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The above image is a doodle created during the June 2022 roundtable on education and innovation at the first European Education and Innovation Summit. It shows the interlinking of universities, regions and the private sector throughout Europe.
This includes how universities need to link with innovation sectors, how regions form ecosystems of living labs, universities and innovation centres, how students challenge their institutions to make more partnerships and studies, and how the private sector sorts skills and works with universities.
What the ENIHEI does
Members of the European Network of Higher Education Institutions (ENIHEI) make up a forum to exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences on how higher education can promote an innovation culture, and enable creativity, entrepreneurship and talent.
Its role is to
- support the European higher education system to be up to the challenge of establishing Europe as a global leader in the next wave of innovation
- develop ideas and offer recommendations on how to advance the innovation relevant actions
- in the European strategy for universities (living labs, student incubators, sustainable and attractive careers, Erasmus+ traineeships, green villages, Women in STEAM Manifesto and more)
- under the "talent" pillar of the New European Innovation Agenda (especially the initiative to foster, attract and retain deep tech talents)
- produce a recommendations report to be presented at the Education Summit in December 2022, which will serve as a foundation for further work by the European Commission, EU Member States and other parties
Members
The network has currently 38 members:
- 28 members appointed by Member States
- 10 higher education institutions nominated by the European Commission
| Country | Institution |
|---|---|
|
Austria |
The University of Applied Arts Vienna |
|
Belgium |
University of Mons UCLL University of Applied Sciences |
|
Bulgaria |
Trakia University of Stara Zagora Technical University of Gabrovo Technical University of Sofia |
|
Croatia |
Zagreb University of Applied Sciences |
|
Cyprus |
University of Cyprus |
|
Czechia |
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice |
|
Denmark |
University College South Denmark Technical University of Denmark |
|
Estonia |
Tallinn University |
|
Finland |
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences Aalto University |
|
France |
University of Caen |
|
Germany |
RWTH Aachen University Technical University of Munich |
|
Greece |
Democritus University of Thrace |
|
Hungary |
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design |
|
Ireland |
Dublin City University Trinity College Dublin |
|
Italy |
University of Brescia Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
|
Latvia |
Riga Technical University |
|
Lithuania |
Vilnius TECH University |
|
Luxembourg |
University of Luxembourg |
|
Malta |
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology |
|
Netherlands |
Erasmus University Rotterdam Delft University of Technology |
|
Poland |
Warsaw University |
|
Portugal |
University of Aveiro |
|
Romania |
Transilvania University of Brasov Technical University Cluj Napoca |
|
Slovakia |
Technical University of Kosice |
|
Slovenia |
University of Primorska |
|
Spain |
University of Granada University of Salamanca (network secretariat) |
|
Sweden |
Malmö University |
Why the network was established
Mariya Gabriel, former European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced the network at the first European Education and Innovation Summit:
We want Europe to possess the necessary talent pool to lead the next wave of deep tech innovation. To achieve this goal, we need to operate at elementary, secondary and university level.
The Network should come together to share ideas and learn from each other, mobilising the higher education sector and being the tip of the spear as we implement the European strategy for universities and the New European Innovation Agenda.
Higher education institutions have a unique position at the crossroads of education, research, innovation. They serve society and the economy, and play a critical role in achieving the European Education Area and the European Research Area, alongside the European Higher Education Area.
Work of the network
Meeting in Salamanca, September 2022
The network met in-person for the first time on 5-6 September 2022 in Salamanca, Spain.
Watch the video recordings of all panel presentations on the network's YouTube channel.
Education Summit, 1 December 2022
ENIHEI Report: Ten recommendations and one note on innovation in European Higher Education