Cross-border universities initiative ‘could extend far beyond EU’

man and woman on slacklines in the Rhine harbour in Deutz, with the cathedral and Severins bridge in the background, Cologne, Germany, as a metaphor for European universities balancing cost and ambition

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Cross-border universities initiative ‘could extend far beyond EU’

European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances

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European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances

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