Launch of Irish Universities Association
At a reception today, the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities (C.H.I.U), the representative body of the seven Irish Universities, announced the change of its name to the Irish Universities Association (IUA). Also unveiled was the organisation’s new website www.iua.ie.
The new name better represents the objectives of the organisation and its work on behalf of the seven universities. The IUA provides a forum for the Presidents and senior officers of the universities to identify the strategic challenges facing the university system and to agree on the policies and plans for tackling them and developing the sector.
As well as representing the universities, the IUA has undertaken substantive work on behalf of the universities in areas such as the following –
- Establishing expertiseireland.com with the financial assistance of InterTradeIreland which now has online profiles of over 3,700 experts from the nine universities north and south, and a growing number from the Institutes of Technology.
- Operating the National Office for the Marie Curie Scheme –the most successful programme for Irish Research under the EU6th Framework Programme with funding of €42m already secured.
- Setting up the Irish Researchers’ Mobility Office & Portal with financial support from the European Commission and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
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