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UNICA is a partner in the Teach With Erasmus + project coordinated by Eötvös Loránd University. The project aims at enhancing the accessibility of teaching mobility, assessing its quality and...Read more
The 4EU+ European University Alliance has a mission to develop a barrier-free and continuously deepening cooperation in education, research and innovation within the Alliance, based on shared European values. The...Read more
Sign the call today at www.EUinvestinknowledge.eu UNICA has joined efforts again with more than a dozen European organisations to call for an ambitious Horizon Europe budget that would invest in...Read more
The Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) awarded UNICA with a medal for its dedication and efforts towards the institution’s development. The award was presented on a Ceremonial Academic Assembly on...Read more
On the afternoon June 25 UNICA visited the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Brussels, where Secretary-General Kris Dejonckheere and Project & Communication Manager Aurelie Duchateau were welcomed by the Ambassador, Mr...Read more
23 out of the 51 UNICA member Universities are among the Higher Institutions that will be part of the first “European Universities” alliances . This new initiative by the European...Read more
With the academic year 2018/2019 coming to an end, UNICA's Steering Committee gathered in Brussels on June 11 to discuss planned activities until the end of 2019 but also to...Read more
The Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium) has just opened a second call for its international postdoctoral programme, IF@ULB , co-funded by the H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund action. The call...Read more
The event Higher Education Values in Practice - Integration of highly skilled refugees and at-risk academics in Europe gathered more than one hundred higher education stakeholders at the European Committee...Read more
UNICA and 13 other university associations have launched a campaign on social media to call for an increase of the Horizon Europe budget to €160 billion to meet the EU's...Read more
Former Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon will deliver a keynote speech on global sustainability through education at the 2nd Conference of the Hanseatic League of Universitie s, which will...Read more
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is actively recruiting experienced researchers for the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action – Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) , which is part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 funding...Read more
The VUB Chair of Social Entrepreneurship is organizing the Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 on the 12 & 13 of September in Santa Marta, Colombia. The Summit, which revolves around the...Read more
The European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) shared their concerns on gender equality last week at the 6th Women Rectors Conference at Malmö University, Sweden. Their concerns resulted in a declaration...Read more
In the European Elections of 2015, the lowest rate of voters was registered in the population aged 18-24. Explanations for this phenomenon are vast, spanning from national situations to lack...Read more
On May 2 and 3 the University of Cyprus hosted the 8th UNICA PR & Communication Workshop . This year’s edition focused on academic marketing, starting from the question "Is...Read more
The SAVES 2 Horizon 2020 project has been selected as one of the 12 finalists of the EUSEW 19 (EU Sustainable Energy Awards) and public voting is now open for...Read more
The UNICA IRO Group has elected today Damiano Pinnacchio , Coordinator of the International Relations Office of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, to the position of IRO Observer to...Read more
ECOOM (Centre for Research & Development Monitoring, a interuniversity consortium with participation of KU Leuven, UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen and UHasselt) invite submissions of papers that address the current state-of-the art,...Read more
The European Centre for Economic, Academic & Cultural Diplomacy (CIDIC) organised a two-day mission to Bucharest in the framework of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union...Read more
If your institution has impactful and innovative work worth-telling, then this is for you! International Association of Universities (IAU) is looking for stories that translate core university values into action...Read more
NUS Sustainability Team is carrying out a research on students' expectations of learning and demand for action from their university on sustainability. The research was conducted in the past 9...Read more
On April 7 -10, the Center for Advanced Academic Studies of the University of Zagreb , in Dubrovnik, welcomed the UNICA-IAU ( International Association of Universities ) Master Class on...Read more
EIT Food RIS Fellowships is an initiative offering paid 3-6 month internship opportunities abroad in the food industry to MSc students, graduates, young entrepreneurs, doctoral students and post-docs with different...Read more
The University of Cyprus has launched two new postgraduate programmes offered by the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: 1. Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology- MSc and PhD levels (taught in...Read more