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Learning and Teaching Seminar

by | Jul 24, 2026

Learning and Teaching Seminar

The state of play of student-centred and lifelong learning

4

Nov 2026

Face-to-face

9:30 – 16:30 GMT

Welcome to the “Learning and Teaching Seminar: The state of play of student-centred and lifelong learning”, organised as part of the Bologna Process for Learning and Teaching (BP4LnT) project. Hosted by TU Dublin, the event is organized by EURASHE in partnership with EUA, ESU and Algebra Bernays University.

The seminar provides a dedicated space for exchange between various higher education stakeholders on how student-centred and lifelong learning are being understood and implemented across the EHEA.

 

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The seminar will focus on how these EHEA policy priorities translate into institutional practice and system-level reform, and how lessons learnt from practice, in turn, can nurture further policy making and implementation. It combines plenary inputs and interactive discussions, aiming to connect institutional realities with policy-making perspectives and to feed practice-based insights into ongoing Bologna Process work.

The event is open to participants from ministries and other national-level bodies responsible for higher education, higher education institutions, policy-makers and others with a stake and interest in European higher education.

Agenda

 

9:30 Welcome coffee
9:45

Introduction and setting the scope: Findings from the BP4LnT project on the state of play of student-centred and lifelong learning

– Welcome by organisers and host
– Introduction to the BP4LnT project and purpose of the EHEA seminar series
– Preliminary findings from the project
– Q&A
10:45


Icebreaker exercises

Participants interactively outline their impressions on how policy agendas and practices around student-centred and lifelong learning align, as well as expectations for the event.
11:00

Practice examples: Round 1

Presentations outlining institutional and national examples of practice in student-centred and lifelong learning, followed by Q&A.
11:45 Coffee break
12:15

World Café

Participants split up into subgroups and rotate across several tables, each of which is dedicated to a burning question on the state of play of student-centred and lifelong learning.
13:15 Lunch break and group photo
14:15

Practice examples: Round 2

Presentations outlining institutional and national examples of
practice in student-centred and lifelong learning, followed by
Q&A
15:00

Think-pair-share

Based on findings from the world café before the lunch break, participants discuss follow-up questions on student-centred and lifelong learning: after an individual reflection (think), participants discuss these reflections with a partner (pair) and finally in plenary with all participants (share).
15:45

Silent discussion and the way forward

Participants revisit their impressions and expectations from the
icebreaker exercise at the beginning of the event and,
additionally, outline ideas for next steps towards enhancing
student-centred and lifelong learning in the EHEA.
16:30 Farewell coffee