LERU Conference
European Research Universities - Guide and engine for Europe 2050
Barcelona, 9 - 10 May 2012
All conference materials will be made available on www.10yearsleru.org in the following days.
League of European Research Universities
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is an association of
twenty-one leading research-intensive universities that share the values of high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. Founded in 2002, LERU advocates education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding; the creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society; and the promotion of research across a broad front in partnership with industry and society at large.
The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience. LERU regularly publishes a variety of papers and reports which make high-level policy statements, provide in-depth analyses and make concrete recommendations for policymakers, universities, researchers and other stakeholders.
2002 - 2012
In 2012, LERU celebrates its 10th anniversary. To commemorate this event, LERU organises a conference on the present and future role of research universities in Europe, in particular in view of the EU research and innovation policy of the next years and decades. The conference will take place in Barcelona on 9 & 10 May 2012. Go to www.10yearsleru.org for more information and to register.
The LERU universities are:
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Universitat de Barcelona
- University of Cambridge
- University of Edinburgh
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Université de Genève
- Universität Heidelberg
- Helsingin yliopisto (University of Helsinki)
- Universiteit Leiden
- KU Leuven
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- Lunds universitet
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- University of Oxford
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie
- Université Paris-Sud 11
- Université de Strasbourg
- Universiteit Utrecht
- Universität Zürich
News
LERU Rectors’ Assembly hosted by Universitat de Barcelona
16 May 2012
On 11 May 2012, the 22nd LERU Rectors’ Assembly took place at the Universtat de Barcelona.
Opinion piece - Economic growth will come from Europe’s research universities
11 May 2012
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and previously head of the UK’s Medical Research Council. This is a summary of his keynote speech at the LERU 10th Anniversary conference in Barcelona on 10 May 2012.
Press release - Global top university networks discuss the future of the research university
08 May 2012
The leaders of some of the world’s most prestigious universities are gathering at an unprecedented event to discuss the future of the research-intensive universities (RIUs) in Europe and the world. For the first time also the most prominent RIU networks from Europe (LERU), the US (AAU), Australia (Go8) and China (C9) will meet.
LERU launches new position paper on research assessment
03 May 2012
The League of European Research Universities launches its new position paper 'research universities and research assessment' in Brussel on 19 June 2012
Calendar
Meeting - Working Group on Charitable funding
24 May 2012
On Thursday 24 May LERU is organizing, together with the University of Amsterdam, a second meeting of the LERU Directors of development/charitable funding.
LERU Alumni get together
24 May 2012
On Thursday evening 24 May the League of European Research Universities will hold its second Alumni get together.
Meeting - Alumni Working Group
25 May 2012
The Working Group on Alumni relations will come together on Friday 25 May 2012 in Amsterdam.
Meeting - Alumni Working Group
25 May 2012
The Working Group on Alumni relations will come together on Friday 25 May 2012 in Amsterdam.
Meeting - Vice-Rectors Learning and Teaching
07 June 2012
The Vice-Rectors Learning and Teaching will meet on Thursday 7 June 2012.