Institutional visit to Brussels
Brussels, December 12 and 13, 2022. Crue Universidades Españolas organised an institutional visit to Brussels on December 12 and 13, headed by Jose Maria Sanz, the President’s delegate for Brussels, together with María Teresa Lozano, Secretary General, and María Blanco, Head of International Engagement
Crue and CEAIE renew their agreement to promote relations in Higher Education between Spain and China
Madrid, December 9, 2022. The President of Crue Spanish Universities and Rector of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Juan Romo, and the President of the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), Liu Limin, have renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between both associations for another four years. With this agreement, they commit ‘to develop and foster close cooperation with the main objective of supporting and contributing to the advancement and internationalisation of higher education in both countries, linking knowledge and strengthening mutual understanding and relations between China and Spain in the field of higher education’
Josep Maria Garrell explains his candidacy for the presidency of the EUA before Crue’s General Assembly
Cordoba, December 1, 2022. During the General Assembly of Crue Spanish Universities held in Cordoba on December 1, Josep Maria Garrell, Rector of the Universitat Ramon Llull (2012-2022) and Vice President of Crue (2018-2022), explained his candidacy for the presidency of the European University Association (EUA). Garrell is the first candidate who, at the proposal of Crue, opts for the presidency of the main association of European universities after obtaining the approval of the EUA Council, made up of the presidencies of the European rectors’ conferences, last October
Constitutive Assembly of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessement (CoARA)
Brussels, December 1. Crue Spanish Universities participated on December 1 in the Constitutive General Assembly of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in Brussels, chaired by Marc Schiltz, President of Science Europe, and by Amanda Crowfoot, Secretary General of the European University Association (EUA). Both institutions are the promoters of the European initiative for the reform of research evaluation. Crue is one of the organizations that has joined this coalition from the beginning and has committed to monitoring and informing its member universities about its progress and lines of work
Crue and EUA organise a joint Workshop on the Reform of Research Assessment from a national perspective
Madrid, November 28, 2022. Crue Spanish Universities, in coordination with the European University Association (EUA), organized last Monday, November 28, the virtual Workshop ‘Perspectives on the reform of research evaluation in Spain’. The aim was to present the European Commission’s initiative for the reform of research assessmentl and invite to reflection on its relevance for Spanish universities. The meeting was inaugurated by José María Sanz Martínez, Executive Vice President of Crue Spanish Universities, and by Stephane Berghmans, Director of the Research and Innovation Unit of the European University Association (EUA)
