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Pathways for Competitiveness: The Role of Alliances in Bringing Skills to All Learners (CIVIS Days 2026)

  • Micro-credentials
  • Communication and Dissemination
  • Micro-programmes
  • Audiovisual materials
  • Academics
  • Researchers
  • Policy makers

This session explored how Universities alliances can foster competitiveness through flexible and inclusive learning pathways. Within CIVIS, it focused on micro-programmes and micro-credentials as tools to provide diverse learners with relevant skills.

The panel connected these initiatives with the European priority of strengthening competitiveness through education, training and lifelong learning. It presented the micro-credential University Civic Engagement: Making Positive Impact on the World from the University, alongside two successful CIVIS micro-programmes: Equitable and Just Digital Society and Digital Transformations in Health and Wellbeing.

Together, these examples showed the value of stackable and interdisciplinary formats, while helping participants address practical questions on how to design micro-credentials or transform existing courses into micro-credentials or modules.

Speakers:

  • Silvia Arias, Civic Engagement Expert Group and coordinator of the University Civic Engagement micro-credential
  • Ruth Cobos, Hub 5 (UAM)

Moderators:

  • Alejandra Gamez Abascal (UAM)
  • Ignacio Rodriguez Alvarez (UAM)

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