2nd EUA Funding Forum: ‘Strategies for efficient funding of universities’. Forum report

The report provides an account of the 2nd EUA Funding Forum, its main findings, conclusions, and recommendations. For a sense of perspective, the report includes short comparative references to the first edition of the Forum. The central topic of this edition of the Forum was strategies for efficient funding of universities. This topic was chosen considering the current context of enhanced competition for public resources and changing funding modalities. A key characteristic of this context is
the rising pressure on universities to work more efficiently, as public authorities increasingly demand “value for money” for their investment in the university sectorThe main conclusions and recommendations of the 2nd EUA Funding Forum summarised in this report refer to (1) characteristics of the current period in Europe with regard to funding of higher education, and (2) how to elaborate efficient strategies for funding.