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European degree: Top-notch innovative joint programmes for a competitive Europe

"The objective of the European degree is for students to be able to benefit from what Europe can offer, have a competitive Europe and for companies to find the workforce they need", indicates Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Member of the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu at European…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 393499
• Published on 02/04/25 at 17:15
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Columbia University: Resignation of interim President after institution abided by Trump's demands

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University’s interim President, resigns effective immediately, announces the American university on 28/03/2025. Claire Shipman, the Board of Trustees Co-Chair, is appointed Acting President and will serve until the Board completes its presidential search. This is the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 393359
• Published on 01/04/25 at 16:35
A European Ocean Pact investing in R&I to be presented at United Nations Ocean Conference in June

A European Ocean Pact "enabling member states to reaffirm that the ocean is one of their strategic and competitive assets" will be presented at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (Unoc) in Nice (France), announces French President Emmanuel Macron on 31/03/2025, at the conclusion of the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, …
• Article # 393387
• Published on 01/04/25 at 10:04
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Continuous efforts in Europe in favour of student empowerment (EUA Learning & Teaching report)

"Student empowerment should benefit everyone and, accordingly, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has made continuous efforts to support this empowerment and harmonise standards. The Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), for example…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 393154
• Published on 31/03/25 at 16:33
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 31/03/2025

UUK, The Guild, Leru, EIC... these institutions host events from 31/03/2025. 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 # 393217
• Published on 31/03/25 at 10:39
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Exclusive Ekaterina Zaharieva and EU Ministers’ initiative for scientific freedom and talent attraction

Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, will hold a meeting with the research Ministers of the member states, in response to a request made by 13 research and innovation Ministers in a letter, News Tank learns on 27/03/2025. The letter, sent on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 393128
• Published on 28/03/25 at 17:11
• Updated on31/03/25 at 10:29
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New European Bauhaus Facility: €360 M from Horizon Europe to revitalise neighbourhoods through R&I

The European Commission publishes its roadmap for implementing the New European Bauhaus (Neb) Facility- a funding tool for the New European Bauhaus that fosters the development and scaling up of innovative solutions for the transformation of neighbourhoods, with an important R&I component, on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, State, Funding, …
• Article # 393032
• Published on 28/03/25 at 14:28
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Competitiveness: "Europe has to take leadership and ensure we can act more autonomously" (R-J Smits)

"More than ever before, Europe has to take leadership, and ensure that as a continent, we can act more autonomously", states Robert-Jan Smits, President of EuroTech and President of Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands), during the EuroTech Annual Event 2025, held at the Bavarian…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Companies, …
• Article # 392885
• Published on 27/03/25 at 19:19
EUA Learning & Teaching Forum 2025: Main takeaways to achieve a "parity of esteem" with research

The EUA Learning & Teaching Forum 2025, organised by the association and hosted by the University College Cork (UCC, Ireland) on 27 and 28/02/2025 brought together more than 250 participants from over 30 countries to "give visibility to our work and good practice of member universities. It's also…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 392568
• Published on 27/03/25 at 18:44
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EIC and ERC call for independence and substantial increase in budget

"It is vital that the budgets for the EIC and the ERC be increased to ensure substantial, attractive funding and more reasonable success rates for applicants. These budgets must be ringfenced in future EU R&I framework programme (FP10), even if included in an envisaged Competitiveness Fund", say…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 392862
• Published on 27/03/25 at 10:59