Tag Archive for: Parallel breakout sessions

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

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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.

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

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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

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

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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?

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

Date:
25 November 2026

Time:
11:00 – 12:30

Historic Building UNIOVI

Calle San Francisco 3
Oviedo, Spain

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?