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 […]
Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) for Everyone: CHARM-EU CBL Card Game
Get familiar with Challenge-based Learning in an accessible and engaging manner through an interactive game. Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is widely recognised as an innovative pedagogical approach for situating learning and fostering a wide range of student competencies, yet it can be time-intensive to design and often difficult to explain to those unfamiliar with it. To […]
CHARM-EU highlighted as a Role Model at the UNIMED General Assembly
The General Assembly of the Union of Mediterranean Universities (UNIMED) represents an important yearly event where rectors, presidents and representatives of UNIMED associated universities meet to exchange views and to determine policy for UNIMED, setting the stage for a full and rich year of initiatives, activities and conferences that shape the academic calendar around the Mediterranean. […]
Collaboration with Impact: Highlights from the CHARM-EU Sprint Meeting 2025 in Germany
The fifth Edition of CHARM-EU Sprint Meeting opened on Tuesday 17 of June with a warm welcome at the HRW Campus Mülheim, where Prof. Dr. Oliver Koch, Vice-Rector of HRW, set the tone for an engaging and productive event. Afterwards, Meritxell Chaves, Secretary General of CHARM-EU, addressed alliance-level timing and next strategic steps to keep […]