e-LERU news and updates

A strong commitment of President Alain Beretz

Wed, 05 May 2010 23:25:00 +0200

Alain Beretz, President of the university of Strasbourg, will promote the e-LERU project in the LERU rectors' assembly of Zürich, May 8th and 9th

New e-LERU partner meeting in Strasbourg: March 25

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:21:00 +0100

The University of Strasbourg will host the next e-LERU partner meeting on March 25th. For this meeting a representative of DUO (Deutsch-Uni Online) and Talkademy will propose a presentation of their virtual concept for teaching.

Happy New Year !

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:26:00 +0100

e-LERU partners wish you a :
Happy New Year 2010 !

Annual meeting of the LERU vice-rectors for learning and teaching

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:15:00 +0100

On November 30, the e-LERU consortium has had the opportunity to present the e-LERU project to the LERU vice-rectors for learning and teaching at their annual meeting.

Secretary general Kurt Denekelaere gives strong support to e-LERU initiative

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +0100

The e-LERU Strasbourg team met with Kurt Denekelaere on November 19. On this occasion the secretary general of the LERU gave his support to our project. He indeed confirmed his desire to see new projects emerge from universities and renewed his support to the e-LERU initiative.

New e-LERU partner meeting in Zurich: October 28-29

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:13:00 +0200

The University of Zurich will host the next e-LERU partner meeting from October 28th till October 29th.

This think tank session will be devoted to such issues as :

e-Modules,
good practices,
web 2.0 and e-Learning solutions.

LERU welcomes new Secretary-General on July 1st

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:38:00 +0200

The League of European Research Universities has appointed Professor Kurt Deketelaere as its new Secretary-General during the LERU Rectors’ Assembly at the K.U.Leuven on 17 May 2009. On the 1st of July he will take over the reins from Dr. David Livesey, who will retire after four years of stellar service.

In his capacity as Secretary-General, Deketelaere plans to emphasize the need to maintain or increase the volume, effectiveness and efficiency of public and private investment in research and development (R&D) and in innovation. Neither governments nor industry should reduce their R&D spending as a means of cutting costs during the present economic crisis. On the contrary, investments in R&D and innovation can give a serious boost to sustainable development, job creation and the economy as a whole.

Kurt Deketelaere is full Professor of Environmental and Energy Law at the K.U.Leuven and Honorary Professor of Climate Change Law at the University of Dundee. He was until now Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Mrs. Hilde Crevits, Minister for Public Works, Energy, Environment and Nature in the Flemish Regional Government of Belgium.

e-LERU: a network for virtual mobility

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:36:00 +0200

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.

e-LERU intends to bring a European dimension to teaching, research and reseach-based education in European universities by encouraging them to collaborate, notably through the construction of trans-national combined course structures and the international and virtual mobility of their students within the European Higher Education Area.

As for the next steps, excellent e-lectures will be presented on the new e-LERU website, a special programme for Ph.D will be specified and a meeting will be hosted by the University of Zurich on October 28th-29th, 2009.

LERU contributed to the ERC Review

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:30:00 +0200

A LERU statement on the European Research Council has recently been submitted to the ERC Review Panel. The statement is based on extensive consultation among LERU universities and the Research Policy Committee in particular.

All LERU universities have participated actively in the ERC's first funding rounds and have received, as a group approximately 20% of all grants. It is therefore essential that LERU follows the review process closely and gives it high-level support to help to ensure that the ERC can remain true to its
original mission in the future.

Rectors’ Assembly in Leuven

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:33:00 +0200

The first Rectors’ Assembly of 2009 was held in Leuven.

On 16 and 17 May, the LERU Rectors discussed the challenges and changes in
European research and higher education areas, European university-industry links after the recession and research careers.

At the invitation of Marc Vervenne (Rector K.U.Leuven), Patricia
Ceysens, Flemish Minister for Economic Affairs, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade addressed the Rectors’ Assembly during the dinner.