What’s it Like to Be a CHARM-EU Student?

This time, we had the pleasure of sitting down with two incredible students from the new cohort: Isabel Fernandes and José Miguel Sánchez Zaballa. After two months immersed in the CHARM-EU programme, they shared their thoughts on the journey so far and their aspirations for the future. During our conversation, Isabel and José Miguel reflected […]

Maximizing the Impact of European Universities Alliances: Insights from LERU’s Latest Paper

Photo: 3 university students, 2 boys and a girl, in the green grass of the university, with books in their hands smiling. Logos: LERU and CHARM-EU

LERU analysesthe opportunities and complexities these alliances must navigate to ensure long-term success and achieve their goals, and explains that “key outputs of European Universities alliances already include major steps forward to novel structures and interoperability, facilitating easy transfer of information between student and staff administration, as well as validation of degrees, credits and micro-credentials.” […]

TORCH Common Science Agenda: Driving Collaboration and Transdisciplinary Research to Address Global Sustainability Challenges

OVERARCHING GOAL OF TORCH’S TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH AGENDA: to foster collaboration within CHARM-EU by exploring common research interests and tounite researchers around major societal challenges in order to engage in responsible transdisciplinary research. Action Plan: proposal for the creation of a joint CHARM-EU research support structure focused on transdisciplinarity. Poster design: Minimal Heroes

Guiding principles for networking & community building

A laptop and a coffee cup on a table together with a printed deliverable from CHARM-EU

When organizing a CHARM event to foster networking among participants from diverse universities, it’s crucial to follow guiding principles focused on inclusivity, engagement, and continuity. Facilitators should create a welcoming environment where participants feel valued and encouraged to share their unique perspectives. WP9.2 Networking as created a checklist with good practices including setting up structured […]

When culture brings us together

CHARM-EU Rectors, Meritxell Chaves and Ferenc Takó with the CHARM-EU roll-up at the Annual Confernece 2024 venue in ELTE

CHARM-EU is an innovative project: Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based and Mobile. It is also a cooperation between different European universities, cultures and languages. Eleven languages, to be precise. Many ways to see the world, as many challenges to overcome. “Our struggles have most often been caused by the differences between our cultures”, said László Borhy, Rector […]

The University in Transition 

The authors: Henk Kummeling, Manon Kluijtmans, Frank Miedema

A plea for Open Science  Where do we want to go in education, research, and participation, among other areas? And how do we achieve this in an open manner? These are the questions that Kluijtmans, Kummeling, and Miedema discussed during several meetings with staff and students at Utrecht University, as well as with external stakeholders. […]

Transnational online learning call for offering courses

6 persons working with a computer or a tablet. Each one in an individual photo.

*Course offers for the Autumn / Winter Semester of the 2025/2026 academic year are also welcome, however, there will be a further call next spring when courses for the next academic year can be offered. CHARM-EU is a European University Alliance, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, between the University of Barcelona (coordinator), Trinity College Dublin, Utrecht University, the University of […]

CHARM-EU students graduate at special ceremony in Trinity

A graduate holds his degree during a graduation ceremony

The ceremony was a joyous celebration of the graduates’ achievements during their Master’s programme. This is the first time that a CHARM-EU graduation has been held in Trinity, one of the founding members of the CHARM-EU university alliance. Graduation day is the most joyful day in the academic year, for our graduates and for us,’ […]

ELTE Hosts the CHARM-EU Libraries’ Networking Meeting

Initiated by Eötvös Loránd University, over 15 top management colleagues will attend the first CHARM-EU Libraries’ Meetup from the libraries of the 9 CHARM-EU partner institutions. The meeting will provide insight into the diverse roles of libraries in the context of CHARM-EU and beyond. The methodology of the Meetup follows unique networking guidelines developed by […]