Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) took part in the EUA Funding Forum, held on October 3rd and 4th 2024 at the University of Helsinki, Finland. This forum, organised by the European University Association (EUA), brought together more than 250 representatives of European higher education institutions to discuss the future of university funding and new forms of international collaboration.
UCP, a member of the Transform4Europe Alliance (T4EU) and leader of the T4EU Outreach Working Group, contributed to the debate on European integration in higher education, exploring new opportunities for co-operation and funding.
Isabel Capeloa Gil, President of UCP, took part in the session ‘Where we are, where we're heading: the future of university funding’. The debate, which also included Enora Bennetot Pruvot (Deputy Director of EUA) and Alex Usher (President Higher Education Strategy Associates), focussed on the future of higher education funding and its trends and challenges.
This panel discussed how to create and maintain successful partnerships in the long term, focusing on the sustainability of university alliances, governance models and optimising funding mechanisms. The discussion also covered how European university alliances, such as Transform4Europe, can be key instruments for the future of higher education.
Católica's participation in the forum reinforces its commitment to fostering the process of European integration in higher education.
