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This intensive programme equips you with practical tools for coordinating international projects, navigating EU policy frameworks, and leading change in complex institutional environments. Designed for university leadership teams — such as deans, department heads, programme coordinators, and directors — who need to align local priorities with alliance goals, manage multicultural teams, and coordinate activities across institutions.

Dates:
Second week of January 2026 (online introductory session for Module 1)
28-29 January 2026 (in-person intensive delivery)
30 January 2026 morning (feedback session with future trainers)

Organiser: Université Le Havre Normandie (ULHN) - France
Supporting Partners: All 12 EUNICoast partner institutions

Target groups:

  • Department Directors and their teams
    Responsible for academic units, staff oversight, curriculum implementation, cross-department coordination.
  • Faculty Deans and Vice-Deans Key actors for curriculum design, teaching quality, internationalization, faculty strategy.
    Research Institute Directors Leaders of interdisciplinary and international research teams, supporting EU projects and regional challenge-based research.
  • Administrative Unit Heads
    Including heads of international offices, quality assurance, student services, mobility, IT, HR, financial services.
  • Emerging Leaders
    Early - to mid - career professionals taking on new leadership roles who need alliance-aware competencies.
  • Programme Coordinators

 

The programme consists of six modules delivered in intensive format: 

Module 1 (Core): EUNICoast Identity and Values in Action (delivered online in advance)

Modules 2-6: Delivered in-person during 28-29 January 2026 intensive at ULHN:

  • Module 2: Leading and Managing Transnational Academic Partnerships
  • Module 3: Building Knowledge-Creating Teams
  • Module 4: Institutional Transformation and Change Management
  • Module 5: Multilingual and Intercultural Collaboration
  • Module 6: Coastal and Maritime Excellence

Train-the-Trainer Session: 30 January 2026 (morning) - feedback and preparation session for the 24 designated future trainers

Content of Each Module

Module 1 – EUNICoast Identity and Values in Action (Core Module)

Purpose: Build a shared understanding of the Alliance’s mission, vision, values, governance, and purpose.

Main Contents

    • What European University Alliances are
    • EUNICoast governance structure and architecture
    • Origin, mission, strategic purpose of EUNICoast
    • Core values: sustainability, inclusivity, solidarity, civic engagement
    • How values shape governance, curriculum, QA
    • Stories of impact from across the alliance

Module 2 – Leading and Managing Transnational Academic Partnerships

Purpose: Equip participants to navigate multi-institution, multi-country, multilingual governance and programme coordination.

Main Contents

    • Role of leadership in European University Alliances
    • Distributed governance & shared leadership
    • Tools for coordinating joint programmes & mobility
    • Managing QA, calendars, recognition, communication
    • Conflict mediation and consensus building
    • Case studies

Module 3 – European Policy Frameworks and Strategic Positioning

Purpose: Understand and navigate the European Higher Education policy environment.

Main Contents

    • European Education Area (EEA) and European Universities Initiative
    • European Degree Initiative
    • Micro-credentials framework
    • ESG-EHEA quality assurance
    • Recognition and mobility tools
    • How alliances position themselves strategically

Module 4 – Institutional Transformation: From Change to Culture Shift

Purpose: Support long-term transformation beyond project cycles.

Main Contents

    • From project governance to institutional integration
    • Avoiding “project trap”
    • Strategies for change leadership and managing resistance
    • Creating incentives for staff participation
    • Embedding challenge-based learning, joint research, community engagement
    • Practical Change Readiness Assessment

Module 5 – Cross-Cultural Communication and Multilingual Inclusion

Purpose: Build communication skills for multilingual, intercultural alliance work.

Main Contents

    • Linguistic and cultural diversity awareness
    • English as lingua franca vs. linguistic equity
    • Inter-comprehension approaches (UNITA example)
    • Inclusive communication norms
    • Multimodal and digital communication
    • Culturally sensitive collaboration
    • Role-play and interactive activities

Module 6 – Coastal and Maritime Excellence Across Missions

Purpose: Connect EUNICoast missions with excellence in coastal/maritime research, education, and innovation.

Main Contents

    • Understanding the coastal/maritime identity of the Alliance
    • Cross-mission excellence (education, research, innovation, community engagement)
    • Blue-economy-related skills and stakeholder engagement
    • Integrating coastal/maritime challenges into teaching, research, governance
    • Examples of best practices across partner institutions

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