Accessibility Tools
On 31 October, the ENLIGHT University Alliance has launched the call for Impact Awards to recognize and give visibility to ENLIGHT partner universities’ initiatives that are exemplars in planning for and achieving impact. Applications are invited from teams at ENLIGHT partner universities.
Join our next webinar with a short presentation by Sascha Eckhold (Freie Universität Berlin) on “Open Educational Resources and their relation to Open Science” on 4th of November from 10:00-11:30 am (CET)
You are warmly invited to find more information and registration link here: 6th ENLIGHT RISE and Arqus Alliance OS Ambassador Webinar
Are you passionate about the future of medical imaging and radiotherapy? Don’t miss the symposium “Innovations in AI for Healthcare” on November 21 and 22 at the University Medical Center Groningen in Groningen, the Netherlands! This two-day event provides a platform for experts to discuss the latest developments in AI for healthcare. Innovations in AI for Healthcare (umcgresearch.org)
15-17 October 2024 Uppsala University hosted a Staff Week with participants from all ten ENLIGHT universities. The Staff Week was created as a platform for knowledge exchange on the theme "Impactful Collaboration."
How can we make teaching and learning more inclusive and diverse through critical virtual exchange and inclusive group work and feedback? How can role-playing games help our students explore issues of inclusion? What is conflict transformation? What new resources are being developed for the inclusive teacher? How can we adapt to include everyone? These are just some of the topics that will be covered on October 29 at the ROCKET outreach event. Participants will be encouraged to interact and experience the tools as much as possible.
As part of the official programme of the Royal State Visit to France on 15 October 2024, ENLIGHT had the privilege to exchange with His Majesty King Filip of Belgium about the value of international learning to empower students with the right knowledge and future-proof skills to address today's and future global transitions.
The United Nations General Assembly designated 1 October as the International Day of Older Persons. Under the focus area of Equity in ENLIGHT, we believe in raising awareness of opportunities, but also challenges faced by ageing populations.
Igor Farkaš, a prominent expert in artificial intelligence (AI), received the 2024 ESET Science Award in the category of Outstanding Personality in University Education. As a professor at Comenius University Bratislava and the associate chair of the Department of Applied Informatics, Farkaš has significantly contributed to AI research, particularly in the area of neural networks inspired by the human brain. His research focuses on the intersection of AI and robotics, particularly humanoid robots.
