2019 ANNUAL REPORT ENCOMPASSING ALL VOICES 2 Board member Wessel Meijer Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands Board member President Sara Lopez Selga Sabine Pendl Vice-President Universitat Pompeu University of Michelle Stewart Board member Fabra, Spain Graz, Austria Michael Rosier University of University of Strathclyde, UK Hertfordshire, UK MESSAGE FROM THE EAIE BOARD 2019 was full of milestones and we have our wonderful EAIE volunteers, RAISING THE BAR office staff and community to thank for it. The EAIE’s activities and We started off 2019 in January with the launch of a brand new, knowledge creation focused on encompassing all voices to promote streamlined EAIE Awards portfolio to highlight outstanding contribution access, equity and inclusion in international higher education. Strategy in our community. The Spring Academy in Bordeaux kicked off a year development was a prominent point on the EAIE Leadership’s agenda of successful training events, that was followed up by webinars that sold throughout the year. Leaders came together for a series of highly out within 24 hours. This was further topped by the Autumn Academy collaborative workshops and engaged with the wider community to in Budapest, that proved to be our most international and well-attended develop the new EAIE strategy which will come into effect in September academy to date. In September, our 31st Annual Conference and 2020. Moreover, our current strategic goals to inspire professionals, be Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland was the largest event to date with 6222 their voice, strengthen our community and remain relevant, motivated us participants from 95 countries. to ensure that our work yielded positive impacts on a variety of levels. 3 We collaborated on four European projects that were successfully finalised Simon Anholt, Opening Plenary speaker, provided us with a hashtag for in 2019: SUCTI, Academic Refuge, REALISE and CALOHEE. a whole generation - #goodgeneration. He asserted that it is possible to The SUCTI project continued on as SUCTIA, with a new focus that tackle all of the world’s most pressing problems within a single generation, supports and empowers academic staff regarding the internationalisation and that universities are uniquely positioned to lead this change. Simon of their institutions. It was also a fruitful year for the EAIE regarding its called upon the international higher education community to work knowledge creation, with a total of eight publications, 73 EAIE blog posts together in rethinking our approach and work collectively to overcome the and 30 Forum magazine articles. global challenges we face. Last but not least, work on the future EAIE strategy consisted of an RAISING AWARENESS extensive consultation process involving engagement with stakeholders The EAIE’s official social responsibility statement was launched in April. in our sector and adjacent to it, as well as contributions from our staff, With the EAIE values at its base, our statement encapsulates our vision volunteer leaders, and the larger EAIE community. The EAIE strategy for a united, accessible and inclusive EAIE ecosystem. We pledged our gives meaning and direction to everything we do and we look forward to support to two of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, sharing it with you soon. SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. The #EAIEgreengoals campaign highlighted our efforts RAISING OUR VOICES and the sustainable vendors and partners we chose to work with. This Our 2019 Annual Conference gave us a window into an immense array was taken to a new level through our successful partnership with our of inspired ideas and examples of good practice around the notion of conference host Messukeskus. To consolidate our efforts, we signed the ‘encompassing all voices’ in international education in Europe today. Of SDG Accord which is the higher education sector’s response to the course, significant work lies ahead in order to achieve our aspirations for Global Goals. We hope to continue improving our processes and playing broader and more equitable involvement of actors in the field. our role to make the world a better place. We saw the first Rainbow Task Force reception at the EAIE Conference We were able to accomplish so much in 2019 with the help and support in Helsinki and the introduction of the rainbow sticker for inclusivity. of the EAIE community. Our achievements and lessons learned will Our conference Closing Plenary speaker, Aminata Cairo, brilliantly help us navigate the rapidly changing world of 2020 and beyond. These summarised these challenges around inclusivity and how we can live out uncertain times require us to adapt to new circumstances and ideas every our conference theme of ‘Encompassing all voices’. On the one hand, we day. It requires creativity, flexibility and resilience as our sector deals with have to muster the courage and humility to face honestly the systems of the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Providing a platform for timely exclusion as they currently exist. At the same time, we will need to deploy discussions and collaboration remains our commitment and continues to energy and empathy to advance new ways of overcoming the obstacles to drive our work. inclusion that leave far too many individuals – and even institutions and countries – on the sidelines of meaningful internationalisation. 