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This is a reminder about the call for events and case studies promoting Erasmus+ Joint Master Degrees. Only a few days are left to apply! As part of the EM-ACE...Read more
Entrepreneurhsip reducing youth unemployment will be at the core of this year's G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit ( www.g20yeasummit.com ) which will take place in Sydney, Australia between 18-22 July...Read more
The Gender Summit 4 - Europe 2014 will be held under the theme "From Ideas to Markets: Excellence in mainstreaming gender into research, innovation, and policy" and will focus on...Read more
Since October 2013, Erasmus Student Network (ESN) conducts a project called MapAbility: Mapping the Higher Education Institutions' accessibility for students with disabilities and special needs co-funded by the European Youth...Read more
The UZDOC project is launching a call for an external project evaluator. UZDOC stands for “Enhancing quality of doctoral education at Higher Education Institutions in Uzbekistan” The project got selected...Read more
******Update of 10 March: In less than one month after going online, the UNICA Summer & Winter Portal list nearly 100 programmes and has attracted over 2,500 visitors. Brussels, 21...Read more
UNICA Secretariat, based in Brussels, is seeking a trainee with an academic background and/or keen interest in environmental sustainability to work with the UNICA team on the UNICA Green Academic...Read more
The UNICA General Assembly 2013 in Rome voted unanimously in favour of the University of Belgrade and the University of Iceland joining the UNICA Network. We are pleased to welcome...Read more
UNICA is involved in a technical assistance project with the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTs). We have been requested to support the identification of experts with...Read more
UNICA is pleased to announce the election of the new members of the UNICA Steering Committee (2014-2015): Prof. Emmanuel Fraisse (Vice-President for International and European Relations, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris...Read more
The DEFINE project, which looks at strategies for efficient funding of higher education in Europe , is well under way and is now entering its second year. The EUA-led consortium...Read more
Commission launches 'Opening up Education' to boost innovation and digital skills in schools and universities More than 60% of nine year olds in the EU are in schools which are...Read more
Over 650 Higher Education institutions registered for the first edition of the U-Multirank project, a new university ranking system, officially launched by the European Union on 30 January 2013, seeking...Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
From Thursday 11 till Sunday 14 April the Annual General Meeting of Erasmus Student Network took place in Maribor, Slovenia. All the ESN sections gathered for four days to decide...Read more
Niccolò Ara, the student of University of Rome “Tor Vergata” was awarded the 1st prize in the UGAF Student Photo Contest, organised by UNICA and the UNICA Green Academic Footprint...Read more
As in the past, Erasmus Staff Mobility Week is aimed at exchanging know-how and good experiences with other European Institutions. According to the INTERNATIONALISATION AT HOME model presented at the...Read more
Investment fund “Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg” (BFB), issued by the German state of Brandenburg's investment and development bank “Investitionsbank” (ILB) has invested in 3D vegetation software start-up Laubwerk GmbH , which has...Read more