Recommendations, guidelines, policies, training sessions and more from Circle U.
Communicating about Circle U.
Circle U. Activity Reports
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: A strategy for Circle U. (pdf)
- Guidelines for the Circle U. Gender Equality Plan (pdf)
- Joint Mentorship Programme (pdf)
- Diversity in the Making (pdf)
- Integrating gender balance in Circle U. activities (pdf)
- Mainstreaming the Gender Dimension in R&I Long-Term Strategies (pdf)
Learning Analytics
- Report on Patterns in Inclusion and Attrition (pdf)
- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Using Learning Analytics – From a University Perspective (pdf)
Mobility
- Mobility Strategy – Boosting Impact and Scale of Alliance Mobility (pdf)
- Report: Students' user journey going on mobility (pdf)
- Joint Policy Framework For Mobility (pdf)
Multilingualism
- High-Level Meeting and Policy Paper on Multilingualism (pdf)
- Circle U. Survey on Multilingualism and Language Learning in Higher Education (pdf)
Open Education
- Shared Guidelines for Open Education (uclouvain.be)
- Open Education Recommendations to Stakeholders (uclouvain.be)
Open Science
- Open Science Recommendations to Stakeholders (uclouvain.be)
- Shared Guidelines for Open Science (uclouvain.be)
Quality Assurance
- Quality Assurance Guidelines and Rules to Develop Joint Learning Activities & Programmes in Circle U. (pdf)
- European values and external quality assurance (pdf)
Recognition
- Updated Joint Framework for Recognition (April 2025, pdf)
- Joint Framework for Recognition (December 2021, pdf)
Sustainability and Higher Education
- Creating Now the University of Tomorrow (pdf)
- Climate Change and Student Entrepreneurship: From Academia to Policy (pdf)
- Shaping the Future of Higher Education in a Changing World (pdf)
- White paper on the future of higher education, science and universities (pdf)
- Conceptualising and Operationalising ‘Sustainable Education’ (pdf)
- Imagining New Ways of Teaching and Learning Through Internationalisation and Sustainable Education (pdf)
- Reimagining Universities as Drivers of Sustainability (pdf)
- The European Union and the Green Deal in the Academic World (pdf)
- ‘Creativity and Culture’, ‘Education and Sustainability’, ‘Global Health in the Curriculum’ (pdf)
- Developing an Organizational Basis for Alliance Resilience: Policy Recommedations for the Institutionalization of the European University Initative (EUI) (pdf)
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Credit: Angelina Vernetti, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Open Conversations are among the flagship educational formats of the Circle U. Open Campus. They are hybrid events aimed at all Circle U. staff, students, external partners, and the wider public.
Open Conversations foster interdisciplinary exchange across Circle U.'s thematic areas. The topics addressed are highly relevant to students and encourage critical reflection on pressing global challenges, European values, and/or the role of universities in a world in transition.
With a strong emphasis on student engagement and diverse, inclusive dialogue, Open Conversations bring together emerging and experienced speakers of different ages, backgrounds, and perspectives.
