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Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
OpenAIRE’s guides for researchers
OpenAIRE’s guides for researchers developed many resources to support FAIR research data management and open science training at institutional level.
EOSC Future project
EOSC Future is an EU-funded project offering a rich catalogue of practical resources to support the implementation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
Good Practices in FAIR Competence Education
The Good Practices in FAIR Competence Education report presents a collection of seven case studies describing how FAIR competences are being addressed through education and training programmes.
How to be FAIR with your data. A teaching and training handbook for higher education institutions.
How to be FAIR with your data is a teaching and training handbook, which aims to support higher education institutions with the integration of FAIR-related content in their curricula and teaching.
FAIRsFAIR project
FAIRsFAIR is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of FAIR research data management skills and practices in universities
DataverseNL
DataverseNL is a publicly accessible data repository platform in the Netherlands, open to researchers from research performing institutions to deposit and share research data openly with anyone.
National Research Data Infrastructure (NRDI)
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NRDI) was established in Germany to systematically manage scientific and research data, providing long-term data storage, backup and accessibility, and network the data both nationally and internationally.
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
Enhancing Digital and Teaching and Learning project
Project on mainstreaming digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish universities
Good practices for personal data
Good practice guide for dealing with personal data by Belgian francophone universities
Guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
Step-by-step guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
Higher Education Student Data
Data on students in UK higher education
Transforming DCU
A strategic project from Dublin City University centred on a new student information system
Digitally competent teachers
Thematic Peer Group Report on “Digitally competent teachers in designing quality learning environments” (2022)
Study on EU copyright
Report on the impact of copyright regulation on research
Study on the Open Data Directive, Data Governance and Data Act
Report on the impact of European data regulation on research
Sikt
Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
Common European Data Spaces
European Commission Staff Working Document on Common European Data Spaces
EOSC
The European Open Science Cloud
TRUST
A set of principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthyness
CARE
Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Turning FAIR into reality
Report and action plan on FAIR data from the European Commission
OpenAIRE
A series of guides for researchers to support the uptake of the FAIR principles
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations on practice to support FAIR data principles
European Strategy for Data
European Strategy for Data
Ladok
Student information system used by most higher education institutions in Sweden
Digivisio
A Finnish project to create a national education platform
Blockchain Technology for Future Students
Video about using blockchain for digital credentials in the Una Europe university alliance
Pioneering Digital Credentials
A white book on digital credentials from the University of Lille
Mein Bildungsraum
A German initiative to give citizens and educational institutions access to digital credentials across education levels
Digital Credentials for Europe (DC4U)
A pilot project for digital credentials
Jisc data analytics for teaching and learning
Resources from Jisc about learning analytics
Skills and support
AI
We can use artificial intelligence to foster human intelligence and drive our universities forward
An EUA expert voice on artificial intelligence reshaping of our institutions and scientific disciplines, Manfred Krafczyk, TU Braunschweig
European Digital Education Hub
A European hub for exchange on digital education
EDUCAUSE Landscape study
A global survey on the trends most likely to impact higher education over the next ten years (2024)
Artificial intelligence and ethics
EUA Webinar on AI and ethics in universities
Smart Campus Project – Erasmus University of Rotterdam
A project to “demonstrate that data, analytics, and immersive visualisation tools can create awareness and support decision-making in the context of campus user wellbeing”
JISC Intelligent Campus Project
Resources to develop smart campus from Jisc (UK)
GPT NL
Dutch project to develop its own language model
GPT UiO
ChatGPT version of the University of Oslo
OpenAI GPT4
OpenAI’s introduction to GPT4
Intelligence artificielle: je t’aime, moi non plus
A critical debate about generative artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence: From experimentation to institutional strategies
EUA Webinar on developing institutional strategies for artificial intelligence
Beyond ChatGPT: what next for generative AI in higher education
EUA-ELIA webinar on generative AI in universities and arts schools
Successful and timely uptake of artificial intelligence in science in the EU
A proposal from the EU Science Advice Mechanism for promoting AI in Science – suggesting a Distributed Institute for AI in Science and a European AI in science council
AI in Science – Harnessing the power of AI to accelerate discovery and foster innovation
A 2023 Policy Brief from the European Commission
EPFL AI Centre
A multidisciplinary centre for artificial intelligence research, innovation and education at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
ETH Zürich AI Centre
A hub for artificial intelligence at the ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
UiB AI
A platform at the University of Bergen (Norway) for making artificial intelligence more visible and promote cooperation
Artificial Intelligence in Science: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of Research
An OECD report about the use of AI in research
The enormous opportunities of artificial intelligence, once we learn to use it
An short article about the prospects for the use of AI in learning and teaching
Jisc data analytics for teaching and learning
Resources from Jisc about learning analytics
AI and data ecosystems
Three webinars about Artificial Intelligence and data ecosystems
SURF on artificial intelligence
Overview of artificial intelligence in universities by SURF
OECD, Artificial Intelligence
OECD resources for artificial intelligence
‘Leadership in higher education – interview with Kerstin Mey, President of the University of Limerick, Ireland
The Digital Council at Zurich University of the Arts Digital Council
The Digital Council at Zurich University of the Arts Digital Council
The Digital Council at Zurich University of the Arts Digital Council
Change management
DIGI-HE
EUA Project – Supporting European universities in their strategic approaches to digital learning
Establishing a framework for a shared culture of well-being
EUA expert voice with Jochen Schellinger, Bern University of Applied Sciences, on Establishing a framework for a shared culture of well-being.
Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities
EUA expert voice with Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, on Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities
Report on Strategy and organisational culture
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture, published within the framework of the EUA-led DIGI-HE project.
Interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov (University of Vechta)
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov, Vice-President for Teaching and Studies outlining the University of Vechta’s approach to offering more flexible learning through digitalisation
EUA expert voice with Jochen Schellinger, Bern University of Applied Sciences
EUA expert voice with Jochen Schellinger, Bern University of Applied Sciences, on Establishing a framework for a shared culture of well-being.
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities.
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture was published within the framework of the EUA-led DIGI-HE project.
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov (University of Vechta)
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov, Vice-President for Teaching and Studies outlines the University of Vechta’s approach to offering more flexible learning through digitalisation.
The Wildauer Maschinen, Technical University of Wildau in Germany
The Wildauer Maschinen Werke was established as a learning, research and transfer platform for digital skills at the Technical University of Wildau in Germany.
EUA expert voice on human-centredness and ‘care’ in the digitalisation of European universities
The EUA expert voice article Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities by Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, highlights human-centredness and ‘care’ as important dimensions in the digitalisation for European universities.
Consortium of Swiss University Libraries
The Consortium of Swiss University Libraries is an important actor in the promotion of OA at national and international levels since it monitors OA publications and negotiates contracts with publishers.
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials.
SURF Value Compass for education
The SURF Value Compass for education is an initiative developed by the primary and secondary, and third-level education representatives in the Netherlands.
Public values: condition for digital transformation
Public values: condition for digital transformation articulates a set of resolutions published by Universities of the Netherlands, which are implemented in a national digital strategy coordinated by SURF and UNL
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information is a paper published by the Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data, established by Universities of the Netherlands
University of Vienna Digitalisation Strategy
The University of Vienna’s Digitalisation Strategy serves as a roadmap for implementing digital innovations throughout the university. The objective of this strategy is to bring about a self-determined, resilient and human-centred digital transformation.
UPT Digital Education Eco-system
The Politehnica University of Timisoara’s Digital Education Eco-system started more than 20 years ago and is based on a strategy with clear objectives, developed in three stages: digitisation – digitalisation – digital transformation.
The Digital Strategy of Jaume University 1
The Digital Strategy of Jaume University 1 provides the basis for an institutional-wide strategy for developing teachers’ digital competence. The initiative seeks to create a link to institutional strategy and teaching practice by taking in the macro/micro institutional and individual perspectives and experiences.
University of Murcia Digital Strategy
The Digital Strategy of the University of Murcia aims to regulate the institutional journey towards digital transformation.
ZHdK strategy 2024ff – Shaping the future with agility
The Zurich University of the Arts 2019-2023 strategy aims to actively shape digital culture, position the university as a higher education institution that provides professional competencies for a digitalised society, attain an internationally relevant position in this field of action, and understand digitalisation as a process that concerns and challenges the institution as a whole.
Spotting grey swans: using foresight for strategy development in academia
Spotting grey swans: using foresight for strategy development in academia is an EUA Expert Voices article, published in September 2023, outlines the rationale behind TU Delft’s consultative approach to foresight in strategy development.
