Filter by domain
Filter by year
©  D.R.
Single market strategy: "The fifth freedom will be addressed in the ERA Act" (Signe Ratso)

"The fifth freedom will be addressed in the ERA Act", says Signe Ratso, Commission's Deputy DGRI, on 23/05/2025, at the conference "Unlocking Innovation: Research-Intensive Universities as Drivers of Competitiveness and Societal Impact" organised by Leru, The Guild, KU Leuven and Universit…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Universities, …
• Article # 399582
• Published on 26/05/25 at 17:58
©  mihap - stock.adobe.com © mihap - stock.adobe.com
🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 26/05/2025

Sam, EFMD, Allea,… these institutions host events from 26/05/2025. 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 # 399470
• Published on 26/05/25 at 10:31
© Fotolia
Harvard University suing the administration after ban from international programme certification

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered DHS to terminate Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. This means Harvard can no longer enrol foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status", states the U.S. Department of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 399380
• Published on 23/05/25 at 16:46
©  D.R.
"Please, Europe, let's get our act together and be one" (Maria Leptin, ERC)

"Mobility is essential. Why did we have to wait for Trump to make life miserable for our poor colleagues in the US to start thinking about Choose Europe? We should have been thinking five, ten, fifteen years ago—what does it take for Europe to be more attractive? Why do our nationals go to the big…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Horizon Europe - FP 10, …
• Article # 399331
• Published on 23/05/25 at 11:50
©  D.R.
Erasmus +: 17 recommendations of the EUA for the next programme

"Erasmus+ must be one of the EU’s top priorities for the next MFF, with a continuity in features of the present one; it needs a systematic approach for simplification and quality enhancement; the new lump sum approach is principally welcome, but requires clearer rules and better guidance and…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 399294
• Published on 23/05/25 at 11:41
©  Franziska Enichlmayr
Exclusive UUK delegation to Berlin: German-British cooperation still expanding, "a real success story" (HRK)

"The German-British university cooperation has been a real success story. British universities have remained a highly attractive destination over the past decades, both for research and teaching", says Jens-Peter Gaul Secretary General of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK), on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 398877
• Published on 22/05/25 at 10:03
©  Département d’État/D. Thompson
Threats in the U.S., decrease in the EU,... (Re)discover News Tank's articles on academic freedom

Research budget cuts, interference in university governance, censorship of certain research topics... Attacks on academic freedom are one of the subjects that has kept the News Tank Academic editorial team busiest on a daily basis, particularly over the last few months. Read our latest articles on…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 398886
• Published on 20/05/25 at 17:28
©  EU/Lukasz Kobus ©  EU
Horizon Europe 2025 work programme: €7.3 Bn allocated, prioritising talent attraction and retention

The European Commission invests €7.3 Bn through its newly adopted Horizon Europe work programme for 2025, announces the institution on 14/05/2025. "The programme will help attract and retain top researchers in Europe and offer targeted support to those affected by war and displacement. As part…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 398158
• Published on 20/05/25 at 15:17
©  lazyllama - stock.adobe.com
EU-UK: Agreement to work towards the UK's association to Erasmus+

"The United Kingdom and the European Commission should work towards the association of the UK to the European Union Erasmus+ programme", states the European Commission on 19/05/2025, at the end of the EU-UK summit in London, where the Commission and the UK "explored areas with the potential to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 398749
• Published on 20/05/25 at 14:20
©  Dati Bendo EC/Dati Bendo ©  EC/Dati Bendo
"Our FP Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme" (U. von der Leyen)

"Let me be clear: our framework programme Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme", states Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on 20/05/2025 at the annual conference on the EU budget 2025. Since the leaks from DG Budget in October 2024 showing the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 398844
• Published on 20/05/25 at 14:11