We are hiring! EUA is looking for an Administrative Officer for the Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development Unit. 📝 Full-time (38h/week) permanent contract 📍 Brussels-based 🔗 https://bit.ly/4wwV5t9

For Àngels Fitó, Rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya @uocuniversitat.bsky.social, placing people back at the centre of universities' transformation agendas is not a rhetorical choice, but a strategic one. 💡 Read her #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/3Q003Pv

Nowadays, more and more innovation consists of know-how and entrepreneurial capabilities alongside and beyond patents. The European Innovation Act can help foster these transversal skills in university students and staff https://bit.ly/4p85etV

There is a high level of AI adoption in doctoral education. But does AI bring more challenges or opportunities, and are new policies and guidelines needed? 📘 Read the #EUACDE survey report II https://bit.ly/4jCSpVq

Strengthening transnational staff development is an investment in people that pays off in terms of institutional innovation and global connectivity, but also in learning and teaching. https://bit.ly/4sWwlZJ #STAFFDEV_EU #EUALearnTeach

Student mobility and virtual inter-university campuses are becoming a reality thanks to the European Universities initiative. Yet, without interoperability, these developments create administrative burdens and frustrate students.📝 https://bit.ly/4g2cCns by @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy

🎙️ In this Sustainability Spaces EUA podcast episode, Thomas Ekman Jørgensen visits a 17th-century palace in Kraków, now home to @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social. Here, he finds two lawyers reinventing how a university teaches sustainability across borders. 🎧 Listen at https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

“If a general redirection of learning & teaching towards internationalisation is needed, the L&T Centre cannot do this on its own. University leadership, admins, international office, all need to be brought into the process” 🎧 #STAFFDEV_EU Podcast Ep. 5 https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

Registrations are open for #EUAFF26 📢 Join us at Brno University of Technology @vut.cz to discover the latest trends and research, connect with peers and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of higher education. 💶 🗓️ 14 - 16 October 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QZoo87

🎙️ In episode 6 of the #STAFFDEV_EU podcast series, Anneli Kalm from @TallinnTech shares the added value of transnational collaboration for teaching development and how this enables educators to manage constant change in higher education. 🎧 Listen at https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

Learn about EUA’s work throughout 2025 to pursue effective advocacy, horizon scanning, European solidarity and enhanced performance on behalf of our members. 📖 Download the 2025 Annual Report https://bit.ly/4tiGeRm

EUA is looking for members to join a 🆕 Thematic Peer Group on ‘Reforming academic careers in practice’ and explore how universities can create enabling environments for more diverse, attractive and sustainable academic careers. Apply by 4 September 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fgtx4a

For Open Science to become a daily reality for researchers across Europe, we need a fundamental reform of how research is evaluated, argues @pastorams.bsky.social Read her #EUAExpertVoices article at https://bit.ly/44LkP9c @uocuniversitat.bsky.social @coarassessment.bsky.social

Erasmus+ has supported the higher education sector’s ability to detect and quickly respond to major societal changes. However, too much top-down direction could harm this collective shared intelligence. 🔗 EUA’s response to the public consultation on the next #MFF bit.ly/43SdIM9

A role that did not exist until she made it. In episode 1 of Sustainability Spaces, Liz Price from Manchester Metropolitan University shares what it takes to build a university-wide culture for sustainability and move an entire institution. 🎧 Listen at https://bit.ly/m/EUApodcast

Automatic recognition of qualifications: The concept and what it means for universities 📗 A briefing for university leadership and management, as well as staff dealing with the practical implementation of recognition. https://bit.ly/3PYNl39

How can Europe use gaming to open doors to education and work? 🎮 A Norwegian programme makes academic esports the entry point for young people who are looking for education, employment and training. 🕹️ Read more in this #EUAExpertVoices article https://bit.ly/4eUMAlO

The ERA Act has great potential to substantially improve R&I systems in Europe. To make it successful, policy makers should avoid excessive measures that could lead to additional administrative burden for institutions and researchers. https://bit.ly/3Zjq913 #ResearchPolicy

The growing authority of universities of applied sciences to award doctorates is transforming the German higher education system. Will this lead to greater convergence with traditional universities or to greater diversification? https://bit.ly/4dS5bgr #EUACDE

This year's EQAF theme is “Quality assurance for skills, entrepreneurship and innovation: Partnering with the world of work” 📍 Hosted by the National Polytechnic University of Armenia 📆 18-20 November 🔗 Registrations are open at https://bit.ly/bl2026eqaf @eurashe.bsky.social @esuonline.bsky.social

As UK universities look forward to renewed opportunities to work with partners in Europe on shared challenges, Jamie Arrowsmith highlights the importance of a long-term certainty on the UK’s association for the next Erasmus+ programme from 2028. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4hf9YvC @uukintl.bsky.social

Research assessment frameworks should recognise a wider range of outputs, such as collaboration with external stakeholders, knowledge transfer and societal engagement, as an indicator of research quality and relevance. #EUACDE Thematic Peer Group report https://bit.ly/4ev3KoD

Value for society, value for money, academic values: how do these concepts permeate funding models and strategic choices? 💡 Join the discussions at the 2026 EUA Funding Forum. 📌 14 - 16 October, Brno University Of Technology @vut.cz 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tlKkru #EUAFF26

Benchmark your university's recognition procedures and processes against required and good practice. 🎓 Discover the updated self-assessment tool, produced as part of the @euerasmusplus.bsky.social co-funded ‘Automatic Recognition in the EEA 2030’ (AR2030) project 📜 https://bit.ly/3Q6q4wD

As EU policy makers pay increased attention to research security in Europe, EUA’s Sergiu-Matei Lucaci examines how recent developments, proposed measures and persistent questions affect the state of play for universities & researchers https://bit.ly/4aLAoSu

By linking informal and formal practices and underpinning a culture of collegial conversations and sharing, universities can help make teaching a collective, visible and research-informed activity. 📝 #EUAExpertVoices article by Katarina Mårtensson, Lund University: https://bit.ly/4d6tOFS

Can university innovation support both competitiveness and sustainability? For Robert Brummer, inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral public-private partnerships exemplify how disruptive R&I can benefit our planet, economy and society 🔗 https://bit.ly/4t6NPU3 #EUAExpertVoices

The quality and impact of staff development are defined by the balance between keeping pace with innovation and student needs, and ensuring the longer-term sustainability of teaching through continuous innovation. 🔗 https://bit.ly/47gNtAT #EUALearnTeach #STAFFDEV_EU

Delivering knowledge, research and innovation for Europe’s competitiveness requires time and resources as well as space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do. 📔 Universities and competitiveness: A big picture view https://bit.ly/49mTz4o

What is competitiveness? And what is the role of higher education? This briefing offers a digest of recent policy initiatives that are relevant to the recognition of professional qualification in the context of EU competitiveness policies. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sXXZ8K