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, often with ECTS credits, focused on professional and transversal skills. Integrating mobility with micro-credentials offers a unique opportunity to enhance student learning, facilitate credit recognition for short-term international experiences and promote accessibility in global education. Since the link between micro-credentials and mobility is […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Second Call for Proposals for Joint Educational Activities (CHARM-ED)
Do you have an idea for educational innovation or a new programme that could benefit from CHARM-EU collaboration? Are you looking to strengthen your European networks and embed CHARM-EU’s educational principles (e.g. challenge based, transdisciplinary, technology enhanced) into your teaching? The CHARM-ED Call offers limited funding to support the development, enhancement, or redesign of higher […]
Programmatic assessment: a workshop template
In the joint MSc programme Global Challenges for Sustainability the concept of programmatic assessment is applied. The main focus in this approach is the student’s learning. Instead of the ‘jumping through summative assessment hoops’, assessments should promote learning. To get an overview on programmatic assessment, see this video.
Activity plan: Leadership in inter-institutional higher education
This resource can be used for professional development purposes of teaching staff. If you have any questions about the materials, don’t hesitate to contact the CHARM-EU professional development team. Leadership in inter-institutional higher educationCollaboration with other higher education institutions is a critical strategic area for universities and professional organizations (Cooper & Mitsunaga, 2010), and have […]