On 24th October EDLab participated in a joint mid-term meeting of the six pilot projects on the
European Degree Label and the four pilots on legal entity for European University Alliances.
Andries Verspeeten (Ghent University – Enlight), Laura Howard (University of Cadiz – SEA-EU)
and Dorothy Kelly (University of Granada – Arqus) represented the project at the meeting
organised in Brussels by the European Commission, participating in the world café format
discussions to analyse the current state of the results of the pilots and, especially, to look to
the immediate future for both the label and for the concept of a European degree. The
discussion analysed the added value of the label and the European degree, the suitability and
feasibility of the criteria proposed for the award, obstacles existing today, and how quality
assurance processes could be modified to facilitate transnational degrees. The meeting
provided a useful and fruitful forum for inter-project discussions and to update the community
on advances on a policy level regarding the European Degree as a key priority for the
Commission in 2024.