2811 × Higher Education

Working for a new
higher education

Higher education can build the capabilities this century needs. Since 2016 we have worked with institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean that choose to adapt, evolve and lead change - from within, with proven methodologies and real connection to the world.

+100 universities across Europe, Africa and the Americas
+600 certified educators
+12.000 students activated
+40 HEIs in the Commons network

We work in networks

Featured programmes

Three ways to start today

Workshop · 90 min online

EU Fundraising Workshop

The map of Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and foundations for your institution, with the module built for higher education in LAC.

10% discount for partner institutions.

Book for €480
Course · Pre-registration open

Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing

4 sessions in one month to bring sustainable finance to your classroom or your team. 5 previous editions with Uniandes and ColCapital.

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Training · AI

AI for transformative education

From the 2-hour masterclass to 16-40 hour educator training: AI connected to your institution’s transformation agenda.

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All of higher education

We work with three kinds of institution

What we do is the same; the starting point depends on you.

01

Universities

Research, internationalisation and community engagement, connected to European funding.

We have worked with:

Universidad de los AndesUniversidad EANUniversidad de TalcaTecnológico de MonterreyUniversidade de São Paulo

Typical starting point: EU Fundraising Workshop and Erasmus+ / Horizon support.

Let's talk as a university
02

Technical and vocational education

Technical training for the transition to a sustainable industry, with verifiable micro-credentials.

We have worked with:

INACAPAIEPSanto TomásDuoc UC

Typical starting point: industry-focused educator training and micro-credentials.

Let's talk as a TVET institution
03

Postgraduate and continuing education

Co-designed courses and diplomas that open new audiences and new revenue streams.

We have worked with:

Universidad de los AndesColCapitalUniversidad Santo Tomás

Typical starting point: co-branded or white-label continuing education.

Let's talk as a graduate school
What we do together

Three movements, one agenda

We believe in institutions capable of connecting learning, innovation and real impact. Everything we do fits in three movements: each one works on its own; together they transform.

01

Open opportunities

European funding and internationalisation

  • EU Fundraising Workshop: €480 (10% off for partner institutions)
  • Scaling to Europe: private deep-tech workshop
  • Grant writing: full Erasmus+, Horizon and foundation proposals
  • LAC-Europe study tours for leadership teams

Implementing partner of Erasmus+ and EU co-funded projects, not just an advisor.

02

Develop your community

Real transformation happens in educators, not in curricula.

600+ educators certified over a decade, in 5 languages.

03

Transform the institution

Strategy, programmes and alliances

  • Strategic and programmatic consulting
  • Co-designed and white-label programmes: a new revenue line without the development cost
  • Co-organised ideas, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions
  • Annual alliance: Commons-style accelerator, living labs, Climathon, consortia

Commons with Ashoka: 8 editions, 160+ academics, 40+ HEIs.

AI for Transformative Higher Education

AI to transform the institution,
not just another prompting course

AI is already in your classrooms, your management and your research. We connect it to the transformation agenda your institution already has.

It runs across the three movements: most AI offerings in the region teach a tool. We use AI to transform how your institution learns and operates: pedagogy, curriculum and management. AI replaces the part of education that was never meant to be the centre - memorising - and raises the value of what we build: systems thinking, collaboration, judgement.

01

Masterclass: AI for transformative education

2 hours, expert-led, for leadership and educators

02

Educator training in AI

16-40 hours: AI in the classroom, course design, assessment

03

Accreditable AI + sustainability course

3-4 months, higher education level, hybrid

04

Institutional AI assessment

Adoption maturity and a roadmap for your institution

05

AI for research and funding

AI applied to Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe proposals

Which one fits your institution?

Tell us where you are and we will send you a quote for the right AI workshop or programme.

Get a quote for an AI workshop
How to start

From the first workshop to the alliance

You do not need to decide the full transformation today. Choose the horizon that fits your institutional moment.

This week

A workshop for your team

EU Fundraising Workshop: 90 minutes online, up to 3 people, with the module for higher education in LAC (Erasmus+, Horizon, CBHE).

10% discount for partner institutions. The fastest way to know if 2811 is your partner.

Book for €480
This semester

A programme with your community

Educator training, a course from the catalogue, an ideas competition or your first European application with grant writing. Contained scope, visible results.

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This year and beyond

A transformation alliance

Annual agreement: institutional accelerator, living labs, one Climathon per year and priority in the Erasmus+ and Horizon consortia where 2811 takes part.

For institutions that want long-term transformation, not one-off events.

Let's talk
What we believe
01

We believe in a higher education capable of responding to this century's challenges with imagination, collaboration and action.

This century's challenges call for new capabilities, new alliances and new ways of teaching. Institutions that transform today open new opportunities for their entire community.

02

Knowledge is no longer scarce

Value now lives in judgement, community, networks and the capacity to act. And that is exactly what an institution can offer better than anyone.

03

From eco-management to regeneration

Solar panels and recycling are a start. The next step is curricular: forming people with the language of transition and regenerative economics.

04

Two transitions, one agenda

Every institution is living the ecological and the technological transition at once. We work on them as one, instead of competing for the same attention.

05

This transformation is already under way. We have spent a decade working on it: 100+ universities, 600+ certified educators, 12,000+ students, 40+ HEIs in network.

Santo Tomás, Chile

One of the largest higher education networks in Chile placed social innovation at the core of its strategic plan: 104 educators and 80 senior leaders trained, collaborative spaces in 4 regions and its own diploma programme.

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Climate Labs, Erasmus+

Ten universities across Mexico, Colombia and Brazil set up climate innovation labs together with partners from France, Italy and Spain, co-funded by the European Commission.

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LAC - Europe

150 vocational educators in Colombia and Chile co-design micro-credentials with partners from Germany and Spain in the EU-LATAM Food System Academy.

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Commons, since 2016

The social innovation accelerator for higher education we built with Ashoka: 8 editions and a network of 160+ academics from 40+ institutions that keep meeting.

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What case is possible at your institution?

Let's talk

Every programme, gathering and collaboration is also a gateway to a global community transforming education and climate action.

Cumulative figures from a decade of programmes with institutions across three continents.

Track record

We have worked with

Chile

Universidad de Talca, Instituto Nacional de Capacitación Profesional (INACAP), Instituto Profesional Santo Tomás, Instituto Profesional AIEP, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Universidad de Aysén, Duoc UC, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Universidad Católica del Norte

Colombia

Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes), Universidad EAN, Universidad de Caldas, Universidad del Pacífico, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad del Rosario (Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario), Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO)

Mexico

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM), Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Universidad La Salle

Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Ecuador and Peru

Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Universidad del Pacífico

Europe

Erasmus+ partners in Spain, Germany and Portugal, plus other university and research partners linked to Erasmus+ projects across Europe

All institutions we have worked with receive preferential pricing on our programmes and workshops.

Let's talk about your institution

Tell us where you are starting from and we will propose the movement and horizon that fit your institutional moment. No strings attached: we reply within 48 hours.

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