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Kevin Daly
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 2d
University groups urge swift deal on UK’s return to Erasmus+

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 3d
How can staff development can be (re-)designed to facilitate innovation in learning and teaching?
🚨 Registrations for the 2026 #EUALearnTeach Forum are open!
📅 12-13 February
📍 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 🇵🇹
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#highereducation #EdChat
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 7d
Free to read: EU Innovation Act must not neglect universities, says @eua.eu

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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 7d
What did the National Polytechnic University of Armenia learn from making their campus fully solar powered?

🌞 Make sustainability a strategic priority
🌞 Don’t chase scores, start with self-awareness
🌞 Sustainability is a culture, not a department

Read more: bit.ly/4nQHUPa

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 7d
Universities have a central place in the innovation process. The European Innovation Act is just as important as the ERA Act for the university sector, and we are ready to contribute to its success.
EUA's response to the @ec.europa.eu call for evidence: bit.ly/4nX5U3b

#innovation #higheredsky
The EU's Innovation Act can address hurdles to innovation and boost Europe's competitiveness
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 8d
The European University Association (EUA) is pleased to announce that Sunniva Whittaker, rector of the University of Agder, Norway, has been elected to the EUA Board.
🔗 Read the announcement in full at bit.ly/3KR6MIn
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
"Any reduction below €175 billion would be a missed opportunity at a time when sustained and increased investment in R&I is more crucial than ever for Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and prosperity."
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
"We have proposed to double the budget of Horizon Europe... and I hope that at the end of the long-term budget discussions, this will be maintained because it is a cornerstone of boosting innovation."

For @eua.eu, the proposed figure must serve as a baseline in the negotiations: bit.ly/4nxoFL4
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 9d
For Sargis Asatryants (National Polytechnic University of Armenia), a local, values-based approach to #sustainability rooted in education, research and institutional identity is needed to train the next generation of innovators.
✍️ https://bit.ly/4nQHUPa

#EUAExpertVoices
Image featuring Sargis Asatryants from National Polytechnic University of Armenia, author of an Expert Voice article, with a quote "Responsibility for sustainable transformation cannot be confined to a single office. It must be a shared culture, deeply embedded in the university's operations, strategic planning and institutional identity." The logo of the European University Association is visible in the top right corner.
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
Read Monika's take on why universities are on the frontline of academic freedom and have a key role to play in protecting and promoting it:
🔗 bit.ly/48CoSry

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What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom? [Op-ed]
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
The answer is, actually quite a lot.

🛠️ This is why @eua.eu has proposed a practical toolbox of measures aimed at the entire university community, from the leadership to the student body, that will help guarantee that #AcademicFreedom is a daily, lived reality at European universities.
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
Threats to academic freedom come in many different guises.

🌍 In Europe, infringements are often subtle and insidious, though this makes them no less harmful to #HigherEd, research & science.

So what can universities themselves do to strengthen academic freedom in an increasingly fractious world?
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 9d
While recent events in the United States have brought academic freedom into sharp focus and mainstream debate, European countries have their own homegrown pressures on academic freedom.

EUA's Monika Steinel for @sciencebusiness.net 🧵👇
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 10d
What can universities themselves do to strengthen #AcademicFreedom in an increasingly fractious world? 🎓 The answer is, actually quite a lot, EUA Deputy Secretary-General Monika Steinel writes in @sciencebusiness.net

Read her article at https://bit.ly/48CoSry

#EUAExpertVoices #AcademicSky
Image featuring a promotional banner from the European University Association with Monika Steinel. The banner includes text discussing the role of Europe and its universities in protecting academic freedom, titled 'What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom? [Op-ed]'.
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 11d
"Europäische Universitätsvereinigung analysiert FP10-Entwurf"

🗞️ Read about new analysis from @eua.eu of the European Commission's proposal for Horizon Europe in the next MFF (2028-34) in Forschung & Lehre:
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Europäische Universitätsvereinigung analysiert FP10-Entwurf
Die EUA befürchtet, dass der Wettbewerbsfonds das Förderprogramm "absorbiert". Insbesondere die Sicherung der Verbundforschung sieht sie positiv.
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 11d
Regarding the overall #FP10 budget, EUA said the proposed €175bn was encouraging but but falls short of what is really needed. A budget of €200bn would ensure that the programme achieves the greatest possible impact.

