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
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.