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LEVEL 1. EQUNI – EQ for Anti-Discrimination

BRIDGE Main Challenge: A.5. Discrimination, racism and sociocultural polarisation, including hate speech

What problem does it address?

The good practice addresses discrimination, racism, unconscious bias and hate speech in higher education. These challenges undermine equal opportunities, psychological safety and inclusion, particularly for marginalised students. Traditional approaches often overlook the emotional and behavioural dimensions of bias, limiting effective prevention and institutional change.

What does it propose?

The proposal integrates emotional intelligence into higher education to prevent discrimination and promote inclusion. It combines experiential learning, training, an interactive board game and a digital app with 12 micro-credentials. These tools develop empathy, emotional literacy and anti-discrimination competencies, supporting lasting institutional change and equal opportunities.

Why is it an inspiring practice?
  • • Integrates emotional intelligence into anti-discrimination education, addressing both the emotional and behavioural dimensions of bias.
  • • Uses innovative, experiential learning methods, including an interactive board game and a digital application.
  • • Promotes empathy, emotional literacy and critical self-reflection among students and university staff.
  • • Involves the wider academic community, supporting a systemic approach to inclusion and equality.
  • • Provides accessible, multilingual and reusable educational resources that can be adapted by other higher education institutions.
  • • Supports sustainable institutional change by connecting learning with university policies and governance.
Resources you'll find
  • • EQUNI Progressive Web App (PWA): Digital tool for self-paced learning and practising emotional intelligence and anti-discrimination competencies.
  • • EQUNI Board Game: Interactive, gamified learning resource with downloadable materials in English, Polish, Portuguese and Dutch.
  • • EQUNI Learning Pathways: Standardised descriptions of learning pathways for emotional intelligence and anti-discrimination.
  • • Micro-credentials framework: 12 learning pathways and procedures for awarding and validating competencies.
  • • EQUNI Consortium Good Practices Guide: Guide supporting the implementation of good practices in higher education.
  • • International Good Practices Report: Resource documenting and sharing good practices across partner countries.
  • • Practical Guide to Awarding Micro-Credentials: Guidance for recognising and validating emotional intelligence competencies.
  • • Research and evaluation reports: Reports on emotional intelligence, discrimination and the evaluation of project activities.
Featured results
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Equinu App – mobile application (game designed to enhance emotional intelligence through engaging gameplay, available in singleplayer and multiplayer modes, with flexible usage options and accessible via web, Google Play, and Apple App Store)
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Board Game
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Practical Guide to Awarding Micro-Credentials in Emotional Intelligence and Non-Discrimination Activities
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EQUNI Consortium Good Practices Guide presents results of the EQUNI project
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Scientific results (paper, report, study)
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Micro-credentials designed and aligned with the European Qualifications Framework.
What can visitors learn?
• How emotional intelligence can help prevent discrimination, racism, unconscious bias and hate speech in higher education.
• How to develop empathy, emotional literacy and critical self-reflection to promote inclusive learning environments.
• How experiential learning, including the EQUNI Board Game and digital app, can support anti-discrimination education.
• How to recognise and challenge microaggressions, stereotypes and discriminatory behaviours in academic settings.
• How the 12 micro-credentials can support the recognition and validation of emotional intelligence and anti-discrimination competencies.
• How universities can promote equality and psychological safety through inclusive teaching practices and institutional policies.
• How the practice can be adapted and replicated in other European higher education institutions using accessible, multilingual resources.

LEVEL 2. EXPLORE BEST PRACTICE

Introduction

The good practice addresses discrimination, racism, unconscious bias and hate speech in higher education. These challenges undermine equal opportunities, psychological safety and inclusion, particularly for marginalised students, migrants and racialised communities. Universities often lack effective approaches to address the emotional and behavioural dimensions of bias, allowing structural inequalities and exclusion to persist in academic environments.

  • Coordinating organisation: Lodz University of Technology
  • Participating countries: France (FR), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT)
  • Duration: December 2022 - December 2025
  • BRIDGE Main Challenge: A.5. Discrimination, racism and sociocultural polarisation, including hate speech
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Secondary Challenges
  • A.1. Structural and intersectional inequalities that shape inclusion and social cohesion

The Challenge

What social issue does it address?

EQUNI addresses the social problem of discrimination, racism, and sociocultural polarisation, including hate speech, within higher education. It aims to reduce unconscious bias, microaggressions, and social exclusion by developing emotional intelligence, empathy, and anti-discrimination skills among students and university staff, promoting more inclusive and equal learning environments.

Why is it important?

EQUNI is important because discrimination, racism and hate speech undermine equality, inclusion and psychological safety in higher education. By developing emotional intelligence, empathy and anti-discrimination skills, it empowers students and staff to challenge bias, prevent exclusion and build respectful, inclusive learning environments.

How does it contribute to the BRIDGE Challenge?

EQUNI contributes to the BRIDGE Challenge by addressing discrimination, racism and hate speech in higher education. Through emotional intelligence training, gamified learning and micro-credentials, it promotes empathy, challenges unconscious bias and supports inclusive, equal and respectful learning environments across Europe.

How does it work?

EQUNI works through emotional intelligence training, interactive workshops, summer schools and gamified learning. Its mobile app and board game develop empathy, emotional regulation and awareness of bias. Twelve micro-credentials recognise acquired skills, supporting the integration of anti-discrimination practices into higher education.

What might inspire you?
Ideas for adaptation
  1. Boosts empathy and reduces subtle daily discrimination among students.
  2. Uses interactive games to help learners recognize unconscious prejudices.
  3. It promotes the development of emotional skills to cope with tension and conflict.
  4. Gives teachers concrete resources to approach sensitive topics safely.
  5. Encourages students to reflect deeply on their own emotional responses.
Resources created

Equni

Educational resource

The EQUNI project offers a suite of open-access educational tools designed to foster emotional intelligence and combat discrimination in higher education. Its main resource is an interactive digital game available as a mobile app. This serious game places players in realistic university scenarios where they must identify bias, manage complex emotions, and practice empathy. In addition to the app, the project provides a comprehensive set of pedagogical materials. These include practical guides, training modules, and research reports developed by European university partners. All content focuses on soft skills, conflict resolution, and diversity inclusion. Since the project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ program, all toolkits, manuals, and digital tools are free for students and educators.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers

https://flippedtul.p.lodz.pl/

Equni Game

Interactive digital resource

The project provides an app with educational games.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pl.lodz.p.equni_game&hl=pt_PT