like last year, the top 20 is dominated by institutions from the UK, with…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Green transition, …
• Article # 420071
• Published on 19/11/25 at 18:38
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King's College London and 36 more universities sign charter on acamedic freedom

King's College London, along with 36 other universities, have signed the Magna Charta Universitatum (MCU), a set of principles on academic freedom and institutional autonomy. The step takes the total number of signatories to over 1,000. The MCU was developed in 1988 and is designed to be a…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Universities, Policy, Students experience, …
• Article # 420084
• Published on 19/11/25 at 18:10
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EQAF: How quality assurance can help universities tackle the environmental crisis

Internal and external quality assurance can help higher education institutions tackle the environmental crisis, according to Geneviève Le Fort, Vice-Rector for Quality and Social Responsibility at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland. Speaking at the European…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Funding, …
• Article # 419619
• Published on 19/11/25 at 15:21
©  D.R.
European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities calls for stronger SSH role in FP10

The EU should give a bigger role to social sciences and humanities in the next framework research programme, according to the head of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH). In an interview with News Tank on 13/11/2025, Gabi Lombardo, EASSH's Director, said the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 419560
• Published on 19/11/25 at 11:48
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Berkeley Space Centre and University of Luxembourg agree to collaborate in space science

Berkeley Space Centre and the University of Luxembourg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their collaboration in space science and technology. The MoU, which was announced by the University of Luxembourg on 12/11/2025, establishes a framework for collaboration for the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , State, …
• Article # 419867
• Published on 18/11/25 at 18:25