The European Universities Initiative and our ECIU UniversityEducation innovation through technology transformation and micro-credentialsInnovating European Research & Innovation policies and programmes
The ESEU-project, of which all ECIU members and many of their national authorities are a partner, will test a possible European legal status for higher education institutions to simplify international cooperation and advice European policy-makers about shaping future policies in this field. The project will report on the legal implications, benefits, challenges and feasibility of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), the European Cooperative Society (SCE), the Societas Europea (SE) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
At the core of the ECIU University is the challenge-based approach where multi-disciplinary teams work on real-life challenges and co-develop ideas and solutions. ECIU University adopted a challenge-based approach cross-cutting activity in Education, Research and Innovation, a novelty at the European level.
In the pilot phase (2019-2022), we have sourced over 160 cases for European wide challenges from over 100 providers. More than 600 learners worked on challenges on real-life problems, and more than 150 teachers co-created the ECIU University offers.
Joint Consortium Responses and Position Papers
The ECIU Expert Group R&I Policy and Programmes (R&I Group) represents all member universities and is open to all research managers and administrators providing research and innovation services, i.e. funding, in ECIU.
The current members are:
The ECIU Expert Group Educational Cooperation Policy and Programmes (EduCo Group) is open to all Erasmus+ managers and administrators working on external funding support from member universities of ECIU.
The current members are:
The aims of both groups are to:
SEPO is a platform to pool expertise for all external grants and funding opportunities relating to ECIU University priorities and needs according to the Vision 2030 and the ECIU thematic action plans.
It is composed of:
SEPO has the following aims:
For information, please contact laura.paternoster@eciu.eu
