Tallinn University Rector Rein Raud re-elected to UNICA steering committee
Rein Raud, the Rector of Tallinn University, has been re-elected to theUNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe) steeringcommittee.
UNICA (founded in 1990) is a network of 42 universities from the capital
cities of Europe, with a combined strength of over 120,000 staff and
1,500,000 students. Its role is to promote academic excellence, integration
and co-operation between member universities throughout Europe. It seeks
also to be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process and to
facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe
into the European higher education area. Tallinn University has been a
member of UNICA since 2006. Of our nearest neighbours, the University of
Helsinki, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Vilnius, the
University of Latvia, the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Tallinn
University of Technology belong to UNICA.To achieve its aims UNICA
articulates the views of member universities to European institutions and
to national, regional and municipal governments. It provides members with
information on European initiatives and programmes, and supports them in
co-operative projects. It also provides a forum in which universities can
reflect on the demands of strategic change in university research,
education and administration.The elections were held at the General
Assembly 2009 at Universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, November 5-7,
2009.UNICA homepage: http://www.ulb.ac.be/unica
Maiki Voore,TU PR Officermaiki.voore@tlu.ee
cities of Europe, with a combined strength of over 120,000 staff and
1,500,000 students. Its role is to promote academic excellence, integration
and co-operation between member universities throughout Europe. It seeks
also to be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process and to
facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe
into the European higher education area. Tallinn University has been a
member of UNICA since 2006. Of our nearest neighbours, the University of
Helsinki, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Vilnius, the
University of Latvia, the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Tallinn
University of Technology belong to UNICA.To achieve its aims UNICA
articulates the views of member universities to European institutions and
to national, regional and municipal governments. It provides members with
information on European initiatives and programmes, and supports them in
co-operative projects. It also provides a forum in which universities can
reflect on the demands of strategic change in university research,
education and administration.The elections were held at the General
Assembly 2009 at Universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, November 5-7,
2009.UNICA homepage: http://www.ulb.ac.be/unica
Maiki Voore,TU PR Officermaiki.voore@tlu.ee