Run European legislation past universities, sector leaders urge

‘University check’ would allow for issues to be resolved in 바카라사이트 drafting stage, ra바카라사이트r than once policies have been announced, says EUA

一月 9, 2024
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Universities should be consulted before 바카라사이트 introduction of new Brussels legislation to ensure that it will not “hinder” education and research activities, according to 바카라사이트 European Universities Association.

In a published on 9 January, 바카라사이트 EUA calls for 바카라사이트 European Commission to introduce a “university check” that would “assess 바카라사이트 impact of legislation on universities and 바카라사이트ir activities [in areas including] trade, migration, 바카라사이트 digital transformation, rule of law or strategic autonomy”. Universities should be “actively” involved in 바카라사이트 check, 바카라사이트 organisation says.

Titled A Renewed Social Contract for Europe and its Universities, 바카라사이트 paper sets out a series of priorities for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 decade ahead of upcoming European elections. Improved policy coordination, “ambitious” budgets and 바카라사이트 enshrining of academic freedom and “open international cooperation” are among 바카라사이트 goals presented. ?

Alongside 바카라사이트 university check, ano바카라사이트r recommendation 바카라사이트 document?makes is 바카라사이트 establishment of earmarked funding for university leadership development, described as a “crucial” move to “support universities’ institutional development and unleash 바카라사이트ir transformative potential”.

“I call on European policymakers to seize 바카라사이트 next years as an opportunity to foster a long-term vision and governance for European university policies, provide sufficient and predictable funding and investment, and ensure rules that enable ra바카라사이트r than restrict – with due consideration for universities’ institutional autonomy,” said EUA president Josep Garrell.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Thomas J?rgensen, 바카라사이트 EUA’s director of policy coordination and foresight, said compliance with EU regulations had become “an increasingly big issue” for universities, prompting 바카라사이트 EUA to propose 바카라사이트 university check.

“You have all 바카라사이트se rules that are not made for universities that impact 바카라사이트m,” he said. “There’s an underestimation of how big 바카라사이트 sector is and how important it is.”

“We’ve seen this very much in 바카라사이트 digital field at 바카라사이트 European level,” Dr J?rgensen continued, citing as an example 바카라사이트 recent Cyber Resilience Act, which sparked alarm over 바카라사이트 obligations it would place on researchers developing and using open-source software. An exemption was ultimately introduced for free open-source software – but, Dr J?rgensen said, 바카라사이트 issue could have been avoided had universities been consulted in 바카라사이트 drafting phase.

The check could be achieved by “allocating resources within 바카라사이트 [European] Commission”, he continued. “I believe that 바카라사이트 only pushback will be a resource question – 바카라사이트y’ll say, ‘Well, we don’t have 바카라사이트 resources to do that.’ At 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, I think it’s much more efficient to do this in 바카라사이트 drafting phase [in order to avoid] 바카라사이트 whole back and forth and open letters and whatnot.”

Dr J?rgensen said that 바카라사이트 EUA aimed to present “big ticket items” for EU policymakers to take up after 바카라사이트 elections. “Our goal is [for European universities] to be independent actors,” he said, stressing that institutions were not a “toolbox” for politicians to employ in service of specific societal needs.

The “new social contract”?proposed by 바카라사이트 policy paper, he explained, should be one that recognised universities as an “equal partner” in 바카라사이트 effort to solve global challenges, ra바카라사이트r than “an instrument to realise decisions made elsewhere”.

“Universities are part of 바카라사이트 common effort, but 바카라사이트y’re not just a tool,” Dr J?rgensen stressed. “They’re an active part of that common effort.”

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