Archive year 2018

31 December 2018 | From UNICA

Citizenship and AI at core of UNICA President’s speech at 130th anniversary of Sofia University

On December 8, the Sofia University St. Clement Ohridski, UNICA member since 2003, celebrated its 130th anniversary, in the presence of President of Bulgaria, Mr Rumen Radev. The anniversary was…Read more

3 December, 2018 – 22:49

SAVES 2 PROJECT: results of a research on Current Trends in the Rental Accommodation Market for Students

An article by Vassilis Ntouros, monitoring and evaluation expert at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, summarizes the results of a research conducted between November 2017 and January 2018…Read more

23 November, 2018 – 17:34

Round-up of 13th UNICA EU Research Liaison Officers meeting

The 13th UNICA EU Research Liaison Officers meeting was hosted by the University of Belgrade on 22 & 23 October 2018. The meeting gathered 45 Heads of Research , (Senior)…Read more

19 November, 2018 – 18:30

UNICA Statement on Plan S

The UNICA Steering Committee & the UNICA General Assembly 2018 endorsed the UNICA Statement on Plan S prepared by the Chair of the UNICA Scholarly Communication Working Group. As EUA…Read more

15 November, 2018 – 18:09

Meet the three new member universities of the UNICA Network!

The year 2019 is off to a good start for UNICA with the growth of its community as three universities became members on January 1, 2019. These new memberships allow…Read more

8 November, 2018 – 17:19

Joint Statement “Universities united for the best Horizon Europe”

Universities united for the best Horizon Europe! Fourteen European associations representing universities united this week in Brussels to respond to the proposal of the Ninth Framework Programme for Research and…Read more

7 November, 2018 – 16:31

CALOHEE – At last an international diagnosis of higher education learning is available!

UNICA is proud to present the CALOHEE results. UNICA was involved as a Partner. More information? Click HERE . PRESS RELEASE At last an international diagnosis of higher education learning…Read more

7 November, 2018 – 15:59

Prague Appeal signed at Charles University

Prague Appeal has been signed on the occasion of the Rectors’ Conference “University and the Republic: 100 years of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic”, Charles University, Prague, 24-25 October 2018, by Coimbra Group,…Read more

12 October, 2018 – 14:50

GREEN YOUR UNIVERSITY AWARD

Following the UNICA Student Conference 2017 in Rome, UNICA launched a call for project proposals open to the participants of the Students’ Fora who prepared the two winning Action plans…Read more

11 September, 2018 – 18:35

INVITATION: EU-JAPAN Conference on Smart Society and Beyond for the Super-Aging Era, Brussels, 8 October 2018

EU-JAPAN CONFERENCE ON SMART SOCIETY AND BEYOND FOR THE SUPER-AGING ERA Monday, 8 October, 2018 09:00 – 18:30 Belgian Royal Academy, ESPACE ROI BAUDOUIN, Rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels Waseda…Read more

3 July, 2018 – 17:35

Deadline extended: 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of Higher Education – reply by 31 July!

The International Association of Universities (IAU) , a global Higher Education membership-based organisation that UNICA is a member organisation of, is currently conducting its 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of…Read more

26 June, 2018 – 11:07

Call for nominations: Caroline von Humboldt Award (deadline: 20 July 2018)

Every year, the Caroline von Humboldt Award recognises an excellent female postdoc researcher and offers research project funding as well as a two-month period at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Scientist…Read more

18 June, 2018 – 18:15

University of Warsaw offers opportunities for international guest lecturers

A pool of substantial grants will be available to international guest lecturers interested in 2-5-month teaching assignments.Read more

15 June, 2018 – 09:56

14 University networks call for changes in the Horizon Europe proposal

UNICA, together with 13 European Higher Education networks and associations, has signed a joint statement calling upon the European Parliament and the Council to introduce concrete changes to the Horizon…Read more

26 April, 2018 – 16:22

Free MOOC “Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters” starts on 4 June!

How can you contribute to strengthening Higher Education values as a University Leader, IRO, Student? Do you want to build a pro-values culture that will help you manage risks at your HEI and in international partnerships?Read more

21 March, 2018 – 11:04

UNICA signs a joint networks’ statement on double investment in education, research and innovation in next MFF

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19 March, 2018 – 16:20

“UNICA Green Students’ Hub” project selected for UNICA co-funding!

“UNICA Green Students’ Hub”, a project proposal prepared by students who had participated in Forum 8 of the UNICA Student Conference 2017 , was selected for UNICA co-funding! During the…Read more

15 January, 2018 – 10:48

Call for experts: LEAD academic leadership workshop, METU (Ankara, Turkey), 1-5 May 2018

Academic leaders willing to contribute to the workshop’s training sessions can apply by Monday, 29 January 2018.Read more