CRUE, the Ministry, ANECA and CSIC advance in reforming research assessment in Spain
Madrid, 24 January 2024. The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE), the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have organised the the launch of the National Chapter Spain (NC) of the Coalition for the Advancement of Research Assessment and Evaluation (CoARA) in Europe on 9 February in Madrid. The President of CRUE and Rector of the Universitat Jaume I, Eva Alcón, will participate in the opening ceremony along with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities, Juan Cruz Cigudosa; the President of CSIC, Eloísa del Pino, and the Director of ANECA, Pilar Paneque.
¡Happy Holidays!
Madrid, 21 December 2023. From CRUE we want to wish happy holidays to the university community and all the best for the year 2024.
Second CRUE communiqué on the escalation of war in Israel and Palestine
Madrid, 18 December 2023. The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) expressed in a communiqué issued on the 17th October its concern and rejection of the escalation of war in the Middle East as a result of the events of recent days in Israel and Palestine. As a university system, we reaffirm our commitment to peace, justice, human rights, and democratic values, contrary to any war or terrorist act
Crue recognises EUA’s institutional trajectory on the Digital Transformation in universities
29 November, 2023. Valladolid. Crue Spanish Universities, through its Sectorial Commission for Digitalisation, has recognised the European University Association with the 2023 Institutional Trajectory Award for its “clear effort to highlight the importance of Digital Transformation in universities, through the creation of the steering committee and the advisory group, in which Crue has been involved, as well as the organisation of related workshops”.
Second edition of ConSIMium: six Spanish students to step into the shoes of European leaders
Madrid, 21 November 2023. Six Spanish university students have been selected by Crue Spanish Universities to participate in the second edition of the ConSIMium project of the Council of the European Union, to be held in April 2024 in Brussels. This initiative consists of a simulation exercise in which 27 teams from the Member States of the European Union experience first-hand how their leaders negotiate and the decision-making process in Europe.
