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27 August, 2013 - 10:57

Magna Charta 25th Anniversary Conference "Universities, Students and Societies. Connecting Academic Freedom and Creative Cities", Bologna, 19-20 September 2013

Universities, Students and Societies. Connecting Academic Freedom and Creative Cities is the title of the 25th Magna Charta Universtitatum Conference that will take place on 19 and 20 September 2013...Read more
16 August, 2013 - 12:06

Eighteen UNICA universities among 100 HEIs receiving Erasmus students!

Eighteen UNICA universities were among 100 higher education institutions that received the highest number of Erasmus students in the academic year 2011/2012, according to the report of the European Commission...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 17:28

Regional Studies Association Conferences: November and December 2013

The Regional Studies Association works with its international membership to facilitate the highest standards of theoretical development, empirical analysis and policy debate of issues at sub-national scale, incorporating both the...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 17:12

Scholars At Risk's University Values Bulletin - July 2013 Edition

SCHOLARS AT RISK UNIVERSITY VALUES BULLETIN A PDF version is available at: http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/Workshop/bulletin.php CONTENTS Essays -- Arab upheavals trigger new sensitivities in Gulf funding for Western universities. By Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 15:04

Conference “Unity in diversity: languages for mobility, jobs and active citizenship”, Vilnius, 25-26 September 2013

The Conference “ Unity in diversity: languages for mobility, jobs and active citizenship ”, held under the auspices of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 14:46

4th Education for Rural Transformation (ERT) International Conference “Research-Based Evidence of Good Practice” in Bangkok, Thailand on 18-20 November 2013

The Faculty of Education of Kasetsart University, in collaboration with the Institute for International Education, Stockholm University (UNICA member), organises the 4th Education for Rural Transformation (ERT) International Symposium “Research-Based...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 14:32

Report of the Fifth University-Business Forum has been published

On 4 and 5 June 2013, the Fifth University-Business Forum , organised by the European Commission, was held in Brussels. It took a focus on partnerships for innovation and growth...Read more
12 August, 2013 - 12:46

Master | PhD Programmes and Post-Graduate Courses at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon - Application deadline: 26 August 2013

The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon is currently accepting applications from graduates and undergraduates who are interested in the following Master | PhD Programmes (in English) on:...Read more
18 July, 2013 - 12:39

Erasmus Mundus selection: 8 projects coordinated by UNICA member universities

Erasmus Mundus has completed its selection of consortia, partnerships and projects under two Actions of the Programme within the Call for Proposals EACEA 38/12. Out of 60 projects selected for...Read more
17 July, 2013 - 11:16

New book "The ERASMUS Phenomenon - Symbol of a New European Generation?"

I s there a "Generation ERASMUS", and what characteristics does it have? Can ERASMUS serve as a symbol for "new" Europeans? The recently published book " T he ERASMUS Phenomenon...Read more
15 July, 2013 - 09:52

Post-doctoral positions for young foreign researchers at Charles University in Prague

Charles University's Post-Doctoral Research Fund offers post-doctoral positions for young foreign researchers. For more information on the procedure and the list of positions offered please click here Contact information: Ivana...Read more
11 July, 2013 - 17:16

European Commission launches Communication "European higher education in the world"

European universities need to think global, says European Commission The international higher education landscape is changing dramatically in shape and size, with greater competition from countries such as China and...Read more
9 July, 2013 - 10:07

The CHE Consult staff week on internationalisation

The CHE Consult staff week offers the opportunity to combine the acquisition of new knowledge and state-of-the-art insight into major aspects of internationalisation today with a stay in one of...Read more
2 July, 2013 - 17:39

Tallinn University contributing to the pan-European SHARE survey: (Survey on Health, Ageing, and Retirement)

Official data and a publication on recent studies of SHARE (Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement www.share-project.org ) were presented on 27 June 2013 in Brussels. The most recent wave...Read more
20 June, 2013 - 14:52

EGRACONS survey: contributing to shaping a grading culture in Europe

Have you ever experienced problems in converting grades of your exchange students obtained abroad to local grades? If so, you will be pleased to hear that the EGRACONS project (...Read more
19 June, 2013 - 10:40

Seven UNICA universities at the final evaluation conference "Erasmus Mundus & Beyond: EU-China Higher Education & Research Cooperation", Beijing, 3 June

On 3 June, 5 consortia from the Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 programme that were granted a project on the China Lot in 2009 joined forces to organize a Final Evaluation Conference...Read more
18 June, 2013 - 16:07

Prof. Jukka Kola elected as new Rector of the University of Helsinki

The Board of the University of Helsinki has appointed Vice-Rector Jukka Kola as the new rector. His five-year term as Rector will begin in August. Prof. Jukka Kola, aged 53,...Read more
12 June, 2013 - 09:30

News from the UNICA Bologna Lab

After the next UNICA Bologna Lab meeting, the UNICA Bologna Lab Group will see a change of chairmanship: Luciano Saso (UNICA SC member and Deputy Rector for International Mobility at...Read more
11 June, 2013 - 18:56

The finalists of the UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition 2011: Where are they now?

It's been almost 2 years since the final of the 2nd UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition , sponsored by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation . Back then, at the Award Ceremony organised...Read more
10 June, 2013 - 15:04

Job opportunity for a Junior Communication Expert

SERGOM - technical assistance team that provides a secretariat function and whose purpose is to increase the policy dialogue between the OCTs and the EU . The project team is...Read more
10 June, 2013 - 12:50

University of Rome "Tor Vergata" is looking for partners in the scope of SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE COURSE IN PHARMACY

S ingle-cycle degree course in Pharmacy, founded by the School of Medicine and the School of Science at University of Rome “Tor Vergata ”, in partnership with the prestigious School...Read more
10 June, 2013 - 12:05

Conference "Enhancement of European International Cooperation and Eastern Partnership in R&D&I", 30 September - 1 October 2013, Vilnius University

Vilnius University and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania are pleased to invite you to attend the conference "Enhancement of European International Cooperation and Eastern...Read more
22 May, 2013 - 16:04

Call for Doctoral Applications - PhD Summer School Tunis - The Arab Spring, Domestic Democratic Transitions and the Evolving Euro-Mediterranean Framework

The Erasmus Mundus GEM PhD School - associated with the GR:EEN FP7 Research Project , the Manouba University Tunis and the Fondation Bernheim - has officially launched the Call for...Read more
16 May, 2013 - 10:15

Summer School on European Policy-Making in Brussels and Vienna

Two weeks of intensive study on the European policy-making process (5 credits) Summer School on European Policy-Making organised by the Institute for European Studies of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University...Read more
10 May, 2013 - 12:05

Call for assistance: "Scholars at risk" and "Scholars in prison"

1 Scholars currently seeking placement assistance: a scholar of political philosophy and human rights from Cameroon; a Syrian scholar of biology and ecology; a Syrian scholar of computer engineering; a...Read more