The European Research Area should become a cosmos where researchers can exchange and move about freely, and knowledge and technologies can circulate without restriction with the support of funding...
Read moreHRK-President Peter-André Alt commented on the press release from the Federal Statistical Office on current student numbers. "The total number of students of well over 2.9 million in the current...
Read moreAccording to the coalition agreement, the parties of the traffic light coalition intend to strengthen universities and universities of applied sciences as the heart and backbone of the research...
Read moreStandards and specific issues of student advisory services at universities are described in a resolution passed yesterday by the HRK. The HRK General Assembly identifies the support of prospective and...
Read moreThe situation of the universities against the background of sharply rising infection figures was discussed by the General Assembly of the HRK. Above all, it called for consideration of the issues...
Read moreThe signals from the coalition negotiations at the federal level indicate that the future governing coalition is genuinely concerned about promoting science and, in particular, universities. This is...
Read moreSeven vice-presidents of the HRK were newly elected or re-elected by the HRK General Assembly for two-year terms starting on 1 December 2021. According to HRK Rules of Procedure, the terms of office...
Read moreThe German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the HRK have been promoting the development of the higher education sector in the Global South in the Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies...
Read moreSupporting universities in the further development of their internationalisation is the goal of the new project "HRK ADVANCE - Optimising Governance and Processes of Internationalisation." After...
Read moreThe political responsibility of universities and science towards democratic culture was the focus of a transatlantic online symposium jointly hosted last week by the American Academy of Arts and...
Read moreFor decades, university sports have made significant contributions to the health, disease prevention and social cohesion of university members and maintained multiple links with players in civil...
Read moreToday in Berlin, shortly before the possible start of coalition negotiations in the federal government, HRK-President Peter André Alt reiterated the demands that universities place on the future...
Read moreAround a week after the Bundestag elections, the Senate of the HRK has emphatically reminded the future coalition leaders of the most pressing tasks in higher education policy. During its online...
Read moreOne month before the election for the 20th legislative period, the HRK has documented the higher education policy positions of the parties for the Bundestag election on its website. The answers to...
Read moreOn the occasion of the "Measures for Coping with the Coronavirus Pandemic" adopted by the Federal Government and the states, HRK President Peter-André Alt said the following today: "All measures to...
Read moreWith a view to the end of the lecture period, HRK President Peter-André Alt spoke about the prospects for the next semester: "Once again, I want to explicitly acknowledge the great achievements of the...
Read moreAt today's strategy talk of university leaders with the EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, the HRK President Peter-André Alt underlined the importance of...
Read moreBMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) funding for the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) - Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age - will be extended until the end of 2025. The...
Read moreDuring another online meeting, the Senate of the HRK discussed the prospects for the 2021/22 winter semester in light of the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. "In view of the significant...
Read moreFuelled by the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Senate of the HRK gave concrete shape to a long-standing demand of the universities and adopted a detailed "Appeal to the federal...
Read moreThe Senate of the HRK has once again stressed the importance of reforming copyright law by removing the time limit from the regulations on research. It states that the removal of the time limit in...
Read moreAt the Global University Leaders Council Hamburg, university leaders from all over the world have adopted recommendations on the commitment of universities to global sustainability and against climate...
Read moreHRK-President Peter-André Alt has commented on the results of the "Vaccination Summit" between the Federal Chancellor and the Prime Ministers of the Federal States: "The prospects for progress in...
Read moreThe potential of universities worldwide to contribute to the accomplishment of the global task of climate change, and universities´ influence on the basic attitudes and actions of tomorrow's society –...
Read moreThe system and content of BAföG (German Federal Training Assistance Act) no longer adequately reflects the reality of students' lives and fundamental reform is imperative. This was the analysis of the...
Read moreThe HRK and the German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) are calling on the federal government and states to make additional investments in the social infrastructure of studies,...
Read morePeter-André Alt has been confirmed as President of the HRK with a large majority. The HRK General Assembly elected the Germanist and former President of the Free University of Berlin for another...
Read moreThe HRK has strongly criticised the sweeping and unfit regulations for teaching and courses of study at universities in the draft amendment to the Infection Protection Act currently being discussed by...
Read moreHRK-President Peter-André Alt has criticised the draft amendment to the Infection Protection Act tabled by CDU/CSU and SPD coalition fractions for initial deliberations in the Bundestag. It is...
Read moreHuman rights experts at the United Nations are on high alert and have voiced their concerns at the worsening, life-threatening situation of the Swedish-Iranian scientist Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has...
Read moreThe experience of the Corona pandemic once again makes it clear that ensuring the future viability of studying and teaching requires a series of political decisions and considerable public investment....
Read moreDuring an online meeting, the Senate of the HRK expressed its shock at the escalating violence in Myanmar and the serious implications for the country’s universities and their members. Since the...
Read moreIt is still not possible to return to normal face-to-face contact at universities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate of the HRK reiterated this point at its online meeting on Tuesday....
Read moreStudents and universities must be kept in mind in the scenarios regarding how to proceed in the coronavirus crisis. The President of the HRK, Professor Dr Peter-André Alt, called for this in reference...
Read moreThe current status and perspectives of the rare disciplines in the German and European research system will be the focus of a digital themed week from 8 to 11 March. Themed days organised jointly by...
Read moreIn view of the COVID-19 pandemic, universities in Germany are faced with the challenge of holding the upcoming final examinations at the end of the current winter semester in a legally incontestable...
Read moreIn view of the ongoing significant restrictions on university research caused by COVID-19, which may have to continue into the upcoming summer semester, the Executive Board of the HRK defined the...
Read moreThe President of the HRK, Peter-André Alt described the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union as a watershed in the cooperation between German and British universities. The withdrawal...
Read more