21 May 2013
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Kurt Deketelaere to a second term at the League’s helm. His new term as Secretary-General LERU will commence in July 2014 and will run for five years.
18 May 2013
The Rectors of 17 European Universities met on 17 and 18 May in Leiden for a Rectors' Assembly. Carel Stolker, Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, hosted the meeting.
25 April 2013
LERU ethics’ scientists met last autumn to discuss the position and role of ethics in Horizon 2020.
25 April 2013
A new LERU advice paper “International curricula and student mobility”, sets out different forms of student mobility, from exchange mobility, which is widely spread and well known thanks to the Erasmus programme, to more structured forms of student mobility such as networked and embedded mobility.
27 March 2013
What are the key themes in the social sciences and humanities that warrant EU funding? This was the question addressed by deans from 21 European research universities who met on 21 March in Leiden.
25 March 2013
Four of the world’s major research university groups are to form an international network as a parallel organisation to the Global Research Council of Science and Engineering Funding Agencies, established last year by agency representatives from nearly 50 countries.
20 March 2013
The Universities of Freiburg and Strasbourg are honored to invite students for the LERU BRIGHT Conference 2013, which will take place from 12 August till 16 August 2013. The central theme of the conference will be "Energy Transition in the 21st Century".
15 March 2013
With this new Briefing Note, LERU wants to advise the European Commission to include essential Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research in the programme addressing the challenge ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’ in Horizon 2020.
14 March 2013
The fourth LERU Doctoral Summer School will be hosted by the University Pierre & Marie Curie in Paris from 8 till 12 July 2013. ‘Development of leadership skills for employment in enterprise, government and academia’ will be this year's topic.
13 March 2013
UCL and ICL have reflected on the European research agenda relating to healthy ageing and independent living. A workshop jointly organised by UCL and ICL resulted in the League of European Research Universities (LERU) Declaration on Active and Healthy Ageing.
