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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 17/03/2025

EuroTech, EFMD, UUKi... these institutions host events from 17/03/2025. 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 # 391474
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"A clear signal from the European Commission that alliances are here to stay" (Olga Wessels, ECIU)

"One key take away from the event on the European alliances was the clear signal from the European Commission that the alliances are very important to them and that they are here to stay", says Olga Wessels, head of ECIU alliance Brussels office and coordinator of ForEU4All, the Community of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, European commission, …
• Article # 391228
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Jedi calling for strategic action in European defence with R&D

"More money is critical, but this will not protect Europeans if we are not more realistic, strategic in our joint goals, massively simplify and act boldly", declares the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (Jedi), calling for an urgent and strategic overhaul of European defence, in a briefing…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , State, Policy, …
• Article # 390468
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Call from European science academies: "A strong research framework programme with a €220 Bn budget"

32 European science academies address, on 12/03/2025, an open letter to the EU leadership. They outline three key demands: the creation of a 'comprehensive and robust research framework programme' to enhance Europe's competitiveness and resilience; the allocation of substantial funding amounting…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 391131
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Competitiveness Fund: "A stop signal from the Parliament and from the Council altogether" (C.Ehler)

"The most important message of today is that there had been a stop signal from the Parliament and the Council altogether. The Parliament had been saying no to the plans of the Commission to squeeze the FP10 into a Competitiveness Fund defined by one, two or three priorities simply as a matter of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
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• Article # 390947
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Germany's plan for education: Support academic freedom, enhance R&I and invest in infrastructures

"Our demand is clear: Germany needs stability and renewal - for a secure future, economic strength and social cohesion", states the document concluding the preliminary discussions to form a coalition government in Germany, published by the leaders of the CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Funding, …
• Article # 390979
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Stand Up for Science: Protests around the world against budget cuts and massive layoffs in the US

Researchers, federal workers, and their supporters gathered in Stand Up for Science protests on 07/03/2025 to oppose the Trump administration's budget cuts to research funding and widespread layoffs across science-funding agencies. According to Reuters, there were 30 events in the US and over 150…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 390667
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"A shift of tone in the UK" regarding higher education partnerships (British Council France)

"We see a shift of tone in the UK, with announcements from the Prime Minister and the Minister that international students are welcome, which clashes with the precedent government. We want to keep pushing that, even though obstacles persist since Brexit was implemented", states Sara Gill, Head of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 390496
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 10/03/2025

The European Commission, Unilion, the Council of the EU,... these institutions host events from 10/03/2025. 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…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 390576
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EUA: Four candidates for the Board for 2025-2029; election in April

The EUA announces the approval of four candidates for the association's Board for the period 2025-2029 on 07/04/2025: Manuel Tuñón de Lara, professor and former President of the University of Bordeaux (France), Angelika Epple, Rector of Bielefeld University (Germany), Gregor Majdič, Rector of the…
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