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Second ENVISAGE Day: European University Alliance Meeting in Krakow: 19 – 21 June 2024

The 2nd annual meeting of the ENVISAGE European University Alliance partners took place in Krakow on 19-21 June 2024, hosted by Krakow University of Economics (KUE), the leader of the consortium. The partners discussed various issues related to the operation of the alliance and agreed in further multilateral projects.

Following the Rectors’ Meeting in Budapest at the end of May 2023, the ENVISAGE Alliance partners met again in person in Krakow. The meetings started with short partner presentations, with the focus on getting to know the newly joined Serbian and Albanian partners. Following a recap of the 2024 application, for which the results are expected to be announced during the summer, the main substantive work packages (education, research, innovation, service to society) and the key areas of the Sustainable Transition, the main theme of the project, were reviewed.

The lead partners of the work packages reported on the main achievements of the past months in the areas of educational harmonisation, sustainability-related activities, and equal opportunities. Following a tour of the KUE campus, the discussions focused on the possibilities for deepening cooperation between the partners, including joint research, educational collaborations, and further joint projects.

2nd Envisage WG 4 Research Sustainability meeting

The 2nd WG meeting took place on June 7th – WG for research – all sustainability-related topics. The objective of this meeting was to evaluate the research report carried out by each partner in terms of sustainability. This investigation was classified in terms of typology (e.g. articles, projects, proceedings, thesis, and others), in three dimensions (economic, social and environmental) and several areas of investigation (e.g. business, management, accounting, climate change, entrepreneurship, and others).

Envisage WG 4 Research – Sustainability

The work of the WG4 working group started on 10th of May!

On May 10th, the first meeting of the WGr – Research on Sustainability group was held. At this meeting, it was decided how to collect sustainability research carried out in the last years by partners to evaluate the implementation of joint projects in the future.

BBU&HSW meeting in April in Wismar

This visit to the German university partner (HSW) was the second opportunity for networking between ENVISAGE partners, with the aim of bringing together BBU representatives (Dr. Gábor Andrási, International Director, Andrea Csathó, Education Development Officer and Attila Bősz, Moodle Support Officer, on behalf of the Training and Development Office, Norbert Süli, IT Specialist, Application Operations Office and Nikoletta Barka, Head of the Sports Office) to get to know each other’s potential and to contribute to the enrichment of their economic, social and societal environment by using the synergy of their intellectual capacities and the balanced development of knowledge spaces.

In the context of training development, the main lessons of the two-day exchange programme on teaching and student support methods were the following:

  • Among the facilities visited on the HSW campus, the ICT studio was of particular interest, as the possibility for trainers to compile and record course material will be introduced in the coming years as part of the methodological innovation needed in the 21st century at BBU. During the meeting, Michael Schleicher, Vice Rector of HSW, presented in detail the teaching and methodological principles of HSW and assured BBU colleagues of their commitment to future collaborations that will support the implementation of BBU’s internationalisation strategy.
  • A meeting was also held with some of the leading trainers of HSW’s outsourced training in Rostock, and BBU colleagues participated in seminars for international students, observing the methodology, the use of tools, and student behaviour and group dynamics.
  • During the visit, the BBU participants also had the opportunity to visit the Maritime Simulation Centre in Warnemünde, which was built for the education and training of maritime personnel (ship officers) and provides an excellent base for research and development.
  • In the field of IT applications, colleagues exchanged experiences on the infrastructure, difficulties and solutions in daily work. The German colleagues gave a briefing on the structure of the departments, teachers’ attitudes towards online education and the impact of the German federal data protection legislation. They described video production to support distance learning, which helps teachers to produce high-quality, up-to-date e-learning materials.
  • To deepen the cooperation in the field of sport, two areas were focused on: people-centred innovation and dedicated services to society and support for development through mass and seamless mobility (physical, virtual or hybrid mobility) of students, faculty and staff. The BBU representative was able to gain a better insight into German university sport life during the visit, and to learn about the academic and competitive system at HSW.

Envisage WG1

The work of the WG1 working group started today!

We talked about 1/ National laws and organisational policies for academic cooperation, 2/ Experiences in programme-level cooperation and 3/ Faculty development in each country of the partnership members.

It promises to be a very interesting cooperation in the field of education as well as a challenging one for us due to the existing differences in the education systems in each country.

BBU&KUE meeting in 2024 in Kraków

The next bilateral meeting in Krakow between representatives of BBU and KUE was an opportunity to deepen bilateral cooperation as well as within the ENVISAGE consortium

On March 11th, representatives of Budapest Business University were hosted by the Cracow University of Economics. The purpose of the meeting was to foster community integration, deepen bilateral scientific cooperation, discuss further activities within the ENVISAGE consortium, and explore additional joint initiatives and projects.

It also provided an opportunity to showcase KUE’s teaching infrastructure to first-time visitors.

BBU – UPT: 1-2 October 2023 in Porto

The high-level delegation of Budapest Business University, led by Prof. Dr. Balázs Heidrich, rector of BBU visited the University of Portucalense Infante D. Henrique on 1-2 October in Porto, Portugal. On behalf of University of Portucalense Prof. Fernando Manuel dos Santos Ramos, rector of UPT welcomed the representatives of BBU. First of all, partners discussed the next steps of the ENVISAGE European University Network alliance cooperation – focusing on the re-writing and re-submission of the proposal. Both parties supported the deepening of the cooperation between, so they agreed on other collaborations, different types of international projects, bilateral and multilateral (with other EUN partners) research activities, student and staff exchange programmes.

Rectors’ Meeting – signing of the MoU: 31 May – 1 June 2023 in Budapest

We have signed a long-term cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the European universities – KUE – Krakow University of Economics (PL), BBS – Budapest Business School (HU), HSW – Hochschule Wismar – University of Applied Sciences (DE), ICN – ICN Business School in Nancy (FR), UPT – Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique (PT), EUAS – Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EE) – belonging to the ENVISAGE – European University Network for ENVisioning Sustainable AGilE transition network. The strategic alliance recently jointly applied for a grant of nearly 6 million Euros within the framework of the ERASMUS+ European University Networks programme for the joint development of education, research, innovation and services to society.

At the International Rectors’ Meeting, in addition to the ceremonial signing, the details of the co-operation were negotiated. In addition, participants had the opportunity to listen to expert presentations from the Hungarian members of three other European University Alliances about the experiences of their ongoing projects.

KUE – BBU: 29 March 2023 in Budapest

The visit provided an opportunity for the delegation of KUE to meet with the management of the Budapest Business University and to get to know the university, its Faculties, its Doctoral School, the 5 Centres of Excellence, the International Relations and Mobilities Office and the International Project Office of BBU. Meetings were organised about the ongoing and potential new research collaborations, about the common project proposals, about student, teacher and staff exchanges, accreditation issues and double degree programmes.

Important discussions were also held on the ENVISAGE Alliance and its operation, preparing for the next steps in both cases – if the proposal submitted in 2023 is selected for the grant or it is not selected as a winning alliance.

BBU – KUE: 23-24 February 2023 in Krakow

The visit provided an opportunity for the delegation of BBU to meet with the management of the Krakow University of Economics, to get to know the university and the campus, to introduce the research projects represented by the Centres of Excellence of BBS and the possible involvement of the Polish partner, and to discuss mobility, accreditation and ranking issues.

The BBU delegates met the Rector and Vice-rector for Research of KUE, the heads of the international research and mobility programmes and the accreditation(s) director.

Important discussions were held on the re-submission of the ENVISAGE proposal in 2023, its research part and the promotion of research cooperation through joint research programmes and projects.