By Siegbert Wuttig. Eight years after the beginning of the financial crisis, the current state of Europe seems to be deplorable in view of the manifold unsolved problems, not only in the finance sector. Many are voicing their concerns about the future of our continent and especially of the EU. At present, the refugee crisis and its potential political, financial and societal consequences are in the centre of interest. More than one million people have found their way from crisis areas to Europe, and no end is in sight. More...

By Isabell Majewsky Anderson. With the call for 2016 EAIE Award nominations underway, we’re highlighting some of the 2015 Award winners and their incredible achievements. In this first post, Isabell Majewsky Anderson gives us some insight into the programme that won her the 2015 Bo Gregersen Award for Best Practice. Read about the University of Edinburgh’s ambition to offer an international learning experience for all students and be inspired to create your own programmes with immediate impact and long-lasting enrichment for your students. More...

By Annika Sundback-Lindroos. Most of us need both inspirational and factual resources to support our work. Finding sources that deliver on both aspects can be challenging, however. The OECD’s latest report, Trends Shaping Education 2016, was a pleasant surprise. The report reflects on the potential impacts five overarching trends – globalisation, the future of the nation state, the rise of the city, the changing family, and technology – might have on education in the future. More...

By Annika Sundback-Lindroos. The EAIE Barometer study, a survey under 2411 higher education practitioners, highlighted the growing importance of strategic partnerships in internationalisation. A majority of respondents indicated that they are currently working on developing joint degree programmes with their institutional partners. The momentum is growing, with a record number of over 50 Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree programmes to be selected in 2017 – and newcomers are welcome. More...

By Anna-Malin Sandstrom. The European Union’s flagship education programme Erasmus+ is now into its third year of existence. The programme provides well needed additional funding opportunities for realising new and innovative partnership projects – an internationalisation activity proving increasingly popular. Based on the lessons learned from the previous calls for applications, this blog post provides some insights into how to navigate through the competitive application process for Key Action 2 Strategic partnerships. More...

By Uwe Muuss. In this final post in our series spotlighting the 2015 EAIE Award winners, the Director of International Office at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Uwe Muuss, shares the university’s internationalisation story with us. Winner of the 2015 Institutional Award for Innovation in Internationalisation, Göttingen was recognised for its exceptional efforts to ensure internationalisation within the university as a whole. More...