EAIE Glasgow 2026

🎟️ Registration required (paid)
🤝 Workshop (collaborative)
💡 Crisis management | Student safety and security

In 2024, a peer group representing seven universities and supported by the European University Association explored how institutions can ensure continuity and quality in teaching and learning during crises. Through a cross-national analysis, the group identified institutional practices and preparedness strategies, publishing a comprehensive report and developing a matrix to classify crisis types as a basis for effective resilience strategies. This workshop will present the report’s key findings and foster interactive discussion to share cross-regional insights and develop transferable approaches for institutional resilience. It targets academic leaders, policymakers and educational developers engaged in crisis preparedness and quality assurance.

Learning outcomes

• Explore key findings from European University Association research on crisis resilience;
• Explore a structured matrix tool to assess crisis types and institutional responses;
• Engage in peer learning and co-creation of resilience strategies;
• Engage in cross-institutional collaboration in crisis preparedness planning;
• Learn how preparedness enhances emergency response and long-term quality.

Target audience
This workshop is designed for academic leaders, senior managers, policy-makers, and educational developers in higher education, particularly those involved in quality assurance, crisis preparedness, risk management, and institutional planning for continuity of teaching and learning during emergencies.

🎟️ Registration required (paid)
🤝 Workshop (collaborative)
💡 Student mental health support | Student exchange and study abroad

In the shifting landscape of international higher education, staff and students face intersecting personal, professional and intercultural challenges. This workshop will explore personal, emotional and collective resilience and belonging as a vital, learnable skill for navigating the rhythm of revolutionary change for internationalisation. Through reflective discussion and practical strategies, we will examine how to transform disruption into growth, and instability into creative adaptation. We will develop a shared blueprint for well-being, supporting staff and students to move in rhythm with transformation rather than against it, cultivating balance, connection and sustainable engagement in a time of continual change.

Learning outcomes

• Identify and reflect on the personal and collective dimensions of resilience and belonging in the context of international higher education;
• Apply frameworks aimed at transforming disruption and uncertainty into growth, well-being and resilience opportunities;
• Build a blueprint for well-being to strengthen your adaptability, connection and balance across personal and institutional contexts.

Target audience
This workshop is targeted at staff who support international students, including university psychologists, counselling and mental health practitioners, welfare advisors, academic tutors, and residence managers.

Successful integration of international students extends beyond academic settings, requiring targeted efforts to create an inclusive and supportive environment. This poster explores various strategies employed by Hungarian higher education institutions to facilitate social integration, based on the experience of the Study in Hungary initiative. We aim to contribute to the ongoing conversation on improving the international student experience through targeted out-of-class support.

A Dutch initiative is aiming to boost the microchip sector across four regions, with Twente training 1600 talented people in five years. With the aim of getting students in the right place, Saxion University of Applied Sciences and the University of Twente – a research university – are collaborating with companies to showcase the potential of the Twente region. This poster reveals how collaboration fuels talent growth in the heart of the Dutch chip industry through international recruitment.

How do we ensure Erasmus+ graduates don't just move abroad but move forward? Across Europe, universities and employers are rethinking how to bridge the gap between international learning and meaningful work. This panel session will explore innovative and critical approaches to cooperation with the industries that support graduates' transitions into the labour market, while also looking at how to continue to engage graduates in education once they are active in their field of work.

Most reports on international students focus on tuition fees. But what happens after graduation? This panel session will share research tracking over 310,000 international graduates. Many stay and work in host countries, filling critical jobs. Others return home or move to new countries. We'll share findings on where graduates work, what jobs they do, which industries employ them and how they move between countries.

Discover Aalto University's transformative approach to international student services: explore our strategic developments in collaboration, feedback integration and innovative services, all driving towards lasting change. Learn how we respond to global trends and legislative shifts, fostering inclusive student services that enhance student success and community integration. Our poster explores how to retain international talent within a smaller European country.

