OpenEU at the FernUniversität in Hagen

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Innovation, networking, and mobility

The OpenEU alliance brings together ten universities and other non-university institutions from across Europe with the aim of creating an inclusive, digital, and sustainable educational landscape. Drawing on its many years of experience, the FernUniversität contributes to the development of innovative teaching and learning formats, networking research, and preparing new mobility offers.

Spanning from Iceland to Cyprus and from Portugal to Latvia, the alliance opens up new opportunities for exchange and cooperation for students, researchers, and staff at the FernUni in Hagen and all the other member universities.

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What does the OpenEU at the FernUniversität mean to you?

For Students

• Extended Educational Offerings
  The alliance will give rise to new transnational degree programs, such as a master's degree on climate emergency and sustainability and a joint micro-credentials portfolio.
• Virtual Campus
  The development of a joint virtual campus will facilitate access to course materials and promote exchange with fellow students from all over Europe. A European student council will also be established.
• International Mobility
  The alliance is planning mobility programs in various formats that will enable students to gain international experience and strengthen their intercultural skills.

For Academic Staff

• Research Collaborations
  The OpenEU program promotes cooperation between research groups at participating universities and develops bilateral doctoral programs.
• Sharing Resources
  The Allianz facilitates access to common research resources and infrastructures, which boosts efficiency and the scope of academic research projects: initiating third-party funded projects (e.g., Erasmus+) and promoting open access publishing culture.
• International Visibility
  Through its active participation in the OpenEU, the FernUniversität is enhancing its international presence and attractiveness for researchers.

For Employees

• Professional Development
  Employees benefit from training courses and exchange programs within the network, which promote their professional development and the acquisition of new skills, both technical or linguistic.
• Networking
  Working togewther with colleagues from different European institutions enables the establishment of valuable (new) contacts and the exchange of proven knowledge and practices in short formats such ErasmusStaff weeks or in longer stays involving “job shadowing.”

The OpenEU briefly explained for employees:

Links and further information

• index - International
• OpenEU FeU
• Information in the FernUni news blog
• OpenEU Alliance

  OpenEU promotes cooperation between research groups at participating universities and develops bilateral doctoral programs.

OpenEU Office FernUni

• Sebastian Lauritz

  OpenEU Office FeU – Project Manager – Institutional Coordinator

• Farin Engels

  OpenEU Office FeU – Project Officer Study Programs

• Mareike Weiß

  OpenEU Office FeU – Project Coordinator Internationalization

• N.N.

  OpenEU Office FeU – Project Officer Microcredentials

• Victoria Fabian

  OpenEU Office FeU / OpenECHO – Project Coordinator, Study Buddy Concept and German Courses

• Antje Solenski

  OpenEU Office FeU / OpenECHO – Project Coordinator Communication and Networking