RUN-EU attended the 31^st 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’, moderated by Michal Karpisek, former EURASHE Secretary-General.

The event was an opportunity to discuss the issues Europe is facing as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic under four policy-focused themes: skills relevance, innovation, digitalisation and inclusion.