HRK joins with five EU counterparts to call for "significant expansion" of EU R&D and higher education

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Walter Rosenthal, HRK president - ©  Jürgen Scheere

The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and its Belgian, French, Dutch, Polish and Spanish counterparts have issued a joint call to their governments and the European Commission to “significantly expand” European cooperation in research and higher education and to provide adequate funding to do so.

In a joint statement issued on 07/04/2026, the...

©  Jürgen Scheere
Walter Rosenthal, HRK president - ©  Jürgen Scheere

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