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Reinforcing discovery, reimagining collaboration
10-year anniversary publication 2016-2026 | 1 June 2026
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have created a special publication covering the main highlights of our work from the past decade.
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Knowledge creates value
Annual Report 2024-2025 | 18 June 2025
Our annual report reflects how universities are navigating and shaping key challenges: advocating for a strong, standalone Framework Programme for R&I; empowering higher education through cross-border collaboration and innovative teaching; and advancing the European Research Area to unlock knowledge as a true "fifth freedom."
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Solving challenges beyond the horizon
Annual Report 2023-2024 | 26 June 2024
The past academic year highlighted the growing importance of the R&I and higher education sector in Europe to respond to and anticipate global and societal challenges.
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Excellence through collaboration
Annual Report 2022-2023 | 17 July 2023
In the past year, The Guild achieved remarkable progress and achievements in advocating for a sustainable and ambitious R&I and higher education landscape in Europe and beyond.
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Reimagining Universities in Europe and beyond
Annual Report 2021-2022 | 4 July 2022
In the past year, the EU has become increasingly important for universities and in turn, universities, through their research, innovation and education, have become more central to EU policymaking. The Guild engaged with a growing range of policy areas, while also bringing new depths to our work on Horizon Europe and Erasmus+, and the European Research and Education Areas.
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The Guild at 21
Annual Report 2020-2021 | 15 July 2021
In 2020-2021, The Guild network grew by one new member, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the most highly ranked university on the Iberian Peninsula. Amidst the changes the pandemic has brought, The Guild’s Presidents reflected the key trends and challenges facing Europe’s universities in the coming decade.
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A Year of Transitions & Opportunities
Annual Report 2019-2020 | 10 June 2020
The document looks back at the key areas of engagement of The Guild network, and gives an overview of its working groups and activities. More broadly, the annual report reflects on the network’s achievements and looks at the challenges lying ahead.
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Three years on
Annual Report 2016-2019 | 11 December 2019
The document gives an overview of The Guild’s activities since it was founded in 2016. Additionally, the report showcases The Guild’s engagement with key policy areas as well as its collaborative working groups on topics such as Open Science, Innovation, and the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
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