On a new vision for the European Universities alliances
A-10-2025-0135
Committee on Culture and Education · Rapporteur: Laurence Farreng
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Parliament's resolution on a new vision for the European Universities alliances acknowledges their success and transformative potential, while noting challenges such as funding and mobility targets.¶¶¶ It calls for long-term, sustainable funding, a possible separate programme post-2027, and a legal status for alliances, while stressing the need to uphold academic freedom and EU values.¶¶¶ It recommends strengthening research links, internationalisation, digital infrastructure, micro-credentials, and awareness campaigns, and asks the Commission to consider adding strategic criteria to future calls.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Culture and Education proposes a resolution that acknowledges the initiative's success, calls for sustainable funding and legal status, and recommends strengthening research, internationalisation, and inclusion.¶¶¶
Key points
- Acknowledges the initiative's role in removing obstacles to cross-border cooperation and its leverage on the Bologna Process.¶¶
- Highlights the diversity of alliances and the importance of geographical representation to tackle brain drain and attract talent.¶
- Welcomes student integration in governance and calls for clear strategies to ensure accessibility and inclusion.¶¶
- Welcomes pilot projects on a European degree and legal status, but stresses alliances should not be the sole instrument for innovation.¶
- Notes the European degree label should be accessible to all joint programmes and complementary to national frameworks.¶
- Believes alliances can pave the way for a single area of accreditation at EU level, reducing reliance on American agencies.¶
- Is concerned about threats to academic freedom and stresses alliances must uphold EU values and democratic resilience.¶¶
- Welcomes the Union of Skills initiative and the proposed legal status for alliances, which would ease cross-border cooperation.¶
- Calls for coordinated, sustainable funding and asks the Commission to consider reserving future calls for continuation of successful alliances.¶
- Invites the Commission to study a tailor-made financing solution post-2027, possibly a separate programme.¶
- Calls on Member States to co-finance and asks the Commission for an investment strategy with synergies with other EU programmes.¶
- Calls on the Hungarian Government to comply with rule of law so students and researchers may benefit from Erasmus+.¶
Who is affected
- European Universities alliances and their member universities, including students, researchers, and staff.¶¶¶
- Higher education institutions not part of alliances, which should benefit from innovations and not be left behind.¶¶
- Member States, called to co-finance alliances and align policies.¶¶
- Non-EU countries and partners, especially candidate countries, involved in alliances or Erasmus+.¶¶
- Hungarian students, teachers, and researchers of public trust funded universities, affected by the call for reforms.¶