Doctoral Mobility
Advancing research and collaboration across HEIs The doctoral mobility initiatives within CHARM-EU aim to enhance the academic and professional development of doctoral researchers by promoting cross-border collaboration and international research exchange. Doctoral candidates benefit from expanded research skills, increased networking opportunities and enhanced language abilities, while universities gain greater visibility and reputation through international cooperation. […]
Micro-credentials and mobility: enhancing international learning
Micro-credentials are an emerging educational innovation designed to certify short learning experiences with ECTS credits or another type of credential, such as a digital badge (e.g. EDUbadge) and are often focused on professional and transversal skills. Target groups can include Master’s, Bachelor’s or PhD students, university staff members, or lifelong learners from outside the organisation who […]
Semester mobility
Expanding academic and cultural horizons across CHARM-EU universities. Semester mobility is a key initiative within the CHARM-EU Mobility Network, designed to foster international collaboration and enhance academic experiences. By allowing students to spend a term or a full academic year at a partner university, this initiative strengthens institutional ties, enriches classroom discussions, and broadens students’ […]
CHARM-EU: A Doctoral Summer School Showcasing the Future of European Research
On June 23, twenty-six doctoral students from diverse academic backgrounds—psychology, education, ecology, art, health, sociology, IT, and more—arrived in Montpellier to take part in this pioneering initiative. Representing the nine prestigious institutions of the CHARM-EU alliance, they came together to explore new ways of thinking and work across disciplinary boundaries. The workshops were carefully designed […]
Challenge-based Learning (CBL) Teachers’ Workshop (UM)
An event to support teaching staff in implementing CBL in their teaching practices The major aim of this activity, implemented in collaboration with a local partner (l’Institut Agro Montpellier) is to provide interested UM teaching staff with practical tools for the implementation of CBL – as core principle of CHARM-EU – in teaching programmes. It […]
CHARM-EU Cafeteria Table (HRW)
A monthly informal cafeteria event to spread CHARM-EU awareness This activity aims to organically attract HRW staff and students to the CHARM-EU orbit. To achieve this, the Cafeteria Table endeavors to render visible the HRW’s involvement in the Alliance, celebrate its successes within CHARM-EU, and entice previously unaffiliated staff and students. Designed and implemented as […]
Strong presence of European Universities Alliances at EAIE 2025: co-creating to transform higher education
How is higher education transforming Europe and fostering new pathways for global collaboration? This question will be central at the 35th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the European Association of International Education (EAIE), taking place in Gothenburg from 9 to 12 September, 2025. A record of 35 European Universities alliances, nearly double the participation from […]
Creating Multidisciplinary Research Networks to Tackle Societal Challenges
Explore CHARM-EU’s practical toolset (from the Common Science Agenda methodology to targeted matchmaking and co-creation workshops) for assembling bottom-up, SDG-aligned, gender-balanced research teams grounded in RRI and Open Science.
CHARM-EU Education innovation projects: three projects honoured
The assessment committee considered, among other things, alignment with the CHARM-EU educational principles and vision, expected impact, innovative character and outreach. Two of the honoured projects are interfaculty collaborations and one project is being carried out within one faculty. See below for a short introduction to the selected projects. Acclimatise Africa-Europe-Pacific: Collaborative Learning for Climate […]
Reimagining Higher Education: CHARM-EU Hackathon in Würzburg Sparks Innovation and Collaboration
Organized by the work package on Professional Inter-Institutional Development and Educational Research led by Dr. habil. Nataliia Lazebna (JMU) and co-led by Annet van der Riet (Utrecht University), the event offered a hybrid format, enabling both in-person and remote participation. The local programme coordinator Prof. Dr. Nadja Simons and CHARM-EU Project Manager Martin Kufferath-Sieberin (both JMU) welcomed the […]