With the European University of the Seas (SEA-EU), 6 partner universities launch their bid for an exciting European dynamic, thanks to their common commitment to the Blue Economy and their expertise in marine and maritime science. Europe is the quintessentially coastal continent. Seas and coasts are at the heart of the economic and socio-culturalfabric of the territories covered by the consortium. SEA-EU will open new perspectives beyond our fields of excellence. Thus, cross-fertilization of marine and medical science will help meet future challenges about food and well-being. While humanities and digital technologies will help us observe and address the resilience of human societies in new ways.SEA-EU permits its partner universities to: - share policies, procedures, services, databases and governance;- launch a full range of mobilities for students and staff;- boost multi-lingualism andEuropean multi-culturalism;- implement pluri-disciplinary, quality assured and automatically recognised curricula involving innovative pedagogies and blended learning;- drive research and innovation aligned with respective S3 priorities as engines of economic and eco-sustainability for our territories;- reach out to, and link, our broad social contexts through joint actions.SEA-EU hopes to make waves. Successfully implementing the actions proposed will turn SEA-EU into a force and focus for generating and disseminating knowledge on marine and maritime science and affairs, in Europe and beyond, and for guiding and advising public agencies in devising sustainable coastal management models. This marine/maritime dynamic will leverage other disciplines at our universities and will drive our transformation as a consortium deeply engaged by, with and for the sea.
Generate new management and operational structures required for the joint governance of SEA-EU; Remove academic barriers to credit recognition and develop a protocol for joint SEA-EU programmes at all educational levels; Increase both virtual/digital and physical mobility within SEA-EU; Upscale options for teaching study-units and courses offered in English; Initiate a longer-term, joint strategy for education and training with links to research and innovation, and to society.
The idea for a European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) stems from the common objectives and ambitions of the six higher education institutions participating in this alliance. The marine and maritime sectors are strategic for the economies of our six regions, and are core targets of our education and research which will have a leverage effect for all other disciplines and will serve as a driving force for transforming our pluridisciplinary universities.
<< Background >> The idea for a European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) stems from the common objectives and ambitions of the six higher education institutions participating in this alliance. The marine and maritime sectors are strategic for the economies of our six regions, and are core targets of our education and research which will have a leverage effect for all other disciplines and will serve as a driving force for transforming our pluridisciplinary universities. << Objectives >> Generate new management and operational structures required for the joint governance of SEA-EU; Remove academic barriers to credit recognition and develop a protocol for joint SEA-EU programmes at all educational levels; Increase both virtual/digital and physical mobility within SEA-EU; Upscale options for teaching study-units and courses offered in English; Initiate a longer-term, joint strategy for education and training with links to research and innovation, and to society. << Implementation >> During these 3 years, the SEA-EU alliance has worked for the vision displayed in its mission statement to establish a distinctly international, pluri-ethnic, multilingual and interdisciplinary European University. The link between teaching, research, innovation and knowledge transfer has been strengthened by making education a key catalyst for change. << Results >> Sharing educational programmes, analyses, policies, procedures, services, databases, infrastructures, research networks and governance; Offering staff and students a full range of mobility within SEA-EU and fostering multilingualism and multiculturalism; Promoting inclusion; Fostering open educational resources, open science and open data to communities and the world at large to expand the SEA-EU university model beyond borders.