News and Events
16 September, 2014 - 11:49
The first Country Reports have been published on our website. The document is provision and may be amended over the course of the project. We welcome suggestions or contributions from countries not represented in the report.Please access it here.
8 September, 2014 - 17:38
The Egracons project will be present again this year at the EAIE conference in Prague in the Session 5.01 Level ground: grade conversion and grading systems in Europe and beyond that will focus on how grading tables may lead to a better global interpretation and...
15 May, 2014 - 20:50
The EGRACONS project was presented in a session at the ERACON conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, 28 April - 2 May 2014 by Luciano Saso, from Sapienza University of Rome and the project co-ordinator Valère Meus, from Ghent University. Over 80 participants attended the session which was...
21 February, 2014 - 11:18
The Egracons team met at the University of Leon, Spain on 6-7 February to discuss the upcoming activities for 2014. The Steering Committee presented preliminary country reports drafted from the information gathered in the European survey on grading systems which will be published in time for...
21 February, 2014 - 11:10
Following the recommendations of UNESCO, the Egracons conversion tool will link degrees to ISCED codes. The ISCED fields of Education and training are used by UNESCO/Eurostat/OECD to classify degrees into disciplines. A new classification was agreed upon in 2013 by Unesco. The ISCED-2013 F...
3 December, 2013 - 12:21
The Egracons project was presented in a panel session focusing on The role of the associate members: The Erasmus Mundus Green IT Quality Plan. Academic recognition issues and new EU initiatives towards a unified grading conversion system (EGRACONS) that took place during the Meeting of...
10 October, 2013 - 18:14
The Egracons project will be present at the Final Conference of the HEION project that will take place in Leuven, Belgium on 29-30 October 2013. The event will focus on ECTS+ in Erasmus+ and current trends in ECTS for mobility and integration and its relevance for the consolidation of the...
10 October, 2013 - 17:59
The SGroup European Universities' Network organised a discussion group dedicated to the Egracons project at the annual Liaison Officers Meeting held at the University of Rouen, France on 10-11 October 2013.The meeting was a great opportunity to present the project activities so far to the...
10 October, 2013 - 17:50
The Egracons project will be presented at the Spanish Erasmus Mobility Seminar that will take place in Madrid on 21 and 22 October 2013. Rafael de Paz from the University of Leon, Spain, member of the project Steering Committee and leader of the Stocktaking work group, will present the...
8 October, 2013 - 17:38
The Egracons initiative will be presented at the Mexico-EU Seminar on transparency tools, internationalisation and excellence in higher education that will take place in Mexico City on 14 October 2013. The event aims at helping to promote EU-Mexico cooperation in higher...
