¡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 meets with France Universités and the Spanish Ministry of Universities to promote participation in the European Universities Initiative
Barcelona, 14 September 2023. In the framework of the 2nd Forum of European University Alliances, Crue’s President Eva Alcón and the President of Crue-Internationalisation and Cooperation and rector of UNED, Ricardo Mairal, met with representatives of France Universités and the Spanish Ministry of Universities to seek formulas to help boost the participation of both university systems in the European Universities Initiative.
First edition of the ConSIMium Project: six Spanish students step into the shoes of European leaders
Brussels, February 3, 2023. Six Spanish university students, selected by Crue Spanish Universities, participated on 2 and 3 February in Brussels in the ConSIMium initiative of the Council of the European Union, which consists of a simulation exercise in which 27 teams from EU Member States experience first-hand the negotiations of their leaders and the decision-making process in Europe.
Crue takes part in the launch of the IAU Report on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development
January 31, 2023. The International Association of Universities (IAU) launched on the 1st January the Accelerating Action for the SDGs in Higher Education Report, which analyses the data collected for its third global survey on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD), conducted in 2022. Crue Spanish Universities has collaborated with the IAU in the design of the survey, as well as in the analysis of the data and the elaboration of the report, under the coordination of the President of the Crue Commission for the 2030 Agenda, Santiago García Granda.
