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ALIGN

Embedding Student-Centered Inner Exploration and Development in Higher Education

ALIGN

Embedding Student-Centered Inner Exploration and Development in Higher Education

Study Group

Project description

The values and capacities of tomorrow’s leaders reflect the priorities of today’s universities.
 

Universities must prepare students not just for a career (as they do today), but to become empowered change agents — equipped to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future. This means cultivating not only professional and technical expertise, but also inner capacities such as agency, compassion, courage, hope, and meaning-making.​

 

To put this into action, ALIGN seeks to transform higher education by integrating inner development into academic curricula and structures. To achieve this, the project aligns established academic frameworks with inner development goals, pilots innovative and integrative student programs, creates accessible digital learning guides, and provides educator training and capacity building across partner institutions and beyond.​

 

This approach equips both students and educators with the inner capacities and tools needed to foster resilience, navigate complexity and drive sustainable solutions in a rapidly changing world.​

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The project is funded by ERASMUS+ and is connected to the global University Coalition for Student Inner Development: https://universityinnerdevelopment.org

College Students
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Objectives, Activities &
Impact

Objectives​

1. Align inner development with higher education frameworks.
2. Develop a digital guide for educators.
3. Train 21+ educators with hands-on experience, mentorship, and a teaching toolkit.
4. Integrate inner development into academic programs, impacting 1,000+ students.
5. Share outcomes via events and digital outreach, reaching 170+ stakeholders and 5,000+ users.

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Activities

1. Hold expert workshops and student focus groups to integrate inner development into higher education frameworks.
2. Develop a digital guide with LMS-integrated tools to support educators.
3. Train educators through workshops, mentorship circles, and a co-developed teaching toolkit.
4. Implement and test inner development curricula in partner institutions.
5. Organize multiplier events, a final conference, and online outreach.

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Impact & Work Packages

WP1: Project management and coordination
WP2: Mapping inner development to academic frameworks
WP3: ALIGN pilots and digital learning guide
WP4: Educator training and capacity building
WP5: Dissemination and exploitation

Project Partners

  • Lund University - LUCSUS (lead)

  • University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

  • ALBA Executive Development and Applied Research in Business Administration

  • University of Amsterdam

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • Nyenrode Business University

  • Ramon Llull University

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