All activities of Across in the fields of research, business, and society engagement are firmly rooted in Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Open Educational Resources, and Open Source.

Highlights

• Cross-Border Knowledge Creation Teams dedicated to Open Science
• E-Campus built on and contributing to Open Source
• Course materials and didactic innovations offered as Open Educational Resources

Across will both focus on building sustainable capacities within its member universities and in its cross-border regions by aligning its activities along EU priorities, the Sustainable Development of the UN, and the principles and recommendations of the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI).

Highlights

• Focus on SDG-relevant cross-border challenges
• Sustainable Governance Structure with a dedicated legal status and independent of project funding.
• Communities of pool expertise and make it accessible.

In pursuit of its ambitious goals, Across takes quality assurance seriously by ensuring evidence-based decision making, goal-oriented action, conformation to universal standards, and cost-effectiveness.

Highlights

• Comprehensive alliance monitoring and dataset
• Quality Assurance Committee combining the expertise of all universities
• External quality assurance experts

In pursuit of its ambitious goals, Across takes quality assurance seriously by ensuring evidence-based decision making, goal-oriented action, conformation to universal standards, and cost-effectiveness.

Highlights

• Comprehensive alliance monitoring and dataset
• Quality Assurance Committee combining the expertise of all universities
• External quality assurance experts

When implementing its activities, Across takes on the responsibility to minimise its carbon footprint and advocates a green transformation of cross-border regions to provide the future generations it educates with a bearable
environmental perspective.

Highlights

• Digital first: The E-Campus and digital offerings are in the centre, print media remain the exception

• Meetings take place in the digital space by default—all on-site meetings are hybrid by default

• Community of Practice on CarbonNeutral Higher Education

When implementing its activities, Across takes on the responsibility to minimise its carbon footprint and advocates a green transformation of cross-border regions to provide the future generations it educates with a bearable
environmental perspective.

Highlights

• Cultural and artistic momentum of the two European Capitals of Culture 2025

• European study programmes with mobility at their core

• Trans-regional societal engagement in interlinked Cross-Border Engagement Centres

Across includes all groups of stake-holders in its activities and pays special respect to democratic and participatory strategic decision making

Highlights

• General Assembly as a democratically elected body for strategic decisionmaking

• Shared leadership of all universities

• Comprehensive business- and societyengagement strategy

We are true Europeans, embracing its ideals and fundamental rights formulated by the United Nations and European Union. We promote individuality and free movement to enable flexible learning pathways

Highlights

• Joint Ethics Board

• Independent Student Council

• Flexible curricula promoting mobility

Education is the single most powerful tool to change the world for the better. To successfully develop cross-border regions, we not only educate students, but also business professionals, citizens and ourselves in the neverending journey for knowledge

Highlights

• Life-long learning programmes built on micro-credentials

• Promotion of transversal skill development through Gamification and Atomic Learning Units

• Citizen Science through Public lectures and workshops in Cross-Border Engagement Centres