UB assesses its three-year LERU membership

UB joined LERU on 1st January 2010.
UB joined LERU on 1st January 2010.
(03/07/2013)
UB joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU) on 1 January 2010; it is the single Spanish university member. The internal meeting to assess UBʼs three-year LERU membership took place on Tuesday 2 July.
 
The main objective of the meeting, entitled “UB within LERU: Research Future Opportunities” was to revise and evaluate aspects worked within LERU and assess their impact on the University. The meeting was chaired by the rector of the UB, Dídac Ramírez, and the vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Transfer, Jordi Alberch. It was attended by UB representatives of the different LERU communities and working groups, the Rectorʼs Office, and the deans and vice-deans who with LERU-related issues.
 
Dídac Ramírez described the meeting as “really useful”, and remarked that it is suitable to assess the impact that LERU has on the University of Barcelona: “LERU has increased UBʼs world” , affirmed the Rector, who also thanked the former rectors, Marius Rubiralta and Josep Samitier, for working hard to get into the League.
 
Moreover, Vice-Rector Jordi Alberch highlighted the importance that LERU membership has for the University: “To be part of LERU means to be next to the most powerful research universities. It means to be at the top of European university scene”.

Link to the meetingʼs programme

 

The League of European Research Universities (LERU)

LERU is an association of twenty-one leading research intensive universities that share the values of highly-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. Founded in 2002, LERU advocates education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding; the creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society, and the promotion of research across a broad front in partnership with industry and society at large.

The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience. LERU regularly publishes a variety of papers and reports which make high-level policy statements, provide in-depth analyses and make concrete recommendations for policymakers, universities, researchers and other stakeholders.

Current members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) are: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Université de Genève, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, University of Helsinki, Universiteit Leiden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Imperial College London, University College London, Lunds universitet, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Oxford, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris-Sud, Université de Strasbourg, Universiteit Utrecht, and Universität Zürich.

 

 

UB joined LERU on 1st January 2010.
UB joined LERU on 1st January 2010.
03/07/2013
UB joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU) on 1 January 2010; it is the single Spanish university member. The internal meeting to assess UBʼs three-year LERU membership took place on Tuesday 2 July.
 
The main objective of the meeting, entitled “UB within LERU: Research Future Opportunities” was to revise and evaluate aspects worked within LERU and assess their impact on the University. The meeting was chaired by the rector of the UB, Dídac Ramírez, and the vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Transfer, Jordi Alberch. It was attended by UB representatives of the different LERU communities and working groups, the Rectorʼs Office, and the deans and vice-deans who with LERU-related issues.
 
Dídac Ramírez described the meeting as “really useful”, and remarked that it is suitable to assess the impact that LERU has on the University of Barcelona: “LERU has increased UBʼs world” , affirmed the Rector, who also thanked the former rectors, Marius Rubiralta and Josep Samitier, for working hard to get into the League.
 
Moreover, Vice-Rector Jordi Alberch highlighted the importance that LERU membership has for the University: “To be part of LERU means to be next to the most powerful research universities. It means to be at the top of European university scene”.

Link to the meetingʼs programme

 

The League of European Research Universities (LERU)

LERU is an association of twenty-one leading research intensive universities that share the values of highly-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. Founded in 2002, LERU advocates education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding; the creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society, and the promotion of research across a broad front in partnership with industry and society at large.

The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience. LERU regularly publishes a variety of papers and reports which make high-level policy statements, provide in-depth analyses and make concrete recommendations for policymakers, universities, researchers and other stakeholders.

Current members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) are: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Université de Genève, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, University of Helsinki, Universiteit Leiden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Imperial College London, University College London, Lunds universitet, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Oxford, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris-Sud, Université de Strasbourg, Universiteit Utrecht, and Universität Zürich.