Journal article
The European Universities Initiative and European spatial imaginaries
- Abstract:
- The European Universities Initiative (EUI), launched in 2019, fosters the development of networks of universities across Europe with the aim of enabling students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several countries and strengthening collaboration in both teaching and research, and by extension, the international competitiveness of European universities. As well as constituting one of the European Commission’s most significant policies with respect to higher education, over recent years, the initiative also provides a useful lens to explore how European higher education is understood by a range of social actors. Indeed, drawing on relevant policy documents and interviews with key policy actors, this article examines what broader messages about the European higher education space (actual and ideal) are conveyed by public discussions about EUI networks. The analysis reveals significantly different perspectives about: the geographical boundaries of the European higher education space; the extent to which European higher education should be inclusive and/or aim to promote excellence; whether higher education constitutes a vehicle for further Europeanisation; and the role of nation-states in a changing Europe.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/14767724.2023.2210515
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/03n0ht308
- Grant:
- ES/T014768/1
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Globalisation, Societies and Education More from this journal
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 752-765
- Publication date:
- 2023-05-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-05-02
- DOI:
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1476-7732
- ISSN:
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1476-7724
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English
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2027154
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pubs:2027154
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2025-01-29
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- Brooks and Rensimer
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which thisarticle has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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