CHARM-EU Cultural Festival

A major CHARM-EU event to celebrate cultural diversity. The CHARM-EU Cultural Festival was designed to celebrate cultural diversity through a range of challenge- and team-based, playful activities. Its goal is to raise awareness of CHARM-EU amongst key target groups, to support community building and encourage cultural exchange following the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. […]

CHARM-EU Annual Conference

A major CHARM-EU knowledge-sharing and networking event. The main goal of this major event is raising awareness of CHARM-EU amongst key targetgroups, knowledge-sharing around good practices, research and lessons learned as well as networking and community-building within and beyond the Alliance. Keywords: awareness raising, networking, knowledge sharing, best practices, inter-institutional engagement CHARM-EU principles: Transnational and […]

Great success of CHARM-EU Annual Conference: Top experts and an engaged community discussed the leading role of European University alliances

Held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025 brought together key opinion leaders, European policymakers, university leaders, innovators, academic staff members and students to discuss how European University alliances could contribute to Europe’s leadership in professional skills development, talent attraction, mobility, internationalisation and regional development, among others. Through inspiring plenary sessions with top […]

Designing innovative micro-credentials: Best practices and open dialogue with CHARM-EU

CHARM-EU faciliated a micro-credentials and free online courses (MOOCs) online showcase for courses designed around the CHARM-EU Educational Principles. This one-hour online session brought together experienced educators and developers from across our alliance to share practical insights, lessons learned, and tips you can apply to your own courses. The best practices being showcased include: Natural […]

Amplifying the value of Science – Korbinian Bösl and OpenSystems receive the CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award 2025

As part of CHARM-EU’s mission to promote and mainstream comprehensive Open Science practices, the Alliance established the Open Science Recognition Award in 2023 to recognize the contributions of individuals engaged in research or teaching in our partner universities who have demonstrated a strong commitment to Open Science. After an intensive period of planning related to […]

How to build equality in community-engaged learning across Europe and Africa? Reflections from a CHARM-EU Master’s Capstone

A new article, “Community-Engaged Learning in a European Universities Alliance: Reflections on Equality and Reciprocity Across Europe and Africa,” has been published in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Written by authors involved in CHARM-EU’s Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria , the experts examine how international community-engaged […]

CHARM-EU at Erasmus+ Higher Education Mobility Days

From 23 to 26 of September took place the Erasmus+ Higher Education Mobility Days organised by SEPIE – Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación and hosted by the University of Valencia, where nearly 300 representatives from educational institutions were discussing mobility, inclusion, and the future of international cooperation in higher education. The event […]

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CHARM-EU Impact at EAIE 2025 in Gothenburg

The European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference is the most important event dedicated to higher education in Europe and the second largest in the world. Its recent venues have been Rotterdam (2023), and Toulouse (2024). This year, the event took place on Gothernburg, Sweden, where CHARM-EU joined more than 35 European University Alliances surrounding […]

New monthly series launches 29 September: CHARM ON

CHARM-EU is launching CHARM ON, a new monthly online series where academic and support staff can explore innovative practices and share experiences across the community. Each session features a panel discussion with guests from different roles who bring practical perspectives on CHARM-EU approaches such as challenge-based learning, mobility, and interculturality. The first session takes place […]