Autore: Vice Rector of Technology and Digital Transformation.

VIU was pleased to host four 5-day on-site mobilities involving academic and research staff from partner universities within the Qⁿ Alliance. These mobilities included representatives from EKA (1 participant), AGÜ (2 participants) and ESEnfC (1 participant).

Each mobility was meticulously designed with a structured work programme to deepen collaboration in areas aligned with the alliance’s strategic objectives. During their stay, the participants engaged in fruitful discussions with representatives from various departments at VIU, focusing on key institutional priorities such as:

• Gaining insights into the organisation and management of VIU’s study programs.
• Exchanging best practices in entrepreneurship and fostering regional collaboration.
• Exploring approaches to human resource management and development.

These mobilities underscore the Qⁿ Alliance’s commitment to fostering meaningful exchanges of knowledge and expertise, reinforcing the ties between its member institutions. This initiative represents a valuable step toward strengthening collaborative frameworks and advancing shared goals in education, research and innovation

As part of the ongoing efforts to foster excellence and innovation within the Qⁿ Alliance of Universities, Oksana Lentjušenkova, Rector of EKA University of Applied Sciences, visited Valencian International University (VIU) in Spain. VIU, a prominent member of the alliance and one of the largest online universities in the region, supports over 27,000 students, with a dedicated team of 3,000 teaching staff and 1,000 administrative professionals.

During the visit, Oksana Lentjušenkova gained valuable insights into VIU’s:

• Study process and examination management
• Personnel selection and evaluation systems
• Internal quality assurance mechanisms

This exchange highlights the commitment of Qⁿ Alliance universities to sharing best practices and elevating the quality of education across member institutions. Reflecting on the visit, Oksana shared:

“Everyone walking the path of development faces challenges, but what unites us is the shared drive to achieve excellence!”

The Qⁿ Alliance remains dedicated to fostering collaboration and mutual growth, empowering its members to achieve their goals and deliver world-class education.

Dear International Partners,

Powiślański University (PSW) is pleased to announce the following upcoming events:
The XII International Scientific Conference “Faces of Prosperity” and The VII International Student Conference.

Both conferences will take place on May 24th, 2025.

The main thematic areas of the conferences include:

• Social assistance
• Economic development
• Human and social capital
• Combating civilisation diseases

The university cordially invites Qⁿ staff to participate as members of the Scientific Board of the Conference. Accordingly, Qⁿ universities are encouraged to identify and nominate suitable candidates for consideration by the host university, PSW.

Kindly confirm the nominees for the Scientific Board by December 1st, 2024.

For further inquiries, please feel free to contact the university.

From VIU University, we participated in the 34th Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition which was held from 17 to 20 September 2023 in Toulouse (France).

The conference was attended by more than 7300 participants from more than 100 countries, where the theme was “En route!” The conference was a call to action to the higher education community to set out on a transformation that will enable universities to regain relevance in their communities, their ecosystems and at European and global level. The event focused on exploring the opportunities offered by advanced digital technologies, implementing sustainable practices in our institutions and developing innovative approaches to support an increasingly pluralistic community of students, research faculty and staff.

At this Conference, Toñi Caro, together with Laura Howard and Mavi Calabrese hosted a session entitled ‘En route toward reconciling internationalisation with local/regional impact‘, where the focus was on strategies to connect universities’ internationalisation agendas with the impact and benefits for their local, regional and national communities. In this session, the role of European university alliances was highlighted and two of them were given as examples, one consolidated such as SEA-EU (European University of the Seas) and the other emerging such as Qn European Alliance, co-led by the University of Urbino and Valencian International University.

On Friday 5 July, a session was held at the València Innovation Lab with the AVIA Automotive and Mobility Cluster to identify training needs in the automotive and mobility sector.

During the conference, various panels on training and Human Resources were held, with companies and organisations from the sector providing their professional vision on the subject, focusing especially on issues such as sustainability, energy transition, digitisation, artificial intelligence, as well as new challenges for the industry.

The result of this session, and of the panels and round tables, will be a report that will be widely disseminated and will serve to guide future training plans.

Save the date for the 34th Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition in Toulouse, France, taking place from 17–20 September 2024 at the state-of-the-art conference centre MEETT. The 2024 theme is “En Route!”. 

Representatives from Powiślański University also had the opportunity to visit another partner institution – Nursing School of Coimbra in order to strengthen the existing collaboration and jointly find mutual opportunities for our students (BIPs, COILs) as well as our staff (Digital Summer Programme, International Week). New ideas were born for mutual partnership, which hopefully will be implemented in near future.

The representatives from our Alliance from The University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy and Powiślański University, Poland had the opportunity to strengthen bonds at the 20th ERASMUS Congress and Exhibition (ERACON 2024), where Erasmus coordinators, placement and internships Managers, researchers and professionals from academia and business gathered to share experiences and insights on the Erasmus Programme..

The ERACON was an amazing opportunity to strengthen the relation with the Erasmus+ Programme Coordinators from all over the world, including existing partners and non-partner institutions. 

From June 3 to 8, Aalen University, one of the founding members of the recently established Qⁿ Alliance alongside nine other European universities, hosted its International Week. This alliance aims to jointly promote the development of the European education system and support each other in the process. The International Week provided an excellent opportunity to strengthen cooperation within this young alliance. In addition to the 10 universities in the alliance, there was participation from the following countries: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Namibia, Thailand, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and the USA.

The event brought together professors from European and non-European countries, who contributed with a total of 25 lectures in English, presenting students with current and global research topics. With a look into space, Aalen Professor Dr. Miranda Fateri spoke about her research on moon dust.

One of the highlights of the week-long event was a workshop on international research collaborations, which was also attended digitally by other partners. The aim was to identify common research interests and potential future research activities. Around 50 researchers from around the world attended the workshop.

According to Prof. Dr. Anja Dieckmann, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, “promoting internationalisation is one of the university’s strategic goals.”

The international program also benefited a group of 16 students from Colombia, who visited the university to learn about study opportunities.

VIU – Universidad Internacional de Valencia teams up with Startup Valencia which will bolster entrepreneurship efforts within the Qⁿ European University Alliance.

The aim of this partnership is to promote entrepreneurship in education and jointly foster technological innovation through a training model based on business needs and R&D.

In the photo: Nacho Mas, CEO at Startup Valencia, and Eva Mª Giner Larza, Rector of VIU – Universidad Internacional de Valencia.