International Week | Teaching Staff Week

When:
24 - 28 November 2025
Where:
On site at the USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria

International Week 2025 | Partnerships for Skills

International Partnerships and Their Impact on the Development of Skills

When: 24 – 27 November 2025
Where: On site at the USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria

‘The European Union needs skilled people to respond to new challenges and stay competitive. But as job requirements change, many workers struggle to keep up and businesses cannot find the right talent. (...) That is why the European Commission is introducing the union of skills, a plan to improve high quality education, training, and lifelong learning.’ (https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/union-skills_en). 

Join us for the International Staff Mobility Week 2025! We will place a focus on how international partnerships impact the development of skills. Which skills are needed, and what role do universities play in facilitating the development of these skills? Which cooperations and partnerships foster the growth of these skills? 

Come to St. Pölten for an interactive and innovative exchange with HEIs and other stakeholders: Keynotes and panel discussions, interactive formats, and co-creation sessions offer you the possibility to get to know best practices from different fields, converse with experts from different sectors, and interact with peers from different countries and cultures.

The topics are:

1. International Cooperations & Partnerships

2. Gender & Diversity and Skills 

3. Skills & Internationalisation

4. Mobility for Skills, Part 1

5. Mobility for Skills, Part 2

Furthermore, we are planning a ‘World Café’ on the first day of the International Week. Participants and representatives from different departments and service units will have the opportunity to engage in networking and to get to know each other.

Target Groups

Representatives of partner institutions, international offices, R&D officers, staff of teaching and learning centres, curriculum developers, quality managers, teaching staff, researchers, policymakers, stakeholders from the regional/national/international higher education and R&I context (e.g., funding agencies and regional development)

Find the detailed programme here.

Programme at a glance

Further activities

Additionally, the following further activities will take place during the International Week (24–28 November 2025):