Thanks #UAb for hosting last week’s #OpenEU alliance meeting.

It’s been a pleasure doing our year 1 assessment and sharing our Y2 plans.

We are paving the way for a Pan-European open university, and we are doing it together!

#EuropeanUniversities #Lisbon

🎓 Empirical Student Mobility Validation: Quantifying Administrative Burden Reduction through Wallet-Based Alliance Credentials

DC4EU pilot: 36 institutions, 16 MSs

Validated transformation from weeks-long manual processes to instant verified access.

Documentation:
• Baseline process analysis
• Performance measurements
• User satisfaction surveys
• Privacy compliance validation

🔗 www.dc4eu.eu/reports/

#EuropeanUniversities #StudentMobility #DC4EU

@EUCommission

Next week will be at#EAIE2025 event representing #OpenEU Alliance. Can't wait!

If interested in #EuropeanUniversities Alliances or in Open and Distance learning, feel free to ping!

European University Alliance FORTHEM signs joint Palermo Declaration in defence of academic freedom: Joint declaration of the FORTHEM Alliance universities reaffirms shared responsibility to safeguard the autonomy and integrity of higher education and research across Europe and beyond 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/european-university-alliance-forthem-signs-joint-palermo-declaration-in-defence-of-academic-freedom/

#FORTHEMAlliance #EuropeanUniversities #EuropeanEducationArea #EuropeanResearchArea

Europäische Hochschulallianz FORTHEM bekräftigt in ihrer Palermo-Erklärung den Grundsatz und hohen Stellenwert akademischer Freiheit: Gemeinsame Erklärung der FORTHEM-Partneruniversitäten unterstreicht Unabhängigkeit und Integrität von Hochschulbildung und Forschung 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/europaeische-hochschulallianz-forthem-bekraeftigt-in-ihrer-palermo-erklaerung-den-grundsatz-und-hohen-stellenwert-akademischer-freiheit/

#FORTHEMAlliance #JGUinternational #EuropeanUniversities #EuropeanEducationArea #EuropeanResearchArea

Im Journal des @DAAD_worldwide berichten die beiden europäischen Hochschulallianzen #FORTHEMAlliance und ENGAGE.EU, warum Wissenschaftskommunikation gerade heute immens wichtig ist und mit welchen Ideen und Formaten Wissenschaftskommunikation in Mainz und Mannheim gelebt und gestärkt wird. So ist ein grundlegender Ansatz, Skepsis gegenüber wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen mit Transparenz zu begegnen. Mehr lesen unter 👉 https://www.daad.de/de/der-daad/daad-journal/themen/2025/europaeische-hochschulallianzen-engageeu-und-forthem-staerken-wissenschaftskommunikation/

#Wissenschaftskommunikation #EuropeanUniversities

📣 Researcher, lecturer, staff member or student at @universityofgroningen: 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 are open! Are you interested in setting up collaborative initiatives with partners from different (ENLIGHT) universities?

The three ENLIGHT 2025 calls are:
✅ ENLIGHT Incubator Grants
✅ ENLIGHT Thematic Networks
✅ ENLIGHT+

Interested in joining the UG delegation? 👉https://edu.nl/wnw3p

#ENLIGHT #UniversityNetwork #HigherEducation #europeanuniversities

In Leipzig at the #ArqusAnnualConference. Tomorrow we will discuss the development and integration of digital infrastructures to enhance academic collaboration and operational efficiency at #EuropeanUniversities.

🔋 Opportunities and challenges of building common IT infrastructure.
🔋Interoperability of systems for seamless collaboration.
🔋Addressing digital sovereignty & data protection challenges.
🔋Best practices in building resilient digital frameworks.

#OpenEU

https://arqus-alliance.eu/event/2025-arqus-annual-conference/

"If current #trends hold, the #US could see a long-term decline in its ability to attract top international talent, while the #UK and #Europe solidify their positions as leading global #academichubs."

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.php?story=20250312090820752

#ukuniversities
#EuropeanUniversities
#AcademicFedi
#usuniversities
#academiccensorship
#USpol

Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #HigherEd 👍

@mrossemp.bsky.social