The President of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Martin Vetterli reflects on scientific cooperation in Europe in the light of fading hope for association of Switzerland and the United Kingdom with Horizon Europe. Now is the time to act, for the good of European science!

We seek an Advisor for Learning & Teaching working full time at our Secretariat. The deadline for applications is 26 August 2022.

Recognising his contribution to universities of science and technology, including his “pre-eminent leadership” of our association, Karel was honoured during graduation ceremonies.

We talk a lot about reforming academic careers, but how often do early career researchers get an equal voice in these discussions?

Our Board of Directors has adopted a position ‘Design principles for European Higher Education Sector Observatory’ offering five principles for the design and development of this observatory.

Our association welcomes the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda 2022-2024 and presents our top priorities, describes our ongoing efforts and offers additional commitments in line with our genuine offer to implement the ERA.

The call for papers for an IEEE Transactions on Education special issue on Transforming Engineering Education is open with the deadline 1 August 2022.

Our Secretary General David Bohmert delivered a speech on the Non-association of UK with Horizon Europe to the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference on 20 June.

Our association welcomes the appointment of Paris-Saclay President Sylvie Retailleau to serve as the new French Minister for Education, Research and Innovation.

From 11 to 13 May our association contributed to the WIRE conference, held under the French Presidency of the EU, focusing on the role of regions in breakthrough innovation.