The European Universities Initiative

Championing Excellence and Inclusion?

Authors

  • Lee Rensimer Centre for Global Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University College London
  • Rachel Brooks Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey

Keywords:

European Universities Initiative, EUI, alliances, European Commission, stratification

Abstract

The European Universities Initiative is the European Commission’s ambitious strategy to integrate universities across the region into transnational alliances centering on common organizational, thematic, or challenge-focused missions. Over consecutive rounds beginning in 2019, the now 44 selected alliances are forming deep institutional partnerships, supported through an uneven patchwork of funding from the Commission, national governments, and institutions themselves, which appears to intensify inequalities in the European higher education landscape, pitting aims of excellence against inclusion.

 

 

Author Biographies

Lee Rensimer, Centre for Global Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University College London

Lee Rensimer is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Centre for Global Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. Email: L.rensimer@ucl.ac.uk.

 

Rachel Brooks, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey

Rachel Brooks is professor of sociology and associate dean (research and innovation), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey, UK. Email: R.brooks@surrey.ac.uk.

 

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Published

2023-01-09

How to Cite

Rensimer, L., & Brooks, R. (2023). The European Universities Initiative: Championing Excellence and Inclusion?. International Higher Education, (113), 32–33. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16121

Issue

No. 113 (2023): Winter Issue

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