🛣 Designing a roadmap for EU-Canada cooperation - emphasis on *DESIGN*! 🖌 For the last session of the #UNICADays 2026, we brought in an illustrator for a visual capture the ideas to strenghten #TransatlanticCoopeeation for #GlobalCitizenshipEducation Stay tuned for the result! 🖼

Global Citizenship Education is essential for sustainable societies! 🌐 The last day of the #UNICADays 2026 goes deeper into the universities' mission in civic engagement with examples and good practices from Canadian and European institutions #transatlanticcooperation #globalcitizenship #SDGs

🏙 A city is never finished... and universities must be up to the task! The #UNICADays continue, with reps from @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, @sorbonnenouvelle.bsky.social, @ulaval.ca, @mila-quebec.bsky.social & the European Urban Initiative addressing EU-Canada coop for urban resilience.

🤩 Pleased to be with our community + Canadian partners at the @europarl.europa.eu for the first 2 sessions of the UNICA Days 2026! This morning discussions focus on #ScientificaDiplomacy and #Research

⏰ The #UNICADays 2026 start today! 🙌 At a moment of rising global challenges, value-driven alliances like EU-Canada are more important than ever. Learn more at www.unica-network.eu/event/unica-... #ScientificDiplomacy #EUCanada #HigherEducation #TransatlanticCooperation @sciencebusiness.net

Not just for the community... but with it! 💡 The President of @esn.org says it best 👇

🌱Climate skills, 🧑‍🎓student engagement, and the 🏫role of HEIs: a much needed conversation is taking place this afternoon during the final multiplier event of @euerasmusplus.bsky.social project OpenPass4Climate! Stay tuned as we share the highlights! 💡 . @esn.org @uva-es.bsky.social

💡Now at the UNICA Rectors' Seminar: can technology serve the Humanities without compromising the human identity? 👨🤖 Discover what Digital Humanities are and what opportunities/ challenges it involves: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-ar...

What are the digital humanities?

Initially called ‘humanities computing’, the field of digital humanities has grown tremendously over the past 40 or so years, as Professor David Berry explains.

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👏🤯What a great morning at the UNICA Rectors' Seminar in Athens! From addressing contemporary biases in research evaluation to integrating #humanities in #STEM, we've delved deep into questions of progress & purpose.

💡UNICA Rectors' Seminar: "As provocative as it may sound, we might need to compare the modern intellectual to the influencer." 🎤Christina Koulouri, Rector of Panteion University, brings some interesting thoughts to the table during the discussion on the need of #humanities in our universities!

What a way to start! 👏 During his speech on "The Democratic University and its Role in Modern Democracy", Prof. Dimitrios Karadimas showed us why freedom is the greatest classic of all! 📣 #UNICA35 #Humanities #Democracy #HigherEducation

Kalimera!🏛️😀 We are happy to be in Athens, the birthplace of Western #philosophy, for a Rectors' Seminar focused on a timeless topic: the role of #Humanities in our universities. 👂Stay tuned as we bring you the event's highlights, directly from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens!💡

🧭More than an event, #UNICADays2025 sparked collaboration across the European #HigherEd and #Research landscape. That’s why our conference report goes beyond a recap - it offers ways forward to help shape the future. 👉Here's nr1️⃣, about the #UniversitiesAlliances! 🔗Discover all at lnkd.in/dQSaKWEn

Congratulations to all elected new members! 👏Let's keep working to advance European higher education and research 💪🚀

European University Association (EUA)@eua.eu · 2y ago

The European University Association is pleased to announce that Angelika Epple, Gregor Majdič, Ivanka Popović and Manuel Tuñón de Lara have been elected to the EUA Board. Their election took place this morning at the EUA General Assembly in Riga. 📰 Full news article at buff.ly/F3RVQLq #EUA2025AC

👀We met the PURRRfect little friend while strolling around Riga! 🐈‍⬛ Having a great time as ideas Flow in another insightful @eua.eu Annual Conference! 👏😊

🤗Insightful discussion on the success rates of universities from Widening countries in #HorizonEurope at today's UNICA Rectors’ Panel, ahead of the @eua.eu Conference. Thank you to our host, the University of Latvia! #Research #Innovation #EUA2025AC