UCLouvain’s Digital Strategy
Strategy of UCLouvain (Belgium) with training opportunities for staff and students to support the controlled use of digital technology to promote the creation, dissemination and acquisition of knowledge.
Strategic Initiative for Digitization of Education
SMART-Edu 2021-2027 – Romanian initiative to develop digital skills at all levels of cross-curricular education
Enhancing Digital and Teaching and Learning project
Project on mainstreaming digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish universities
Efficiency, Leadership and Governance
A report on the role of leadership in planning and implementing efficiency and effectiveness in transformation processes
Strategy and organisational culture
A report from EUA Thematic Peer Group on the role of strategy and organisational culture in promoting digitally enhanced learning and teaching
Implementing leadership development programmes
A guide for designing and implementing leadership development programmes
Universities without Walls
EUA’s vision for universities in 2030
The Digital University Hub
A collaborative initiative between Austrian universities to advance the digital and social transformations.
Leadership in higher education
Interview with President of the University of Limerick in Ireland, Kerstin Mey, skills needed to tackle transformation challenges
Transforming DCU
A strategic project from Dublin City University centred on a new student information system
Digitally competent teachers
Thematic Peer Group Report on “Digitally competent teachers in designing quality learning environments” (2022)
EDUCAUSE Landscape study
A global survey on the trends most likely to impact higher education over the next ten years (2024)
Artificial intelligence: From experimentation to institutional strategies
EUA Webinar on developing institutional strategies for artificial intelligence
Leadership in higher education’s interview with Kerstin Mey
Leadership in higher education’s interview with Kerstin Mey, President of the University of Limerick in Ireland on the essential skills needed to tackle big transformation challenges.
The Digital University Hub
The Digital University Hub is a collaborative initiative between Austrian universities to advance the digital and social transformations.
The Digital Council at Zurich University of the Arts Digital Council
The Digital Council is an interdisciplinary expert body that provides strategic advice to management at Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland.
Digital Confidence for Leadership’ training programme delivered at Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
The Digital Confidence for Leadership is a training programme, designed and delivered by Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, to build digital competences and confidence among university leadership and management.
Regulation
EUA expert voice on human-centredness and ‘care’ in the digitalisation of European universities
The EUA expert voice article Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities by Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, highlights human-centredness and ‘care’ as important dimensions in the digitalisation for European universities.
Consortium of Swiss University Libraries
The Consortium of Swiss University Libraries is an important actor in the promotion of OA at national and international levels since it monitors OA publications and negotiates contracts with publishers.
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials.
SURF Value Compass for education
The SURF Value Compass for education is an initiative developed by the primary and secondary, and third-level education representatives in the Netherlands.
Public values: condition for digital transformation
Public values: condition for digital transformation articulates a set of resolutions published by Universities of the Netherlands, which are implemented in a national digital strategy coordinated by SURF and UNL
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information is a paper published by the Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data, established by Universities of the Netherlands
Enhancing Digital and Teaching and Learning project
Project on mainstreaming digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish universities
University Autonomy in Europe
An overview of autonomy for universities in Europe
Digitally competent teachers
Thematic Peer Group Report on “Digitally competent teachers in designing quality learning environments” (2022)
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS)
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services
Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act
Digital Markets Act
Digital Markets Act
Digital regulation that works for research and education
Article outlining the need for the EU to include universities better in digital regulation
Study on EU copyright
Report on the impact of copyright regulation on research
Study on the Open Data Directive, Data Governance and Data Act
Report on the impact of European data regulation on research
Common European Data Spaces
European Commission Staff Working Document on Common European Data Spaces
Interoperable Europe Act
An EU regulation aiming to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU
Interoperable Europe
The European Commission’s initiative to promote interoperability in the public sector.
European Strategy for Data
European Strategy for Data
OECD, Artificial Intelligence
OECD resources for artificial intelligence
EdTech
Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
EUA expert voice on human-centredness and ‘care’ in the digitalisation of European universities
The EUA expert voice article Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities by Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, highlights human-centredness and ‘care’ as important dimensions in the digitalisation for European universities.
Consortium of Swiss University Libraries
The Consortium of Swiss University Libraries is an important actor in the promotion of OA at national and international levels since it monitors OA publications and negotiates contracts with publishers.
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials.
