24.11.2025 | Publikationen

Just published: Special edition on the responses of Higher Education institutions to the pandemic crisis. Ed. by A. Veiga and T. Seidenschnur.

The findings of an eight-nation project on the various impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on higher education are presented in the special issue of the journal Learning and Teaching: "Effects of the pandemic crisis on European higher education" edited by Amélia Veiga and Tim Seidenschnur.

This special issue emerges from “The Role of European Universities in an Age of Pandemic”, an exploratory project in which research teams from eight countries (Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and Portugal) examined the multiple effects of the COVID-19 crisis on higher education. The research aimed to record both the immediate reactions to the epidemic and their long-term consequences for the future of European universities using papers, surveys, state statistics, and 130 Interviews. The two main goals of this study were to: (1) analyze the pandemic's effects at the systemic and institutional levels; and (2) comprehend how various stakeholders' perspectives and responses during the crisis—including education, research, and societal engagement—shaped new future visions. By doing this, the researchers involved sought to both track the pandemic's immediate effects and place them in the context of pre-existing structural factors that had already influenced higher education in Europe.

The contributions to this special edition build on this analysis and examine how existing conditions have shaped universities' responses to the pandemic and how these responses are in turn reshaping the conditions for higher education after the pandemic.

Learning and Teaching, vol. 18 (2025): Issue 3 (Dec 2025): Effects of the Pandemic Crisis on European Higher Education. Guest Editors: Amélia Veiga and Tim Seidenschnur

Content:

Introduction - Effects of the pandemic crisis on European higher education. By: Amélia Veiga and Tim Seidenschnur
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education governance in Europe. By: Amélia Veiga, Leonie Buschkamp, Dorota Dakowska, Tim Seidenschnur, Antonio Magalhães, and Susan Wright (6–35)
Rethinking internationalisation. ‘Tenable, sustainable, durable, and healthy’ higher education beyond the pandemic: Insights from England and Hungary. By: Que Anh Dang, Ludovic Highman, Miguel Antonio Lim, and Puşa Năstase (36–65)
The role and power of individuals in building a caring European post-pandemic higher education. By: Melina Aarnikoivu, Andrew Gibson, and John Walsh (66–92)
European higher education. Alternative forms of learning and teaching during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. By: Amélia Veiga and Fernando Remião (93–122)
Book Review. By: Áine Mahon (123–125)