Beyond Borders: Enhancing intercultural and interdisciplinary competences through the promotion of cultural diversity awareness within HEI’s

The European project Beyond Borders seeks to recognise interculturality as a central pillar of higher education, fostering inclusion and diversity in universities in Poland, Spain, Greece and Germany. To this end, it proposes the creation of the “Beyond Borders Academy”, an online Intercultural Training Academy for leaders, academic staff and administrative personnel, the implementation of intercultural pilots in each partner university, and the organisation of an international conference in Greece.

During the first months of the project, good practices in interculturality and inclusion have been collected from the participating universities. In addition, Backslash has delivered internal training on the project to more than 30 university leaders and staff members, who will continue collaborating and implementing the next project activities.

The ultimate goal is to transform universities into more inclusive and culturally competent institutions, able to integrate students from diverse backgrounds and drive structural changes in their policies and programs.