Our mission

EURASHE’s mission is to strengthen the impact of innovative, high quality professional higher education and related user-oriented research in Europe by representing professional higher education institutions and facilitating their multi-stakeholder cooperation and dialogue.

Our vision

EURASHE strives to support the development and transformation of European society through professional higher education.

Aims

The aims of EURASHE are:

• to contribute to the creation of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research
  Area (ERA) by influencing policy-making at European level on issues pertaining to professional higher
  education;
• to represent the members’ common interests at European level, as well as outside the EHEA;
• to promote professional higher education in the EHEA and ERA;
• to provide members with a platform for communication, information and exchange of views, with a focus on issues relevant to the future development of higher education;
• to ensure and safeguard the cooperation between the members of the Association;
• to achieve cooperation in the field of higher education by establishing close links with other organisations that have similar objectives.

To achieve its aims, EURASHE deploys activities such as:

• membership representation, notably towards European institutions, authorities and stakeholders;
• production of policy papers, analytical studies and other documents;
• organisation of networking activities, learning events, conferences and seminars for the members and partners;
• dissemination of information;
• partnership with stakeholder organisations in higher education;
• involvement in projects.