Pedagogical development in RUN-EU
Our pedagogy is collaboratively developed with both teachers and students. We focus on student-centred learning and research-informed knowledge creation, ensuring students gain field-specific and transferrable future skills.
FAPSA ensures we deliver academic excellence and the best learning experience to our students
FAPSA (Future and Advanced Pedagogy Skills Academy) develops RUN-EU pedagogical culture and supports the pedagogical design and implementation of our joint education offer. In addition, it promotes innovative pedagogical models that enhance student-centredness, trans-disciplinarity, mobility and address future skills.
Guidance and development opportunities to RUN-EU teachers and staff include events such as annual Super Weeks, online workshops as well as other support materials.
FAPSA drives research-based pedagogical innovations which are built on assessing learning, collecting learning analytics and measuring learning and teaching experiences.
The Central FAPSA is supported by Institutional FAPSAs in each RUN-EU alliance institution to drive and promote pedagogical development. Institutional FAPSAs play a crucial role in enhancing the teaching and learning capacities of all RUN-EU members, ensuring each institution is equipped for their role as pedagogical leaders and developers.
Cultivating a Collaborative and Inclusive Learning Community for Future Skills
Buiding on collaboration, openness, and wellbeing
- Making space for collaboration and supporting everyone’s involvement in the community
- Promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity guides, what we do in our pedagogical community
- Being open to sharing and learning from each other in our pedagogical community
Promoting innovation, research-informed knowledge generation, and multidisciplinary engagement
- Fostering creativity, resourcefulness, and curiosity in learning and teaching
- Ensuring that our learning and teaching are research-informed
- Providing opportunities to work in multidisciplinary and international teams
Implementing constructive alignement and student-centred teaching and learning
- Supporting students’ activity and agency learning
- Following the principles of constructive alignment in our teaching
- Utilising assessment practices that support learning and focus on the learning processes
Looking for pedagogical training opportunities?
RUN-EU Super Week
The RUN-EU Super Week is an annual event where staff get involved in the activities of the FAPSA pedagogical development programme. Super Weeks are co-organised by the institutional FAPSAs for teachers and staff members in the RUN-EU universities.
The aim is to co-create innovative pedagogical solutions and design thinking methodologies. The Super Week is targeted for all those involved in RUN-EU educational training activities as academic staff or are members of the institutional FAPSA.
Super Weeks are a valuable opportunity for peer learning. Furthermore, Super Weeks are an excellent opportunity to strengthen European cooperation and to network with colleagues from other RUN-EU universities.
Altogether four Super Weeks will be organised during the RUN-EU 2.0. The first Super Week took place at Howest, Belgium, in November 2024 and it gathered over 50 enthusiastic teachers and pedagogical developers together.
Schedule for upcoming Super Weeks:
- Superweek at Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland from 17 to 21 November 2025
- Superweek at NHL Stenden, the Netherlands, November 2026
- Superweek at HAMK, Finland, November 2026
RUN-EU Pedagogical Approaches Handbook
The RUN-EPA Pedagogical Approaches Handbook includes an overview of pedagogical development and peer learning initiatives for RUN-EU teachers and staff.
Pedagogical Guide for Teachers
Pedagogical Guide for Educational Developers and Leaders
Learning Guide for Students
Description of MOOCs Focused on Study Skills Development
Analysis of the Quality, Impact, and Relevance of RUN-EU’s Joint Education Offer
European Programmes Academy – Exploratory Missions (EPA-Missions)
Do you want to help shape the future learning opportunities of RUN-EU?
Our European Programmes Academy – Exploratory Missions (EPA-Missions) are four-day events that are tailor-made to unite students, lecturers, researchers and regional stakeholders from across all eight RUN-EU institutions to debate and review the needs of the future and to co-create learning opportunities that can be delivered throughout and across our network.
These events will take place between April 2024 and October 2025.
Are you interested in joining our co-creation teams?
Check out the RUN-EU EPA-Missions Schedule and Approach to find a more detailed description and schedule of our EPA-Missions and talk to the RUN-EU office staff in your institution if you have any questions.
Get involved in co-creating new learning opportunities within RUN-EU
We offer opportunities for teachers, students, researchers and regional stakeholders to actively participate in co-creating new learning opportunities within RUN-EU. If you are interested to join, please contact the RUN-EU Office in your own institution.