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The U!REKA Steering Committee met in Helsinki at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences on 12 October 2023 for an extended meeting with the CoCos (U!REKA coordinators) and student representatives.
Maxim van Impe is the chairperson of Revolte, HOGENT’s student council. He is also one of the driving forces behind the creation of a U!REKA student participation council. Maxim shares his thoughts on best practices in student participation at HOGENT and the related challenges and opportunities for the U!REKA network.
Colleagues from across the U!REKA network gathered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, at the end of September for the 33rd Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition.
A summary of U!REKA’s 2023 Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on urban commons. How can urban commons transform an industrial mining region? This Spring, students from U!REKA partners in Ostrava, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Frankfurt worked together on an interdisciplinary challenge on this question, culminating in a visit to the Czech Republic.
Relive the U!REKA Connects 2023 event, which took place in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) from 30 May – 2 June.
The new Blended Intenstive Programme will start in autumn 2023
Special guest Zita Pels, Deputy Mayor for the City of Amsterdam responsible for Sustainability and Circular Economy, opened the U!REKA Connects 2023 event on 31 May at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).
Roxanne Van de Voorde is chair of the HOGENT student council Revolte and about to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management. During the U!REKA Connects 2023 networking event she was one of the speakers during the plenary opening, calling for the creation of a U!REKA student board.
Recap of U!REKA Connects 2023 in Amsterdam. Nearly 200 people from 10 countries across Europe convened in Amsterdam from 30 May – 2 June for the U!REKA Connects annual networking event ‘Let’s Shift’. Hosted by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/HvA), this event focused on the shift needed for a sustainable future, both within U!REKA and beyond.
U!REKA partners VSB-TUO and Edinburgh Napier University recently convened in the Czech Republic to exchange expertise on an important topic: how to effectively communication about scientific and research-related knowledge.
