The results of this year’s ENLIGHT Thematic Network and Incubator Grant Calls are in, and the engagement across our ten universities has increased significantly. With 104 proposals and more than 1,400 academics involved, the 2025 calls mark a new record for collaboration within our community.

From 14 to 16 October, around 70 African and European colleagues are gathering in Mauritius for the final conference of the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project PoMiSA – Potential of Microcredentials in Southern Africa.

Between 29 September and 2 October teaching academics from the ENLIGHT alliance met in Göttingen for networking and the development of joint teaching and learning initiatives.

The Incubator Week combines programme or topic specific matchmaking with input on curriculum design and teaching formats in the context of international partnerships.

The aim of the format is to facilitate the collaborative development of action plans for the implementation of international learning activities in the curricula. Networking sessions aimed at bringing the colleagues from four different disciplinary areas into dialogue with one another and spark ideas for joint educational activities. A workshop was dedicated to the different modalities of international teaching and learning – our ENLIGHT Stepping Stones – which offer a model for designing study programmes with an integrated international experience. This was followed by intense work sessions in which the groups planned their initiatives and discussed responsibilities and next steps.

The event was very well received. “Excellent experience, pleasant interactions, great people, new knowledge, inspiration for teaching” one participant summed up their experiences in Göttingen.

As two ENLIGHT partner universities step into a new academic year, both Ghent University and the University of Galway begin fresh leadership chapters marked by vision, inclusion, and a shared commitment to global collaboration.