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News Calls for proposals: EAN 24th Annual Conference 2015 We now welcome proposals for our next annual conference in Oslo, Norway in June next year. Deadline for submissions is 2 March 2015. Erasmus+ Programme 2015 Funding for Excellence EUA has published a new report that examines "excellence schemes", public funding schemes which have as their main objective the fostering of excellence in the university sector, and their impact on universities in Europe.   Events Schooling, attainment and admission to higher education 22 January 2015, 11:00 - 16:00, London, UK First one of a joint seminar series on Researching and Evaluating Widening Participation by the Society for Research into Higher Education and UALL. Seminars run once a month until July 2015 Advocating for access, equity, inclusion and diversity in higher education: Politics, Policies, Power and Persuasion 24th EAN Annual Conference in collaboration with Norwegian Union of Students Oslo, Norway, 8th - 10th June 2015     Publications & Articles Emerging modes of cooperation between private organisations and universities The first results of a large scale survey among employers on university-business cooperation, undertaken by the EU Lifelearning Programme project EMCOSU Shaping a Changed American Higher Education System: Defining Your Role Lumina President and EAN Special Adviser Jamie Merisotis spoke to an audience of marketing experts about their role in promoting a learning-based, flexible, stackable credentialing system at a meeting of the AMA in Austin, TX

This issue's highlights EAN annual conference call for proposals GAPS Second Congress registrations open     Registrations Now Open   Access to Higher Education: Meeting the Global Challenge Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 2015 Early Bird and Discounted rates for EAN members now available here   EAN Membership discounted rates for events monthly news bulletin networking opportunities Join or renew today