Tools and Documents

The 2 days in Potsdam brought together a diverse Group of 120 delegates from the world of higher arts education across Europe. Rectors, deans, teachers, international relations officers, representatives of National Erasmus Agencies and the world of artistic work from 26 countries engaged in an intensive Programme of encounter and exchange. The presentations and discussions triggered by the European Universities initiatvie focused on the corse aspects of the call for pilot European Universities: European values, the knowledge triangle, corss boarder collaboration , interdisciplinarity, diversity and digitalisation. Visionary keynote presentations were seconded by hands on Information from a European Commission representative, a paradigm pioneer and the existing professional networks. The workshops in the second day offered an opportunity to discuss thematic bridges based on inspiring or challenging practice examples. The last day then invited the delegates into a facilitated open space. Generally, it became obvious that the European Universities initiative has many overlaps with innivative collaboration Formats that are either practisedby the sector or enivsaged for the future. At the same time there is a great Need to discuss and keep discussing challenging apsects like accreditiation, Integration of research learning and teaching, and bridging cultural as well as institutional differences whilst celebrating diversity as a core European value.

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