EUA: call for "substantial leap forward in supporting transnational university cooperation"

"Make sure that funding for transnational cooperation, including for alliances, is sustainable and efficient, fully implement existing tools for facilitating transnational cooperation and other necessary system-level reforms and build an interoperable European system that enhances learning and teaching."

Here are some of the EUA's nine recommendations, calling for a substantial leap forward in support of transnational university cooperation, including alliances under the European Universities Initiative, on 20/06/2024.

According to the association, despite the efforts made by universities to strengthen their international cooperation, "regulatory barriers and the lack of sustainable funding continue to hamper their efforts.

Another challenge for universities is the overload caused by the high number of different policy objectives linked to the European Universities Initiative".

Therefore, "further facilitating and strengthening transnational cooperation is a prerequisite to achieving Europe’s full potential through research, innovation and higher education", says the European…