Uppsala University invites educators, students, and academic professionals to submit proposals for the fifth ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference. This year’s theme, Playfulness for the Future of Higher Education, explores how playful teaching methods can enhance engagement, creativity, and learning.

We are now accepting proposals for presentations, workshops, and discussions that align with the conference theme. This is a great opportunity to share innovative ideas, connect with peers, and contribute to the future of higher education.

Join us for 2.5 days of exploration into playful teaching methodologies—from board games to role-play, puzzles to treasure hunts! Together, we'll embrace spontaneity, creativity, and curiosity to reimagine learning in higher education. 

Let’s play, learn, and innovate together! 

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2025
More information & how to apply: https://onlineexpo.com/en/enlight-2025/

The third edition of the European Dialogue will be hosted by the University of the Basque Country in Donostia-San Sebastián in May 21 and 22.

The goal of this event is to provide a platform for inspiration and development of bottom-up collaborations between our academics and our regional external partners and to further develop cooperation opportunities in our sixth flagship, namely Culture & Creativity. 

Twice every academic year ENLIGHT publishes the joint, blended and virtual courses open for application by the student communities of all ENLIGHT universities.

Each course focusing on one of the 6 flagship areas of ENLIGHT: Health and Well-being, Digital Revolution and Impact of digitalization, Climate Change, Energy and circular economy, Culture and Creativity, Equity.

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to gain knowledge and discover our partner universities.

Our offer is open to students from all ENLIGHT universities.

Please check with your institutional coordinator or faculty which programme will be available for your curriculum.

Registrations are open until the 15th of April 2025.

Find out more: https://enlight-eu.org/students/courses

Are you looking for a way to identify, analyze, and assess the impact of your university initiatives? The ENLIGHT Impact Toolkit is here to help! Whether you're working on education programs, research projects, mobility actions, or outreach initiatives, this free and open tool provides structured guidance, templates, and key questions to support your impact assessment journey.

But that’s not all!

Join us at the ENLIGHT Impact Conference in Groningen on 27-28 March 2025, where international impact experts, academics, and university leaders will explore how to integrate impact into all aspects of higher education. Registration is open for everyone!

What to expect?

✔ Insights into embedding impact across education, research, and societal engagement
✔ Expert discussions on impact assessment strategies and tools
✔ Showcases of impactful university initiatives
✔ Networking with ENLIGHT Impact Ambassadors and peers from across Europe

Be part of the conversation. Shape the future of impact-driven universities!

Try the ENLIGHT Impact Toolkit now

Register for the conference.

In this session, you will discover Peer Community In (PCI), a non-profit initiative offering free, transparent peer review for preprints. PCI ensures rigorous evaluation across 18 thematic communities, providing DOIs and citability without requiring journal publication. Alain Queffelec (University of Bordeaux) will present PCI’s structure, benefits, and impact on scientific publishing, followed by an open discussion. Stay tuned for details!

More inforamtion and registration link you will find here.

Louise Hannon, Head of Research Post Award, University of Galway will host an online session on Wednesday 12 March at 11 am CET aimed at staff of ENLIGHT universities who are working in the Research Support area. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear how pitch training is delivered to the research communities in the alliance.

Experts presenting are:

• Delphine Charles – Science Communications Officer, University of Bordeaux
• Ruth Hynes – Head of Research & Innovation Strategic Development, University of Galway
• Marlies Kluck – Grant advisor, trainer & editor, University of Groningen Central Services

Registration is now open at this link https://forms.office.com/e/80K2Hb5neW – those registered will receive a MS Teams link prior to the event.

The upcoming ENLIGHT Student Network (SN) conference, hosted by the University of Göttingen, will focus on three pivotal themes: inclusivity, sustainability, and mobility. Around 100 students from 10 alliance universities are expected to participate in this exciting event, which promises a mix of lectures, workshops, and informal discussions.

The main goal of the conference is to foster an exchange of best practices among students from alliance universities. Through sharing experiences, inspiring one another, and engaging in meaningful conversations, participants will not only broaden their perspectives but may also establish valuable networks for future collaboration in these essential areas.

The ENLIGHT Student Conference offers a unique opportunity to bring together bright minds from across Europe, empowering students to drive positive change in their institutions and beyond. ENLIGHT Student Network conference will be held on 27.02.2025 - 02.03.2025

We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the ENLIGHT Sustainability Award 2025 and the ENLIGHT Inclusion Award 2025! These awards celebrate the outstanding efforts of students who have shown exceptional dedication to promoting sustainability and inclusion through their projects and initiatives.

Eligible initiatives must be carried out between January 2024 and May 2025. To qualify, nominees must be Bachelor or Master students at an ENLIGHT partner university, and only non-profit, implemented initiatives will be considered. The selected winners will be invited to showcase their projects at the 5th ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, from 8 to 10 October 2025. 

We welcome submissions from across the ENLIGHT network. Applications must be submitted through your university, with each university nominating one initiative per category. To apply, please contact your university’s ENLIGHT office or reach out to your inclusion or sustainability coordinator for the application form and submission details.

ENLIGHT is pleased to announce Iker Callado as a featured voice at Faces of ENLIGHT. A Psychology graduate and educator, he champions inclusion in education and sports, earning recognition at the 2024 ENLIGHT Inclusion Awards. As a coach for Bilbao’s “Athletic” lionesses, he embodies equity on and off the field.

Read the full interview on the Faces of ENLIGHT and stay stuned, more inspiring interviews are on the way!

Join us at the ENLIGHT IMPACT Conference on 27-28 March 2025 in Groningen! Registration is now open!

We look forward to connecting international impact experts with practitioners, academics and management staff to explore and exchange on how to integrate impact into all facets of our universities.

In addition to discussions, workshops and campfire sessions, the conference hosts the ENLIGHT Impact Awards 2025. Our nominees have all made outstanding contributions to advancing knowledge, research and societal impact but who has the best pitch? Who will be the 6 new IMPACT Ambassadors? Find out and vote on the spot.

Find the programme information here.
Please register here.

The ENLIGHT regional academy on Smart, Sustainable cities and communities brought together academics, researchers, professionnals and policy makers in Bilbao to discuss the challenges faced by land planning and determine the key competences to be developped within a future educational programme.

Aligned with the ENLIGHT competence framework and innovative educational methodologies, the cooperation among the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Uppsala University, University of Groningen and Comenius University-Bratislava is building common educational initiatives that will shape future-proof professionals involved in the planning and design of future urban and rural spaces applying sustainability principles.

One of ENLIGHT's key objectives is to strengthen and integrate sustainability and sustainable development in all fields of action. Within the cooperation of the ENLIGHT Green Network, staff from the central event management teams and sustainability coordinators from the ten partner universities participated in the virtual workshop on "Sustainable Event Management" on 5 December 2024. They shared best practices, discussed challenges, and agreed to jointly develop a food policy and a guide for sustainable event management.

This collaboration will enhance the sustainability of events within ENLIGHT and across the ten partner universities. These activities complement the ENLIGHT Sustainable Travel Policy published last year and the ENLIGHT Sustainability Engagement Agreement signed in 2021.