WORK PACKAGES

WP1. Management & Coordination (SUA)

• Overall project management, administration and finances
• Transnational meetings and Rectors’ Assembly coordination
• Joint planning, risk management, monitoring and reporting
• Strengthening common governance and institutionalisation of the Alliance

WP2. Quality Assurance & Evaluation (UARD)

• Alliance-wide QA policy aligned with ESG; internal evaluation and impact assessment
• Common QA procedures, tools and handbooks for education and mobility
• Continuous monitoring, evidence-based improvement, and support to all WPs

WP3. Student & Staff Journey (KARELIA)

• Work towards the maximum exposure and reach out to a diverse student and staff population to benefit from seamless mobility in all its forms.
• Promote student and staff well-being, career opportunities and entrepreneurship
• Foster service to civic society via student engagement, systematic stakeholder involement procedure and alumni programme.

WP4. Education – Joint Programmes, Living Labs & Innovative Pedagogy (UCO)

• Accreditation pathway and advocacy for joint and double degrees
• Joint Bachelor & Master programmes around INVEST focal points; STEAM modules
• Student-centred, competence- and work-based pedagogy; intensive schools
• Living Labs development framework and RD&I agendas for regional impact

WP5. Excellence & Forward-Looking Education – Micro-credentials, Double-Degree PhDs & Lifelong Learning (UNIMIB)

• Joint micro-credential and open-badge ecosystem: Developing a shared INVEST framework for micro-credentials and open badges, enabling flexible, modular, and stackable learning opportunities that support both traditional students and professionals in upskilling and reskilling.
• Double-degree and cotutelle PhD programmes with open-science practices: Establishing joint doctoral pathways across INVEST universities through co-tutelle and double-degree agreements, promoting scientific collaboration, mobility, and the adoption of open-science principles in research and supervision.
• Lifelong learning strategies and flexible study paths: Designing an integrated lifelong learning strategy for the alliance, including staff training initiatives, recognition of prior learning (RPL), and the creation of flexible learning and study pathways that foster inclusion, continuous professional development, and institutional innovation.

WP6. Centre of Excellence in Research, Development & Innovation (URCA)

• Joint RDI strategy and multi-annual programme, building on INVEST4EXCELLENCE
• Transdisciplinary teams, shared infrastructures and Living Labs–RDI integration
• Talent circulation, joint grant making, open science, and EU/global visibility for RDI

WP7. Dissemination, Digitalisation & Sustainability (UTH)

• Communication, stakeholder engagement, exploitation strategy and sustainability plan
• Digital platforms & tools for the Alliance, including:
  • Virtual Campus (registrar, programmes, grading, diploma supplements)
  • Micro-credential & LLL platform (badges, recognition, portability)
  • Internship & Job Finder (AI matching of profiles to opportunities)
  • Mobility Journal (stats for students/staff mobilities)
  • Open Science Hub & Open Repository
  • EDUC8EU pathway predictor (study planning and recognition)
  • Excellence Platform (RDI portal)
  • QA Modeler (design and operate QA processes)