NEWS & EVENTS

Rik Van de Walle and Mieke Van Herreweghe were re-elected as (Vice)Rector of Ghent University in the first round of the elections.

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This spring saw the first succesful edition of ENLIVE connect students from across the ENLIGHT network. ENLIVE (ENLIGHT Network Language and Intercultural Virtual Exchange) is a project designed and run by Espace Langues, a centre for language learning and intercultural exchange at the University of Bordeaux.

The University of Tartu offers a one-year partly online Master’s programme in educational technology. The programme has developed so far as a cosmopolitan community of educational practitioners (teachers, lecturers, coaches but also entrepreneurs involved in the educational secto) who would like to explore alternative teaching and learning practices with digital technologies and gain a more reflective stance on the process.

As of April 30 all partners in ENLIGHT have established their Regional Academies. The Regional Academies connects ENLIGHT to local and regional actors within each partner university’s communities. It is through regular dialogue in partnership with cities and regions, civil society organizations, industry and commerce that ENLIGHT will be able to identify the local interpretations of ENLIGHT’s flagship challenges.

The Univeristy of Groningen launches the Aletta Year to highlight the theme of ‘Women in Academia’. The University community will be honouring Aletta Jacobs with a year-long programme filled with jointly organized activities to draw continuing attention to the role of diversity in academia.

The Ghent University Medical Students Association is proud to announce the 10th edition of the the Summer School “Health & Globalization” and 4th edition of "Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights".

The Institute for Lifecourse and Society at NUI Galway (ILAS) is delighted to announce a series of 6 weekly, free to public virtual conversations taking place between Thursday 15th April - Thursday 20th May - 5:00-6:00pm (6pm -7pm CET).

NUI Galway’s Irish Centre for Human Rights offers 20 free places for the International Criminal Court Summer School available to students across the ENLIGHT Network.