Study on the Impact and Transformational Potential of the European Universities Initiative
Type
consulting project
Acronym
EUI
Description
This study report on the outcomes and transformational potential of the European Universities initiative presents the progress, achievements, and transformational potential of the European Universities initiative, and gives insights on remaining challenges. It provides recommendations to continue making the European Universities initiative a success in the long run. The report is a comprehensive attempt to assess what the alliances have achieved since their inception in 2019 and how they have transformed European higher education and transnational cooperation models. The report builds on a rich body of information obtained through extensive desk research, stakeholder consultation activities1, and the piloting exercise of a monitoring framework of the European Universities initiative, allowing to assess the progress and transformational potential of the European Universities initiative as a whole. Data for the monitoring framework was collected in the second half of 2023, offering a snapshot of the alliances’ achievements at a certain moment in their development, without prejudice of the consideration of their progress achieved since then. The report’s findings are also rooted in an extensive review of position papers of higher education stakeholder organisations, a growing body of academic literature on the European Universities initiative and the assessments of some Member States on the impact of the initiative in their country. The report provides insights on the transformational impacts in the field of transnational institutional cooperation and shared governance; joint education provision and mobility; cooperation with society and economy; institutionalised cooperation in research and innovation of the alliances and the outcomes for the wider higher education system, including at national and European level. This executive summary gives an overview of the main findings; the main report provides the underlying evidence base.
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
PPMI
Partner(s)
Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI)
Funder
Notes
Sabine acted as Expert & Scientific Adviser for PPMI.
Report available at https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/european-universities-initiative/outcomes-and-potentials
Report available at https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/european-universities-initiative/outcomes-and-potentials
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