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vrtx-more-false" id="vrtx-main-content-2"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <div class="vrtx-subfolder-menu vrtx-subfolder-menu-sets-1"> <ul class="resultset-1"> <li> <a href="https://www.the-guild.eu/about/governance/">Governance</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.the-guild.eu/about/office/">Office</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.the-guild.eu/about/working-groups/">Working Groups</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.the-guild.eu/about/vacancies/">Vacancies </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.the-guild.eu/about/university-coordinators/">University coordinators</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>Who are we?</h2> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false" id="vrtx-main-content-3"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p>Founded in 2016, The Guild comprises twenty-two of Europe鈥檚 most distinguished research-intensive universities in sixteen countries, and is dedicated to enhancing the voice of academic institutions, their researchers and their students. The Guild is committed to the pursuit of excellence, the importance of truth-seeking and trust-building as the foundation of public life, and the creation of new knowledge for the benefit of society, culture, and economic growth.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>Our vision</h2> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-4"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p>Our scientific and societal challenges require a concerted and ambitious response from Europe's leading research institutions to develop and showcase real and sustained solutions of global significance, in conjunction with not-for-profit organizations, industry and business. We will establish The Guild as a distinct voice, focusing activity on core areas of engagement with clearly defined outcomes and instruments of measurement. The Guild will be an effective voice to further research, create innovation for public benefit, and enrich public debate at European and national levels.</p> <p>The Guild is a transformative network of European research-led universities that is committed to optimising the opportunities afforded by its members' world- leading research. Through the knowledge they produce, The Guild will engage with policy- makers, enhance public debate, promote excellence in higher education, and collaborate with private and public institutions to solve global problems. Through the commitment of its members for collaborative exchange in research, innovation and public engagement, The Guild will set new standards for the effectiveness of a university network externally, and for each member's access to policy and research funding opportunities.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>The Guild Core Principles</h2> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false" id="vrtx-main-content-5"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <p>Members of The Guild share a commitment to research quality as the key driver for knowledge creation, to better inform policy-making and the targeting of research funding in the EU, and to develop close partnerships with cultural organisations, think tanks, industry and businesses. The Core Principles which underpin The Guild embody a vision of how common and shared activity strengthens best practice and builds capacity within each member institution. Through its core activities, The Guild will further serve to amplify each member's voice in a national context.</p> </div> <div class="vrtx-more"> <span><a href="https://indd.adobe.com/embed/b3d122ed-f936-4c65-88bc-b95abe4f8cc4?startpage=1&amp%3BallowFullscreen=true">Read our vision paper</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <h2>Our Principles</h2> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false timeline grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-6"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <div> <h3>Defend academic freedom</h3> <p>Promote the <strong>pursuit of knowledge</strong>, and be a strong voice in defence of free research, academic freedom and the integrity of the researcher.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Drive innovation</h3> <p><strong>Position research-intensive universities as the principal drivers of the European knowledge economy</strong>, indispensable for further innovation and the creation of high-quality jobs, improvements to medicine and the quality of life, the understanding of culture and what it is to be human, and the success of European countries as close neighbours and advocates of human rights.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Shape EU policy and debate</h3> <p>Collectively <strong>effect change </strong>through frank and open dialogue, and drive policy by establishing an agenda-setting voice, exchanging knowledge broadly, and leading on democratic debate within European and national contexts.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Support private-public partnerships</h3> <p>Create opportunities and provide support for <strong>innovation and entrepreneurship </strong>through sustained collaboration with leading industry and business partners, including SMEs, NGOs as well as other private and public bodies both nationally and within Europe.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Support inclusivity and equity</h3> <p>Support <strong>inclusivity and equal opportunities </strong>through its academic engagement, including in relation to social mobility, minorities, sustainability, and gender.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Promote sustainable EU funding</h3> <p>Promote the <strong>sustainability </strong>of European funding to enhance research, teaching and innovation across all parts of Europe according to the principles of excellence.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Encourage interdisciplinary knowledge</h3> <p>Foster a <strong>commitment </strong>to the breadth of human knowledge, including SSAH (the social sciences, arts and humanities), STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine), as well as new and emerging fields across disciplines.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Facilitate knowledge exchange</h3> <p><strong>Share best practice</strong> and benchmarking data for the continued advancement of Guild members - individually and collectively - to develop deeper understandings and build collaboration on areas of synergy and research strength.</p> </div> <div> <h3>Further international collaboration</h3> <p>Play a <strong>leading role in global discussions </strong>on the importance of research and education for the benefit of society, culture and the economy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-more-false link-list three-column-list" id="vrtx-main-content-7"> <h2>Members</h2> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.au.dk/en/">Aarhus University</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/">Babe葯-Bolyai University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unibe.ch/index_eng.html">The University of Bern</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unibo.it/en">The University of Bologna</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ugent.be/en">Ghent University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/">The University of Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html">The University of G枚ttingen</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rug.nl/">The University of Groningen</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.en.uj.edu.pl/en">Jagiellonian University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx">King's College London</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uni-lj.si/eng/">The University of Ljubljana</a></li> <li><a href="https://uclouvain.be/en/index.html">UCLouvain</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.uio.no/english/">The University of Oslo</a></li> <li><a href="https://u-paris.fr/en/">Universit茅 Paris Cit茅</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.upf.edu/en/">Pompeu Fabra University</a></li> <li><a href="https://psl.eu/en">Universit茅 PSL</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ru.nl/english/">Radboud University</a></li> <li><a href="https://ut.ee/en/home">The University of Tartu</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/university.html">The University of T眉bingen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uu.se/en">Uppsala University</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.univie.ac.at/en/">The University of Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/">The University of Warwick</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a class="read-more" href="/about/university-coordinators/index.html" target="vrtx-preview-window">University Coordinators</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container row-all-colored row-first-colored row-last-colored"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-row row"> <div class="column-wrapper half-half"> <div class="vrtx-frontpage-box vrtx-header-false vrtx-more-false half-box-left link-list grey-box" id="vrtx-main-content-9"> <div class="vrtx-box-content"> <h2>Annual Reports</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/publications/annual-reports/pdf/annual-report_2023-2024_web.pdf" target="_blank">2023-2024: Solving challenges through collaboration</a></li> <li><a href="/publications/annual-reports/pdf/the-guild-annual-report-2022-2023-web.pdf" target="_blank">2022-2023: Excellence through collaboration</a></li> <li><a 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