Student Mobility Summit | More mobility, less carbon footprint
2025-02-04 - 2025-02-06 | Edifici Històric, Universitat de Barcelona, Pl. de la Universitat, L'Eixample, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08007, Spain
How to balance sustainability and internationalisation? It is an increasingly important challenge for all actors involved in internationalisation activities, and is particularly acute when it comes to mobility. This dilemma, with all its practical aspects, is more and more at the core of IROs’ work.
If you are committed to green approaches and passionate about internationalisation, the Student Mobility Summit 2025 is for you!
CHARM-EU’s role at the student mobility summit
CHARM is an active participant at the summit and hosts two of the sessions.
Round table: How the priorities of the programme are reflected in the HEIs’ policies and instruments (FOREU4ALL)
Hackathons: Developing a holistic approach to sustainability and internationalization (Sergio Villanueva, Delegat del rector per a la CHARM-EU, director UB CHARM-EU)
Discuss, cooperate, and network
At the summit you will gain insights into translating policy into practice, discover national and institutional initiatives, and access valuable resources to support your work. You will have the opportunity to cooperate with peers from across Europe on the most challenging issues. You will be able to deepen your knowledge and learn from each other in an inspiring atmosphere.
This event is organised under the aegis of the UB-EUF University Internationalisation Hub
The Student Mobility Summit 2025 is designed for international relations professionals who are not only passionate about internationalisation and quality student mobility, but also committed to green approaches.
The event, which will take place from 4 to 6 February 2025 at the University of Barcelona, will focus on how to balance mobility with sustainability.
A particular emphasis will be placed on how the green transition impacts the work of IROs, their responsibilities and how it is present in their daily activities.
Participants can expect a range of engaging topics and programme sessions, including:
KEYNOTES AND PANELS: Learn about top policies and their interactions, the green transition updates, as well as national and European initiatives.
HACKATHONS: Work with peers to find new ways to create a possible better balance between international mobility and sustainability.
WORKSHOPS: Sustainability considerations are shaping the day-to-day work of IROs. Dive into the most challenging issues of your interest.
TRAININGS: Take advantage of the inspiring environment to learn about the practical aspects of greener mobility and become a driver of change.

4th annual EELISA Roundtable
2025-02-11 11:00 (Europe/Paris)
This year’s 4th annual EELISA Roundtable, held in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, will focus on addressing the gender gap in STEAM education and exploring the transformative role of European University Alliances in advancing gender equality within higher education.
📅 When: Tuesday, 11th February 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30 (CET)
💻 Where: Online, via Zoom
🌍 For: Everyone!
This roundtable will feature representatives from EELISA, ENHANCE, and EUt+, who will share insights into their initiatives and discuss both challenges and successes in implementing gender equality plans. You’ll also hear from students, whose voices are critical in shaping these efforts.
Join us to contribute to this important conversation and help drive progress in education, science, and society.
Please, register here.

Farewell symposium Jan Haarhuis: Shaping the Future of Higher Education
2025-02-18 10:00 - 18:00
On Tuesday 18 February 2025, Jan Haarhuis will bid farewell to Utrecht University as part of his retirement. During his career at UU, Jan has held several positions where his main focus was on educational innovation and renewal.
After working as Head of Education and Student Affairs at DGK for several years, Jan set up and further developed the education innovation programme Educate-it in 2014. The Educate-it programme has served as an example for many (inter)national educational institutions and is now included in the CAT. For his innovative ideas and work, Jan Haarhuis received the first SURF ‘Change Maker’ Education Award in 2016. Jan has been chair of LERU’s Digital Higher Education policy group for 10 years, was a member of the EWUU alliance’s education steering committee for 4 years, and has made a major contribution to the development and co-founding of the European University CHARM-EU from 2019.
To mark his farewell, a symposium:‘ Shaping the Future of Higher Education’ will be organised on 18 February 2025 from 10:00 to 18:00 o’clock. The symposium will take place at UU’s new Playground.
During this special day, we will engage with inspiring speakers who will share their insights on developments in higher education from various perspectives. We will also look ahead to the future of education. There will also be ample opportunity on this day to thank Jan personally and reflect on shared memories.
Extra seats for symposium
Besides relations of Jan who have received a personal invitation to this symposium, a limited (15) number of open places have been made available.
You can register for these via this link.
Open access drinks reception (after registration)
During the drinks from 16.00 to 18.00, there will be an opportunity to say hello to Jan in person. Even if you are not participating in the symposium, you are welcome to come to the drink. To do so, please register via cat@uu.nl with ref: farewell drink Jan Haarhuis.
Programme Symposium
Bert van der Zwaan, former rector of Utrecht University, will open the symposium with a keynote entitled ‘The coming great transformation’. This will be followed by an interactive panel discussion on educational innovation, highlighted from four different perspectives by Eveline Renders (EUNIS/SURF), Niels Bovenschen (UMC Utrecht), Meritxell Chaves (CHARM-EU/ FOREU4ALL/University of Barcelona) and Sebastiaan Steenman (Utrecht University).
In a live interview with Jan Haarhuis, you will learn more about Jan and his career at UU. During lunch, there will be the opportunity to learn about various educational innovation tools on display at the information market.
The afternoon programme is dedicated to break-out sessions on technology, trans-disciplinary education and research, European university alliances and ‘Centers for Teaching and Learning’.
The morning programme can also be followed online via this link.
The full symposium programme can be downloaded here.
