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ERAC envisages an ERA that meets the requirements laid down in the Lisbon Treaty, but also proposes to shift from the ´free circulation of researchers, knowledge and technology´ to a ´European community of knowledge producers and users´.

Following a successful campaign from CESAER and others, the portfolio for Mariya Gabriel has been renamed to Commissioner for Research, Innovation, Education, Culture & Youth.

The University of Strathclyde was named University of the Year at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2019.

During World Science Forum 2019, delegates from all parts of the research community and from all over the world issued a declaration emphasising commitments to ethics and responsibility for science.

Our Board of Directors has appointed Ernst Schmachtenberg (former rector RWTH Aachen University) as our envoy on the future of the European Research Area (ERA).

​On the 160th anniversary of its foundation, the Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) organised its first festival della Tecnologia from 7 to 9 November.

Fifteen university associations and over 300 organisations as signatories have jointly underlined the importance of education, research and innovation for society and called upon the EU institutions to provide for ambitious funding.

Our new position urges that excellence-driven alliances must have generous financial resources, balanced selection criteria, and be open to all countries in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

Our thirty-second General Assembly adopted a Declaration on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, pledging to accelerate the achievement of equality, diversity and inclusion through personal leadership, institutional vigour and societal change.

The 32nd General Assembly today elected Rik Van de Walle (Rector of Ghent University) as our new President and five Directors complementing the Board to twelve Directors. It also adopted a position on the future of the European Research Area (ERA).