In 2020 the European Commission launched a challenging initiative to European Universities through the Erasmus + programme. This initiative consisted in developing a joint mission of education, research, innovation and service to society to create university alliances representing diverse models of systemic, structural and sustainable transnational cooperation. The overarching goal was to reinforce the quality, performance and international competitiveness of higher education across Europe. The spread of democratic values is also underscored in such transnational cooperation. Specific funding was allocated to the so-called European Universities Initiative since then in all Erasmus + calls. Under these premises, the EMERGE alliance (“Empowering the Margins of Europe through Regional and Global Engagement”) was born in 2021. The common vision and mission of the nine Universities integrating the Alliance focuses on a societal and territorial dimension which drives the partners’ approach in research and education and defines the way these universities operate. The University of A Coruña (UDC) became a member of the consortium in November 2022 and since then it has been engaging in several activities, meetings and proposals to set EMERGE principles at the core of UDC governance and general functioning. In this paper we will describe the application process and what it involves both for a particular university and for the general consortium by explaining the final decisions taken. We will also examine the organisation of the project around different work packages aligned with the mission and vision of the Alliance.

Authors:
Begoña Crespo, University of A Coruña, Spain
Maria Pilar Garcia-de-la-Torre, University of A Coruña, Spain

About the Presenter(s)
Begoña Crespo is a Full Professor in English Linguistics at the University of A Coruña (Spain).Research interests: corpus Linguistics, English as a medium of instruction, intercultural awareness,international education for peace, soft skills.

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