T4EU podcast episode on European university alliances' local impact
‘What can European university alliances bring to a university at the local level?’ is the central question of the 10th episode of the T4EU podcast, with Emmanuelle Rimbot and Chantal Barone. Listen now.
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‘Strengthening Higher Education with European Alliances’ is the tenth episode of the Reach Out podcast from the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance. The episode explores how European University Alliances contribute to strengthening higher education at the local level, based on the experience of Université Jean Monnet (UJM) as a member of T4EU.
The conversation features Emmanuelle Rimbot, professor at the Faculty of Arts, Literature, and Languages at UJM, and Chantal Barone, professor in the Applied Foreign Languages Department and responsible for outgoing student mobility. The conversation is moderated by Souheila Gassiot, Project Manager at Transform4Europe.
Following the central question ‘What can a European University alliance bring to a university at a local level?’, the guests share concrete examples of how T4EU supports the creation of joint programmes, multilingual curricula and innovative pedagogical projects, promoting closer collaboration between European institutions.
The benefits of increased student and staff mobility are also highlighted, as well as practical support for the development of strong international partnerships.
In particular, ‘templates guidance and people who are always available when you need. That kind of support is priceless and really makes a difference in international collaborations. And then what helped a lot were the opportunities to actually meet people in person. And thanks to opportunities like the matchmaking events, I could identify the right universities to work with’, says Chantal Barone.
Emmanuel Rimbot highlights the role of values and heritage: ‘This is precisely where the alliance philosophy, with its focus on promoting.
Our common European heritage and shared cultural values, promoted to be an effective party’.
This episode highlights how European University Alliances, such as Transform4Europe, enhance the quality of higher education by promoting greater integration between institutions, academic communities and territories, driving innovation, academic cooperation and internationalisation, and creating new opportunities at the European and global levels.
Listen to the full episode here:
