Welcome to EURASHE Insights bringing you information on what happened in March and our new projects and activities to come.
Upcoming activities and opportunities
AFTERNOON DEBATE 'HIGHER EDUCATION IN EUROPE: PLAY TO WIN'
The afternoon debate ' Higher Education in Europe: Play to Win' will take place on the 29th of April 2019 from 14:30 to 18.00 at the European Parliament and will be a privileged occasion for Higher education professionals and students to share their experiences, visions, and ideas on the future and the role of higher education.

List of speakers:
  • Mrs. Anastasia Demydenko, Research Assistant, The Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies-National Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (Israel)
  • Prof. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, Professor, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • Mr. Arend Hardorff, Dean and member of the Board of Directors, Hotelschool The Hague (the Netherlands)
  • Mr. Stéphane Lauwick, President of EURASHE (France)
  • Mrs. Célia Reis, CEO, Altran (Portugal)
  • Mrs. Jeannette Weisschuh, Managing Director, educhamp (Germany)
  • Mrs. Brikena Xhomaqi, Director of the Lifelong Learning Platform – European Civil Society for Education (Belgium)

Moderator: Mr. Peter van der Hijden , Independent Higher education expert and former Head of Sector Higher Education Policy at the European Commission

Please register by 19 April 2019 here. The programme and more information about the event here.
NEWS FROM #EURASHE29
EC Commmissioner of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Mr Tibor Navracsics will be speaking about the Future of Education at 29th EURASHE Annual Conference ' Future Students. Future Universities. Future Jobs. Professional Higher Education in the changing world.' on the 16 May, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

Check out the full programme and register by 9 May, 2019 here.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT #EURASHE29
UAS LEADERSHIP FORUM
14:00-16:50, 16 May 2019

EURASHE invites leaders of the institutions to the 5th UAS Leadership Forum which will discuss the future and the changing role of higher education.
More about UAS Leadership Forum here.

Please register here by 9 May, 2019.
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES' NETWORKING SESSION
13:30-14:00, 17 May 2019

Interested in opportunities to participate at the European Commission's European Universities' Initiative? Want to find some potential partners and get all the answers to the related questions? Register and come to the networking session!
Register here .
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
16-17 May 2019

Don't miss the opportunity to know more about the Future Students, Future Universities and Future Jobs participating at the interactive discussions such as Good Practices, Breakout sessions and Poster presentations.
No registration is needed, but have a look at the programme to decide which sessions you would like to attend.
BOOK LAUNCH:
‘A MANUAL FOR INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION' BY LUCIEN BOLLAERT
19:00-21.00 15 May 2019

Come to the Pre-Conference reception, participate in the Book launch-discussion and get a book with the author's signature.
Pre-order the book here with a comment 'I will pick up my book in Budapest' in the Notes section.
ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION
10:40-11:20 16 May 2019

Don't miss the Armchair discussion 'Future Skills for future graduates – how well we are prepared?' moderated by EURASHE Vice President Prof. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers.
NEW EURASHE MEMBERS' BRUNCH
12:00-13:00 15 May 2019

Did you join EURASHE as a member in the period of 2017-2019?
Then come to the first time organised New EURASHE Members’ Brunch. The Brunch will serve as an opportunity to express your expectations and to know more about our activities , as well as for us to hear from you how we can better serve your institution’s needs while enjoying some delicious food and drinks.

Register by 1 May 2019.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES AT WEXHE PROJECT FOR EURASHE MEMBERS
13-16 May 2019 Münster, Germany. WEXHE project partners invite to the workshop ‘How to create a learning environment for entrepreneurship? More information here.  EURASHE members may receive travel and accommodation reimbursement.

Register here .

21-24 May, 2019 University or Warwick, UK. WEXHE project partners invite to another workshop ‘How to advance work-based learning for work placement and traineeships in Higher education?’ More information here. EURASHE members may receive travel and accommodation reimbursement.

Register here .
Last month @ EURASHE
PEER LEARNING ACTIVITY ON TEACHING AND LEARNING IN WARSAW
A reversed peer learning activity on Learning and Teaching in Professional Higher Education (PHE) was organised jointly by EURASHE, European representation of PHE and its Polish member, the Conference of Rectors of State Schools of Higher Vocational Education in Poland (KRePUZ) in Warsaw on March 8, 2019 in Warsaw. The event brought together 27 representatives of academics, students, employers and policy experts from Poland and other European countries including 5 national and 3 international experts who contributed to the interactive discussions. The event focused on learning and teaching agenda within professional higher education with emphasis on the following issues:

·       Future challenges of the labour market
·       Digitalisation and digital transformation of PHE institutions
·       Integration of academic and profession-oriented elements into programmes of PHE, learning outcomes and transversal skills and competences
·       Learning methodology supporting professional character, work-based learning elements and links between students’ learning and research activities.

Interested in the event's conclusions and presentations? Find them here .
UAS4EUROPE CONFERENCE 2019: WHAT ARE THE FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN EUROPE?
Brussels – What are the opportunities offered by current and future European research and innovation programmes for universities of applied sciences (UAS) in Europe? How can they successfully participate? More than 170 participants from 20 European countries came to Brussels on April 2, 2019 for the conference ' Beyond Horizons. The Future of Applied Research in Europe'  to receive answers to these questions and search opportunities for new partnerships.

Our members
EGAS MONIZ HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOL JOINS EURASHE AS A FULL MEMBER
EURASHE members’ community is getting bigger –  Egas Moniz Higher Education School  from Caparica, Portugal became the 63rd member of the organisation.

Egas Moniz, CRL is a reference in Health education in Portugal. The two institutions of the School, IUEM and ESSEM, currently have about 2500 students and over 400 faculty members and can offer undergraduate, master’s and PhD degrees and other postgraduate courses in the health area. The mission of the institution: “dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, learning and education of students, at the service of the health improvement of global society in the 21st century”.

Currently, EURASHE has 63 members which represent more than 650 higher education institutions around the world. Last year EURASHE joined three new members from Germany, Kosovo and the Netherlands.

UALL WORK AND LEARNING NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019: CALL FOR PAPERS
Our member Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) organises its Annual Conference and invites to submit papers until 26 April, 2019.

The Annual Conference named ‘Learning for, at and through work: capturing workplace learning for transformative Higher Education’ will take place 28 June, 2019 in London and will focus on the ways to structure and apply flexibility to empower all work-based learning stakeholders to share implicit and explicit responsibility for new learning that maintains work-life balance and well-being. 

Our partners
EC REPORT ON ON THE IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON EU LABOUR MARKETS
The High-Level Expert Group on the Impact of the Digital Transformation on EU Labour Markets, created by the European Commission in May 2018, published its final report with the recommendations including policy actions for the European Union, Member States, businesses and other stakeholders in the short, mid and long-term, to shape the digital transformation of the world of work and make it smooth, inclusive and human-centric.

ABOUT EURASHE
EURASHE  is the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education that offer professionally orientated programmes and are engaged in applied research within the Bologna cycles.
 
We represent +600 universities of applied sciences and university colleges, national and sectorial associations of higher education institutions, and other individual institutions, such as universities.  
MONTHLY INSPIRATION
TechRepublic | 10 technologies that will impact Higher education the most this year
With the breakthrough of online learning and interactive digital classrooms, technology is completely changing the paradigm of teaching and learning. However, among many interesting and life-changing innovations, which are the ones that will shake Higher education the most this year?