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The U!REKA network met recently at the annual European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference in Barcelona, held from 13-16 September 2022.

Across the world, many women and girls are unable to afford or access period products, known as ‘period poverty’. Combined with stigma, this can lead to girls missing school with serious consequences for their futures and life outcomes.

Universities are key drivers of change within our societies; providing education to citizens, performing research to overcome challenges, and supporting our local ecosystems of businesses, government and civil society. To harness this work and support networks of universities in solving key challenges, the European Union created the European Universities Initiative (EUI).

Taking steps to increase sustainability competencies in the textile and clothing sector.

The reproducibility of research results is one of the most important foundations of science. Without solid data management policies, documentation and data administration, the reproducibility of research data is at risk.

The 6th U!REKA Annual Conference took place from 15 to 17 May 2022, in Ghent, hosted by the HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Over 100 participants from the 7 partner institutions across Europe attended the conference with the theme ‘Strengthening Commonality of Expertise ‘.

During the U!REKA 2022 Conference, students from HOGENT, Lisbon and Frankfurt were joined by teaching and administrative staff from U!REKA partner institutions to discuss student participation within the partnership during a focus session called ‘Student participation in U!REKA. What?!’

U!REKA SHIFT proposal successful in European Commission EUI 2023 programme. The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) is pleased to announce that its U!REKA SHIFT proposal has been selected by the European Commission for funding in the European Universities Initiative (EUI) call 2023. This means that U!REKA will become an official Erasmus+ co-funded European University Alliance, with an expanded partner network and a common vision of climate neutrality and beyond.

In mid-May, Ghent welcomed a host of participants to the first live U!REKA conference since the pandemic.

The U!REKA Communications Working Group have developed a new visual identity for the U!REKA Network.