Between 7-11 November, over 200 RUN‑EU delegates, comprising students, researchers, academic staff members and associated partners from each country – drawn from industry, enterprise, regional government and society – as well as the rectors/presidents of the seven-member universities, came together as part of the second RUN‑EU Students Week and General Assembly (GA), at the Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), in Finland.

The Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV) Managing Director Stefan Fitz-Rankl and Carlos Rabadão, President of the Polytechnic of Leiria signed the contract for the joint double degree programme at the Häme University of Applied Sciences in Finland (HAMK).

Hosted by the Technological University of the Shannon, the second RUN‑EU PLUS Annual International Conference on Applied Research with Business and Society (ICARUS 2), will be held online on 14 December 2022 (10h00-15h00 CET).

The double degree programme for students of the Bachelor of International Business between the Häme University of Applied Sciences in Finland (HAMK) and the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV) was designed last spring and signed a few days ago, in Dornbirn, by representatives of both universities.

On 30 June 2022, RUN‑EU participated in the Campus of European Universities, organised by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (FPEU) at the Palais des Congrès in Versailles (France). RUN‑EU was represented by Rui Pedrosa, the President of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Nuno Rodrigues, Coordinator of RUN‑EU and Vice-President of Polytechnic of Leiria, Daniela Marques, RUN‑EU Student Advisory Board chairperson from the Polytechnic of Leiria, Paula Tavares, Vice-President of IPCA, and João Vilaça, Pro-President of IPCA.

As part of the RUN‑EU PLUS Researcher Career Development Training Programme 2022, a Workshop on Attractive Researcher Career Paths was organised on 9 June. The workshop gathered 54 RUN‑EU researchers at different researcher career stages from across the alliance – those supporting researchers and those considering a career as a researcher.

The first RUN‑EU Institutional FASAs Annual Meeting takes place at the Polytechnic of Leiria between 6-8 June 2022. The event brings together 13 lecturers, pedagogy experts, and learning designers from the alliance to discuss WP3 ongoing tasks and plans, deepen interinstitutional cooperation, and foster pedagogical innovation at all RUN‑EU institutions. During the event in Leiria, representatives from each university will be able to present the work done by their Institutional FASA and explain how it is organised within their higher education institution.

RUN‑EU attended the 31st Annual Conference ‘Next Generation PHE: Skills relevance, Inclusion, Digitalisation, Innovation’, organised by EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education), which took place on 23 and 24 May 2022 in Brussels. Prof Ana Sargento, Vice-President of the Polytechnic of Leiria, represented RUN‑EU at the conference and took part in the panel discussion ‘Alliances within the European Education Area – European Universities: Coordination, Opportunities, and Challenges’.