Authored on 03/04/2022 - 08:09
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On behalf of the President of CRASP, Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, and upon the request of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, we enclose the position of the European University Association (EUA) on Ukraine.


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Following  the  invasion  of  Ukraine  by  the  Russian  Federation,  the  European  University  Association  (EUA),  which  represents  more  than  850  universities  and  national  rectors’  conferences  in  48  European  countries,  stands  in  solidarity with the university students and staff of Ukraine as well as with the entire population of the country. EUA condemns this aggression in the strongest possible terms, is fully committed to peaceful co-operation, mutual understanding  and  tolerance  across  borders,  and  despite  the  current  situation  continues  to  hope  for  reflection,  restraint and a swift end to the crisis.

In order to support Ukraine, EUA:

  1. Calls on its members and academic communities more generally to do whatever they can to denounce and press for an end to the war, and to provide assistance through whatever means possible to support university communities and all those affected by this conflict.
  2. Commits  to  engaging  continually  with  its  Ukrainian  member  universities  to  establish  their  needs  for  support;  will  provide whatever assistance it can to Ukrainian universities, to those members of the Russian academic community who oppose the aggression against Ukraine, and to the wider European higher education sector in its support efforts, by  monitoring  and  disseminating  specific  support  schemes  and  key  information  and  through  other  appropriate  activities.
  3. Will convene its member National Rectors Conferences to identify how best to work collectively to support Ukrainian members, in partnership with relevant organisations such as Scholars at Risk and the Magna Charta Observatory.
  4. Will, for the time being, cease contact and collaboration with any central government agency of the Russian Federation or any other country that actively supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine; calls on its members to consider doing likewise.
  5. Recommends to leaders of EUA member universities and National Rectors Conferences to verify and ensure that they only engage in new collaborations with organisations from Russia where these are clearly based on shared European values.
  6. Recognises  that  many  education  and  research  partnerships  are  based  on  academic  peer-to  peer  relationships,  and  notes  that  many  Russian  academics,  at  great  personal  peril,  have  publicly  criticised  this  invasion;  advises  member  universities to ensure on a case-by-case basis that the continuation of existing collaborations is appropriate at this time, using national and European-level policy guidance where relevant to assess this.
  7. Will reiterate to the leaders of Russian members of EUA, and those of other countries in support of Russia’s actions, the core European values of EUA and of the Magna Charta Universitatum.