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Recruitment

Stéphane Le Bouler, new Hcéres secretary general

Stéphane Le Bouler has been appointed as the new Secretary General of Hcéres, taking over from Nelly Dupin who held the position from 2016 to 2020. He takes up his duties as of 10 February 2021.

Published on : 04/02/2021

Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the CEA evaluation report

On Friday 29 January, Hcéres published the evaluation report on the French Commission for Atomic and Alternative Energies (CEA). Produced by a panel of international experts, the analysis is accompanied by recommendations and focuses on the institutional positioning and strategy of the CEA, its governance and its various activities.

Published on : 29/01/2021

Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the Ineris evaluation report

On Thursday 21 January, Hcéres published the evaluation report on the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris). Drafted by a panel of renowned experts, this report provides analysis and recommendations on the institutional positioning and strategy of Ineris, its governance and its various activities.

Published on : 21/01/2021

Evaluation

Evaluations calendar: campaigns postponed by one year from group C onwards

In the particular context of a continuing health crisis and the need to adapt evaluation visits, Hcéres, the DGESIP and DGRI have come to a common agreement to postpone all the evaluations for Group C by one year. This decision has a de facto impact on the current contracts of the institutions, on upcoming accreditations of their ranges of study programmes, and on the subsequent evaluation campaigns.

Published on : 08/01/2021

Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the CNES evaluation report

On Thursday 7 January, Hcéres published the evaluation report on the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), covering the 2015-2019 period. Drafted by a panel of renowned experts, this report provides analysis and recommendations on the institutional positioning and strategy of the CNES, its governance and its various activities.

Published on : 07/01/2021

Wishes

Best wishes for 2021!

Hcéres wishes you the best for 2021!

Published on : 04/01/2021

Nomination

Nelly Dupin appointed advisor to the President of Hcéres

Nelly Dupin, Secretary General of Hcéres since 2016, has been appointed Advisor to the President of the High Council as of 1st December 2020.

Published on : 07/12/2020

Nomination

Thierry Coulhon appointed Hcéres President

By decree of the President of the Republic, dated 30 October 2020, Thierry Coulhon has been appointed President of the Board of the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres). Chosen from the shortlist of qualified candidates, he will serve on the Board with 29 other members appointed on the same date.

Published on : 02/11/2020

Science and Technology Observatory (OST)

Measuring open access to scientific publications: taking account of national and institutional disciplinary profiles

In its study, “Mesurer le taux d’accès ouvert des publications scientifiques : le cas de la France” (Measuring the share of open access scientific publications: The case of France), published today, the Science and Technology Observatory (OST) proposes a normalised open-access indicator to take account of disciplinary biases and enable more reliable comparisons. This publication inaugurates the new Points OST (OST Reviews) collection launched by the Observatory.

Published on : 09/07/2020

Evaluation, Indicators and analyses, Research integrity, Europe

In 2019, Hcéres rose to meet new challenges

2019, a year of taking stock and exploration, was marked by the end of Michel Cosnard's term of office as Hcéres President. The Annual Report published today bears witness to the strong recognition earned by the High Council after his four years of presidency.

Published on : 26/06/2020

Evaluation

Group B: Hcéres specifies new key dates in the evaluation schedule

Further to its press release of 14 April, Hcéres has announced the new dates for the Group B evaluation schedule in a letter addressed to the institutions concerned, dated 11 June.

Published on : 12/06/2020

Evaluation

Hcéres lends its expertise on institutional evaluation issues to Ukraine’s NAQA agency

Published on : 04/05/2020

Research integrity

Research integrity monitoring

Published on : 29/04/2020

Research integrity, French Office for Research Integrity (OFIS)

Research integrity and health crisis: the OFIS supports the ENRIO declaration

Published on : 22/04/2020

Evaluation

Group B: Evaluation calendar rescheduled over 2 years

In the exceptional context of the current health crisis, Hcéres has decided, in liaison with the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and the Ministry for Culture and after consulting the research bodies and Conference of University Presidents (CPU), to reschedule the evaluation calendar for the 2020-2021 campaign (Group B) over a two-year period. The terms of this rescheduling will be defined in the very near future in consultation with the supervising ministries and bodies, as well as with the stakeholders in the evaluation process.

Published on : 14/04/2020

Covid-19: measures taken by Hcéres

Find below the various measures taken by Hcéres to ensure the continuity of its missions in the context of the health crisis.

Published on : 14/04/2020

Disappearance of Prof. Michel Cormier

It is with the greatest emotion that we have learned of the death of Michel Cormier on Thursday 26 March 2020. He was formerly the Director of the Institution Evaluation Department of the Aeres (now Hcéres) from 2007 to 2011.

Published on : 01/04/2020

Publications, Research integrity

OFIS publishes the French translation of the 2019 edition of the ENRIO (European Network of Research Integrity Offices) Handbook: "Recommendations for the Investigation of Research Misconduct"

Published on : 02/03/2020

Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the ANR evaluation report

Published on : 28/11/2019

French Office for Research Integrity (OFIS), Research integrity

Publication of the "Mutual Learning Exercise on Research Integrity" (MLE-RI) report

Published on : 14/11/2019

Evaluation

European research infrastructures evaluation consortium: Hcéres has published its first evaluation report

Today, Hcéres, as coordinating member of the European Research Infrastructure Evaluation Consortium (ERIEC), has published its first report of the evaluation of a European Research Infrastructure, namely Ecrin-Eric (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network).

Published on : 14/11/2019

Event

Review of the “Evaluation in higher education, research and innovation - review and perspectives: 2015-2025” conference

On 17-18 September 2019, Hcéres organized a conference in Paris on “Evaluation in higher education, research and innovation - review and perspectives: 2015-2025”, bringing together more than 180 participants.

Published on : 12/11/2019

Science and Technology Observatory (OST)

Measuring technological innovation: optimising the benefits of semantic patent analysis

The Science and Technology Observatory (OST) department is launching a project to develop new indicators to measure technological innovation through semantic patent analysis. Dominique Guellec, the OST's scientific advisor and project leader, explains the objectives and issues at stake.

Published on : 30/10/2019

Partners

European research infrastructure evaluation: the ERIEC consortium welcomes 2 new members

Today, the European Research Infrastructure Evaluation Consortium (ERIEC), coordinated by Hcéres, has announced the inclusion of two new quality assurance agencies: QANU (Netherlands) and evalag (Germany).

Published on : 23/10/2019

Publications, Evaluation

Economics and management sciences: Evaluation of the experimental university professor recruitment system

Published on : 23/09/2019

Event

Hcéres conference on “Evaluation in higher education, research and innovation - review and perspectives: 2015-2025”

Published on : 13/09/2019

Publications, Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the integrated evaluation report on Université PSL

On Tuesday 9 July, Hcéres published its integrated evaluation report on the “Université PSL” territorial cluster of higher education and research institutions. This report, the second of its kind, is supplemented with a summary of the evaluations of institutions belonging to the territorial cluster evaluated by Hcéres.

Published on : 09/07/2019

Quality assurance

Strategic memo - Prospects for the development of quality assurance policies and systems in the West and Central Africa and Sahel sub-region

Published on : 27/06/2019

Publications

Publication of the Hcéres 2018 Annual Report

Published on : 20/06/2019

Research integrity, French Office for Research Integrity (OFIS)

Gustave Roussy reaffirms its commitment to research integrity

Published on : 18/06/2019