SURF Value Compass for education
The SURF Value Compass for education is an initiative developed by the primary and secondary, and third-level education representatives in the Netherlands.
Public values: condition for digital transformation
Public values: condition for digital transformation articulates a set of resolutions published by Universities of the Netherlands, which are implemented in a national digital strategy coordinated by SURF and UNL
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information is a paper published by the Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data, established by Universities of the Netherlands
AMUE
Common services for French universities
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Ladok
Student information system used by most higher education institutions in Sweden
AMUE
AMUE – common services for French universities
Service
Privacy
Good practices for personal data
Good practice guide for dealing with personal data by Belgian francophone universities
Guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
Step-by-step guidance for dealing with personal data, University of Rostock
Privacy regulation, Oldenburg
Privacy regulation at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
UiO privacy resources for staff
Privacy resources for staff at the University of Oslo, Norway
Sikt
Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
Open Science
OpenAIRE’s guides for researchers
OpenAIRE’s guides for researchers developed many resources to support FAIR research data management and open science training at institutional level.
EOSC Future project
EOSC Future is an EU-funded project offering a rich catalogue of practical resources to support the implementation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
Good Practices in FAIR Competence Education
The Good Practices in FAIR Competence Education report presents a collection of seven case studies describing how FAIR competences are being addressed through education and training programmes.
How to be FAIR with your data. A teaching and training handbook for higher education institutions.
How to be FAIR with your data is a teaching and training handbook, which aims to support higher education institutions with the integration of FAIR-related content in their curricula and teaching.
FAIRsFAIR project
FAIRsFAIR is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of FAIR research data management skills and practices in universities
DataverseNL
DataverseNL is a publicly accessible data repository platform in the Netherlands, open to researchers from research performing institutions to deposit and share research data openly with anyone.
National Research Data Infrastructure (NRDI)
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NRDI) was established in Germany to systematically manage scientific and research data, providing long-term data storage, backup and accessibility, and network the data both nationally and internationally.
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
EUA Open Science Survey Report
The EUA 2020-2021 Open Science Survey with a focus on research data practices
Study on EU copyright
Report on the impact of copyright regulation on research
Academic Digital Autonomy – Insights from Karen Maex
Interview with Karen Maex about digital sovereignty
Protect independent and public knowledge
A speech by Karen Maex, Rector of the University of Amsterdam 2021
EOSC
The European Open Science Cloud
TRUST
A set of principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthyness
CARE
Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Turning FAIR into reality
Report and action plan on FAIR data from the European Commission
OpenAIRE
A series of guides for researchers to support the uptake of the FAIR principles
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations on practice to support FAIR data principles
Open-source
Open standards
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Turning FAIR into reality
Report and action plan on FAIR data from the European Commission
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations on practice to support FAIR data principles
Blockchain Technology for Future Students
Video about using blockchain for digital credentials in the Una Europe university alliance
Pioneering Digital Credentials
A white book on digital credentials from the University of Lille
Mein Bildungsraum
A German initiative to give citizens and educational institutions access to digital credentials across education levels
Digital Credentials for Europe (DC4U)
A pilot project for digital credentials
Infrastructures
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
AMUE
Common services for French universities
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS)
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
Heads in the clouds
An overview of universities’ migration to the cloud
Sikt
Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
Common European Data Spaces
European Commission Staff Working Document on Common European Data Spaces
EOSC
The European Open Science Cloud
Smart Campus Project – Erasmus University of Rotterdam
A project to “demonstrate that data, analytics, and immersive visualisation tools can create awareness and support decision-making in the context of campus user wellbeing”
JISC Intelligent Campus Project
Resources to develop smart campus from Jisc (UK)
AMUE
AMUE – common services for French universities
Commercial providers
EUA expert voice on human-centredness and ‘care’ in the digitalisation of European universities
The EUA expert voice article Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities by Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, highlights human-centredness and ‘care’ as important dimensions in the digitalisation for European universities.
Consortium of Swiss University Libraries
The Consortium of Swiss University Libraries is an important actor in the promotion of OA at national and international levels since it monitors OA publications and negotiates contracts with publishers.
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials.
SURF Value Compass for education
The SURF Value Compass for education is an initiative developed by the primary and secondary, and third-level education representatives in the Netherlands.
