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.
Crue chairs the EUA General Secretaries Forum
Madrid, January 27, 2023. On 19 January, the Secretary General of Crue Universidades Españolas, María Teresa Lozano, chaired the Forum of Secretaries General of the National Rectors’ Conferences that are part of the European University Association (EUA), a function that she will carry out during 2023. On 27 January, the EUA Council meeting was held, at which Crue was represented by its President, Juan Romo, the Secretary General, María Teresa Lozano, and the President’s Delegate for European Affairs, Jose María Sanz.
Crue and the Ministry of Universities create the National Forum for the Reform of Research Assessment
Barcelona, January 20, 2023
The President of Crue and Rector of the Carlos III University of Madrid, Juan Romo, and the Spanish Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats, inaugurated the National Forum for the reform of research assessment this Friday, 20 January, in an event held in the Aula Magna of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona. The Rector of the host institution, Joan Guàrdia, and the President of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), Rianne Letschert, also took part in the event.
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
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)