🔙Did you miss our latest newsletter? Read it now and subscribe not to miss any further updates: bit.ly/4jt6tzK In March's issue: ✅Report from the #UNICADays2025 ✅What the #UnionOfSkills means for #HigherEd ✅Supporting @eua.eu position for a #Research, #Education & #Innovation partnership

Given the continued uncertainty that #Ukraine faces, it is of paramount importance for future generations of students in Ukraine that this invaluable human capital is preserved and nurtured, writes EUA Board member Ivanka Popović: buff.ly/xvert4s #EUAExpertVoices

There is a road ahead for Ukraine’s universities

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📣How do models of #HigherEd travel across borders? Discover at UNICA & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social seminar next month! 🏛️From governance to funding, student access to career progression - join the discussions on how policy and management models travel internationally. 🔗📝 bit.ly/4iUm4b5

Good summary on the potential and challenges of the #EuropeanDegree: it could simplify joint programmes and foster, but needs clear definition, proper funding, and broad support to succeed 👇

Experts give cautious welcome to European degree programme

The ‘European degree’, a new qualification to be awarded after transnational bachelor, masters or doctoral programmes, offers a unique value propo...

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👀 Check out the OPEN ACCESS book "European Higher Education Area 2030: Bridging Realities for Tomorrow’s Higher Education", with contributions from UNICA members! 👏 Proud to see Prof. Romiță Iucu & Prof. Liviu Matei among the co-editors! 👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4lmnIUX

New open access book featuring contributions from UNICA members explores the future of the EHEA

<p>Springer has recently published the book “European Higher Education Area 2030: Bridging Realities for Tomorrow’s Higher Education”, featuring contributions from several members of the UNICA communi...

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As a collaboration-based network representing 54 universities across 41 European capitals, UNICA welcomes EUA’s vision of co-creation and dialogue across #research, #innovation & #education to boost Europe's #competitiveness 💪🧭🔗🗨️

European University Association (EUA)@eua.eu · 2y ago

EUA proposes a partnership for #competitiveness, bringing together the stakeholders & sectors that form Europe’s knowledge base and the policy makers that can create the framework conditions to further develop and leverage it. 🔗 buff.ly/t95mt14 @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social @vsainton.bsky.social

📣 Sing our open letter! We call all presidents/rectors in Europe to sign our open letter where we advocate for an #FP10 that strengthen's Europe's competitiveness and resilience. Join 70+ rectors and sign ➡️ www.the-guild.eu/news/2025/op... Please see a list of supporting organisations below ⤵️

Day 2 of #UNICAdays2025 wrapped up with dynamic discussions on European & multiple degrees and #Research within the #EuropeanAlliances. Insightful debates, bold ideas, and collaborative visions shaped the conversation! And of course... we had to have a cake to celebrate 35 years of UNICA! 🎂

➡️From what distinguishes them to pathways for collaboration, today's morning sessions at the #UNICAdays2025 explored the synergy between #UniversitiesNetworks and #UniversitiesAlliances 🔗 💡A rich discussion on the challenges, opportunities, and the future of cooperation in #HigherEd!

📣"Universities are crucial to Europe’s competitiveness and to its future prosperity." 👏Thank you @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social, @ec.europa.eu's EVP for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, for your thoughts on the importance of #HigherEd to build the #UnionOfSkills #UNICAdays2025

UNICA Days 2025 | Video Message from Roxana Mînzatu, EC's EVP

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Thank you @coimbragroup.bsky.social for joining us at the #UNICAdays2025! 😊 As we celebrate a milestone birthday with you (5 years behind), we look forward for more years of shared history, friendship, achievements in #HigherEd... and maybe some birthday cake! 🎂🚀

Coimbra Group@coimbragroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy 35th Anniversary to our partners, neighbours & friends at @unicanetwork.bsky.social !🎂 Thank you Rector Sorin Costreie for inviting us & Coimbra Group Chair to #UNICAdays in Brussels. 💡Timely discussion on “The role of University Networks in the context of the European Universities alliances"

"We need academic atoms (universities), molecules (networks), and supermolecules (alliances) to build a strong European #HigherEd landscape!" ⚛️💪 🔛 At the start of the #UNICAdays2025, President Sorin Costreie draws inspiration from chemistry to highlight the power of collaboration.