The EUNIVERSE Project is the extension of an Erasmus+ project, UNISAFE, that was led by the University of Pavia. UNISAFE devised online training modules on safety and security, for International Relations Offices and students to prepare for mobility abroad. However, through this project, the participants realized that there is still a need for Higher Education Institutions to be more welcoming and above all, more inclusive. Thus, the objective of EUNIVERSE is to optimize the departure arrangements and reception of international students and refugees, with a focus on embodying European values. This project targets the whole institutional community, including academic and administrative staff and both local and international or refugee students.

Based on key concepts of European values and civic engagement, the aim of the EUNIVERSE project is to improve the institutional environment for incoming and outgoing mobility, actively contribute to the establishment of conditions favorable to the inclusion, perseverance and success of international students and facilitate the appropriation and the implementation of good practices through exchanges between mobility stakeholders, including students. The project spans over a period of 3 years, from October 2023 to September 2026.

The Consortium of the project consists of:

• The University of Poitiers, France (coordinator)
• Jagiellonian University, Poland
• University of Cologne, Germany
• University of Pavia, Italy
• University of Granada, Spain
• University of Utrecht, Netherlands
• Erasmus Student Network (ESN) International, Belgium
• Coimbra Group, Belgium

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
• University of Edinburgh, The United Kingdom

The project is divided into the following 5 activity work packages:

• Work Package 1: Project Management
• Work Package 2: Design, implementation and testing of course and pedagogical tools on European Values and civic engagement
• Work Package 3: Design methodology and network of structural change for international relation officers in Higher Education Institutions
• Work Package 4: Student Engagement; Empowering students to be agents of change
• Work Package 5: Valorization of the Universe project: visibility, dissemination and exploitation of results

The project results and expected outcomes are a set of recommendations per institution to improve inclusive activities, a set of recommendations on how to improve quality standards of mobility, workshops on EU values and civic engagement, a manual explaining different types of actions to be implemented by several stakeholders to improve integration and agency of students, guidelines and methodology for HEIs and students, a Student Training and Stakeholder conference, and a website and social media accounts.

https://www.euniverse-project.org/