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European Universities alliances: Pilots without pathways?
Insight paper | 17 November 2025
Jo Angouri and Jan Palmowski seek to reshape the narrative surrounding the European Universities Initiative by offering an institutional perspective that more openly acknowledges both its possibilities and its practical realities. Their approach centres on understanding how universities themselves have experienced the initiative.
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- Education and Erasmus+
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Universities in the face of the climate and nature crises: Redoubling our commitment to a sustainable future
Insight paper | 1 April 2025
This insight paper expresses the commitment of The Guild's member universities to contribute to the Green Deal objectives and urges EU and national policymakers to collaborate with higher education institutions to ensure evidence-informed knowledge for a safe, affordable, just and sustainable transition.
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- Green and digital transitions
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The Twin Transition Century: The role of digital research for a successful green transition of society?
Insight paper | 21 September 2023
In this insight paper, Morten Dæhlen (University of Oslo) offers clear directions for policymakers, research funders, and higher education institutions to navigate towards a successful twin transition.
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Transnational collaboration and mobility in higher education: Looking back – looking forward
Insight paper | 22 June 2023
In this insight paper, Jo Angouri (University of Warwick) looks into the triptych of transnational collaboration, innovation and policy implications. It draws on evidence from research and examples of programme activities from the experience of Guild member universities.
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- Education and Erasmus+
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Reimagining Research-led Education in a Digital Age
Insight paper | 4 June 2021
In this insight paper, Jo Angouri (University of Warwick) provides a framework for reimagining research-led education in a digital age, seeking to open a conversation between universities, European policy bodies, the EU and national governments.
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- Education and Erasmus+
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Looking to the Future: The Guild's Vision for Europe's Universities
Insight Paper | 19 October 2020
In this insight paper, Presidents of The Guild’s universities set out a vision for Europe’s universities over the next ten years.
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- Education and Erasmus+
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- European Research Area
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- International collaboration
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- Innovation
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- Green and digital transitions
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- Open Science
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- Widening participation
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Developing equal, mutually beneficial partnerships with African universities: Recommendations for a new European collaboration strategy
Insight paper | 18 February 2020
In this insight paper, Professor Peter Maassen (University of Oslo) outlines in detail the particular need for investment in African research-intensive universities.
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- International collaboration