THE VOICE OF APPLIED HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE
33rd EURASHE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
22-23 May 2024 in ST. PÖLTEN, AUSTRIA
Become a member
Become a member of EURASHE and play an active role shaping the future of Professional Higher Education.
What we do
EURASHE is engaged in the development of policies on key issues for Professional Higher Education (PHE). These issues are outlined in the EURASHE Strategy 2023-2025 and regrouped into five thematic priorities displayed in the diagram below.
Local and Regional Impact
Mapping, regional development and impact, membership, local engagement.
Skills for
the Future
Lifelong learning, employability, qualification frameworks, recognition of prior learning.
Quality
Assurance
Accreditation, transparency tools, rankings, labels, European Standards and Guidelines (ESG).
Research
and Innovation
Universities of applied sciences, innovation, regional development, knowledge transfer.
Transnational cooperation
European Universities initiative, alliances, mobility, Erasmus+
Presidency
All executive decisions within EURASHE are taken by its board, formed by representatives of EURASHE member institutions. The board is renewed every two years, with the current cycle ending in 2025.
Hannes Raffaseder
President
Hannes Raffaseder is a Member of the Executive Board as Chief Research & Innovation Officer of St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences and leading coordinator of E³UDRES², the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions.
Nijolė Zinkevičienė
Vice-President
Nijolė Zinkevičienė is currently working at Vilniaus kolegija/University of Applied Sciences, the largest and leading professional higher education institution in Lithuania in the position of the Vice-Rector for Research and Partnerships.
Jon Altuna
Vice-President
Academic Vice-Rector at Mondragon University since 2011. He worked as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of Mondragon University since 1997. He was appointed Academic Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering in 2007, where he was involved in competence-based curriculum design and quality assurance.
meet our
board members
EURASHE governance
and structure
Upcoming events
Below you can find all the events taking place in the coming months:
23-25 Nov 2023
Forum
27-30 Nov 2023
Conference
1 Dec 2023
Workshop
11 Dec 2023
Meeting
6-10 May 2024
Training week
22-23 May 2024
Annual Conference
EURASHE news
What’s new
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Ongoing projects
EURASHE works with several partners in more than 12 projects, focused on modernising PHE, as well as on research, innovation and development.
Find out more about
all EURASHE Projects
Do you want to help us shape the future of Professional Higher Education? If your organisation is part of the Higher Education Community, become a member of EURASHE and make it happen.
