EUA Convention on Strong universities for Europe

This 3rd Convention was an important event for the higher education community to discuss – at the halfway point to 2010 – the increasingly important role of institutions and students in implementing Bologna and in making the knowledge society a reality for Europe’s citizens. The 630 university leaders and partners gathered in Glasgow called for greater recognition of the vital cultural, social and economic role of Europe’s universities and underlined the importance of strong universities in responding to the growing and varied societal demands on them. This requires institutions to be responsible rather than merely responsive and makes the development of diversified institutional strategies – based on autonomy, accountability and adequate financing – essential in order to exploit their full potential.