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🚨 [Agenda] HEI conferences and events in Europe from 23/03

The Global Education Coalition, the French association of universities UDICE and other organisations are hosting events starting this week. 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…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 435023
• Published on 23/03/26 at 14:09
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Abel Prize 2026 awarded to German mathematician Gerd Faltings from Max-Planck Institute

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2026 Abel Prize to Gerd Faltings, Emeritus Research Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Germany, "for introducing powerful tools into arithmetic geometry and solving long-standing diophantine conjectures formulated by…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 434952
• Published on 20/03/26 at 18:29
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Worrying declines in academic freedom in Western Europe and the US could get worse, researcher warns

A leading researcher on academic freedom has warned that the independence of educational institutions could decline further because of the political situation. Angelo Vito Panaro, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, said that the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 434775
• Published on 20/03/26 at 18:00
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Marcel Levi reappointed as Executive Board's president of the Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Marcel Levi has been reappointed as president of the Executive Board of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). His second term will begin on 01/04/2026, announced the Dutch organisation on 18/03/2026. The professor was reappointed by Rianne Letschert, Minister of Education, Culture and Science. He…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 434949
• Published on 20/03/26 at 17:45
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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr.16

International students “worried and concerned” as they navigate the Middle East conflict; Cuban university students stage rare protest amid energy and internet shortages; Ontario students demonstrate against cuts to financial aid; Türkiye aligns universities with the COP31 agenda, Japan eases cap…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Universities, …
• Article # 434088
• Published on 20/03/26 at 17:10
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Experts recommend a shift in governance to ensure a beneficial AI and sustainability transition

Heads of business schools and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) meeting in Paris to discuss AI have expressed a common view that while the technology offers unprecedented productivity gains, its integration into higher education and policy requires a fundamental…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Business schools, …
• Article # 434755
• Published on 20/03/26 at 14:50
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EFMD Vice-President says business schools need to transform their systems to fit in an AI world

Helke Carvalho, Vice-President of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), has called on business schools to look ahead and transform their systems to fit in a world in which artificial intelligence (AI) is a part. She was speaking at the AI in Higher Education Summit hosted…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Business schools, …
• Article # 434608
• Published on 20/03/26 at 11:28
EUTOPIA alliance calls for a balanced approach to responsible internationalisation

The EUTOPIA universities' alliance says global academic cooperation is facing a critical turning point as universities struggle to balance the imperative of open science with escalating geopolitical risks. This is the main part of the alliance's report on responsible internationalisation…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 434594
• Published on 19/03/26 at 15:42
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Higher education leaders examine how AI can boost human intelligence

In a period of "unpredictable" and "disruptive" global change, leaders in higher education are shifting the conversation from whether artificial intelligence should be used to how it can be governed to enhance human intelligence. At the AI in Higher Education Summit, hosted by ESCP Business…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Universities, …
• Article # 434343
• Published on 17/03/26 at 17:49
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Tatjana König appointed Director of ALLEA Secretariat

Tatjana König has been appointed Director of the Secretariat of ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, the federation announced on 16/03/2026. König's experience includes being Managing Director of the Falling Walls Foundation, an international platform…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Careers, …
• Article # 434438
• Published on 17/03/26 at 17:47