12 June, 2020 The time has come, whereby in usual circumstances, the interns would be packing up their desks and leaving the White Rose Brussels office. Due to the unprecedented circumstances of 2020, the interns are already back in the UK, having completed the final months of their internship from home. Before we all finish, […]
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White Rose Brussels Office Celebrates Four Years since Launch 7th / 8th April 2020 Four years since the official launch event of the White Rose Brussels Office, we sat down with its European Public Affairs Director, Dr Phil Holliday, who reflects on his highlights since then and gives his vision for the future of the […]
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Are you an academic at one of the White Rose Universities? Would you like to engage with Brussels stakeholders such as the European Commission, the European Parliament or European universities as part of your research project outcomes? The White Rose Brussels Office could help you to organise and facilitate an activity in Brussels such as: […]
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Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission took office on 1st December with the first woman Commission President and the largest number of female commissioners yet. The new Commission starts with the promise of a flagship European Green Deal. Other key areas of interest in 2020 will be the agreement on the European Union’s next seven year […]
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Written by Callum Reilly, WroCAH Doctoral Student November 2019 European Universities will bring a ‘paradigm shift’ in higher education across the continent: this is the message from Themis Christophidou, Director-General of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture at the European Commission. If successful, the Commission’s flagship education initiative will help to create the European Education Area […]
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8 November, 2019 This September, a group of students from the University of Leeds studying Politics and International Relations came to visit the European Quarter here in Brussels. This trip was made possible by the funding received from the European Parliament Multiplier Opinion, allowing 40 students to experience first-hand the work and the structure of […]
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The new interns have arrived at the White Rose Brussels office, excited for the next 8 months of their internship having just completed a month training in York. Below you can read a little bit about each of them, and find out what each of their portfolios include during their time in Brussels. Catriona joined […]
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Written by Scott Ramsay, WRoCAH PhD student. 7 October 2019 Horizon Europe and Brexit: Latest Developments We know roughly what Horizon Europe – the EU’s next funding programme for research and innovation – is going to look like. In March 2019, the Commission and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the budget, which the […]
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