Scientists at MERLN and @ Maastricht UMC+ have created the first synthetic human twin embryo purely from stem cells, shedding light on the formation of twins. Goals: better biomedical care and deeper understanding of early development. Learn more 🔬👉 tinyurl.com/28mvd3wr

Was a pleasure to represent CoARA during the annual EUA conference!

#eua2024annualconf Rianne Letschert presents the 4 core commitments of CoARA. #Clara has 627 member organisations and 715 signatories - with universities being the largest group represented.

'Universities, national rectors conferences and EUA must work together to explain to governments how important it is for member states to invest 3% of their GDP in education, R&I. There is no point in industrialisation without a skilled workforce' Thomas Coudreau @[email protected] #eua2024annualconf

#FP10 should provide a well-balanced mix of support for basic research, applied research and innovation. This will be vital to ensuring that the EU will be able to tackle global challenges and emerging crises.

EUA's FP10 vision: bit.ly/xEUAFP10vision

#EUA2024Annualconf

📢 Just released! EUA publishes its vision for the next EU R&I Framework Programme ( #FP10 ), offering its contribution to shaping the programme

Our vision formulates recommendations on how the programme can reach its ambitious goals. 🇪🇺

➡️ Read it at bit.ly/xEUAFP10vision

📢 Save the date & register for our hybrid event: 'Reforming Research Assessment to Foster an Open and Socially Responsive Research Culture'!

🗓 6 May, 13:00 – 15:00 (EST) / 19:00 – 21:00 (CEST)
🔗 Find info & register now: allea.org/gya-coara-even…
#ReformingRA

💡 Is your organisation looking for inspiration to develop its Action Plan to Reform Research Assessment? Like to know more about implementing the Agreement?
Don't miss our Webinar on Action Plans!
📅 29 April, 10:00 - 11:30 CET
➡ Register now! shorturl.at/msNZ7

How do we imagine? 🧠 Maastricht Uni FPN's Prof. dr. Rainer Goebel was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of €2,5M for his project Reading the Mind’s Eye: AI inspired personalised brain models of mental imagery. Congrats Rainer! Read more: tinyurl.com/23bybomw
#ERCGrant #MindsEye #AI

🚀📢We are thrilled to release our latest paper, 'FP10: Attractive, impactful, and inclusive', which delves into the importance of #FP10 in addressing societal, economic, and environmental challenges through robust #research and #innovation ecosystems 👇
yerun.eu/publication/fp…

De UM is trots op haar internationale karakter. Ontmoet Husam Abdelqader en Mane Minasyan, alumni van het KE@Work-programma aan de UM. Ze kozen ervoor in de regio te blijven, waar ze nu een succesvolle carrière hebben: tinyurl.com/249ccwx3

#VanDeEuregioVoorDeEuregio

UM is trots op de internationale gemeenschap van Maastricht! Ontdek het verhaal van Natalia Westermann, eigenaar van vintagewinkel Dotnsquare in Maastricht, en haar missie om duurzaam ondernemerschap in Maastricht te stimuleren: tinyurl.com/23z96rlk

#VanDeEuregioVoorDeEuregio

Ga met ons mee naar de zaken van twee UM-alumni: Dotnsquare, de vintagewinkel van Natalia Westermann en Sicilery, het Italiaanse eetzaakje van Giuseppe di Rosa. Bekijk de video en zie de diverse culturen samenkomen in Maastricht. 👇👀
#VanDeEuregioVoorDeEuregio

Ik herhaal nog maar eens; Adviescommissie Groeifonds: ‘Het is echt zorgelijk dat nu de pauzeknop is ingedrukt’ via NRC nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03…

Frustratie bij bedrijven om pauzeren Groeifonds: ‘Investeren in innovatie is geen vage hobby’ fd.nl/samenleving/15…

EC presents three important initiatives, on next steps in developing a European degree and on recognising diverse career paths:

How to ensure that academic career paths reflect academics’ full range of talents, achievements and contributions?

#EUA2024AnnualConf discussion with Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij UGent Peter Hanenberg Rianne Letschert

🔗 bit.ly/AnnualConf2024…

Swansea University Events Swansea University

📢The deadline to complete the survey of the
CoARA WG on Reforming Academic Career Assessment has been extended to 5 April!

The aim of the survey is to map existing initiatives of academic career assessment at higher education institutions and research organisations👇

Het lijkt mij 1 van de mooiste rollen in Nederland: voorzitter zijn van de KNVB waarin mijn passie en professionele ervaring samenkomen.

Om mezelf te mogen presenteren op de ALV, heb ik 10 ondersteuningshandtekeningen nodig.

Help je mee? Please RT! nos.nl/l/2514193

Het zou deze keer anders zijn, een fonds beschermd tegen gegraai en politiek opportunisme. Er werd wel gegraaid. En nu dreigt een vroeg einde voor het Groeifonds. Moeten we treuren? nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03…