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ACA experts (Irina Ferencz and Veronika Kupriyanova) participate in the MISIHE project (Monitoring of Slovenian and Italian Higher Education) carried out in 2025-2026. The initiative is organised and supervised by the Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS), and the Italian National Agency for Erasmus+ (INDIRE).
The MISIHE monitoring team is led by Dr. Uwe Brandenburg from the Global Impact Institute (GII) and includes Prof.em. Dr. Alex Hughes, former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster, Prof. Dr. Simone Hackett, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and Veronika Kupriyanova, Deputy Director of the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA). In November, the team concluded a monitoring visit to the University of Maribor, following the first visit to the University of Primorska conducted in July.
MISIHE focus on three specific areas:
In addition, it examines two transversal dimensions: mobility and internationalisation at home. The project also serves as an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) monitoring activity.
Findings from the first two visits underline the strong commitment of both universities to the internationalisation of education, teaching, and research. Discussions with institutional leaders, faculty, students, and administrative staff showcased numerous innovative approaches to internationalisation, as well as opportunities for further advancing both strategic embedding and implemention—particularly through student and staff mobility, joint programmes, strategic partnerships, and internationalisation at home initiatives.
Further MISIHE visits are planned at the University of Ljubljana in March 2026 and at an Italian higher education institution later in 2026.
ACA experts have previously taken part in similar national monitoring and evaluation projects in Czechia (2020-2023) and Slovakia (2024-2025).