In May, ACA members published their joint policy input feeding into the European Commission’s call for evidence on the revised European Learning Mobility Framework (for more details, see ACA Newsletter - Education Europe, February 2023). This statement is based on...

The European cooperation programmes for education, youth and sport all place high emphasis on sustainability as a priority. They encourage beneficiaries to find eco-friendly ways to participate in international activities and call for applications that address climate change. ACA member...

On 15 June 2023, the final conference of the IHES project will take place in the Catalan delegation in Brussels. A wide range of experts will discuss how to further advance the links between higher education, civil society and regional...

Just recently the SALTO Inclusion and Diversity (Education and Training) resource centre published a research report on the needs and challenges of national agencies related to the topic of inclusion and diversity.  The objective of this research was to provide...

In the new annual report, Nuffic presents data on incoming degree student mobility in the Netherlands in the academic year 2021-23, covering yearly growth in total numbers, new enrolments, countries of origin, and fields of study, amongst other parameters. The...

Over the month of May, participants of The Inclusion ACAdemy engaged in thought-provoking and informative sessions led by experts in the field of providing inclusive support. Valerie Mertens from the SIHO centre presented tools and resources for supporting students going...

In the framework of the recently kicked-off Enriching Communities through Engaged Mobilities (ECEM) project, partners met in Porto on 11 and 12 May to discuss how to use service learning to boost the civic engagement on the one hand, and...

In parallel to the Education Council meeting, the Swedish Presidency facilitated on 23 May a policy debate on knowledge security and responsible internationalisation as part of the latest Competitiveness Council meeting. This topic was defined, in the preparatory note that...

At the May meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council, EU ministers approved two documents aiming to further advance the European Education Area (EEA) and to make automatic mutual recognition in education and training a reality. The Council’s...

The European Commission recently published a report analyzing the intermediate progress achieved in 2021-2022 by the 17 European University Alliances funded under the Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society IBA-SwafS-Support-1-2020 call – Support for the Research and Innovation Dimension...

At the end of April, EURYDICE published the third edition of the Mobility Scoreboard - Higher education background report, covering the years 2022-2023. This is the last report responding to the mandate given by the Council of Ministers in 2011,...

At the end of April, the Swedish Government announced a decision to reduce the mandate of government-appointed external university board members from 36 to 17 months. This unexpected decision was justified in terms of helping universities to limit potential foreign...

The German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW) and the AG Hochschulforschung at the University of Konstanz developed and published with the cooperation of the the German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) the 22nd Student survey in...

Fostering digital pedagogies through international cooperation 7-9 June 2023 More information EUF Open Space: Supporting changemakers in European higher education 7-9 June 2023 More information Career assessment for researchers at risk 8 June 2023 More information IHES Final Conference 15...