Celebrating excellence: Announcing the 2024 EAIE Award winners
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The EAIE Awards are a highlight of the EAIE calendar. It is at this time that we celebrate excellence and give thanks to the organisations and individuals who have made concrete steps towards bettering the landscape of internationalisation in Europe and beyond.
This year’s award winners join the ranks of over 80 individuals and organisations who have a proven track record of celebrating excellence. The EAIE Board and Awards Panel recognise the various contributions of this year’s nominees and congratulate them for their hard work that has bettered the landscape of international higher education.
Award for Excellence in Internationalisation
Award winner: FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Highly commended: University of Aveiro, Portugal
Award for Vision and Leadership
Simon Marginson, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
I am deeply honoured to receive this award from the EAIE. I am surprised as well, given the many people doing great work in higher education to sustain open borders and fruitful cooperation.
Award for Outstanding Contribution
This year, the Awards Panel and Board are pleased to award two exceptional individuals for their outstanding contribution to our Association and its’ membership. In no particular order, the winners are:
Eva Haug, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
Esko Koponen, University of Helsinki, Finland
EAIE President's Award
Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Belgium
Winning the EAIE President's Award celebrates Europe's higher education sector, poised for deeper cooperation to lead the digital and green transition.
Hats off to this year's award winners
Congratulations to the 2024 award winners. It’s an honour for the EAIE to be able to highlight and reward the individuals and organisations that do so much for our community. Thanks also to those who took the time to nominate. It’s our membership’s commitment to community engagement that makes the EAIE such a special Association. We look forward to honouring this year’s winners further during the EAIE Conference and Exhibition in Toulouse later this year.