Public values: condition for digital transformation
Public values: condition for digital transformation articulates a set of resolutions published by Universities of the Netherlands, which are implemented in a national digital strategy coordinated by SURF and UNL
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information is a paper published by the Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data, established by Universities of the Netherlands
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act
Digital Markets Act
Digital Markets Act
Heads in the clouds
An overview of universities’ migration to the cloud
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Academic Digital Autonomy – Insights from Karen Maex
Interview with Karen Maex about digital sovereignty
Protect independent and public knowledge
A speech by Karen Maex, Rector of the University of Amsterdam 2021
Digitale Souveränität
A collection of resources to digital sovereignty in German by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung
Generative AI
GPT NL
Dutch project to develop its own language model
GPT UiO
ChatGPT version of the University of Oslo
OpenAI GPT4
OpenAI’s introduction to GPT4
Intelligence artificielle: je t’aime, moi non plus
A critical debate about generative artificial intelligence
Beyond ChatGPT: what next for generative AI in higher education
EUA-ELIA webinar on generative AI in universities and arts schools
AI and data ecosystems
Three webinars about Artificial Intelligence and data ecosystems
SURF on artificial intelligence
Overview of artificial intelligence in universities by SURF
OECD, Artificial Intelligence
OECD resources for artificial intelligence
Learning Analytics
BigTech
EUA expert voice on human-centredness and ‘care’ in the digitalisation of European universities
The EUA expert voice article Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities by Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, highlights human-centredness and ‘care’ as important dimensions in the digitalisation for European universities.
Consortium of Swiss University Libraries
The Consortium of Swiss University Libraries is an important actor in the promotion of OA at national and international levels since it monitors OA publications and negotiates contracts with publishers.
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials
University of Lille white book on blockchain-verifiable digital credentials.
SURF Value Compass for education
The SURF Value Compass for education is an initiative developed by the primary and secondary, and third-level education representatives in the Netherlands.
Public values: condition for digital transformation
Public values: condition for digital transformation articulates a set of resolutions published by Universities of the Netherlands, which are implemented in a national digital strategy coordinated by SURF and UNL
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information
Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information is a paper published by the Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data, established by Universities of the Netherlands
Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act
Digital Markets Act
Digital Markets Act
Heads in the clouds
An overview of universities’ migration to the cloud
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Academic Digital Autonomy – Insights from Karen Maex
Interview with Karen Maex about digital sovereignty
Protect independent and public knowledge
A speech by Karen Maex, Rector of the University of Amsterdam 2021
Digitale Souveränität
A collection of resources to digital sovereignty in German by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung
Intelligence artificielle: je t’aime, moi non plus
A critical debate about generative artificial intelligence
Interoperability
AMUE
Common services for French universities
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services (eIDAS)
Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
Re-thinking our values in the digital transformation
Interview about digital sovereignty and public values with Christien Bok from SURF
Common European Data Spaces
European Commission Staff Working Document on Common European Data Spaces
EOSC
The European Open Science Cloud
Interoperable Europe Act
An EU regulation aiming to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU
Interoperable Europe
The European Commission’s initiative to promote interoperability in the public sector.
TRUST
A set of principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthyness
CARE
Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Turning FAIR into reality
Report and action plan on FAIR data from the European Commission
OpenAIRE
A series of guides for researchers to support the uptake of the FAIR principles
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations
FAIRsFAIR Recommendations on practice to support FAIR data principles
European Strategy for Data
European Strategy for Data
Manifesto for interoperability
Manifesto of the Interoperability Group in the Digital Education Hub
European Digital Education Hub
A European hub for exchange on digital education
Ladok
Student information system used by most higher education institutions in Sweden
Digivisio
A Finnish project to create a national education platform
Blockchain Technology for Future Students
Video about using blockchain for digital credentials in the Una Europe university alliance
Pioneering Digital Credentials
A white book on digital credentials from the University of Lille
Mein Bildungsraum
A German initiative to give citizens and educational institutions access to digital credentials across education levels
Digital Credentials for Europe (DC4U)
A pilot project for digital credentials
AMUE
AMUE – common services for French universities
Cybersecurity
Interview with Liam O’Reilly
Interview with Liam O’Reilly, University of Limerick, about institutional initiatives towards cyber threats.
