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Welcome and the first four years of INGENIUM

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Organizer
INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
9:00 – 9:30

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INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Opening session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Welcome and the first four years of INGENIUM

November 25 @ 9:00 - 9:30 CET
About the session

For four years, ten universities from ten European countries have worked together to open new learning pathways for their students and staff, build joint programmes, test new approaches to teaching and mobility, and connect higher education more closely with the challenges of their regions.

The Rector of the University of Oviedo, coordinating university of the Alliance, opens the conference. The INGENIUM Director then presents the path travelled since 2023: the initiatives launched, the results achieved and the foundations laid for the next phase.

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Opening panel: What has INGENIUM achieved? Taking stock of our impact

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
9:00 – 9:30

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Plenary Session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Opening panel: What has INGENIUM achieved? Taking stock of our impact

November 25 @ 9:30 - 10:30 CET
About the session

Key actors from across the Alliance reflect on how INGENIUM has changed the way its universities cooperate, created new opportunities for students and staff, and begun to shape the wider European higher education landscape. Short testimonials from people involved in alliance initiatives bring concrete experience into the conversation before it opens to the audience.

Key questions
  • Which changes brought about by INGENIUM are most visible at institutional level, and which have had the greatest impact on students and staff?
  • How has INGENIUM changed the way partner universities work together across academic, administrative and institutional boundaries?
  • Where has the Alliance found it hardest to turn ambition into practice, and what have those challenges taught us?
  • Which lessons from the first phase should shape the priorities of Next INGENIUM?

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Breakout 1: From Joint Programmes to a Joint European Degree: What Does It Take to Make Cross-Border Education Work?

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Categories:
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INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Parallel breakout sessions

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Breakout 1: From Joint Programmes to a Joint European Degree: What Does It Take to Make Cross-Border Education Work?

November 25 @ 11:00 - 12:30 CET
About the session

Moving from a shared academic idea to a fully operational joint programme still means overcoming academic, administrative and regulatory barriers. This session compares how alliances approach joint curriculum development, quality assurance and accreditation, admissions, student administration, governance and financial sustainability, and looks at the opportunities opened by the emerging European Degree framework.

Key questions
  • Where do joint programmes most often get stuck between the initial academic concept and full implementation?
  • Which elements of design and delivery can be shared across an alliance, and which need to remain institution-specific?
  • What could the European Degree framework enable for programmes currently limited by national or institutional constraints?
  • Which barriers require action at national or European level, and how can alliances address them collectively?
Collaborative format

Participants map where joint programme development gets stuck and sort each barrier by who can solve it: alliances, through better cooperation and shared procedures; universities, through institutional change; or national and European authorities. The session closes with a short set of recommendations to make joint programmes easier to develop in the coming years.

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Breakout 2: Educational Innovation in INGENIUM: How to Move from Pilots to Institutional Change

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Parallel breakout sessions

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Breakout 2: Educational Innovation in INGENIUM: How to Move from Pilots to Institutional Change

November 25 @ 11:00 - 12:30 CET
About the session

INGENIUM’s first phase created spaces for experimentation and peer learning, including the Staff Academy and the Education Lab. Building on the experiences of other leading alliances in this area, this session asks how educational innovation can move beyond individual projects and highly engaged educators to become part of mainstream teaching across the Alliance, and how these instruments should evolve in the next phase.

Key questions
  • What makes an innovative teaching practice transferable beyond its original course, discipline or group of educators?
  • What support, recognition and incentives do academics need to adopt and sustain new approaches?
  • What should be coordinated at alliance level, and where is institutional flexibility essential?
  • How can we tell when an innovation has become normal teaching practice rather than a project?
Collaborative format

From pilot to practice. Starting from a real teaching innovation, groups identify the barriers, enabling conditions and responsibilities needed to implement it at four levels. The results will inform an INGENIUM roadmap for scaling educational innovation.

  • Level 1 Educator
  • Level 2 Programme or faculty
  • Level 3 University
  • Level 4 Alliance

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Breakout 3: Expanding Access to International Experience: From Mobility for a Few to Opportunities for All

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Parallel breakout sessions

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Breakout 3: Expanding Access to International Experience: From Mobility for a Few to Opportunities for All

November 25 @ 11:00 - 12:30 CET
About the session

European University alliances can make international learning part of the experience of a much larger and more diverse student community. This session explores how a broader mix of long- and short-term mobility, blended and online learning, internationalisation at home and flexible learning pathways can lower barriers to participation, while remaining environmentally and institutionally sustainable as participation grows.

