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📅 2nd July 2025 (Wednesday), 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (BST) 📍 Online

New Publication from the Council of Europe: History, Higher Education and Challenges Ahead

With the contribution of the Magna Charta Observatory, the report explores how higher education can safeguard historical awareness and uphold academic freedom.

Magna Charta Observatory Announces new agreement

The Magna Charta Observatory enters into a MOU with Academics Without Borders

The Responsibility of the University

Workshop Recording Now Available

PEN America Endorses the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020

PEN America calls on American universities to consider signing the MCU 2020 and affirming their commitment to university autonomy as a fundamental principle of American democracy.

MCO Students' Essay Competition

Congratulations to the winner of 2024

Magna Charta Observatory at King’s College London fundamental values event

Protecting the fundamental values of higher education and research in the 21st century

MCO Governing Council vacancies

Apply to become a member of the MCO Governing Council

The MCO welcomes newly accepted signatory Universities

The community of MCU2020 signatories increases in 2024

Handbook Series Launch – The Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education

On Zoom - Thursday, 30 April 2024 14:00 - 15:00

MCO in the United Kingdom

Important announcements from the MCO

Fundamental values of higher education: the UK, Europe, and the World

The Magna Charta Observatory is pleased to be supporting Kings College London with the following two activities which will take place in London on 8 and 9 May 2024