4 Largest Largest and 10 years of Celebrating conference and most international Forum member 30 years of exhibition academy magazine the Association 5 31ST ANNUAL EAIE CONFERENCE RECORD RECORD 6222 460 22 240 participants from speakers from interactive exhibitors from 95 countries 55 countries campfires 61 countries 6 TRAINING ACADEMIES RECORD 192 participants from 220 participants from 30 countries 34 countries 7 2019 PUBLICATIONS 8 73 30 publications EAIE Forum blog posts articles 8 VEGETARIAN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DAY 2019 was a turning point for the EAIE. We set out to work towards = 419,742 CO2 kg creating a more sustainable EAIE ecosystem, especially focusing on less emissions our actions and the positive changes we could bring about at the compared to annual conference in Helsinki. These are some of the achievements. other days SUPPORT TAP WATER PLEDGED PROMOTION 18 = 9000 fewer sessions on plastic bottles CHARITIES sustainable development 3 SUPPORTED and ethics Finnish Red Cross, TREES IceHearts and PLANTED ParkPals to offset the CO2 ISO 20121 PILOT CASE emissions for PARTNERSHIP WITH MESSUKESKUS 6222 participants NETWALKING COMMUNITY PRINTED 6500 FREE PUBLIC ACTIVITY MATERIALS fair trade TRANSPORT produced by conference TICKETS a carbon-neutral 20 bags = 968 CO2 kg bags of trash printer less emissions collected 9 Eveke de Louw Beer Schröder Palacký University Olomouc SUCTI CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE 2019 EAIE Award winners Sjur Bergen Award for Excellence in Award for Outstanding Contribution Internationalisation Eveke de Louw Palacký University Olomouc The Hague University of Applied Sciences Czech Republic (THUAS), the Netherlands Beer Schröder Award for Vision and Leadership Nuffic, the Netherlands Read more about Sjur Bergan the award winners. Council of Europe, France President’s Award Systemic University Change Towards Internationalisation (SUCTI) 10 THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS & EAIE STAFF who made everything possible in 2019 11 THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS for their contribution and support to the Association EAIE BOARD GENERAL COUNCIL Sabine Pendl (President), University of Graz, Gabriele Abermann, EHEA Expert, Austria Kees Kouwenaar, Aurora Universities Network, the Netherlands Austria Robert Buttery, University of Applied Michelle Stewart (Vice-President), University Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Markus Laitinen, University of Helsinki, of Strathclyde, UK Switzerland Finland Sara Lopez Selga, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Rahul Choudaha, GMAC, USA Roberto Napoli, University of Trento, Italy Spain Mark Cunnington, Study Group, UK Arnold Persoon, Navitas, the Netherlands Wessel Meijer, Radboud University Nijmegen, Marlie van Dun, Breda University of Applied Nidhi Piplani-Kapur, Symbiosis International the Netherlands Sciences, the Netherlands Deemed University, India Michael Rosier, University of Hertfordshire Mathias Falkenstein, Higher Education Serge Sych, Central European University, Business School, UK Management Group, Belgium Hungary Evelien Hack, Leiden University Medical Jaroslaw Tomaszewski, WSB University Center, the Netherlands Wrocław, Poland Peter Kerrigan, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), USA 12 COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AWARDS AND TALENT COMMITTEE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Andrew Disbury (Chair), M Square Media COMMITTEE Douglas Proctor (Chair), University College (MSM), UK Marie Heraughty (Chair), Léargas, Ireland Dublin, Ireland Hans-Georg van Liempd, Tilburg University, Marine Condette, AACSB International, Han Aarts, Maastricht University MUNDO, the Netherlands the Netherlands the Netherlands Dana Petrova, Centre for International Joachim Ekström, Uppsala University, Sweden Jos Beelen, The Hague University of Applied Cooperation in Education (DZS), Czech Sciences, the Netherlands Oksana Chernenko, National Research Republic University - Higher School of Economics, Lucia Brajkovic, World Bank, Croatia Stephen Williams, Nottingham Trent Russian Federation Irina Ferencz, Academic Cooperation University, UK Marybeth Gruenewald, Educational Credential Association, Belgium Evaluators Inc, USA CONFERENCE