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Nomination

Coralie Chevallier est nommée Présidente du Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur

Published on : 07/03/2025

Experts, Evaluation

Composition of the committee in charge of assessing Inserm in 2025

In 2024, Hcéres and Inserm have worked on the preparation of the Inserm assessment planned for 2025.

Published on : 21/10/2024

Experts, Evaluation

The international committee in charge of assessing the Institut Pasteur in 2024

Hcéres evaluates Institut Pasteur in 2024.

Published on : 07/02/2024

Evaluation, Publications

Publication of the assessment report of the CNRS

Published on : 20/11/2023

Evaluation, Europe

Closer collaborations between the quality assurance agencies Hcéres (France) and UKÄ (SWEDEN)

The High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education in France, Hcéres, and the Swedish Higher Education Authority, UKÄ, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in June 2023.

Published on : 16/06/2023

Experts, International, Evaluation

A revised composition for the committee of experts in charge of assessing the CNRS

Published on : 30/03/2023

Experts, International, Evaluation

The committee of experts in charge of assessing the CNRS includes 16 experts, from 10 nationalities

In 2022, Hcéres and the CNRS have worked on the preparation of the CNRS assessment planned for 2023.

Published on : 09/01/2023

Evaluation

The President of EPFL, Martin Vetterli, will chair the committee of experts for the assessment of the CNRS in 2023

Published on : 03/03/2022

Recruitement

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 : 19/02/2021

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

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 : 04/01/2021

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 : 12/11/2020

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 : 17/07/2020

Evaluation, International, Europe, Research integrity, Research integrity

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 : 03/07/2020

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 : 21/04/2020

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 : 21/04/2020

Evaluation

Hcéres publishes the ANR evaluation report

Published on : 17/12/2019

International, 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

Cooperation/Partnership

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

Sciences économiques et sciences de gestion : Évaluation du dispositif expérimental de recrutement des professeurs des universités

Published on : 09/10/2019

Research integrity, French Office for Research Integrity (Ofis)

Gustave Roussy reaffirms its commitment to research integrity

On Thursday 13 June, Prof. Eric Solary, Director of Research at Gustave Roussy, signed up to the French Charter for Research Integrity on behalf of the Institute, in the presence of Joëlle Alnot, Director of the French Office for Research Integrity (Ofis).

Published on : 18/06/2019

Publications, Science and Technology Observatory (OST)

Europe produces more scientific publications than China and the USA, but the USA still leads in terms of excellence

"Dynamics of Scientific Production in the World, in Europe and in France, 2000-2016", published today by Hcéres, studies scientific output in the world, in Europe and in France. The report devotes special attention to the impact of the growth in Chinese output on bibliometric indicators for other countries. The report thus provides a complement to recent analyses of the positioning of research-intensive countries.

Published on : 17/06/2019

French Office for Research Integrity (Ofis), Research integrity

Inrap signs the French Charter for Research Integrity

On Wednesday 12 June, Dominique Garcia, President of the National Institute for Research in Preventive Archaeology (Inrap), and Joëlle Alnot, Director of the French Office for Research Integrity (Ofis), signed the French Charter for Research Integrity in the presence of Michel Pernot, coordinator of the national network of research integrity officers.

Published on : 12/06/2019

Evaluation, Publications

French archaelogy: Hcéres publishes its first "Synthesis and future perspectives" report

On Tuesday 21 May 2019, the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) published a report on the current state of French archaeology and its future prospects. This “cross-cutting assessment” of an academic discipline is the first report of its kind produced by Hcéres.

Published on : 04/06/2019

Europe, Cooperation/Partnership

Hcéres, Anvur and AEI establish a consortium for the evaluation of european research infrastructures

Published on : 17/04/2019

Publications

Hcéres sets up an open archive portal on HAL

Hcéres has opted for the HAL multidisciplinary open archive platform for archiving and disseminating its publications.

Published on : 16/04/2019

Publications, Evaluation, Territorial coordination

Hcéres publishes the first integrated evaluation report for a cluster of higher education and research institutions

On Tuesday 1st February, Hcéres published its first integrated evaluation report on a cluster of higher education and research institutions, the HESAM Université COMUE (Community of Universities and Institutions). The integrated evaluation highlights the strengths and fragilities of a site and an assessment of its development challenges.

Published on : 18/03/2019