Five ACA members with representation in Brussels—the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, Branch Office in Brussels), the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir, NorCore), the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS, CZELO), the Swiss National...

On 26 – 28 March 2025, another edition of the Inclusion ACAdemy has come to an end with a final conference in Tallinn, hosted by the Estonian National Agency (Harno). Around 60 participants from Czechia, Hungary, and Estonia have participated...

On 26 March 2025, education stakeholders gathered in Brussels for an evening of thought-provoking discussion at the EduCafé panel discussion “Teaching Critical Thinking in the Age of AI.” Organised jointly by the Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research in...

The European Universities alliances are running ambitious programmes spanning from educational innovation to joint research, with some concrete results and achievements to date. As the latest European Commission’s report highlights, looking into the future, “the alliances now need to accelerate...

The European Universities Initiative has gained substantial momentum since its launch in 2019, with 65 alliances now formally active across the Europe, and with eight others holding the Seal of Excellence. While progress has been made in the institutional cooperation...

Recently, the rationale and importance of the internationalisation of higher education has come under question by various governments (see ACA Newsletter – Education Europe, February 2025, December 2024). Despite decades of effort affirming the value of internationalisation of higher education,...

On 5 March 2025, the European Commission published a long-awaited communication on the Union of Skills, which aims to support the development of quality, inclusive and adaptable education, training and skills systems to increase the EU’s competitiveness by addressing skills...

In the recent meeting on 25 March, the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT Committee) addressed two major issues for education: a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world and a new vision for the...

On 12 February 2025, the European Commission opened a public consultation on EU funding for cross-border education, training and solidarity, young people, media, culture, and creative sectors, values, and civil society within EU’s next multiannual financial framework (MFF) (2028-2035).   This...

On 17 March 2025, the European Commission published a comprehensive new report, titled Planning and Delivering Jointness in Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programmes. This publication is based on data collected through surveys, interviews, and insights gathered during the Thematic Seminar of...

On 26 March 2025, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Position of the Republic of Slovenia on the Erasmus+ programme and the European Solidarity Corps in the period beyond 2027. This position paper was prepared by the...

Higher education institutions worldwide started to feel the rippling effects of the funding shifts and restrictions introduced by the U.S. government under the Trump administration (see ACA Newsletter – Education Europe, February 2025, March 2025). A growing number of US-funded...

Following the recent changes in the U.S. higher education and research landscape (see ACA Newsletter – Education Europe, February 2025), the White House has issued a new executive order signalling the administration’s intent to close the U.S. Department of Education...

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has announced the discontinuation of 13 scholarship and university internationalisation programmes due to high-cost pressures, leading to the cancellation of approximately 2,500 scholarships annually.    DAAD President Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee has cited “sharply rising...

Following the parliamentary elections held in late 2024, a newly formed government has assumed leadership in Iceland, comprising the Social Democratic Alliance, the Reform Party, and the People’s Party. It aims to achieve economic stability and reduce interest rates while...

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has released a strategy paper aimed at further strengthening academic cooperation between Germany and India, presented at the Indo-German Forum in New Delhi. The paper highlights India’s growing significance in the global academic and...

On 11 March 2025, Finland released a set of recommendations (in Finnish) for responsible international cooperation, developed by a working group established by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The recommendations emphasise openness, reciprocity, and risk management in international...

Launched on 1 January 2025, the RIECS-Concept project aims to design a pan-European research infrastructure for citizen science. Funded under the Horizon Europe programme, the 36-month project has a budget of almost EUR 3 million and works on the conceptualisation...

Over the past two years, the PROFFORMANCE+ international webinar series has established itself as a dynamic platform for future educators across Europe. Engaging over a thousand higher education professionals from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia, the series has...

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