Europe Task Force
The Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) task force for Europe will work on advancing inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education in Europe.
Task force actions in 2025 – 2026:
1. Establish context-relevant definitions of inclusive, scalable and sustainable, and agree priority issues/objectives in these areas (2025)
2. Co-create principles of inclusion, scalability and sustainability for European DL and blended institutions with staff and students (2025)
3. Invite, quality-check and publish case study examples of principles in practice (2025-26)
4. Identify areas where advocacy is needed in order to apply principles more widely and effectively (i.e. where observed good practice in one area/member state is not possible in others and advocacy is needed) (2026)
Task force leads
About the task force leads
The Europe task force is jointly led by the Open University UK and Arden University.
Mychelle Pride is the Academic Director in PVC-Students at the Open University UK. She is passionate about high-quality inclusive and equitable distance education, student voice and student mental health. Most recently, Mychelle has been exploring the art of the possible in AI-enabled personalised learning.
Professor Kate Lister is the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Arden University, and is a visiting professor at the Open University UK. Her work focuses on embedding inclusion, accessibility and mental wellbeing in higher education, particularly for ‘non-traditional’ students and staff in digital, part-time, distance or blended learning settings.
Newly established in February 2025, this task force is keen to gain new members.