The European University Association (EUA) has drafted its wish list for improvements to Erasmus+, as a three-month consultation on the EU education programme draws to a close. In its feedback, the alliance of more than 800 universities and national rectors’ conferences urges the European Commission to simplify the programme and fix IT issues that have been plaguing it.
MEP Christian Ehler is pushing for a pilot of an EU programme to support researchers at risk, but the European Parliament and the European Commission currently do not see eye to eye on the criteria for defining “at risk”.