⭐ Thematic Committee Session

✅ Included for all participants
💡 Student and alumni services

As artificial intelligence reshapes how universities operate, the risk of losing genuine human connection grows. This session will examine how alumni engagement can serve as a powerful, human-centred response, strengthening belonging, supporting well-being and easing the transitions that international students navigate. You will leave with concrete strategies for activating alumni networks to support international student well-being.

⭐ Thematic Committee networking

📝 Registration required
💡 Student and alumni services

Step into this networking activity to meet conference participants who share your interest in marketing and admissions, and social responsibility. Open to anyone interested in these topic areas, it is a chance to discover new perspectives, start valuable conversations and build connections with people who may inspire your next idea, partnership or opportunity.

International students are at greater risk of experiencing mental health issues and find it difficult to seek and access help. In this context, artificial intelligence-driven social prescribing apps represent a groundbreaking approach to international student mental well-being, moving beyond traditional support services to proactive, personalised support. These digital tools connect students directly to tailored well-being activities and resources based on their individual needs and preferences.

This session will address forced internationalisation through the case of students in exile, exploring how higher education institutions can respond to these students' academic, social and administrative needs despite limited resources. We will present practical ways to strengthen inclusion and we will call on EU policymakers to recognise and support institutions' specific efforts towards these socially and economically disadvantaged students.

Health challenges can deeply affect professional identity, relationships and expectations at work. This peer reflection session will create a supportive space to explore how to navigate such moments. Through guided questions, you will reflect on disclosure versus privacy, changing workplace dynamics and how to move forward without losing your sense of self. We will highlight how peer support and professional networks can provide strength, perspective and hope.

What is the added value of green travel in student mobility? How can this experience better equip future graduates to enter the labour market and apply their transversal competencies? The green mobility revolution is linking sustainable travel with employability, thanks to the overlap between the skills and attitudes developed through slow travel and those most sought after by employers. Universities should ensure access to this form of mobility and provide a framework to recognise the skills.

This poster showcases how German universities use innovative and sustainable onboarding practices to support international students' success and integration. Good practice examples illustrate how tailored linguistic, academic and social measures foster belonging, academic achievement and long-term talent retention with the objective to strengthen universities as global talent magnets.

Welcoming exchange students is a task for everyone involved in student mobility. Many institutions host welcome weeks, yet few fully involve students in shaping them. How can universities and student organisations co-create inclusive and empowering welcome experiences? What can be expected of students? What is a 'nice to have' and what is a 'need to have'? This session will explore practical frameworks and tools to rethink traditional introductions and place students at the heart of the process.

Are your students abroad truly prepared for emergency situations? If a crisis struck tomorrow, could your institution respond effectively? What blind spots exist in mental health or harassment prevention? How do you balance student empowerment with accountability? Join Leiden University, the University of Helsinki and University College Dublin to explore a proven model for equipping students with the tools and mindset to navigate health and safety challenges abroad.

Housing, well-being, careers – are our students truly supported? This session will combine insights from EUROSTUDENT 8, the Student Living Monitor, employability research and the European Scholarship Summit 2026. You will co-create strategies for scholarships that integrate housing, well-being, career pathways and inclusion for sustainable European impact.

Building on EAIE conference feedback and high-impact pilots, this session will take a practical deep dive into how artificial intelligence can be effectively integrated into international student services. Learn how to deploy chatbots, automate admin tasks and deliver policy-safe content. Walk away with tools, examples and a pilot plan to enhance student support across the full international student life cycle, all while 'keeping the human in the loop'.

This poster showcases a digital system for tracking Erasmus+ internship mobility at Manisa Celal Bayar University in Turkey. The model integrates mentor feedback, student reflections and alumni data into one dashboard, linking internship experiences to employability outcomes. It offers a transferable example of how data-driven monitoring can enhance the quality, visibility and long-term impact of Erasmus+ internships.

Egalitarian dialogue and mutual collaboration are expected among higher education professionals. However, faculty and staff from different backgrounds attest to how seemingly 'civil' interactions can mask prejudice and structural and interpersonal inequalities. This session will discuss how inequalities translate into microaggressions and prejudice, and we will provide lessons on awareness raising and intercultural communicative competencies.