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EUA is a community of over 900 members and affiliates. It represents universities and national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries, as well as affiliated organisations and networks based both in and beyond Europe. https://www.eua.eu/
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Can universities lead on clean technologies?🌱⚡Join the next webinar in EUA’s ‘Spotlight on Sustainability’ series.
📅 09 Dec 2025 | 10.30 CET
🔗 Registrations will remain open until the webinar starts at https://bit.ly/3XcQ6hp
🗣️ Carlos Härtel, Stella Tsani, @kornelis.bsky.social
Promotional image for a webinar titled "Technological innovation – universities' role and dilemmas in sustainability", scheduled for 9 December 2025. The event is part of the EUA webinar series on sustainability. The background shows a blurred image of trees, emphasizing the theme of sustainability.
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Is your university curious about EUA membership? Are you interested in learning how it could benefit you and your institution? 🌟
Learn about what it means to be a part of EUA and register for our webinar!
🗓️ 25 November | 🕑 14:00–15:00 CET
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nKOjvj
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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For @uniworldnews.bsky.social , EUA’s Helene Peterbauer reflects on:
- why academic careers are receiving more attention of late,
- why there is need for urgent action within universities,
- how EUA’s key principles can help set this in motion.
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#EUAExpertVoices
Promotional image for the Expert Voices article by Helene Peterbauer, European University Association. It includes the author's picture, a text overlay "Five principles to help boost academia as a career choice [Op-ed]" and the EUA logo.
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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On 27 October, the #AUREA project held the online multiplier event “The long road to automatic recognition in the context of mobility”. EUA’s Helene Peterbauer joined a panel discussion outlining the complexity of the “automatic credit recognition” term. https://aurea-project.eu/#news
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Call for hosts 📢

We are looking for universities to help us make 2027 #EQAF a memorable experience for over 450-500 #qualityassurance stakeholders.

Joint bids between EUA, @esuonline.bsky.social @eurashe.bsky.social and ENQA members are strongly encouraged https://bit.ly/447xkvO
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November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Research assessment reform is essential to break the cycle of dependence on high-impact commercial journals and related metrics.
➡️ Reclaiming academic ownership of the #ScholarlyCommunication system buff.ly/0C0Wqfn

#OpenScience
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November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Many thanks to @scienceeurope.org for to opportunity to share the @eua.eu views on the next #FP10 today in Oslo.
More details here (bit.ly/4pgbput).
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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For Sónia Cardoso, Lusófona University, we must reclaim the doctorate as a space of critical thinking, care and epistemic plurality and challenge current systems that value compliance over creativity. 🎓
📝 Read her #DoctoralDebate article at https://bit.ly/3KeDwuT

#EUACDE #phdchat #phdsky
Promotional image for a EUA-CDE doctoral debate article by Sonia Cardoso from Lusófona University. The text reads "Twenty years ago, the Salzburg Principles sought to anchor doctoral education in ideals like autonomy, creativity and social responsibility. A noble vision. But in today’s university system, does this vision still hold?"
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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📢 #EUACDE is inviting applications from member universities to host events in 2027:

1⃣ EUACDE Thematic Workshop
2⃣ EUACDE Annual Meeting

Take a look at the guidelines and apply before 31 December 2025: https://bit.ly/48hXoYi
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November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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#Erasmus+ has proven itself to be reliable and adaptable in crisis situations, e.g. the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine. The lessons learnt should feed into the general improvement and simplification of the programme.
More insights in our report buff.ly/o5YDKI6
Cover of a report titled 'Use and impact of the Erasmus+ programme (2021-27) at higher education institutions. Survey report and recommendations' by the European University Association, featuring text and the association's logo on a blue background.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The European Commission’s proposal of €175 billion for Horizon Europe in the next #MFF is encouraging, but must serve as a baseline in the upcoming negotiations. €200 billion would help the programme to truly reach its potential.
📄Our analysis https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4
Promotional image for the European University Association's analysis of the European Commission's Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal, featuring an abstract blue-toned background of architectural glass structures.
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Europe’s research and innovation landscape is evolving rapidly and on Tuesday 18/11, EUA's Research & Innovation Strategy Group had the opportunity to take stock of these developments together.
➡️ Our in-depth analysis of the #FP10 proposal bit.ly/4nxoFL4
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Quality assurance processes will become increasingly important in maintaining trust in academic standards, writes @evealcock.bsky.social @qaa.ac.uk, highlighting the importance of consistent approaches by QA agencies as well as opportunities by #AI tools.
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#EUAExpertVoices
Image of Eve Alcock from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK, alongside her quote "In the long term, quality assurance organisations must ask whether the integration of generative AI into learning and assessment processes necessitates a wholesale review of academic standards." against a background with the European University Association logo.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Did you know? The #EUALearnTeach Forum now takes place every two years.
🚨 Registrations for the 2026 Forum are open - this is your chance to join us before the Forum is organised again in 2028.
📅 12-13 February
📍 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 🇵🇹
https://bit.ly/bs2026ltforum

