ECIU University

Conference on the future of European Universities

   
1. Is Europe ready to truly innovate its higher education? European Universities are the change agents for the European Education Area. European universities are the frontrunner with bold educational innovations like challenge-based learning, cross-border micro-credentials and the development of a European degree. Is Europe ready to support these types of educational innovations?
   
2. What support from Horizon Europe do European Universities need? European universities need a research mission to be full-fledged universities. Moreover, they are perfectly placed to raise the competitiveness of the European Research Area. How should this research support look like?
   
3. How to realise European base funding to establish sustainable European Universities? To establish a European University, long-term commitment is essential. The EU has our long-term commitment, but the pilot funding only lasts for three years. At the moment, it is unclear how a follow-up will look like. We cannot use our students as a test case. We need clarity about what will happen after 2022 to move towards an integrated financial model for European universities.

Programme

15:00 – Registration

15:15 – Welcome by Victor van der Chijs, President ECIU University

15:30 – Keynote Themis Christophidou, Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport & Culture

16:00 – Discussion with the audience about three key questions

   
1. Is Europe ready to innovate its higher education truly?
   
2. What support from Horizon Europe do European Universities need?
   
3. How to realise European base funding to establish sustainable European universities?

17:00 – Wrap-up and networking reception