ENHANCING Sustainable communication, professional competences and AI (Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme)

Brought together under the umbrella of the ENHANCE UNIVERSITY Alliance, this BIP initiative, coordinated by UPV (Valencia, Gandía and Alcoy), aims to equip students with the skills to effectively communicate technical information while emphasising sustainability. It is the first BIP in the sequence of the overall three BIPs, all of which are run by EU partner universities: WUT and TUB.

The current first programme combines online learning with an intensive in-person workshop, fostering collaboration across disciplines and cultures.

      Vision: Introduce the basics of sustainability, AI, global challenges, and sustainable development goals via interuniversity interaction.

      Mission: Explore collaborations within technical universities and raise awareness about sustainable values in a modern and AI-supported society.

     Programme benefits include enhanced competences in technical and professional communication with a focus on sustainability. Additionally, this international and intercultural collaboration helps build a global network of peers working on real sustainability challenges.

By the end of the BIP programme, participants will be able to:

·       Communicate effectively in academic and professional contexts, applying clear, audience-appropriate language to technical and sustainability-related topics.

·       Demonstrate understanding of the five sustainability dimensions (People, Planet, Prosperity, Partnership, Peace) and relate them to their own academic and professional fields.

·       Integrate AI-based tools into BIP learning processes to enhance the quality and impact of professional communication.

·       Collaborate in intercultural and interdisciplinary teams, showing respect, adaptability, and problem-solving skills in diverse learning environments.

·       Apply project- and problem-based learning strategies to design feasible, innovative solutions to real sustainability challenges.

Specific levels of English and Spanish language requirements are established by partner universities

The programme structure is divided into main parts:

Part 1.  5 online modules on 5 sustainability dimensions:  People, Planet, Prosperity, Partnership and Peace.

Part 2. Intensive in-person Spring Workshop at UPV.

The two-level mutual trust-based quality assurance scheme has been adopted:

• at the university level: Universitat Politècnica de València has applied its internal quality assurance procedures and structures to the proposal of ENHANCING Sustainable communication, professional competences and AI it submitted to ENHANCE and to its implementation - the related learning activities,
• at the Alliance level: the body composed of Education Officers has made decisions regarding the inclusion of ENHANCING Sustainable communication, professional competences and AI proposed by Universitat Politècnica de València to the Innovative Learning Campus part of the joint ENHANCE educational offer, based on the compliance with the formal requirements and ENHANCE goals.

All activities are graded via the submission of Electronic portfolios created in groups.

Subject area: sustainability, applied linguistics, AI.

Online collaborative learning (Synchronous sessions) is taking place between February 18, 2026, and March 6th. On-site activities (in Spain, at three UPV campuses of Valencia, Gandía and Alcoy) will be offered from 9 to 13 March 2026. Online teamwork, mentoring and final task presentation planned in April 2026.

Participants have until April 30, 2026, to complete the course and qualify for a course certificate.

Places per PU:

Host university UPV: 10

Erasmus + BIP agreement:

WUT: 10

TU Berlín: 15

Special places for students without Erasmus+ + BIP agreement:

NNTU Kyiv KPI (Ukraine): 5

LNTU (Ukraine): 5