Audience: University staff

Hybrid Active Learning Classrooms for inter-institutional teaching

CHARM-EU is an early adopter of the concept of teaching and learning in hybrid classrooms. The CHARM-EU Master Programme ‘Global Challenges in Sustainability’ started in September 2021. Each of the participating institutions set up at least one hybrid classroom which is suitable for joint teaching and learning in the CHARM Master Programme. Since then, the […]

Local sign in for alliance collaboration in a virtual learning environment

The IT team of CHARM-EU has invested a lot of efforts into the design of an IT infrastructure that can support a Joint Programme. The blueprint for our IT architecture explains how we want to approach the provision of IT services in a ‘best of breed’ approach. In the winter of 2025/2026, we have taken […]

Open Call for Posters | CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026

An illustrated poster with a starry pink-to-blue gradient background announcing a "Call for Posters" for the CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026. The text on the left reads: "European Universities Alliances, Democratic Values, and Societal Resilience" "CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026" "14th October 2026" "Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland" The center features stylized illustrations of a researcher holding a test tube, a student with a backpack, a yellow clock tower, and a flowing blue-and-white ribbon with yellow stars.

Have you developed, researched, implemented or benefited from an initiative that has strengthened  democratic values and societal resilience? Share your experience at the CHARM-EU Annual Conference. We are inviting poster submissions for the CHARM-EU Annual Conference “European Universities Alliances, Democratic Values, and Societal Resilience: Building Sustainable Welfare Societies”. The poster presentation session offers you an opportunity to share your ideas and gather feedback from CHARM-EU conference participants.  We are taking a broad view of  democratic values and societal resilience and welcome […]

CHARM-ED: Using Small-Scale Funding to Support Collaborative Educational Innovation

A diverse group of five people sits around a wooden conference table in a bright, white room, engaged in a collaborative meeting. A woman with glasses and a green sweater gestures while speaking, holding a reusable coffee cup. To her right, a young woman with curly hair and a blue snowflake sweater types on a laptop covered in colorful stickers. In the foreground, hands are visible holding a pen over yellow sticky notes and blank paper, alongside a smartphone and pens. Everyone is wearing blue lanyards, suggesting a professional or academic workshop setting.

The CHARM-ED Funding Call is an initiative that incentivises collaborative educational innovation projects across the alliance. It provides small-scale seed funding for academic and professional staff to collaboratively develop innovative educational activities aligned with CHARM-EU educational principles. The approach enables institutions and alliances to: While originally designed to support inter-institutional collaboration across the CHARM-EU Alliance, […]

#FacesofCHARMEU: Weaving Connections Across the Alliance with Pia Le Grand

A graphic for the #FacesOfCHARMEU series featuring a circular portrait of Pia Le Grand against a solid blue background. She is a woman with blonde hair and glasses, smiling while wearing a patterned light-colored top and a lanyard, standing in front of a CHARM-EU banner. To the right of the portrait, the white text reads "Pia Le Grand" followed by "#FacesOfCHARMEU", with the multi-colored CHARM-EU alliance logo located in the top right corner.

Today, we sit down with Pia Le Grand, the CHARM-EU Manager at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) in Finland. Pia shares her journey from the beginning of ÅAU’s integration into the Alliance to her creative approach to internal communication. 🌍 Pia Le Grand – Åbo Akademi University Role: CHARM-EU Manager at Åbo Akademi University Could you […]

Your own carbon footprint

The aim is to calculate your own carbon footprint to get a rough idea of your own CO2 emissions. With the help of this assessment, the next step is to reduce your own CO2 emissions, for example by switching to energy-efficient appliances, using renewable energy, or making greater use of public transport or cycling. Together, […]

#FacesofCHARMEU: Solving Challenges Through Play

A professional graphic on a solid blue background featuring a circular headshot of Dr. Silvia Gallagher on the left. She is smiling, with dark hair tied back, wearing a blue sweater and a gold necklace, positioned in front of green foliage. To the right of the photo, the white text reads "Dr. Silvia Gallagher" followed by the hashtag "#FacesOfCHARMEU." The top right corner contains the CHARM-EU logo, which consists of a stylized shield with colorful horizontal stripes.

For Dr. Silvia Gallagher, a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, educational innovation is about more than just theory—it’s about connection. Since joining CHARM-EU at its launch, Silvia has been a driving force in quality assurance and creative pedagogy. 🌍 Dr. Silvia Gallagher – Trinity College Dublin Role: Research Fellow in Trinity College Dublin, CHARM-EU […]

Best practices for designing a joint micro-credential

Two colleagues sitting at a wooden table in a bright, modern indoor space work together on a laptop. The person on the right, wearing a black shirt, points at the laptop screen while explaining something. The person on the left, holding a smartphone, looks closely at the screen. Both are wearing light blue event lanyards. On the table are two patterned coffee mugs, a smartphone, and a small lit candle holder, with green leaves softly blurring the top right foreground.

Learn from practitioners of joint micro-credentials in CHARM-EU best practices for developing these innovative educational programmes. 📅 27th October 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT 🔗 ONLINE – Registration is required In this one hour workshop you are invited to explore a novel 7 step model for designing joint micro-credentials with practitioners from CHARM-EU. […]

What future for marine life in a changing world?

“Two scientific 3D visualizations showing cellular or embryonic structures with colored segmented regions and network‑like patterns on a black background.”

Photo: Chiara Castelletti (left), Pawel Burkhardt (right). Using advanced modelling techniques to digitalize marine species and their environment, the Michael Sars Centre and its partners aim to study the challenges faced by marine life in a changing ocean. On the left, a sea squirt larva, on the right, the nervous system of a comb jelly. Multiscale […]

High-level CHARM-EU architecture

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

December 2024 / Revised version January 2026 This deliverable presents the results of two years of work on mapping the current IT-set up in CHARM and discussing our joint future vision with the main stakeholder groups. It enables us to enter the next phase of the project with a well-supported outline of CHARM-EU’s IT architecture […]