We had good talks yesterday with MEP Laurence Farreng, talking about the role of #universities in Europe's competitiveness, the #Erasmus Programme and the #europeanuniversityinitiative - exciting times for European #highered where many policy threads are coming together

@EUA #eupol #EUPolicy

4/4 #unionofskills - upskilling and reskilling, lifelong learning to overcome lack of skills on the labour market

All good, but we have seen how difficult it is for the EU do coordinate here - the #europeanuniversityinitiative and a #europeandegree will not solve the challenge