Internationale Impulse Archive - Hochschulforum Digitalisierung

From a Handshake to UniDig: Sweden’s Journey Towards a Shared Digital Infrastructure Collaboration

Sweden’s universities recently made a breakthrough by joining forces with UniDig, creating a powerful alliance that sets a new standard for higher education collaboration. Sweden’s model is a reminder that and shows how Germany’s universities and the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung community can also make the most of national challenges by working together, taking action, and using digital services together.

Mauritz Danielsson

01.10.25

Blog

EU interventions in higher education – Higher impact with a lighter touch?

On 16 July 2025, the European Commission published its proposal for the Erasmus+ regulation 2028–2034. In this article, Peter van der Hijden reflects on how the programme could achieve higher impact with a lighter touch. He discusses key dossiers such as European Universities, european degree labels, and micro-credentials, and outlines pragmatic ways to strengthen effectiveness, innovation, and interoperability in higher education across Europe.

Peter van der Hijden

18.09.25

Blog

AI and Learning Analytics – Impressions from Norway

In May 2025, Nina Christ, Julia Geißler, Lisa Ulzheimer (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences) and Christian Hoppe (TU Darmstadt) travelled to Norway with the support of Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. At the University of Bergen, they explored how artificial intelligence and learning analytics are shaping teaching and research - and what strategic, technical and didactic approaches Germany can learn from Norway\'s digitalization of education.

Lisa Ulzheimer, Christian Hoppe, Nina Christ, Julia Geißler

26.08.25

Blog

Interoperability and Beyond: Building Consensus on the Future of HE in Europe

What kind of common vision is needed to ensure access, quality, and shared values in European higher education? Thomas Ekman Jørgensen, Director for Policy Coordination and Foresight at the European University Association, argues that digital interoperability raises political questions that require more than technical fixes – above all, they call for consensus on the future shape of European higher education.

Thomas Ekman Jørgensen

18.06.25

Blog

Delegation trip to Estonia: Preliminary insights into modern educational approaches in cyber security and digital teaching

How can universities prepare students for the challenges of cyber security in a practical way - and what can be learned from other countries? As part of a delegation trip to Estonia, Cyber Campus NRW is looking for international impulses for digital teaching, student participation and cooperative education models. The blog post highlights the expectations of the trip and its relevance for the German higher education landscape.

Martin Grothe

14.04.25

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European Digital Micro-Credentials – A Strategic Direction for German Higher Educational Institutions

Digital credentials in general, and micro-credentials more narrowly, are increasingly vital, trusted tools for higher education institutions as they adapt to the demands of life-long learners and the evolving labour market. Their implementation is proving to be advantageous in learning recognition, student mobility, employability, and institutional efficiency. To understand the terminology and state of play at a European level, and how European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDC) can provide a framework for enhancing educational offerings for German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), we contacted Ildiko Mazar and Kia Likitalo from the European Learning Model (ELM) Support team.

Ildiko Mazar, Kia Likitalo

25.02.25

Blog

Growing Risks: Digital Infrastructure Under Pressure

Public institutions, including universities, are increasingly the focus of cyber attacks. University management is aware of this development. At the same time, however, there is a discrepancy between the perception of the general threat situation and the threat to their own institution. What do the data tell us, and what could be done to change this? Channa van der Brug speaks with Marian Burk, responsible for the recently published Hochschul-Barometer, who sheds light on the matter.

Channa van der Brug

07.01.25

Blog

International, joint curriculum development: What is the impact of European university alliances?

In this article, Channa van der Brug, International Program Manager at Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, sheds light on how European university alliances jointly develop curricula and study programmes. She presents three of these alliances in more detail: CHARM-EU, EDUC and ECIU University. In discussions with representatives of the alliances, she learns about the different approaches they take to collaborative curriculum development.

Channa van der Brug

04.12.24

Blog

Experiences and insights into the development of an IT infrastructure for learning and teaching in the university alliance “Unite!”

The university alliance Unite! has been promoting student mobility since 2019 with the creation of various IT platforms. A comprehensive review by Martin Ebner and Sandra Schön (both from Graz University of Technology) provides interesting insights into the current challenges of setting up a shared IT infrastructure for learning and teaching - and also mentions cross-case insights and solutions.

Sandra Schön, Martin Ebner

18.11.24

Publikation

Auslandsmobilität und Digitale Medien (Arbeitspapier 23)

Themengruppe “Internationalisierung & Marketingstrategien” In der Studie wird erkundet, ob der Einsatz und die Nutzung digitaler Medien im Hochschulkontext aus Sicht der und nach Einschätzung von Studierenden einen Beitrag dazu leistet, studienbezogene Auslandsaufenthalte zu unterstützen und zu fördern. Veröffentlichung: Juli 2016

Janka Willige

20.07.16

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