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Violence, even to a single individual, has serious repercussions for the broader #highered community. In #Free2Think2024 we strongly condemn governments’ use of violence to suppress #academicfreedom. scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free…

🔊Check this fantastic VLIR podcast series on #ResearchIntegrity, including a chapter on #ResearchDataManagement with our very UGent data steward Laura Standaert and UHasselt Data Stewards Nicky Daniels: open.spotify.com/episode/1qRbLc…

Last week to send in an application to our EUA Leadership Development programme. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the first cohort of university leaders. You will join as well join the alumni network with unique opportunities to exchange with European peers.

The Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), together with Vlaamse Hogescholenraad and ECSTA and in collaboration with Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten, is organizing the 2025 European Student Affairs Conference. 📅 18-21 March 2025, Antwerp 🇧🇪 Proposal deadline: 1 November ℹ️ bit.ly/4djEEWY

Delighted with the opportunity today, at the EUA’ Council, to engage with universities from across Europe on higher education priorities.🎓 Higher education institutions have a major role to play in building the #EU’s future! #EuropeanEducationArea🇪🇺

ECStA, VLIR, and Vlaamse Hogescholenraad invite you to the international European Students Affairs Conference (#ESAC25) Conference. 📅 Dates: 19-21 March 2025 📌 Location: Antwerp, Belgium 🔗 bit.ly/3DnM9jr

ECStA, VLIR, and Vlaamse Hogescholenraad invite you to the international European Students Affairs Conference (#ESAC25) Conference. 📅 Dates: 19-21 March 2025 📌 Location: Antwerp, Belgium 🔗 bit.ly/3DnM9jr

Universitaire ontwikkelingssamenwerking is  een investering in een betere wereld. Laten we onze kennis gebruiken om de wereld beter te maken voor iedereen. knack.be/nieuws/belgie/…

👋 We are excited to announce that Dr Özge Tunçalp is our new Executive Director! With an impressive career in public health, maternal health, and health systems strengthening, she is eager to lead ITM into a new chapter. Learn more 👉 itg.be/en/health-stor…

ECStA, VLIR, and Vlaamse Hogescholenraad invite you to the international European Students Affairs Conference (#ESAC25) Conference. 📅 Dates: 19-21 March 2025 📌 Location: Antwerp, Belgium 🔗 bit.ly/3DnM9jr

🌱 How is your university approaching sustainability and greening? ♻️ EUA invites universities in the European Higher Education Area and EU partner countries in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to contribute to its 2025 survey 🔗 bit.ly/4ljsoej Deadline: 23 May

The Communication on the #UnionOfSkills is a timely call for more and better investment in citizens’ skills and competencies, as well as dialogue and collaboration involving all stakeholders relevant to Europe’s skills and education needs. Read our paper bit.ly/4jKKog7

Tech advances tested & strengthened universities’ ability to manage change. Will AI technologies form part of a steady transformation or will they upend traditional ways of working? Let us talk about this at the #EUAAIConf! 🔗 bit.ly/3R4fi6E 📅 22-23 May, online

Different actors share responsibility for protecting and promoting academic freedom: universities, their communities, governments and other public authorities each have their own specific role to play. Read EUA's position paper: bit.ly/4aNgEMb

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September ↓

The EU can only maintain its moral authority if it is willing to take its own values seriously - even when it is uncomfortable. Holding Israel accountable for ongoing human rights violations is not an ideological stance, but a moral and legal necessity. 👉 vlir.be/nieuws/waarden…

Yesterday's speech by President Ursula von der Leyen marks the first public political commitment from the European Commission to preserve the EU’s Research & Innovation Framework Programme as a stand-alone component in the next Multiannual Financial Framework #MFF [1/4 thread 🧵]

Ursula von der Leyen European Commission 💡 While this is a positive step, it is not yet a victory. The Framework Programme is now said to be "tightly connected" to the proposed #CompetitivenessFund, which still raises concerns about its future independence, potential budget reallocations and political steering [3/4]

Ursula von der Leyen European Commission 👀 EUA will be watching closely as the Commission’s detailed proposal unfolds this summer. Preserving #FP10’s autonomy and ambition remains essential to ensure long-term, curiosity-driven research and innovation across Europe. 🎯 [4/4]