When: Tuesday January 29th
Where: Lighthouse Cinema
The seminar was organised by the IUA and featured contributions from a range of leading participants on how Ireland’s system compares to other European third-level systems. The seminar was also briefed about a new European Universities Initiative, which seeks to strengthen strategic partnerships across the EU between higher education institutions and encourage the emergence by 2024 of some twenty ‘European Universities.
Press: Official IUA Press Release & Minister’s Press Release
Presentations & Speeches:
EU Commissioner for Education, Tibor Navracsics
Navracsics-Speech-IUA-Breakfast-Seminar.pdf
Thomas Estermann
– Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy at the European University Association
Thomas-Estermann-Ireland-Presentation-29January22.01.pdf
— EU Commissioner for Education, Tibor Navracsics, Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Prof Brian MacCraith President of DCU and Chair of IUA
— Jim Miley, Director General IUA, EU Commissioner for Education, Tibor Navracsics, Prof Brian MacCraith President of DCU and Chair of IUA
— EU Commissioner for Education, Tibor Navracsics, Catherine Day UCC, Prof Jane Ohlmeyer IRC, Thomas Estermann EUA, Prof Brian MacCraith
— MC Ella McSweeney, EU Commissioner for Education, Tibor Navracsics, Prof Brian MacCraith President of DCU and Chair of IUA