INterconnection/INnovation/INclusion: Austrian contributions to the EHEA 2030

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Inclusive – innovative – interconnected: 3-IN-AT-PLUS addresses the integral aspects of the Rome Communiqué 2020 with a sound involvement of 13 project beneficiaries that have been selected by based on their needs according to a survey among all BFUG WG Members. Promoting Interconnected, the project pushes further internationalisation and mobility as a hub to quality in teaching and learning, reflecting the flexibility of curricula, the quality and output of staff mobility and elaborating a tool kit for HEIs both on virtual internationalization, and on blended mobility formats in alignment with Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes. Beneficiaries will stimulate the discussion on virtual and blended mobility on national and European level and further facilitate HEIs’ exchange. 3-IN-AT-PLUS further draws attention to innovation, e.g. to innovative teaching and learning formats, offering dialogues, on-site visits and grassroot activities at HEIs that call for peers from the EHEA. A national needs analysis among Austrian HE stakeholders pointed out a strong interest in Micro-credentials, the role of HEIs regarding the SDGs in curricula development, as well as digital transformation in learning, teaching and assessment methods. Outcomes of an international PLA on Micro-credentials – in connection with the EC recommendations and EUROPASS digital-credentials – will be reported back to the BFUG TPG B. 3-IN-AT-PLUS will advance the European network of Recognition of prior learning with six partner countries (Austria, Sweden, Ireland, Iceland, Croatia and Germany) plus EUA, ENQA and EURASHE – for the first time coordinated by the Austrian Quality Assurance Agency. A comparative study (Lithuania, Romania, and Austria) on non-traditional students and their pathways into and through HE meets the concept of inclusion. The outcomes will be discussed at a PLA open to members of the EHEA and reported back to the BFUG.