European University Association

European University Association EUA is a community of over 900 members and affiliates. https://bit.ly/SubscribeEUANewsletters

It represents universities and national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries, as well as affiliated organisations and networks based both in and beyond Europe. The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports more than 850 higher education institutions in 49 countries. Members of the Association are European universities involved in teaching and research, national associations of rectors and other organisations active in higher education and research. EUA plays an essential role in shaping tomorrow’s European higher education and research landscape thanks to its unique knowledge of the sector and the diversity of its members. The Association’s mandate in the Bologna Process, contribution to EU research policy-making and relations with intergovernmental organisations, European institutions and international associations, ensure its capacity to debate issues which are crucial for universities in relation to higher education, research and innovation.

02/10/2026

When Russia's full-scale invasion cut Ukrainian academics off from international conferences, exchanges and collaborations almost overnight, universities faced a tough choice: retreat into isolation, or find new ways to stay connected to the global academic community.

Reflecting on their experience piloting Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as a staff development tool for Ukraine’s higher education sector, Tamara Kavytska and Viktoriia Drobotun from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка outline what they have learned.

For universities elsewhere considering how to support staff through disruption, whatever its cause, the Ukrainian experience suggests that global collaboration is not a distraction from crisis response. It can be a key part of it.

Read their full Expert Voices article on our website at https://bit.ly/4hzTs89

What does the proposed European Innovation Act mean for universities and knowledge valorisation? In our upcoming webinar...
01/10/2026

What does the proposed European Innovation Act mean for universities and knowledge valorisation?

In our upcoming webinar for our members, we will discuss how the proposed Act aims to bring legislative power to bear on some of the major issues still hampering knowledge valorisation in Europe.

The webinar will be an opportunity to learn about different pathways to commercialising knowledge and the strategies that have proven most effective in overcoming existing hurdles. Participants will also learn how to establish institutional roles and structures that help universities adapt to the growing emphasis on innovation and the ever-expanding range of opportunities stemming from it.

🗓️ Date: Thursday 22 October from 11.00 to 12.00 CEST.

🔗 Registration is free of charge and open to EUA members only at https://bit.ly/4yZUyRw

30/09/2026

“You shouldn't necessarily think that an excellent lecturer is always resulting in in student learning. […]

How do you, as a teacher, design a learning experience that is effective for student learning?

That is the key question, and that is what we need to also bring in to staff development in the years to come.”

In this episode of the Podcast series ‘Learning to teach’, EUA’s Thérèse Zhang talks to Bjørn Stensaker, Professor at the Faculty of Educational Science, and former Vice-Rector of Education, at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) .

Bjørn reflects on a decade of transformation for staff development in Norwegian higher education and the enabling conditions for recognising teaching within academic careers. He also takes stock of how equipped universities are to meaningfully transform their career tracks to reward the teaching profession.

🔗 Episode 7 is now available in all major podcast platforms: https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

29/09/2026

As the Trump administration’s vision for research looks to let AI guide tech development and retain supremacy, the EU must present an alternative vision based on values of cooperation, human curiosity, openness & global commitment, writes Thomas Jørgensen: https://bit.ly/3T7NX8D

EUA is looking for members to take part in two Quality Assurance Thematic Peer Groups. ⬇️- One group will explore how hi...
28/09/2026

EUA is looking for members to take part in two Quality Assurance Thematic Peer Groups. ⬇️

- One group will explore how higher education institutions can ensure coherent, transparent and robust quality assurance in the context of increasingly flexible learning pathways.
- The other group will discuss how quality assurance processes and outcomes can meaningfully inform institutional governance structures and practices.

The group will provide participating EUA members with an excellent opportunity for peer learning and exchange of experiences, while contributing to EUA’s wider activities and policy work on this crucial topic.

⏰ The deadline for applications is 30 October 2026.

🔗 Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/4xyDhPj

🔔 Reminder: The deadline for submission of applications is 4 October!How are universities responding to polarisation on ...
27/09/2026

🔔 Reminder: The deadline for submission of applications is 4 October!

How are universities responding to polarisation on campus, and what does it take to actively promote democratic values through university life?

EUA is inviting leadership representatives from its members and affiliates to take part in an upcoming online focus group. 💻

Participating leaders will:
- Connect and exchange perspectives with peers from other European universities facing similar challenges.
- Be among the first to engage with the toolkit and test its practical application.
- Play a direct role in finalising the toolkit that will equip university leadership across Europe to address polarisation and promote democratic values on campus.

📅 The focus group will take place online on Friday, 4 December from 10.00-12.00 CET.
🔗 Submit your application at https://bit.ly/4r0KO6M

26/09/2026

💬 “It sounds like action and activism becomes sort of the hinge between the anxiety and the anger and then the hope for change.”

💬 “It’s also not that. First comes shock, then anxiety, then motivation or anger and then hope. We go through different phases.

Sometimes you feel like a busy bee and you’re just like, let’s go. We’re doing that protest and we are doing this organised workshop and so on.

And sometimes you’re an angry gorilla, and sometimes you’re a scared ostrich.

This is really what activism looks like for me: the different phases of emotions.”

What does it take to turn individual anxiety about the climate into collective action? 🌱

📣 In episode 3 of Sustainability Spaces, Thomas Ekman Jørgensen visits the square of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: a space covered in posters and stickers and loud with meetings and workshops, the unofficial heart of student activism on campus.

Leonie Schwarz and Chiara-Fabienne Gehrig take us through their path into climate activism, from a course on constructive climate journalism to building the university’s own student climate editorial team.

They talk about the emotional weight of activism, the messy reality of organising and the “climate animals” they mirror their emotions onto.

🎧 Listen to episode 3: Turning student activism into climate action on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and RSS: https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

📥 Our September newsletter is now in your mailbox. In this issue, you can read about:☑️ the conference and recommend...
25/09/2026

📥 Our September newsletter is now in your mailbox. In this issue, you can read about:
☑️ the conference and recommendations;
☑️ how to apply to host a flagship EUA event in 2028;
and more!
Read this issue: bit.ly/4AEaY3V
Subscribe: bit.ly/3DdZ18o

🎓 🏛️ EUA has been selected for Erasmus+ funding to establish a European University Leadership Academy.The forthcoming Ac...
24/09/2026

🎓 🏛️ EUA has been selected for Erasmus+ funding to establish a European University Leadership Academy.

The forthcoming Academy will develop a broad framework for leadership development across the sector and expand opportunities for university leaders across Europe.

Over a 24-month pilot phase, EUA will lead the project together with CHE Hochschulranking, Germany, and Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, Austria, as affiliated partners, as well as the European Association for the Applied Sciences in Higher Education (EURASHE ) as an associated partner.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/4hmj4W1

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