CHARM-EU and Trinity win 2022 Education Award

Posted on: 13 April 2022

CHARM European University and Trinity College Dublin were announced as winners of the Best International Collaboration Project Award at the annual Education Awards ceremony on Wednesday 6 April. The Education Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in third level education.

Established in 2019, CHARM-EU (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based, Mobile European University) is an initiative originally formed by five research-based European universities – Trinity College Dublin; University of Barcelona (Spain); Utrecht University (The Netherlands); ELTE (Budapest, Hungary); and University of Montpellier (France) funded by the European Union Erasmus+ programme. In recent weeks, the Alliance has expanded to include a further three university partners: Åbo Akademi University (Finland); Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany); and Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (Germany).

The award recognises the important impact of the partnership between Trinity and the other four CHARM-EU Alliance members which are offering a learning experience that has mobility and inclusivity at its core and are delivering a challenge-driven, student-centred and self-directed teaching model that integrates research, teaching and innovation.

Commenting on the award, Professor Pádraig Carmody, CHARM-EU Project Director at Trinity said: “I am delighted that the uniquely innovative nature of the CHARM-EU Alliance has been recognised through this award. Our Masters in Global Challenges for Sustainability equips students with the practical and analytical skills to address real world challenges, while studying in a variety of different cultures and contexts at top European universities”.

Conor Spillane, CHARM-EU Project Manager added: “On behalf of the Project Team, the wider network of TCD staff contributing to the Project and of course our international university partners, we are delighted to receive the award. Despite the many challenges we have faced, including the COVID-19 pandemic, CHARM-EU was the only European University Alliance to accredit and successfully launch a new Masters. This is a testament to the CHARM-EU distributed leadership, designing events to ensure greater participation and collaboration, and using best practices from each of our universities.”

CHARM-EU offers a transformative educational experience to students, with an emphasis on sustainability through the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and European Green Deal. Applications for the 22/23 CHARM-EU Masters in Global Challenges for Sustainability are now open. For more information, please visit the CHARM-EU website.