Over the past three years, the European University Association (EUA) has been working on a number of initiatives related to higher education learning and teaching. Activities include knowledge building and studies, institutional development and peer learning, as well as a related policy statement and recommendations. The following of these are highlighted in this brief paper: (1) The EU-funded EFFECT (European Forum for Enhanced Cooperation in Teaching) project (2015-2018), coordinated by EUA in partnership with members and organisations--aims at working on both enhancing teaching, and how the institutional context could enable that; (2) EUA's Learning & Teaching Initiative, launched in 2017--consists of two activities: the organisation of four thematic peer groups gathering vice-rectors and senior staff responsible for learning and teaching for a series of meetings on a given topic; and a European Learning & Teaching Forum, organised as a platform to concentrate discussions on and advance higher education learning and teaching; (3) The EUA Council's position paper on learning and teaching, adopted in January 2018--emphasises the importance of institutional strategies; and (4) The TRENDS 2018 report (to be published in autumn 2018)--will be based on survey results from 303 higher education in 43 European countries.