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The Spanish National Chapter of CoARA publishes its first collective report on research assessment reform

Madrid, 1 September 2025. The Spanish National Chapter of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has published its first collective report, Mapping Institutional Approaches to Research Assessment Reform: Insights from the CoARA Spanish National Chapter, corresponding to Deliverable 1 (D1) of its work plan. Coordinated by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of …

Statement by the Pact for Coexistence on the Occasion of the Repeated Attacks against Humanitarian Organisations

17 July 2025. The Pact for Coexistence Platform, of which Crue Universidades Españolas is a member together with other institutions and civil society organisations, has issued a statement on the occasion of the World Day for International Justice, in response to the “repeated attacks against humanitarian organisations”: “In view of the intensification of the barbarity …

Spain Reaffirms Its Commitment to Bi-regional Cooperation in Higher Education at the III CELAC–EU Academic and Knowledge Summit

Mexico City, 14 July 2025. Spanish universities, represented by the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE), took an active part in the III CELAC–EU Academic and Knowledge Summit – “Consolidating the Common Area of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation”, held on 10 and 11 July at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of the …

Eva Alcón Calls on Universities to Lead the Challenges of the Ibero-American Knowledge Area with an Ethical and Transformative Vision

Lisbon, 26 June 2025. Eva Alcón, President of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) and Rector of Universitat Jaume I, called on universities to lead the major challenges of the Ibero-American Knowledge Area with ethical commitment and a transformative vision. She did so on Tuesday during the international conference she delivered within the …

Bilateral Meeting between CRUE and SUHF to Strengthen Spanish–Swedish University Cooperation

Madrid, 17 June 2025. The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) and the Swedish Association of Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) held a bilateral meeting today with the aim of strengthening cooperation in strategic areas of higher education and research. During the meeting, participants addressed issues such as institutional governance, funding models, sustainability, artificial intelligence, …