NEWS & EVENTS

15 April 2025

Meet this time’s Face of ENLIGHT: Femke De Backere – Can serious games change healthcare?

Femke De Backere, associate professor at Ghent University and senior scientist at imec, blends software engineering with impactful healthcare research. Through ENLIGHT, she co-teaches the interdisciplinary summer school Innovation Game: Applying Serious Game Design in Health Care at Uppsala University. In this interview, she shares how ENLIGHT has helped her build international collaborations and push the boundaries of education and research in personalized, serious games. Read the full interview here.

NEWS

The 2026 ENLIGHT Incubator Grants: Inspiring education for the future

ENLIGHT awarded Erasmus+ funding to advance the Joint European Degree Label

From Regional Dialogue to Future Collaboration: ENLIGHT Regional Academy on Gotland

From Local Initiative to International Dialogue: How ENLIGHT and Region Gotland Co-Created a Regional Academy

From Challenge to educational collaboration focusing on Laughter as Therapy

Humor, Empathy and Collaboration: First Joint ENLIGHT Micro-Credential Concludes with an Immersive Healthcare Clown Workshop

Joint doctoral pathways and shared PhD courses: ENLIGHT expands international doctoral opportunities

ENLIGHT Shares Expertise on Lifelong Learning and Micro-Credentials through FOREU4ALL

Strengthening the future of European Universities through collaboration

ENLIGHT Mid-Year Meeting 2026 in Galway: Building on Strong Foundations