Happy to see the statement on #universityrankings by the International Association of Universities #IAU, the largest and most international university network: https://iau.global/news/iau-note-on-rankings-released. Sort of proud to have played a role in that. Moving away from rankings, step by step. I look forward to seeing similar statements from #LERU, #TheGuild, #AURORA, #YERUN and others. Solidarity among institutions is crucial amidst authoritarianism and commercial capture.
IAU Note on Rankings Released — International Association of Universities

This note, written by an expert group and approved by the IAU Adminsitrative Board, is in Support of the Report of the UNU-Convened Independent Expert Group on Global University Rankings

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📣 The March instalment of our Public Engagement scholarly blog, is written by Prof. dr ir Vincent Rijmen and Prof. em. dr ir Joos Vandewalle.
They widen the scope of public evaluation to encryption.

Joos and Vincent are engineers at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Visit our blog for more! #LERU #publicengagement #citizenscience #coproduction #encryption

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A Benefit For All: Direct Public Involvement in Advanced Encryption Standards

When engineers and computer scientists design standardised digital communication and services such as encryption, which should guarantee security, privacy and authenticity of the messages, the intended users worldwide should have trust and confidence in these services. Transparency and public scrutiny of encryption methods are therefore crucial. Hence the evaluation of these services should not be… Continue reading A Benefit For All: Direct Public Involvement in Advanced Encryption Standards

LERU Public Engagement Scholarly Blog

📣 The February article of our Public Engagement scholarly blog is here! Olivia Höhener and Chantal Britt talk about Citizen Science as a potential career path.

Olivia is Managing Director of Citizen Science Zurich, and Chantal is research associate at the Competence Centre for Participatory Healthcare at Bern University of Applied Sciences.

Visit our blog for more! #LERU #publicengagement #citizenscience #co-production

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🔗 https://lerupesb.hypotheses.org/232

Let’s Engage Citizens in Research!

Public Engagement in Science is often equated with science communication, including transferring scientific knowledge through various media outlets or during public events for citizens. While these are valid approaches to engage a broader public with research results, the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich – through their Competence Center for Citizen Science called Citizen Science… Continue reading Let’s Engage Citizens in Research!

LERU Public Engagement Scholarly Blog

📣 The second article of our Public Engagement scholarly blog is up! David Cain and Dr Lucinda Spokes write about In-Person, Online, and Hybrid Events, and the importance of inclusion at the annual Cambridge Festival.

Lucinda, Head of Public Engagement, and David, Cambridge Festival Manager, are both on the central Public Engagement team at the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Learn more on our blog! #LERU #publicengagement #citizenscience #co-production

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🔗https://lerupesb.hypotheses.org/83

In-Person, Online, Hybrid Events: Who are we choosing to exclude?

The Covid pandemic fundamentally changed the ways many of us delivered Public Engagement activity, pivoting from almost entirely in-person events to, through necessity, working in the digital space. One of the huge positives of this rather strange time was how the Public Engagement and festival sectors came together to share expertise and experience. Many of… Continue reading In-Person, Online, Hybrid Events: Who are we choosing to exclude?

LERU Public Engagement Scholarly Blog

📣 The first article of our Public Engagement scholarly blog is now up! Come read Sarah Barnes' post on Differentiating Public Engagement, Co-Production and Citizen Science.

Sarah is the Head of Public Engagement at University College London.

Visit our blog to learn more! #LERU #publicengagement #citizenscience #co-production

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🔗https://lerupesb.hypotheses.org/42

UCL Public Engagement: Differentiating Public Engagement, Co-Production and Citizen Science

Not long ago, science communication revolved around scientists “educating” the public, who were seen as passive recipients of knowledge. Thankfully, that outdated that strategy, known as a “deficit model,” has given way in the past few years to a more inclusive approach. Today, collaboration is the focus, as researchers actively work alongside public and community… Continue reading UCL Public Engagement: Differentiating Public Engagement, Co-Production and Citizen Science

LERU Public Engagement Scholarly Blog

🥳 We are delighted to announce that our Public Engagement blog is now live! Visit us on Hypotheses to read our introductory post, and our first two articles will be published throughout this week.

Please come and take a look, we look forward to enter into discussions with the international research community! #LERU #publicengagement #citizenscience

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🔗 https://lerupesb.hypotheses.org/4

Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond

The LERU Public Engagement Focus Group is excited to announce its upcoming blog series, “Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond.” This 12-part series will provide a platform for diverse voices in the current landscape of Public Engagement. Public Engagement describes the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education… Continue reading Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond

LERU Public Engagement Scholarly Blog

Why it’s crucial that universities collaborate on metrics fit for the future https://www.leru.org/news/leru-paper-enhancing-research-evaluation-with-next-generation-metrics-interview-paul-wouters

Interview with Paul Wouters about #LERU Next Generation Metrics report.

"present obsession with global university rankings is totally misplaced and really leads universities astray"

"@cwts #LeidenRanking ... has open metadata. If a university wants to know its position in internationally oriented research ... it can simply grab the data from the ranking and check its position itself"

Enhancing Research Evaluation with Next Generation Metrics - interview with Paul Wouters about the LERU paper | LERU

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A warm welcome to the #LERU Learning&Teaching Policy Group in Freiburg! Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Michael Schwarze and his fellow Vice-Presidents are discussing questions on internationalisation with a focus on ethical responsibility & role of LERU universities.
The slides from @essepuntato 's talk on open peer reviews and open citation indexes given during the internal Information & Open Access Policy Group meeting of the League of European Research Universities #LERU (Milan, 29/02/2024) are publicly available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10728030
Examples of decoupling different functions of publishers: peer-reviewing processes and open citation indexes

Slides of the presentation on open peer reviews and open citation indexes done during the internal Information & Open Access Policy Group meeting of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), held in Milan on the 29th of February 2024.

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In a joint event organised by #LERU, @guildeu and @CE7uni, key players in the European #research and #innovation landscape gather to open the discussion on the next framework programme for R&I #FP10 and foster an exchange of knowledge.
Read more: https://www.leru.org/news/key-messages-for-fp10 https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1674062508942917633 https://t.co/2eJJ95X5AM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LERUnews/status/1674062508942917633