Kevin Daly

Promotional image for the European University Association's analysis of the European Commission's Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal, featuring an abstract blue-toned background of architectural glass structures. Text "The programme's fundamentals: Horizon Europe remains a stand-alone programme. Unclear boundaries with the European Competitiveness Fund threaten Horizon's independence and integrity. Budget proposal points in the right direction, but falls short of what is really needed. Approach to dual-use research remains unclear."

Why must #HorizonEU keep its independent identity?
It boosts research excellence & capacity, fosters mobility, international and cross-sectoral cooperation and drives breakthrough innovation💡
The new #EUCompetFund should complement, not absorb it.
📄 https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4

Thriving universities are critical to driving growth and opportunity in the UK🌟

📢 In our submission to the government’s Autumn Budget, we outline how the sector needs the right support following a sustained, long-term erosion of funding.

See more on our submission: https://loom.ly/9gwXOV0

"Reforming academic career assessment is about much more than quantitative versus qualitative"

Read Sybille Hinze's new piece for #EUAExpertVoices:

🖇️ bit.ly/3KNHGKz

@eua.eu @berlinualliance.bsky.social
@coarassessment.bsky.social

Sybille Hinze from Berlin University Alliance, standing at a podium in a lecture hall, with a quote about the use of qualitative or quantitative approaches in academic assessment. The logo of the European University Association is visible.

Due to the current dominance of metric-based approaches to assessing academic staff, false incentives have proliferated. In her #EUAExpertVoices article, Sybille Hinze (#BerlinUAlliance) explains why, and looks for a better approach.
✍️ https://bit.ly/3KNHGKz

@berlinualliance.bsky.social

University groups urge swift deal on UK’s return to Erasmus+

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Promotional banner for the 2026 European Learning & Teaching Forum, focusing on impactful staff development for educational transformation. The event is scheduled for 12-13 February 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal. The image features a modern building on a university campus under clear skies, with the logo of the European University Association displayed. #EUALearnTeach.

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, 🇵🇹
https://bit.ly/bs2026ltforum

#highereducation #EdChat

Free to read: EU Innovation Act must not neglect universities, says @eua.eu

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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

@eua.eu

The EU's Innovation Act can address hurdles to innovation and boost Europe's competitiveness

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 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

"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."

"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

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.

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

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

#EUAExpertVoices

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.

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?

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 🧵👇

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]'.

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

Europäische Universitätsvereinigung analysiert FP10-Entwurf Die EUA befürchtet, dass der Wettbewerbsfonds das Förderprogramm "absorbiert". Insbesondere die Sicherung der Verbundforschung sieht sie positiv.

"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:
forschung-und-lehre.de/politik/euro...

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

" #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⬇️

#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

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.

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

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

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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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 🌍👇

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.

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

« 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...

« L'Université favorise la création d’emplois, attire des entreprises, stimule l’innovation et renforce le dynamisme local. »
Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé,
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
@lemonde.fr @upecofficiel.bsky.social

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:

🖇️ bit.ly/3KeDwuT

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

For Sónia Cardoso, doctoral education increasingly prioritises performance over inquiry, risking the erosion of intellectual freedom. 👇