Information Security strategies for Higher Education Institutions
EUA/EUNIS Webinar with various good practice examples on cybersecurity
RSSI – Good practices guide
Good practice guide for security by Belgian, francophone universities
HEISP
Information Security unit of Bavarian state universities
Jisc Cyber Security Portal
Security services offered by Jisc
SURF-soc
Common point of contact for security issues in Dutch universities
Copyright
Action Plan for Diamond Open Access
The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access, developed by Science Europe, OPERAS, and the French National Research Agency (ANR), addresses the alignment and development of common resources for the whole Diamond OA ecosystem.
Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing (May 2023)
The Council Conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing, published in May 2023, indicate a strong consensus among EU Member States towards promoting a scholarly publishing ecosystem that is of high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable.
Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)
The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) is an initiative promoted by Plan S with the aim of empowering universities and their researchers to retain their intellectual property rights in their relations with commercial publishers.
DIAMAS project
The DIAMAS project is an EU-funded project aimed at supporting the emergence of an aligned, high-quality, and sustainable institutional OA scholarly publication ecosystem for the European Research Area.
PALOMERA project
The PALOMERA project is an EU-funded project on open access to academic books.
Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system
The Read & Publish contracts in the context of a dynamic scholarly publishing system Technopolis report, commissioned by EUA, approaches the future of scholarly publishing via a set of four scenarios representing the scholarly publishing system’s “dominant” business models.
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist
EUA’s New Open Access Checklist is a practical guide for universities that wish to further develop their Open Access activities.
Study on EU copyright
Report on the impact of copyright regulation on research
Digital learning
DIGI-HE
EUA Project – Supporting European universities in their strategic approaches to digital learning
Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities
Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities
EUA expert voice with Ronald Maier, University of Vienna, on Teaming up for joint digital transformations at European universities
Report on Strategy and organisational culture
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture, published within the framework of the EUA-led DIGI-HE project.
Interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov (University of Vechta)
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov, Vice-President for Teaching and Studies outlining the University of Vechta’s approach to offering more flexible learning through digitalisation
EUA expert voice with Jochen Schellinger, Bern University of Applied Sciences
EUA expert voice with Jochen Schellinger, Bern University of Applied Sciences, on Establishing a framework for a shared culture of well-being.
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University
EUA expert voice with Pekka Kähkipuro, Tampere University, on Rethinking digital opportunities for universities.
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture
EUA Thematic Peer Group report on Strategy and organisational culture was published within the framework of the EUA-led DIGI-HE project.
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov (University of Vechta)
EUA interview with Kim-Patrick Sabla-Dimitrov, Vice-President for Teaching and Studies outlines the University of Vechta’s approach to offering more flexible learning through digitalisation.
The Wildauer Maschinen, Technical University of Wildau in Germany
The Wildauer Maschinen Werke was established as a learning, research and transfer platform for digital skills at the Technical University of Wildau in Germany.
UCLouvain’s Digital Strategy
Strategy of UCLouvain (Belgium) with training opportunities for staff and students to support the controlled use of digital technology to promote the creation, dissemination and acquisition of knowledge.
Strategic Initiative for Digitization of Education
SMART-Edu 2021-2027 – Romanian initiative to develop digital skills at all levels of cross-curricular education
Enhancing Digital and Teaching and Learning project
Project on mainstreaming digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish universities
Strategy and organisational culture
A report from EUA Thematic Peer Group on the role of strategy and organisational culture in promoting digitally enhanced learning and teaching
Leadership in higher education
Interview with President of the University of Limerick in Ireland, Kerstin Mey, skills needed to tackle transformation challenges
Digitally competent teachers
Thematic Peer Group Report on “Digitally competent teachers in designing quality learning environments” (2022)
European Digital Education Hub
A European hub for exchange on digital education
Leadership in higher education’s interview with Kerstin Mey
Leadership in higher education’s interview with Kerstin Mey, President of the University of Limerick in Ireland on the essential skills needed to tackle big transformation challenges.
The Digital University Hub
The Digital University Hub is a collaborative initiative between Austrian universities to advance the digital and social transformations.
The Digital Council at Zurich University of the Arts Digital Council
The Digital Council is an interdisciplinary expert body that provides strategic advice to management at Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland.
Digital Confidence for Leadership’ training programme delivered at Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
The Digital Confidence for Leadership is a training programme, designed and delivered by Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, to build digital competences and confidence among university leadership and management.