Additional signatories expected to sign in Cape Town

Groningen Declaration's Executive Committee continues to extend invitations to qualified Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and HEI consortia as signatories, to complement GDN's current list. These organizations have indicated their commitment to sign the Groningen Declaration during the Annual Meeting in Cape Town:

• Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE), China
• Compostela Group of Universities (CGU), Spain
• Erasmus Without Paper Project (EWP), Europe
• Funds Verification for International Education (FundsV), USA
• Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD), United Kingdom
• Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), Norway
• Santander Group of Universities (SGroup), Belgium
• Universities New Zealand, New Zealand

Conference Attendance and Presentations in 2016

• PESC Ed Data Systems Summit, Demystifying the Digital Divide: Student Behavioral Impact on Global Digitization: 5th Anniversary of the Groningen Declaration Network, 13-15 April 2016 in Washington, DC
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference, The Groningen Declaration: Digitizing Data to Empower Students, Improve Integrity, and Enhance Efficiency, 1 June 2016 in Denver, Colorado

Media Exposure

• PESC: PESC Spring 2016 Data Summit Featuring Groningen Declaration Network, Spring 2016 (pages 13-16)
• The PIE Review: How secure is your score? March 2016 (pages 34-40)
• University Affairs / Affaires Universitaires: Canada joins network to improve the international exchange of student data, 9 March 2016
• TAICEP: The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals: The Groningen Declaration Network Verification Task Force, January 2016 (pages 15-18)

Resources Developed by GDN Signatories

• Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD): Advice and Guidance on Degree Fraud (A Toolkit for Higher Education Providers), February 2016