Intercultural awareness preparatory course for CHARM-EU partner universities students – Coming soon

Knowledge Creation Teams (KCT)  Knowledge Creation Teams (KCT) play a crucial role in addressing the evolving needs of CHARM-EU. KCTs are tasked with identifying new challenges, exploring research and educational topics, and proposing innovative initiatives to the Academic Council. Their contributions are essential in developing and implementing CHARM-EU activities. This article describes the activities of […]

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 […]

Meet the CHARM-dragons… GuardenAI and ForSURE win inaugural CHARM-DEN award

Photo: 5 participants of the CHARM-DEN 2024 with the CHARM-EU roll up at the Trinity College Dublin. Text: CHARM-DEN International Pitches 2024 CHARM-EU logo

Each of the start-ups were required to demonstrate how their businesses address critical global challenges, followed by a Q&A with the judges.  Hosted by Gavan Drohan, Head of Entrepreneurship at Trinity College Dublin, the event sought to find outstanding early-stage start-ups as well as more mature companies.  GuardenAI, winner of the early-stage category, combines new […]

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. […]

Internationalisation of European Universities Alliances: The New Frontiers

The group of 200+ participants posing for a photo group at the main room at the Région Occitanie Hotel, Toulouse on September 17 2024

Their strategies align with EU priorities, as outlined in the European Council conclusions (2021) and the European Strategy for Universities (2022), in boosting competitiveness, fostering global cooperation and promoting a shared European identity. A key focus is cooperation with Ukrainian institutions, supporting Ukraine’s integration into the European education space, alongside partnerships with African institutions, addressing […]

Successful Networking meeting in the ELTE University Library and Archives

Two participants at the libraries meet-up discussing with the CHARM-EU rollup on the back and a panel with notes and post-its.

The meeting provided insight into the diverse roles of libraries in the context of CHARM-EU and beyond. Participants worked on several challenges such as optimising the sharing of library resources, the role of AI technologies in service development, and how libraries can become places for interdisciplinary learning and collaboration. The design thinking process was led […]

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,’ […]

Report on Governance Best Practices

This report was commissioned in order to inform the preparation of the European University Alliance CHARM-EU’s governance and management model, by providing innovative ideas and lessons learned on how other strategic alliances respond to the challenges of governance in a diverse and multicentric environment. Governing and managing strategic alliances is extremely challenging, particularly when an […]

ED-AFFICHE Project Deliverables

Representing a consortium of six European university alliances, ED-AFFICHE was a year-long initiative aimed at piloting the European Degree, providing valuable insights and resources related to the project’s objectives and outcomes. Bellow you can find all the public project deliverables. ED-AFFICHE Policy Recommendations on the Future of the European Degree (label) This document provides extensive […]