Our Board of Directors has adopted a position ‘Design principles for European Higher Education Sector Observatory’ offering five principles for the design and development of this observatory.

Our association welcomes the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda 2022-2024 and presents our top priorities, describes our ongoing efforts and offers additional commitments in line with our genuine offer to implement the ERA.

The call for papers for an IEEE Transactions on Education special issue on Transforming Engineering Education is open with the deadline 1 August 2022.

Our Secretary General David Bohmert delivered a speech on the Non-association of UK with Horizon Europe to the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference on 20 June.

Our association welcomes the appointment of Paris-Saclay President Sylvie Retailleau to serve as the new French Minister for Education, Research and Innovation.

From 11 to 13 May our association contributed to the WIRE conference, held under the French Presidency of the EU, focusing on the role of regions in breakthrough innovation.

Our President, Rik Van de Walle, writes in IAU Horizons on our association's strategic vision and activities supporting universities of S&T to expand upon their tradition in releasing transformative forces to meet societal challenges.

Our association underlines the importance of framework conditions and sustainable funding which support co-creation practices and skillls to stimulate disruptive innovation throughout society.

The 2022 edition of THE Impact Rankings have been published, showcasing how universities measure up against achieving the UN sustainable development goals, with our Members featuring prominently.

Our Director Elvira Fortunato has been appointed new Portuguese Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, departing our association’s Board of Directors with warm thanks and congratulations.