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📆 On July 18, Ursula von der Leyen presented her political guidelines for her new mandate 2024-2029, highlighting the critical role of education in the European Research and Innovation (R&I) system. 📌 One of the "Europe's choice" is to put research and innovation at the heart of our economy. In this context, the objectives of the EDU4Standards project are pivotal, as the EDU4Standards.eu aim is to enhance #education through the #innovation of the teaching concepts, expanded courses and create communities and associations of teachers and students. 🔗 📚 Education is essential for achieving strategic initiatives such as the European Green Deal and positioning Europe at the forefront of emerging high-value technologies and educational infrastructure. This effort is part of a broader Strategy for European Life Sciences. Strengthening collaboration between research departments and higher education, particularly through University Alliances, is crucial. ⚙ Europe requires a significant shift in ambition and action across all skill levels and types of training and education to achieve these goals.

Digital Humanities Arts and Social Sciences - how do we support people working in research software in this community? We have RSEAA24 less than 4 weeks away and this is one discussion topic that you could vote on. We have Dr. Arianna Ciula, Director, King’s Digital Lab, King’s College London as a keynote and a growing number of people working in research software in the Digital Humanities Arts and Social Science community. There has been renewed interest in the UK about supporting Digital Humanities Arts and Social Sciences. How can we support them? #RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #DigitalHumanities #DHASS

💡 New working paper from the Center for Global Development! 📝 “Changing Perceptions of Educational Returns in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis” discusses access to education in low and middle-income nations. ➡️ Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dFMybUcH

💫 News: STARS EU completes another stellar orbit around the sun We’re excited to share the latest from Bremen, where over 130 members of the STARS EU Alliance gathered to recognize another year of achievements in our European University initiative. It was also time to look ahead, our alliance of nine institutions is paving the way for a united, innovative, and sustainable future in higher education! Our vision? To drive progress across Europe with three key focus areas: Green Transition, Digital Transformation, and Social Value & Welfare. These priorities are supported by thematic groups working on initiatives like Circular Economy, Sustainable Industry, and Inclusion & Social Justice, ensuring real-world impact and collaboration. In the past 12 months, we’ve: - Built a catalogue of joint academic programs - Established a mobility catalogue and a Technology and Knowledge Transfer Office - Hosted a variety of Blended Intensive Programmes with all of the partners - Launched our open science strategy to share the research from STARS EU - Unified branding across all partners with templates and visuals The journey continues! Our next gathering in spring 2025 will bring new strides in collaboration, empowering our students, faculty, and partners. Together, we’re making the European education of the future. #STARSEU #EuropeanUniversity #SustainableFuture #HigherEd https://lnkd.in/egVXWMAJ HSB Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences Universidad de La Laguna Aleksandër Moisiu University of Durrës Hanzehogeschool Groningen Université de Franche-Comté Silesian University in Opava Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki University West Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

The fourth Knowledge Beyond Boundaries, LSE's interdisciplinary student research conference, has officially begun! We are excited to be welcoming over 100 presenters, whose research explores the LSE Festival theme of Power and Politics, and over 200 attendees joining us either online or in-person. Eighteen LSE departments are represented here today, and we are also joined by twelve students from CIVICA partner institutions. We are proud to be offering a friendly, inclusive space for young academics to present their work and build their networks. One of our presenters today is Lisa Mandal, who is presenting her research on young female Formula 1 fan identity. Lisa was encouraged to submit an abstract to present her work at this year's conference following her work as a student ambassador at Knowledge Beyond Boundaries 2023. She had these words to share about why this experience motivated her to become a conference presenter: "Working on the behind-the-scenes of this conference taught me how academic conferences can actually be really fun and that research need not be daunting at all. So, this year, I was motivated to take it up a notch and submit my own abstract for the conference! I’m not going to lie - It’s quite fulfilling to see your own name on the presenters’ conference programme that you yourself had worked on last year." Find out more about the conference here: https://lnkd.in/gCiiwvRU

☀ Next in our #SummerReading list - in March, Science Europe together with Research Foundation Flanders - FWO and F.R.S. - FNRS organised a high level conference to bring together research organisations, policy makers, academia, industry, and civil society to highlight the importance of open, ethical #sciencecommunication in #research processes and explore the associated opportunities and challenges. The report provides an overview of the discussions on topics such as the role of science communication in policy making; combating misinformation; science communication and #artificialintelligence; and incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion in the communication process. Key messages included the need to enhance researchers' communication skills, and innovative approaches to promote public engagement to demonstrate the value of research investments and foster public trust in the scientific process. Download the report here: scieur.org/sci-comm-report

Therese N. Hopfenbeck, Professor of Educational Assessment at the Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre (AERC) in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Past President of AEA - Europe Association shares an inside look at the biggest takeaways of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Assessment – Europe. #AEAEurope24 #EducationalAssessment

What are the 3 don'ts if you would like to make policy impact with your research ? 1️⃣ Don't take the moral high ground: use utilitarian arguments instead (why is your advice beneficial?); 2️⃣ Don't propose your policy recommendations without dry-run: test them informally with trusted officials (can it fly?); 3️⃣ Don't think policy makers & politicians listen in a similar way to your story: adapt your framing to their uptake drivers without compromising on your academic integrity (what makes them tick?) These were my takeaways of the 50th anniversary of the EADI European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes celebrations at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam last Friday. Question: What are other don'ts for researcher wishing to make a difference?

The Future of Europe Depends on Robust, Open and Free Science and Education Ahead of the European elections in June, Presidents of the National Academies of Sciences of the European Union urge Member States and future Members of the European Parliament to make sure the EU remains a leader in science and innovation and to use scientific evidence continuously and wisely in policymaking. The statement underlines that "the challenges ahead – including climate change and biodiversity loss, international migration, food security, energy transition, to name only a few – are so complex and urgent that they cannot be addressed effectively without science and a trustful dialogue between science, politics, civil society and economic actors." #europeanelections #scicomm #foodsecurity #energytransition #biodiversity The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Austrian Academy of Sciences Global Young Academy ALLEA – The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities BERTA MARTINEZ GARCIA Rudi Hielscher International Science Council https://lnkd.in/e9VjhBrX

We asked Prof. Virginie Collombier, our Scientific Coordinator, to sum up our upcoming Master’s in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security in just three words, and here's what she underlined:   1️⃣ Innovation... As we aim at providing an innovative educational offer, the program is designed to deliver a combination of academic training and professional experience, by bringing together leading experts and academics from both shores of the Mediterranean.   2️⃣ Diversity... Our goal is to expose students to varied viewpoints and experiences, as well as to foster a genuine sense of community. Through the program, they will have the opportunity to connect with peers and stakeholders from across the region and to build sustainable relations.   3️⃣ Future... We aim to help students get a better understanding of where the region is leading, empowering them to make a positive impact in the years ahead.   Learn more about our new Master: bit.ly/49DDFiJ   #MasterMediterraneanCooperationandSecurity #LuissMediterraneanPlatform #LuissSchoolofGovernment