WORK PACKAGES

WP1. Management & Coordination (SUA)

• Overall project management, administration and finances
• Transnational meetings and Rectors’ Assembly coordination
• Joint planning, risk management, monitoring and reporting
• Strengthening common governance and institutionalisation of the Alliance

WP2. Quality Assurance & Evaluation (UARD)

• Alliance-wide QA policy aligned with ESG; internal evaluation and impact assessment
• Common QA procedures, tools and handbooks for education and mobility
• Continuous monitoring, evidence-based improvement, and support to all WPs

WP3. Student & Staff Journey (KARELIA)

• Work towards the maximum exposure and reach out to a diverse student and staff population to benefit from seamless mobility in all its forms.
• Promote student and staff well-being, career opportunities and entrepreneurship
• Foster service to civic society via student engagement, systematic stakeholder involement procedure and alumni programme.

WP4. Education – Joint Programmes, Living Labs & Innovative Pedagogy (UCO)

• Accreditation pathway and advocacy for joint and double degrees
• Joint Bachelor & Master programmes around INVEST focal points; STEAM modules
• Student-centred, competence- and work-based pedagogy; intensive schools
• Living Labs development framework and RD&I agendas for regional impact

WP5. Excellence & Forward-Looking Education – Micro-credentials, Double-Degree PhDs & Lifelong Learning (UNIMIB)

• Common micro-credential and open-badge ecosystem; flexible, stackable learning
• Double-degree / co-tutored PhD programmes with open-science practices
• Lifelong learning strategies, in-service training and flexible study paths
• Pilot of a Bachelor built on micro-credentials and expansion of micro-credential courses

WP6. Centre of Excellence in Research, Development & Innovation (URCA)

• Joint RDI strategy and multi-annual programme, building on INVEST4EXCELLENCE
• Transdisciplinary teams, shared infrastructures and Living Labs–RDI integration
• Talent circulation, joint grant making, open science, and EU/global visibility for RDI

WP7. Dissemination, Digitalisation & Sustainability (UTH)

• Communication, stakeholder engagement, exploitation strategy and sustainability plan
• Digital platforms & tools for the Alliance, including:
  • Virtual Campus (registrar, programmes, grading, diploma supplements)
  • Micro-credential & LLL platform (badges, recognition, portability)
  • Internship & Job Finder (AI matching of profiles to opportunities)
  • Mobility Journal (stats for students/staff mobilities)
  • Open Science Hub & Open Repository
  • EDUC8EU pathway predictor (study planning and recognition)
  • Excellence Platform (RDI portal)
  • QA Modeler (design and operate QA processes)