CHARM-EU Funds Twelve New Inter-Institutional Projects to Advance Innovative and Collaborative Education

CHARM-EU is delighted to announce the outcomes of the first CHARM-ED Call, with twelve innovative educational collaboration projects selected for funding across the alliance. The CHARM-ED Call supports the creation, enhancement, and redesign of higher education and lifelong learning activities across CHARM-EU partner institutions. The selected projects exemplify CHARM-EU’s commitment to educational innovation and collaboration. […]

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 […]

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 […]

CHARM-EU Education innovation projects: three projects honoured

The assessment committee considered, among other things, alignment with the CHARM-EU educational principles and vision, expected impact, innovative character and outreach. Two of the honoured projects are interfaculty collaborations and one project is being carried out within one faculty. See below for a short introduction to the selected projects. Acclimatise Africa-Europe-Pacific: Collaborative Learning for Climate […]

Reimagining Higher Education: CHARM-EU Hackathon in Würzburg Sparks Innovation and Collaboration

Organized by the work package on Professional Inter-Institutional Development and Educational Research led by Dr. habil. Nataliia Lazebna (JMU) and co-led by Annet van der Riet (Utrecht University), the event offered a hybrid format, enabling both in-person and remote participation. The local programme coordinator Prof. Dr. Nadja Simons and CHARM-EU Project Manager Martin Kufferath-Sieberin  (both JMU) welcomed the […]

Catalysts of change: CHARM-EU presents its work in Lugano

The European Universities Initiative: 5 Years On – A Research and Practice Symposium, held on June 2–3, 2025, at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, convened scholars, alliance leaders, and policymakers to assess the progress and impact of the EUI since its inception in 2019. Sergio Villanueva, from CHARM-EU and the University of Barcelona […]