HRK Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Die Stimme der Hochschulen

HRK Research Map: Institutional research priorities at German universities

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German Rectors' Conference worldwide active

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HRK Executive Board with two new members

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12Jun2013


HRK senate calls for full cost accounting option in future European research programme

The Senate of the HRK calls for a Horizon 2020 framework programme that acknowledges the individual needs of universities when participating in EU research projects. The Senate argued that the next “Horizon 2020” Framework Programme for Research and Innovation should offer both full cost and flat rate reimbursement models.

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28May2013


Higher education institutions adopt code of conduct for German higher education projects abroad

The General Meeting of the HRK saw the adoption of a code of conduct for German higher education projects abroad. The code formulates qualitative – academic and ethical – “minimum requirements” for German higher education projects abroad that are to be observed by both German higher education institutions (HEIs) and their foreign partners.

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14May2013


HRK commitment to knowledge transfer: tapping the potential of new media

“Members at the HRK general meeting today endorsed the idea that higher education institutions must communicate their research findings to wider society. This is a task that has become increasingly important in our modern knowledge and media-based society,” explained HRK-President Horst Hippler. He considers knowledge transfer as referring to any way of communicating knowledge, and therefore much more than simply an interface between academia and the economy, or the transfer of technology.

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