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Celebrating the Erasmus Days 2020, we ask you: What are the keywords for the European University of 2030? SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER IN THE WORD CLOUD

The ECIU University of the ECIU is almost a year on its way. Project director Sander Lotze looks back on an eventful period, with COVID-19 as an extra challenge. He also looks ahead and outlines opportunities and expectations.

Today is an important day for European knowledge policies. ECIU welcomes the communication on a new ERA for Research and Innovation, Achieving the European Education Area by 2025 and the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027

ECIU University, an initiative of the ECIU, has launched a joint long-term research strategy on smart regions, building on the rapid development of digital infrastructures across Europe.

ECIU University is all about the community. In order to provide people digital environments of true interaction, creativity and the sense of community, new innovative solutions are needed.

Our new reality is virtual. The digital transformation disrupts higher education, accelerated by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore ECIU proposes four EU-actions.

One of the newest members of the ECIU family, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées (INSA Group) in France, was recently recognized as a full member of the ECIU University by the European Commission.

Greetings with the new Academic year 2020/2021 from the rectors and directors of the ECIU University members. From 12 European countries and in 12 languages – the cultural and language diversity is one of our strengths.

We are happy to announce that the ECIU LinkedIn account is launched. Follow us to get more information about the ECIU and the ECIU University activities.

The ECIU university will receive 2 million euros from Horizon 2020 programme. This support will enable the ECIU University to strengthen research and innovation mission and establish the SMART-ER.

15 associations representing more than 800 universities have called for an ambitious long-term EU budget for research, innovation and education to boost efforts to solve the manifold future challenges.

The Erasmus Inter-Institutional Agreement was recently signed between all 12 partner institutions at the ECIU University and gives the necessary breakthrough to intensify the already existing mobility of students and staff.

Associate professor Jens Myrup Pedersen has been nominated for a Danish SDG award. The nomination is based on the project regarding poverty and improvement of health and education among Brazilian catadores who collect recyclables.

The first KEEN Forum PhD Colloquium is organized by consortium of universities and will be held virtually on August 20, 2020.

The goal of PBL 2020 international conference is to challenge, transform and expand current practices through the lenses of envisioned future hybrid learning models and environments for engaging students.

United Nations developed the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which constitute a framework for sustainable development actions towards 2030. The IRSPBL 2020 welcomes research and best practices contributions

At HTSF (High Technology Small Firms), researchers convene to discuss the current state of research on technology and science based entrepreneurship. We invite papers on themes relevant to technology and science entrepreneurship.

Stéphanie Gauttier (BMS Faculty) received this prestigious and competitive fellowship. Together with DCU she will start a project to assess the impact of human enhancement technologies used at work onto employees and their performance.

ECIU has just launched a Research Mobility Fund, aiming at increasing collaboration amongst its researchers. Researchers are invited to apply for a travel grant of up to 5.000 Euros.

Faculty of Informatics at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is looking to widen the pool of the teachers in ICT field. Therefore we kindly invite both academics and practitioners to become a visiting lecturers at KTU.

A major European research project will equip young innovation researchers for careers contributing to regional development. Seven universities from across Europe are taking part in the project.

Troels Jacobsen, chair of the ECIU Steering Committee Entrepreneurship and Societal Impact of Research will participate in the panel discussion – June 29 2016

The University of Aveiro Business Incubator (IEUA) won the “Best Science Based Incubator” award in the “Return on Investment” category.

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, various universities and companies will invest SEK 1.8 billion over an 11-year period on research and development of autonomous systems.

The University of Aveiro has a vacancy for an Auxiliary Researcher in the scientific area of Communication Science and Technologies to develop research in the Data Science/Big Data domain, under the scope of Social Sciences.

Ali Baghizadeh, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering Aveiro, is one of the researchers who spent a period at the University of Twente, within the ECIU mobility Fund.

Luís Novo, Researcher and head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Applied Phytotechnologies (LEAPH) used the ECIU Research Mobility Fund to join forces with the Protecsols group coordinated by Professor Josep-Maria Alcañiz.

In October 2018, Professor Räsänen from Tampere University made use of the ECIU Research Mobility Fund and visited his colleague, Professor Moriarty, at the University of Nottingham. Read their story about the physics of drumming.

Tampere University would like to welcome ECIU staff to take part in their International week on 10 - 14 June 2019.

The popularity of the International PhD Summer School organised by Kaunas University of Technology together with ECIU, University of Stavanger and University of Aveiro is growing. This year the Summer School was organised for the 3rd time.

The ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning aims to recognise the role that teams of people play within and/or across universities in successfully developing and implementing educational innovations. Apply now!

This year Kaunas University of Technology is hosting ECIU Masterclass on LEADING AND (RE)DESIGN STUDY PROGRAMS. The 2-day event will be held in Kaunas, in innovative and open minded city, on November 22nd and 23rd, 2017.

The 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation, “Designing the Future of Education” will be held from December 11th to 13th, 2017 at the Tecnológico de Monterrey’s campus in Mexico City.

20 representatives of ECIU members were sharing their knowledge and insights on leadership and strategic management in higher education context in Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) earlier this month.

This year Kaunas University of Technology is hosting ECIU Masterclass on LEADING AND (RE)DESIGN STUDY PROGRAMS. The 2-day event will be held in Kaunas, in innovative and open minded city in the heart of Lithuania, 22 – 23 November, 2017

On the 7th and 8th of September, Prof. Verbeek, the Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente, was inaugurated as an honorary professor at Aalborg University. His inaugural lecture dealt with ‘techno-anthropology’,

Initiator Elena Tsigki looks back with satisfaction on the kick-off meeting of the Autumn Challenge at University of Twente last Thursday. For twelve weeks, the forty participants work on challenges based on social issues.

The core of the ECIU University is the challenge-based approach – the model where students, learners and researchers cooperate with cities and businesses to solve real-life challenges. Check out the first list of micro-modules!

An inspiring autumn experience connecting and working towards creating smart resilient and happy communities.

Registration for the UAB Barcelona Summer School 2020 continues as originally planned, despite the Coronavirus pandemic. So check out the best way to enjoy the experience of an international summer school in Barcelona.

‍The challenge? Redesign a bus from HAVI Travel BV that was rented out to by FC Twente for their away football games. How? Through Challenge Based Learning (CBL). Three UT students presented their ideas last Friday during the InGenious even

The ECIU Team Award 2019 was given to the Students as Change Agents team for their inspiring work in enabling Nottingham students to work in partnership with staff to make positive changes to the curriculum and to their experiences there.

From the 12th until the 19th of August 2019 the summer school “Leaders of Innovation and Impact” will be organized at the campus of the University of Twente. Get 20% off as ECIU student.

In a unique event that took place in Brussels on 6 November 2018, students of the ECIU universities challenged conventional thinking and discussed the role of universities in 2040. Check out the aftermovie!

The best way to enjoy the experience of an international, green and dynamic campus while having the opportunity to discover Barcelona. Students from ECIU universities will have a 20% discount in tuition fees!

Discover four of the most iconic states in Mexico with i Summer MX – Tec de Monterrey, 2 July – 27 July 2018

In cooperation with the municipality of Stavanger, these students are working to find better solutions for the city’s inhabitants.

The first ECIU Creathon will kick-off this Friday at the UT. It is organised by Novel-T and DesignLab for ECIU members and will welcome over 80 participants.