Central question

How can a European University make internationalisation a realistic part of every student’s education, not only for those who can take part in traditional mobility?

Key questions
  • Which students are still least likely to benefit from traditional mobility, and what stands in their way?
  • How can recognition and administrative processes be simplified so that flexible international experiences are easier to access?
  • How can inclusion and accessibility be built into the design of international opportunities from the outset?
  • What should count as a meaningful international experience for students who do not take part in long-term physical mobility?

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Breakout 4: Beyond Legal Status: How Can Alliances Turn a Legal Entity into Operational Capacity?

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Parallel breakout sessions

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Breakout 4: Beyond Legal Status: How Can Alliances Turn a Legal Entity into Operational Capacity?

November 25 @ 11:00 - 12:30 CET
About the session

As more alliances establish common legal structures, the question is shifting from whether a legal entity is needed to what it should enable in practice. This session looks at where shared capacity adds real value, from permanent staffing and external funding to contracting, digital infrastructure, procurement, intellectual property and long-term partnerships, while preserving the autonomy of member universities.

Central question

Where can shared capacity add value without duplicating or undermining the member universities?

Key questions
  • Which operational capacities would create the greatest added value if developed through an alliance legal entity?
  • Where could shared capacity reduce duplication, and where could it create a parallel layer of bureaucracy?
  • What governance and accountability mechanisms keep shared capacity aligned with institutional autonomy?
  • How can a legal entity help secure continuity, resources and partnerships beyond successive EU-funded projects?
Collaborative format

Participants review a set of functions an alliance might develop through its legal entity, from a permanent team and shared digital platforms to fundraising and alliance-wide services, and assess where shared capacity creates genuine added value and where it adds complexity. The session closes on one question: how much shared capacity is enough to make a legal entity meaningful?

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Breakout conclusions

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
13:45 – 14:00

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Plenary Session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Breakout conclusions

November 25 @ 13:45 - 14:00 CET
About the session

Rapporteurs from the four breakout sessions share the main conclusions and recommendations with all participants.

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Beyond the Campus: Unlocking the Societal Potential of European Universities

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
14:00 – 15:00

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Plenary Session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Beyond the Campus: Unlocking the Societal Potential of European Universities

November 25 @ 14:00 - 15:00 CET
About the session

Universities often define their societal relevance from within. This panel reverses the perspective and asks external stakeholders what they need from European University alliances, and where cross-border university cooperation can make a real difference: skills and lifelong learning, innovation and entrepreneurship, local and European challenges, and talent attraction and retention. The discussion focuses on moving from participation in individual projects to sustained co-creation.

Central question

What can a European University alliance offer society that individual universities cannot achieve as effectively on their own?

Key questions
  • Which societal, economic or regional challenges are European University alliances particularly well placed to address?
  • What would make collaboration with an alliance genuinely valuable for companies, public authorities and civil society organisations?
  • How can stakeholders move from being occasional partners to becoming active co-creators?
  • How should alliances demonstrate that they are creating meaningful societal impact?

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The future of student engagement in INGENIUM: ideas from the INGENIUM Student Conference

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
15:30 – 15:50

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Plenary Session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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The future of student engagement in INGENIUM: ideas from the INGENIUM Student Conference

November 25 @ 15:30 - 15:50 CET
About the session

Representatives of the INGENIUM Student Board present the ideas developed at the INGENIUM Student Conference on how students can shape the next phase of the Alliance.

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Next INGENIUM and the Future of European University Alliances: Scaling Impact, Deepening Integration

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Organizer

INGENIUM Alliance

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
15:50 – 16:50

Categories:
Tags:
INGENIUM 1.0 Final Conference, Plenary Session

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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Next INGENIUM and the Future of European University Alliances: Scaling Impact, Deepening Integration

November 25 @ 15:50 - 16:50 CET
About the session

The first years of the European Universities Initiative focused on building partnerships, governance structures and new models of cooperation. The next phase must turn these structures into changes that reach much larger parts of the university community. Looking beyond INGENIUM, this panel compares European policy and alliance perspectives on what consolidation and scaling should look like, and marks INGENIUM’s transition into Next INGENIUM.

Central question

What should European University alliances be able to deliver in their next phase?

Key questions
  • Which achievements of the first funding cycles are ready to be scaled, and which still require experimentation?
  • How can alliances move from opportunities for relatively small groups to changing the experience of most students and staff?
  • What does genuine institutional embedding require from the member universities themselves?
  • How can alliances build long-term operational and financial sustainability beyond successive project cycles?
  • What should the European Commission expect from the next phase of the initiative, and what should alliances expect from the European policy framework in return?

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