#highereducation
Promotional banner for the 2026 European Learning & Teaching Forum, focusing on impactful staff development for educational transformation. The event is scheduled for 12-13 February 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal. The image features a modern building on a university campus under clear skies, with the logo of the European University Association displayed. #EUALearnTeach.
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Our upcoming report on #Sustainability and Greening in European Higher Education, which will be released soon, shows that since 2021, higher education engagement for sustainability and greening has been increasing. Read more in this @uniworldnews.bsky.social article https://bit.ly/4i9E8z0
Climate action: Universities thrive as transformative hubs
The academic investment in sustainability that goes behind simple campus greening is increasing, with higher education institutions becoming transform...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Collaborative research 🤝 is one of #HorizonEU’s key strengths. The Commission's proposal rightly protects the bottom-up nature of @erc.europa.eu, #MSCAactions and the #EUeic’s #EICPathfinder and Transition schemes.
📄Read EUA's analysis https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4
#FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social
Promotional image for the European University Association's analysis of the European Commission's Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal, featuring an abstract blue-toned background of architectural glass structures.
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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#EUALearnTeach Agenda 2030 introduces a more targeted, longer-term view on how EUA can best support its membership to put into action parity of esteem and systemic links between L&T and other university missions, notably research.
📚 Read it at buff.ly/tsCFqzu

#learning #teaching
EUA L&T Agenda 2030
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🎓 Call for Proposals: MLA 2026 Conference
Media & Learning 2026 will take place on 17–18 June 2026 under the theme “Co-Creating the Future of Learning”.
📝 Submit your proposal before 31 January 2026 https://bit.ly/4r5jPXk

@medialearning.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Are you interested in university staff development in learning & teaching?

📣 Applications for #STAFFDEV_EU Masterclass 3 are open
📆 Dates: 23-25 March 2026
📍 Location: Ruhr University Bochum
Deadline to apply: 10 December
More information: https://bit.ly/42JvKzP

#highered #AcademicSky
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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📢 We are looking for the host of the 2027 European Quality Assurance Forum (#EQAF). Could it be your university?
Send your bid by 31 January 2026 at https://bit.ly/447xkvO
💡 Joint bids between EUA, @esuonline.bsky.social @eurashe.bsky.social and ENQA members are strongly encouraged!
Promotional image for the European Quality Assurance Forum, featuring an array of conference lanyards and text announcing a "Call for Host 2027" with a deadline of January 31, 2026. The logos of ENQA, EUA, EURASHE, and ESU are displayed.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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#AIInScience strategy: Equitable access to AI infrastructure is crucial. A distributed approach with transparent access modes, such as competitive project calls, is necessary to ensure fair access for researchers and their partners.
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#AIinResearch
The role of universities in the European Union’s ambitions for AI
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November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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📢 Coming up: Webinar #1 in our webinar series on making internal quality assurance work for institutional growth
Theme: Creating and enhancing a culture of quality
📅 24 November | 10.00-11.00 CET
🎁 Exclusive to EUA members
🔗 Register at https://bit.ly/3Jjq0pP
Promotional image for EUA Webinar Series on making internal quality assurance work for institutional growth, with dates and topics listed: Creating and enhancing a culture of quality: 24 November, 10.00-11.00 CET. The connection between internal and external reviews: 27 November, 15.00-16.00 CET. The role of stakeholders in internal quality assurance: 5 December, 10.00-11.00 CET. An individual writes on a whiteboard in a meeting room.
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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.@coarassessment.bsky.social will host a special event to mark its 3rd anniversary with the theme “Celebrating three years of CoARA: Collectively shaping the future of research assessment”.
📅 3 December, 9.00 AM CEST
🔗 https://bit.ly/4hhj2hI
👥 with EUA @scienceeurope.org and @ec.europa.eu
Banner for CoARA Side Event celebrating three years, titled 'Collectively shaping the future of research assessment,' scheduled for December 3, 2025, in Copenhagen. Features a graphic of a person standing by a podium with a large lightbulb and the number 3. Logos of co-organizers including EUA and Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing are displayed.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Is your institution a member of #EUACDE? Are you interested in hosting one of our key events in 2027 and gaining visibility?

EUACDE is inviting applications from potential hosts. Submit your bid by 31 December 🔗 https://bit.ly/48hXoYi

#DoctoralEducation
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November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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🤝 Stakeholder engagement is essential but often overlooked in the final stages of internal review.
Last webinar in our series on making internal QA work for institutional growth
📅 5 December | 10.00-11.00 CET
🎁 Exclusive to EUA members
🔗 Register at https://bit.ly/48AneGZ
Promotional image for EUA Webinar Series on making internal quality assurance work for institutional growth, with dates and topics listed: Creating and enhancing a culture of quality: 24 November, 10.00-11.00 CET. The connection between internal and external reviews: 27 November, 15.00-16.00 CET. The role of stakeholders in internal quality assurance: 5 December, 10.00-11.00 CET. An individual writes on a whiteboard in a meeting room.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM