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LMU Munich (Germany): Matthias Tschöp elected as the new President

Matthias Tschöp will take his new position as President of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) on 01/10/2025 for six years following the election on 20/02/2025, the German university announces on the same day. He currently serves as the CEO and Scientific Director of Helmholtz Zentrum…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Universities, Careers, Strategy
• Article # 388861
• Published on 24/02/25 at 18:10
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 24/02/2025

EHEA, EUA, Science Europe,... these institutions host events from 24/02/2025. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to European…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 388801
• Published on 24/02/25 at 10:42
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A stronger Erasmus + needed to "maximise the impact of European University Alliances" (R. Minzatu)

"I want to leave two key concepts as a strong legacy of this Commission’s mandate: European University Alliances and Centers for Vocational Excellence. These initiatives are essential for the Union of Skills, promoting knowledge circulation and enhancing how Europeans are equipped with essential…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, European commission, …
• Article # 388296
• Published on 21/02/25 at 14:31
Memorandum of Understanding between French and Spanish rectors at the OECD

The Conference of Spanish University Rectors (Crue) and France Universités (Conference of French University Presidents) sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the OECD headquarters in Paris on 19/02/2025. They want to "strengthen their cooperation and continue contributing to the development of…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Universities, Erasmus+, Quality Assurance, …
• Article # 388554
• Published on 20/02/25 at 17:56
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10 recommendations from innovation consultants for "improving access to EU public funding schemes"

Clarifying the rules on Lump Sum grants, improving the Funding and Tenders Portal, simplifying EU Partnerships, clarifying the rules on project management, and avoiding deadline grouping are some of the recommendations made by the European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) to "improve…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Companies, …
• Article # 388478
• Published on 20/02/25 at 15:54
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FT MBA 2025 Ranking: The US, the UK, France and India counting the most institutions ranked

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, conserving its first place, Columbia Business School (US) and IESE Business School (Spain) are the top three business schools in the FT MBA 2025 Ranking published on 16/02/2025. The ranking is made of 100 global business schools. If the top…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Executive education, …
• Article # 387889
• Published on 19/02/25 at 17:07
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Fraunhofer Society (Germany): Constantin Häfner new Board Member for Research and Transfer

Constantin Häfner will take up his new position as Executive Board Member for Research and Transfer at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer Society) on 17/02/2025, announces the German research organisation on 14/02/2025. He was elected by the Fraunhofer Senate during its meeting on…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Societal impact of science, …
• Article # 388242
• Published on 19/02/25 at 10:22
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Switzerland: A manufacturing alliance by ETH Zurich and University of St. Gallen with 13 companies

The University of St. Gallen (HSG) and ETH Zurich are launching the ETH-HSG Manufacturing Alliance "to strengthen the competitiveness of the Swiss industry and promote young talent. The alliance combines the strengths of the two universities and provides new impetus in research and practice"…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Companies, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 388150
• Published on 18/02/25 at 14:31
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Global University Academy: 16 universities gathering to create training courses for young refugees

"Our project is ambitious, but above all pragmatic: it involves creating training courses for young refugees or displaced persons in camps, by relying on local universities that are at realistic distances so that they can host a certain number of students on a face-to-face basis", Jennifer…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 387898
• Published on 17/02/25 at 15:55
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 17/02/2025

Unigreen, Aurora, European Commission,... these institutions host events from 17/02/2025. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 387897
• Published on 17/02/25 at 14:33