Magdalena Sikorska

EUNICE European University Alliance, Belgium

Magdalena Sikorska is a Secretary General of EUNICE Alliance. EUNICE, the European University for Customised Education, is a transnational alliance of 10 public European universities founded in 2020. With a collective strength of over 150,000 students and 15,000 staff members, EUNICE strategically covers all major European regions.
With 15 years of work experience, she is a highly experienced professional specializing in managing and coordinating various teams in higher education, with a strong emphasis on internationalization.
Magdalena's professional background includes a significant role as the manager of the Center for Medical Education in English at Poznan University of Medical Sciences. In this capacity, she led a dedicated team responsible for admissions, promotional activities, and the seamless organization of medical studies conducted in English. 
She is currently finalizing her PhD in the field of management and quality sciences. The research focuses on a comprehensive analysis of various models within European Universities Initiative (EUI) Alliances. Magdalena has co-authored several publications centered on higher education, international collaboration and university management.
Magdalena has served as the co-chair of a FOREU group, (bringing together 25 European Alliances) focused on cooperation with non-EU partners and global outreach, for the past two years.  

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Selma Porobic

Palacky University Olomouc, Czechia

Selma Porobić, PhD, is the Aurora Alliance Institutional Coordinator and Head of Aurora office at Palacky University in Olomouc (UP). She has been involved in EUI since 2018, advising UP leadership on EU's higher education policy and managing the EUIs programmes. She heads the Aurora Capacity Development Programme for Central-Eastern Europe and Aurora Karazin University Peace Education Hub in Ukraine. She is also a chair of 'Non-EU partnerships' ForEU 2 working group. 

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Francisco do Adro

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Francisco do Adro has a PhD in management from the University of Beira Interior - UBI (Portugal). He is currently coordinator of the UNITA office at UBI since October 2020 and member of the management committee of the alliance. He is an active member of the GEMINAE working group (UNITA non-European Romance language partners) as well as the Cooperation with non-EU partners FOREU2 subgroup since their respective creation in 2021. He has also been part of the coordination of FOR.EU.PT (Forum of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions in alliances of European Universities) since its creation in 2023. He previously worked in the private, public and social sectors in Spain, France and recently in Portugal where he worked, for 11 years, as executive administrator of an important non-profit organization with a hundred employees. He has also held local public positions and has been on the board of several associations since 1995.