The EAIE author community is ever expanding. We welcome submissions from members and non-members alike, and from internationalisation professionals in all capacities. You can find specific information on how to contribute to our two main platforms below.
Deadline to submit: 20 January 2025
Housing is integral to any student experience. Comfortable housing can underscore a memorable international study experience, while particularly purposeful or innovative approaches to student accommodation can be life changing. On the other hand, a lack of stable housing can severely impact the experience of (international) students and their wellbeing. The increasing volume of mobile students, as well as housing shortages and the rising cost of living across Europe, is putting pressure on both on-campus accommodation and the private housing market. Student accommodation is fast becoming both a policy issue and a practical issue that can impact both the numbers and geographical distribution of potential international students and their intercultural experience.
In this context, international students, and their accommodation needs, risk becoming scapegoats for policy gaps. They are often hit the hardest by high fees, have fewer stable support networks and are disproportionately at risk of predatory housing agencies and providers or falling victim to scams.
Without a solid home base, students’ ability to excel at university or sustain meaningful social relationships can be hampered. A stable housing situation, however, can set the stage for a host of benefits, including the opportunity to gain necessary life experience, intercultural learning, and an increased sense of global citizenship.
The 2025 Spring edition of Forum magazine will be centred around this multifaceted issue of student housing. We encourage submissions relating to the themes discussed above, as well as, but not limited to, the following:
Deadline to submit: 14 March 2025
The highly ambitious European Universities Initiative was launched in 2019 by the European Commission, with the May 2021 Council Conclusions on the European Universities reiterating support for these institutions to promote:
... gender equality, inclusiveness, and equity, allowing for seamless and ambitious transnational cooperation between higher education institutions in Europe, and inspiring the transformation of higher education.
As of 2024, 64 alliances are funded, involving more than 560 HEIs from 35 countries. As we begin to see the emergence of a cohort of graduates whose entire education has been conducted through European Universities Alliances, it’s a good moment to take stock. Are these Alliances reshaping the way education is being carried out across Europe and creating opportunities for international education that were previously unimaginable, as envisioned? Where has experimentation and deep collaboration been more or less fruitful? What steps are being taken to widen access to the scheme and ensure the inclusion agenda cited above is being realised? How can the higher education community – across Europe and farther afield, notably in the Global South – engage actively with, and derive benefits from, the Alliances’ successes as well as the harder lessons they have learned?
The 2025 Summer edition of Forum magazine will turn its attention towards European Universities Alliances and will provide a platform to critically reflect on their benefits, the challenges they face and their impact on the framework of higher education in Europe and beyond. We encourage submissions relating to the themes explored above, as well as, but not limited to, the following: