18 December 2009
LERU published the note “Developing the European Research Area” adressed to the next European Commissioner for Research and approved by the LERU Rectors at their last assembly in November in Utrecht.
07 December 2009
LERU is expanding its membership to include, as of 1st January 2010, Imperial College London and the Universitat de Barcelona.
01 December 2009
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been nominated as European Commissioner for Research and Innovation by Commission President José Manuel Barroso. She replaces Janez Potocnik, who has been named European Commissioner for Environment.
27 November 2009
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
24 November 2009
On 21 and 22 November the second Rectors' Assembly of 2009 was held in Utrecht.
09 November 2009
LERU has released a report calling for better interaction between science and policy development.
12 June 2009
After a latent period, the e-LERU network will get a new impulse after an international agreement was recently concluded between 7 universities, all members of the LERU: universities of Helsinki, Leuven, Heidelberg, Geneva, Zurich, Strasbourg, and the Karolinska Institute.
03 June 2009
A LERU statement on the European Research Council has recently been submitted to the ERC Review Panel.
29 May 2009
The first Rectors’ Assembly of 2009 was held in Leuven.
18 May 2009
LERU ushers in new Secretary-General on 1 July.
