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Setting Standards for Enhancing Universities‘ Reputation and Attractiveness Across the Ulysseus European University

Setting Standards for Enhancing Universities‘ Reputation and Attractiveness Across the Ulysseus European University

Join us at Ulysseus Košice Week for a workshop on talent management and research assessment in higher education. Discover how progressive HR policies and frameworks like HRS4R and the HR Excellence in Research Logo can boost institutional visibility, improve working conditions, and attract top talent. Learn why strategic HR management and alignment with CoARA principles are critical for competitiveness, funding eligibility, and global rankings. This interactive session will explore practical strategies for universities to thrive in a changing research landscape.

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to shape the future of HR and research excellence!

 

 

Background

Attracting and managing talents and human resources in general at universities is a key issue for a sustainable and thriving HEIs‘ community. Universities should adopt progressive HR policies that promote diversity and inclusion, encourage collaboration, and ensure fair working conditions. Introducing standards in this field, such as the one proposed by EU under the HRS4R and the HR Excellence Logo stimulate the institutional changes towards better working conditions for researchers and provide the institutions with a seal of recognition and international visibility. Universities that prioritize strategic HR management often demonstrate stronger research performance, which in turn influences global rankings and academic impact. Increasingly, funding agencies and assessment frameworks are incorporating metrics related to talent attraction, career development, and staff support systems.

These indicators now play a role in determining institutional competitiveness and research funding eligibility. In this context, alignment with evolving research assessment practices, such as those championed by CoARA (Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment), becomes critical. CoARA encourages the recognition of diverse research contributions and calls for reforms in evaluation systems, including attention to the quality of institutional HR policies and researcher support. The event will combine the topics related to research assessement and human resources – talent attraction and retention.

The workshop is a part of the Ulysseus Košice Week.

Aims

The purpose of this workshop is to foster knowledge exchange and strategic dialogue among Ulysseus partner institutions engaged in HR management, talent attraction, and research assessment reform. Discussions will focus on aligning recruitment, retention, mobility, and working condition policies across the alliance. Participants will explore EU-wide standards such as HRS4R and Euraxess and reflect on their compatibility with CoARA commitments—particularly the emphasis on recognizing diverse research careers and improving researcher working environments.

The main goals are:

  • Share knowledge and insights on recruitment, retention, and mobility policies as key factors for institutional reputation and research impact.
  • Promote the application and benefits of the HRS4R framework and Euraxess among Ulysseus partners.
  • Explore evolving research assessment frameworks—including CoARA—with a focus on researcher well-being, working conditions, and institutional responsibility.
  • Develop a leadership engagement strategy to advocate for broader adoption of HRS4R.

Full agenda is available here.

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Target groups

Staff from Ulysseus partner universities engaged in the topics of the workshop either from the research or from the administration and management side, are invited to apply for participation (researchers, managers, administrative staff from Ulysseus partner universities).

The registration for the workshop will be approved by the workshop organisers.

Event Organiser and Venue

The event is organised by the Ulysseus European University and is part of the Ulysseus Košice Week. The Summit and all parallel sessions will be held at the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia.

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The Technical University of Košice (TUKE), established in 1952, is Slovakia’s flagship technical university, offering more than 100 study programmes to nearly 10,000 students across nine faculties. Nestled in the vibrant, student-friendly city of Košice, TUKE blends research-led teaching with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Its on-campus University Science Park TECHNICOM anchors a dynamic ecosystem for technology transfer, start-ups and European Digital Innovation Hub services, making Košice a hotspot for sustainable, digital innovation.

Ulysseus Košice Week

Running 20 – 24 October 2025 at the Technical University of Košice, Ulysseus Košice Week is set to be the alliance’s flagship multi-event of the year, packaging twenty back-to-back activities into one vibrant programme and marking 5th anniversary of Ulysseus European University.

Alongside high-level governance meetings such as the Ulysseus Summit, the week weaves in ten internal project sessions, specialised workshops and student assemblies while opening its doors to the wider community through four headline public events: the Ulysseus R&I Conference on Digital Transformation of Industry, the presentation of Ulysseus Innovation Hub at TUKE, an Equality–Diversity–Community Engagement forum and the art-and-science session Creative Playgrounds.

By blending strategic project work with outward-facing forums on digitalisation, entrepreneurship, inclusion and the arts, Ulysseus Košice Week will transform Košice into a living laboratory of Ulysseus research, innovation and civic engagement, showcasing the alliance’s impact across Europe.

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