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The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) is happy to announce that it submitted its U!REKA SHIFT proposal to the European Universities Initiative (EUI) call 2023. The U!REKA SHIFT (Sustainable Human Inclusive Future-proof Transition) project will turn the U!REKA alliance, together with 24 associated partners, into the fully-fledged U!REKA European University Network, with a common vision of climate neutrality and beyond.

Horizon Europe-funded climate neutrality project explores role of higher education in effecting change. U!REKA partners Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences are working closely with international partners to translate the European Commission’s ‘New European Bauhaus’ initiative into concrete sustainability actions.

The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance submitted a bid to become a European University on 31 January, in the 2023 EUI round. UAS4EUROPE, the main network of European universities of applied sciences (UAS), recently interviewed Dr. Mona Roman from Metropolia UAS about the process and next steps for U!REKA.

Would you like to be part of the programme at our annual networking event in Amsterdam this Spring? From 30 May until 2 June 2023, the U!REKA Connects event will take place in Amsterdam. This is organized annually by U!REKA, the European alliance of universities of applied sciences. The call for participants is open now, until 3 March 2023. Join us!​

U!REKA Debates is an interdisciplinary study module designed to provide a virtual forum for reflection on relevant social, cultural and scientific issues. Multicultural teams share and develop 21st century skills, while addressing urgent topics such as inclusion and diversity.

In this interview Igor Ivan, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Cooperation of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, explains why VSB-TUO is a proud member of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) and why the network has its sights set on participating in the EU’s European Universities Initiative.

Teachers across the U!REKA network – are you interested in setting up a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project focused on a topic of your choice? Join the U!REKA COIL workshop series starting in February 2023. Work with your peers from across Europe to bring your shared idea to life in the classroom in September 2023.

Some 20 students from 10 different disciplines are taking part in the first U!REKA Change Agents programme. On the afternoon of Monday the 19th of September the online kick-off meeting was attended by the “Future Change Agents” and all mentors and staff involved. The Change Agents from Amsterdam, Helsinki and Frankfurt will work on the question: How can we create more public awareness about the sustainable use of water across different European cities, taking into account socio-cultural, health-and climate-related and economic dimensions?

The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Odessa National Economic University (ONEU). The agreement outlines the network’s commitment to offer peer support to ONEU, as part of wider European efforts focusing on long-term recovery measures.

U!REKA is taking major steps towards enhancing Europe’s climate neutrality goals through a joint long-term strategy for education, research, innovation and service to society.