📄 Full analysis: bit.ly/4nxoFL4

#HorizonEU #researchsky #EUCompetFund
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 11d
" #HorizonEU's new competitiveness component, largely replacing today’s Pillar II, at times seems to belong to FP10, while in other instances it is presented as if already integrated into the ECF(...)This ambiguity undermines the stated commitment to a truly independent programme." EUA's analysis⬇️
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 11d
Successor to Horizon Europe still at risk of being overly influenced by political priorities including defence, say leading university groups #academicsky #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/research-not-just-instrument-industrial-policy-eu-warned
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 11d
#HorizonEurope must remain focused on excellent research, including collaborative research. It should not be repurposed as a tool to deliver industrial or short-term political objectives.
👉 Read EUA’s full analysis of the @ec.europa.eu's proposal bit.ly/4nxoFL4

#FP10 #EUCompetFund
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 15d
For Fabrice Lemoine, #ErasmusMundus will make an even bigger contribution to achieving Europe’s strategic goals if its funding is significantly increased in the EU’s next #MFF.
✍️ Read his #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/4pzhjYL

#AcademicSky @euerasmusplus.bsky.social
Image featuring author of this Expert Voices article by Fabrice Lemoine from Université de Lorraine, with text stating, "To attract and retain top global talent, the EU must offer highly attractive scholarships that can compete with those offered by leading competitors." The European University Association logo is also displayed.
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 16d
He argues that it will make an even bigger contribution to achieving Europe’s strategic goals if its funding is significantly increased in the EU’s next long-term budget.

🔗 Read "Erasmus Mundus is a key asset for the European Union’s competitiveness": bit.ly/4pzhjYL
Erasmus Mundus is a key asset for the European Union’s competitiveness
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 16d
In a new article for the #EUAExpertVoices blog, Fabrice Lemoine from @univlorraine.bsky.social writes that despite its proven impact in boosting global talent attraction, skills and employability, Erasmus Mundus funding remains relatively low.

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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 16d
The global attractiveness of European higher ed & research has arguably never been so prominent, especially with the launch of 'Choose Europe'.

But did you know that the EU already has a scheme to attract global talent much earlier in their academic journey: Erasmus Mundus 🌍👇
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 17d
For Fabrice Lemoine, #ErasmusMundus will make an even bigger contribution to achieving Europe’s strategic goals if its funding is significantly increased in the EU’s next #MFF.
✍️ Read his #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/4pzhjYL

#AcademicSky @euerasmusplus.bsky.social
Image featuring author of this Expert Voices article by Fabrice Lemoine from Université de Lorraine, with text stating, "To attract and retain top global talent, the EU must offer highly attractive scholarships that can compete with those offered by leading competitors." The European University Association logo is also displayed.
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France Universités @franceuniversites.bsky.social · 17d
« L'Université favorise la création d’emplois, attire des entreprises, stimule l’innovation et renforce le dynamisme local. »
Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé,
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« Remettre l’université au centre du village, c’est investir dans notre avenir collectif »
TRIBUNE. Pour garantir l’égalité des chances, l’université doit redevenir la voie d’accès principale à un enseignement supérieur de qualité, notamment en implantant des antennes universitaires dans le...
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Kevin Daly @dalykevin.bsky.social · 17d
So she asks – what kind of doctoral education do we want to fight for?

Read her new piece for the @eua.eu Council for Doctoral Education's #DoctoralDebate blog:

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The doctorate was supposed to be about discovery — what happened?
The doctorate was supposed to be about discovery — what happened?
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