The Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Presidents, and Directors of EELISA higher education institutions, as well as external collaborators, representatives of the EELISA Executive Board, EELISA InnoCORE, and Student Council members, will convene in Istanbul from 11 to 14 July 2023. This comprehensive meeting takes place just one week after receiving the endorsement from the European Commission for…
EELISA has been selected under the 2023 Erasmus+ European Universities Call with funding of 14.400.000 € and a total budget of over 21.000.000 €. With an expanded scope, size, diversity, and ambition, in this new phase, EELISA aims to deepen collaboration in line with the six dimensions of the European Education Area: quality, inclusion and…
There are work meetings that go beyond what is anticipated to become encounters with the unexpected, such as the history of a city, the future of life sciences, or the discovery of new friendships. This happened on the 25th and 26th of May when the members of the EELISA Executive Board met for the first…
A total of 20 proposals have been selected to be funded by the Second EELISA Joint Call; 12 of them have been awarded as part of the challenge-based learning section covering activities such as an entrepreneurship hackathon, workshops on inclusiveness and diversity, guided visits to the bridges of Madrid, Paris, and Budapest or a Metaverse…
On the 27th of April, a big crowd was gathering at the entrance of the School of Civil Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Some people were wearing black and golden robes and academic “regalia”, other people showed a more informal dress code, but all of them were “carrying” a big smile. It was the…
The European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA) will be 3 years old in October 2023. This is also the date on which the first phase of our alliance will be completed. Under the motto “becoming the engine that leads to a new future” and with the aim to celebrate the achievements, share the…
Are you part of the EELISA Communities ecosystem and have ideas that would promote and sustain innovative learning practices, boost the recognition of challenge-based learning experiences, or increase transnational mobility and cross-sectional exchange? Then, this is your chance to turn your ideas into reality! This second call brings the first EELISA Joint call to the…
EELISA is an alliance of ten Higher Education institutions from eight different countries, representing roughly 194.000 students, 18.500 faculty, and 12.000 staff members. An amalgam of cities, people, cultures, and languages that goes beyond boundaries to create a space of diversity, collaboration, and exchange. This is represented by EELISA logo as an assemblage of parts…
In the current challenging global context, higher education is increasingly taking on an important role in activating innovative ways of learning, knowledge exchange, and experiences that can lead to the necessary social transformations. Thus, one of the main goals of the EELISA Alliance is to propose a compelling, implementable, and shared vision of the profile…
EELISA InnoCORE participated in the second TORCH Annual Forum celebrated on 8 March 2023. Under the title “Sharing Common R&I Policies and Strategies: strengthening collaborations towards a transformational approach”, researchers, innovators, and policymakers gathered in Dublin to discuss topics such as research assessment reform, and equality, diversity, and inclusion in research. Isabel Salguerio (UPM), and…