The European Universities Initiative: first lessons, main challenges and perspectives

  European Parliament

  02/2023

 

The European Universities Initiative is a flagship initiative from 2019 for higher education development embodying an old but persistent idea: the advent of European universities. Since then 44 European Universities alliances (EUAs) were created, with 340 participating higher education institutions. This study, requested by the CULT Committee evaluates the selection procedures and drafts three future scenarios.

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Context and aims
1.2. The European Universities Initiative as a policy instrument
1.3. Transnational collaborative partnerships in higher education
1.4. Overview and methodology

2. EVALUATION OF SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES
2.1. Context and aims
2.2. Criteria and procedures used in the EUI calls for proposals
2.3. Description of the European Universities alliances selected 
2.4. Evaluation of the selection criteria

3. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES
3.1. Context and aims 
3.2. Benefits of cooperation
3.3. Challenges of cooperation

4. THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES
4.1. Context and aims
4.2. Driving forces, early indicators and key issues 
4.3. Scenario development
4.4. Scenario ORANGE 
4.5. Scenario PINK
4.6. Scenario BLUE 
4.7. Emerging futures in transnational cooperation: opportunities and threats

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
5.1. Limitations to the study
5.2. Selection criteria and procedures 
5.3. An initial assessment of EUAs
5.4. Opportunities and threats for the future 
5.5. Recommendations 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/fr/the-european-universities-initiative-fir/product-details/20230213CAN68765