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The Community for Educational Innovation (CEI) has published its Activity Report for the first semester of 2026. Hosted within HEInnovate, the CEI is a growing European community of practice that now brings together over 1,600 members from 108 countries, representing all EU Member States. Its members include educators, researchers, entrepreneurs...

HEInnovate continued to support higher education institutions in reflecting on and strengthening their innovation potential during the first semester of 2026. The latest Activity Report provides a snapshot of the tool’s use, recent activities and new resources. By June 2026, HEInnovate had reached over 38,000 users and 2,100 higher education...

📍 17 June 2026 | 35th EURASHE Annual Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands HEInnovate took its message to Amsterdam, hosting a workshop at the 35th EURASHE Annual Conference, "Impact, Industry, Society: Demand-driven research and innovation for a competitive Europe". The conference brought together policymakers, academics, higher education leaders...

StartLab.Brussels Academics is a pre-incubation programme developed within the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and StartLab.Brussels entrepreneurship ecosystem to support researchers in exploring entrepreneurship and translating research into societal and economic impact. Positioned within the broader StartLab.Brussels incubator, the programme...

The Community for Educational Innovation (CEI) hosted a webinar on 10 June 2026: “Leading Sustainability in Education.” The webinar examined how education institutions can turn sustainability commitments into concrete action through teaching and learning, curriculum renewal, institutional leadership, and cross-sector collaboration. The session...

📍 28 May 2026 | VIE Space Hub, Vienna International Airport In 2026, HEInnovate and tecnet equity joined forces to deliver a workshop series for higher education institutions in Lower Austria, bringing together institutional leaders, innovation managers and technology transfer professionals to strengthen entrepreneurship, innovation and spin-off...

Vilma Purienė, Head of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Centre at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) and Member of the HEInnovate Expert Group, shares how the self-assessment surfaced urgent challenges and priorities her institution hadn't previously identified, and became an ongoing tool for monitoring progress across the...

Charlotte Norrman , Senior Associate Professor, Department for Management and Engineering, Project management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Research and Innovation Support Division (FINA), ECIU@LiU (Linköping University, Sweden) and Member of the HEInnovate Expert Group, shares why HEInnovate is more than a diagnostic tool, and how it creates a...

We are pleased to announce a new Train the Trainers programme including a two-day training session on 8 - 9 October 2026 in Budapest to provide information and advice on how to make the most of HEInnovate. About the programme The Train the Trainers Programme aims to provide information, tools and techniques to maximise the use of HEInnovate. A...

Mona Roman, Research Director at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Coordinator of the U!REKA European University Alliance, shares how HEInnovate provided a shared framework to assess each partner's entrepreneurial and innovation capacity, and directly informed their EIT Higher Education Initiative proposal. 💬 Want to share how...

Impronta Granada is a quadruple helix alliance between the University of Granada and the Provincial Council of Granada that connects university expertise with territorial priorities across 174 municipalities. Building on participatory Urban Agendas, it combines a digital platform organising more than 1,000 measures with a portfolio of co-creation...

ACCENT: Accessible Entrepreneurship – Empowerment for Global Futures is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership (2022–2025) that involved the University of Cologne, the University of Granada, and the University of Pavia. The project addressed the need for more inclusive entrepreneurship support in higher education, focusing on international and refugee...

📍7 May 2026 | DG EAC, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium The HEInnovate Expert Group held its third meeting on 7 May 2026 at DG EAC in Brussels, bringing together experts in higher education, innovation and entrepreneurship from across Europe to review recent developments and shape the future direction of HEInnovate. The meeting opened with...

The United Kingdom and Switzerland are both set to participate in the Erasmus+ programme as of 1 January 2027, marking a significant milestone in European educational cooperation. The UK's association places its learners, staff, education institutions and organisations on the same footing as those in EU Member States and other Erasmus+ countries...

The Community for Educational Innovation (CEI) hosted a webinar on 29 April 2026: “Educating to Thrive in the Digital World.” This webinar explored how education can support meaningful digital transformation beyond the simple adoption of digital tools. It examined how learners, educators, and institutions can develop the skills, governance...