International cooperation in higher education and research has recently been challenged by unprecedented levels of uncertainty due to a growing number of diverse, overlapping and successive crisis situations (health, political, military, energy and environmental) pouring in with increasing speed, and...

TPG European policies and programmes The TPG members addressed the mid-term evaluation of Erasmus+ and the final evaluation of its predecessor programme. DG EAC’s speaker Fadime Altinte presented the evaluation objectives and scope. The current programme will be evaluated against...

There are considerable differences from one Nordic country to the other when it comes to students’ motivations to go abroad with Erasmus+. While some students take part mainly to experience another country, culture and language, others use mobility to access...

The fourth annual CZEDUCON conference, a flagship event in the field of higher education under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU,  took place earlier this month, on 21-22 November 2022 in Prague. Organised by the Czech National...

The 12th Central European Infoday was held in Budapest on 10-11 November 2022. The event –organised jointly by Erasmus+ National Agencies (NAs) from the four neighbouring countries—focused mainly on the international dimension of the centralised programmes in Erasmus+ supporting cooperation...

The Vietnamese-German University (VGU) is recently relocated to newly built premises near Ho Chi Minh City, equipped with modern facilities for research and teaching. The VGU not only stimulates the modernisation of Vietnam‘s higher education and research landscape, but also...

On 23 November, members of the European Parliament adopted the EU budget for 2023, following the end of ‘conciliation’ talks with the Council (see for more details ACA Newsletter – Education Europe, October 2022). In a deal with member states...

The European Commission recently published a report on Progress towards the achievement of the European Education Area: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, to...

In November, the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services discussed, via an online workshop, the preliminary findings of a study on the “necessity and the feasibility of a possible legal status for alliances of universities, such as European Universities”, together...

On 25 November, the German Bundestag approved the 2023 state budget, including EUR 21.46 billion for education and research, with a record increase of EUR 891.1 million compared to last year. One of the main changes compared to the government...

Figures released earlier this month by the Finnish Immigration Service show a record number – 7 060 – of first-time residence permits granted for the purpose of studies to applicants from outside the European Union, out of a total of...

The new Croatian Law on Higher Education and Scientific Activity has entered into force on 22 October 2022. The new law intends to improve the legal and financial framework of the system of higher education. To this aim, it regulates...

Photo by Markus Spiske, retrieved from Pexels.com On 3 November 2022, leading higher education and research networks— CESAER, the European University Association (EUA), the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN), Science Europe, the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe...

Earlier this month, a new research cooperation agreement was signed by the UK Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation—George Freeman—along with his Swiss counterpart Guy Parmelin— Head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. The...

On 15 November 2022, Commissioner Mariya Gabriel and Mustafa Varank—Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey—met in Brussels to launch the first high level dialogue on science, research, technology, and innovation. Two leaders agreed to deepen and...

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