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Audit certificate to be awarded at the 2019 conference of the project HRK-EXPERTISE Internationalisation

Audit certificate to be awarded at the 2019 conference of the project HRK-EXPERTISE Internationalisation

This evening in Berlin, seven universities will receive certificates for their strategic internationalisation. The basis for the awards is the HRK-Audit "Internationalisation of Universities,” which has been advising and certifying universities on this topic for the past ten years. The universities will be honoured during the opening ceremony of the conference “Internationalisation of teaching and learning: Practical experience from German universities” of the HRK-EXPERTISE Internationalisation project. More

HRK President reiterates call for immediate release of Ahmadreza Djalali following reports of an attempt to force a confession

HRK President reiterates call for immediate release of Ahmadreza Djalali following reports of an attempt to force a confession

HRK-President Peter-André Alt has once again shown solidarity with academic Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained in Iran since 2016: “In an open letter, I have again urged the Iranian head of state to immediately release Dr Ahmadreza Djalali from custody in Tehran. I am deeply dismayed by reports that the academic, who has been detained since April 2016, has been temporarily transferred to an undisclosed location in a reported attempt to extract a confession from him.”More

Shifting political culture threatens academic freedom

Shifting political culture threatens academic freedom

In recent years, populism, nationalism and new forms of aggressive escalation have been exerting a growing influence on political culture in the West. Fundamental values of liberal democracy such as freedom of expression and tolerance are coming under attack. The consequences of this radicalisation on science in Germany and the USA was the focus of a two-day event held at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles.More

PROJEKT DEAL and SPRINGER NATURE reach understanding on world´s largest transformative Open Access agreement

PROJEKT DEAL and SPRINGER NATURE reach understanding on world´s largest transformative Open Access agreement

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between MPDL Services, on behalf of Projekt DEAL, and Springer Nature sets the scene for the world’s most comprehensive open access (OA) agreement to be finalised later this year. Reaching such an understanding has been possible through acknowledgement of the common commitment of both parties to the principle of open science.More

HRK President reiterates Bundesrat statement on professional titles

HRK President reiterates Bundesrat statement on professional titles

Following the statement of the Bundesrat on the draft of the amendment to the Vocational Training Act (BBiG), HRK-President Peter-André Alt, made the following comments: "I'm delighted that the Bundesrat has requested in the legislative process that professional titles are developed that cannot be confused with academic qualifications. Its statement strengthens our conviction that new titles such as Bachelor Professional and Vocational Master would be counterproductive."More

HRK President on European higher education alliances: a success for Germany, a win for Europe and a major feat for the universities

HRK President on European higher education alliances: a success for Germany, a win for Europe and a major feat for the universities

Following the announcement of the first 17 European higher education alliances funded by the EU, HRK-President Peter-André Alt commented: “German universities are represented in 14 of the 17 European networks chosen. This is an impressive achievement. It bears testament to the fact that German universities see themselves as engines of the European ideal and are collaborating creatively to develop new forms of partnership. A great variety of approaches has been selected in order to bring the idea of the European higher education alliances to life.”More