{"id":4309,"date":"2026-01-28T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:56:50","slug":"new-years-welcome-from-gregg-jones-the-chair-of-unilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/?p=4309","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Welcome from Gregg Jones, the Chair of UnILiON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">I am honoured and privileged to be the new Chair of UnILiON for 2026 \u2013 a \u00a0very special year as we celebrate our 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary! We are a growing and dynamic network with over 60 member offices representing over 170 universities. Whilst at its core we are a European network \u2013 EU plus Norwegian, Swiss and British members (including my own, Coventry University)! \u2013 we also have members from Japan (Waseda University) and most recently South Africa (Stellenbosch University). Everything we do is about collaboration, sharing, and working together to ensure the relevance and impact of the universities we represent in the European policy and funding landscape. \u00a0Our members are active in other bodies \u2013 like the European University Associaton, European University Alliances, ERRIN, and many more \u2013 and UnILiON is a well-known and recognised force for good(!) within the EU Institutions and wider R&amp;I ecosystem in Brussels and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We will be present and engaged in the big topics on the EU\u2019s agenda for 2026 \u2013 a very important year for the negotiations on the multi-annual financial framework (MFF), FP10, European Competitiveness, Erasmus+ \u00a0and many more dossiers affecting universities. And we will be preparing a big celebration in the autumn \u2013 19 November&#8230; hold it in your diaries! \u2013 to mark our 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary in style!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A big thank you to the UnILiON members for placing their trust in me, to my Secretariat colleagues for joining me on this journey during 2026, and to everyone who contributes so generously to our work. It\u2019s going to be a great year<\/p>\n<p>Gregg Jones, Regional Managing Director of the Brussels Hub\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/?page_id=893\">Coventry University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am honoured and privileged to be the new Chair of UnILiON for 2026 \u2013 a \u00a0very special year as we celebrate our 10th\u00a0anniversary! We are a growing and dynamic<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-new","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4311,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions\/4311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unilion.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}