European University Association, Europe. EUA is pleased to announce that Tia Loukkola has been promoted to Deputy Secretary General. In this new role, Tia will contribute to increasing EUA’s capacity for strategic and organisational development and external representation. She will also deputise for the Secretary General when necessary. She will share the strategic oversight of different aspects of EUA activities including higher education policy development and will also take a leading role in implementing EUA’s new membership strategy and in leading other organisational development projects. Tia joined EUA in April 2008 and has most recently served as Director of the Institutional Development unit, where she oversaw a variety of EUA activities dealing with improving and monitoring the quality of universities and their educational mission, as well as specific topics including quality assurance, recognition, rankings and learning and teaching.