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‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’, outline of the HEIRRI workshop in Accra

The GUNi’s Regional Office in Africa, together with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Global University Network for Innovation Secretariat, organized the workshop ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’ on the 17th October 2017 in Accra, Ghana, in the framework of the HEIRRI internationalization plan to spread the project amongst Higher Education

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Registration is now open! HEIRRI workshop in Accra ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’

The GUNi’s Regional Office in Africa, together with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Global University Network for Innovation Secretariat, organize the workshop ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’ in the framework of the HEIRRI internationalization plan to spread the project amongst Higher Education Institutions outside Europe. It will take place next 16th October

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The magazine of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network highlights HEIRRI in its new summer issue

The last issue of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) magazine “the Business Innovator” features HEIRRI as part of the report “The Responsible Response”. You can read it online via this link (edition called “Business Sans Frontières”). The text consists of an interview to Gema Revuelta, director of the Science, Communication and Society

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Resolution of the Call for Applications to test the HEIRRI training materials

The HEIRRI project involves 2 new Higher Education institutions, from Algeria and India, interested in Responsible Research and Innovation and its integration into the curricula for a pilot test of two of the HEIRRI training programs and materials. After reviewing the applications received on the call to test the HEIRRI training materials, which was launched last 1st March 2017 by

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About Open Access and H2020 projects

The Research and Innovation portal of the European Commission has published very useful guidelines about Open Access and how it affects all sorts of H2020 projects. Using simple language, direct messages and revoking misconceptions, the page explains the main ways to Open Access and why the EU advocates for it: Broader access to scientific publications

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The HEIRRI Forum Online keeps growing, jump on board!

Some months ago, we published an article encouraging all of you to become part of the HEIRRI Forum Online, either through Twitter or through the email list. Now the results are visible: the number of Twitter followers keeps increasing (we have reached 900 followers already!), as well as the people wanting to receive the emails

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HEIRRI review meeting: reflections on progress

On March 10th 2017, the HEIRRI consortium gathered in Barcelona to attend the 1st Review Meeting of the project, which also had the participation of the HEIRRI Project Officer, Maria Korda, the Policy Officer Maria Karamitrou, and an independent external expert-reviewer, Peter Gray. From the HEIRRI consortium, representatives from six institutions were there to present

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