Today the EC has announced the results of the 2d call of funding for the European University Alliances (). With an ambitious project titled
#EUTOPIA
-MORE, we are proud to be among the first consortia granted for this phase (2022-2026).
#europeanuniversities
#EUTOPIA
did it! The joint Opening of the Academic year 2023-24, on the invitation of
@VUBrussel
at the European Parliament. The alliance is also signing here today the statute creating a legal entity.
#europeanuniversities
#AOVUB2023
The Third Call of the
#Science
and
#Innovation
#Fellowships
(EUTOPIA-SIF) is now open.
SIF will offer 25 high-profile young researchers the opportunity to develop their research projects in a stimulating international academic environment.
Apply here:
EUTOPIA is proud to announce the appointment of a new Secretary-General who will coordinate the alliance for the next four years:
#MattiaBellotti
, who brings a wealth of experience & knowledge in European affairs and will ensure that EUTOPIA remains at the forefront of the EUI.
We, the 41 Alliances of European Universities, representing about 300 European Higher Education institutions, stand together and send our strongest solidarity to the Ukrainian people:
#EuropeanUniversities
#europeanuniversity
9 March 7 PM CET Angela Davis, renowned for her defense of human rights, feminism & racial discrimination will be awarded an Honoris Causa by our partner universoty
@UPFBarcelona
. You want to participate to the live ceremony? Click here:
#DavisHonorisUPF
Wouldn't you like to stay in Venice and become a visiting professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice? A call for visiting professors and scholars for the academic year 23-24. is open..Deadline: Monday, 5 December 2023. More here:
Brussels is our campus, and it could be yours too!
@VUBrussel
is the proud host of the 5th
#EUTOPIAWeek
Jun 27-Jul 1, bringing students, professors, and policymakers to Brussels for a week full of exciting activities. See the programme and register here!
Good bye Barcelona and our warmest thanks to the
@UPFBarcelona
who prepared and led the process of inaugurating the
#EUTOPIAMORE
2022-2026 project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. We go back home with great ideas and clarity!
#EuropeanUniversity
On Europe Day, the ten
#EUTOPIA
Alliance universities proudly reaffirm their commitment to designing the future of higher education and research in Europe and upholding democracy, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.
#europeanuniversities
An intense working Saturday for EUTOPIA’s vice-presidents in Paris about connecting communities and branding. Defining essential concepts for the future.
#europeanuniversities
#EUTOPIA
presidents reaffirm their full commitment to the alliance’s ”eutopia2050” project as initially formed, with
@warwickuni
as a founding and full partner, and asserts the importance of UK universities in the European HE system.
#EuropeanUniversities
Thinking shall never surrender before anything but facts, quotes
@DanckaertJan
, elected rector
@VUBrussel
at the opening ceremony of EUTOPIA WEEK that gathers the teams from 10 like-minded Universities.
Primarily interested in urban resilience, international relations, governance & world trade, students from
@UPFBarcelona
speak about their experience in the first course on Glocal Challenges, a
#EUTOPIA
programme. More here:
#EuropeanUniversities
Congratulations to
@UPFBarcelona
, which scores in the top 100 in the world in three disciplines: Economics and Econometrics, (24th in the world); Politics and International Studies; and Political Management and Administration, which rank 51-100 in the world.
#europeanuniversity
🌟 Exciting News! The EUTOPIA-SIF 4th Call is OPEN! 📅 Submission opens 14 September 2023 📆 Deadline: 14 December 2023 (main material), 11 January 2024 (full) 🌐 Apply online in English! 📚 Explore the Guide for Applicants. 📧 More info at
We learn with great sadness the death of
@PauwelsCpauwels
, co-founder of EUTOPIA as rector of the
@VUBrussel
. She played a key role in deepening the relations between our universities way beyond a simple network. We send our sincere condolences to her family and colleagues.
From now on I am taking care of EUTOPIA’s Twitter account. Hello to all of you. I am Armando Uribe-Echeverría, EUTOPIA’s Dissemination Officer, based in Paris (CY Cergy Paris Université).
#EUTOPIA
#News
The
@VUBrussel
establishes PACT, the Caroline Pauwels Academy of Critical Thinking. It is a tribute to all that she stood for during her life and rectorship, centered around free thinking,
#dialogue
, self-reflection and radical
#humanism
.
Victoria Alsina Burgués, Minister for Foreign Action and Open Government of Catalonia, speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the
#EUTOPIAWeek
"Initiatives like EUTOPIA are what Europe needs for the future. There is no progress without collaboration"
#EUTOPIAinAction
Our Future starts here in Barcelona. EUTOPIA MORE is launched and the alliance is projecting itself farther than the projects we lead.
#EUTOPIAMORE
#EuropeanUniversities
1/ Good news this morning! EUTOPIA's Science & Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships received the agreement of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action-COFUND Fellowships Programme. 76 two-years Post-doctoral fellowships shall be funded by the EU (5,6 M€) + co-funding by EUTOPIA members
Get ready! WeDiscover Days at
@UPFBarcelona
starts tomorrow. 1st step of the
#openinnovationchallenge
: 6 universities of
#EUTOPIA
alliance. Do you want to know what are the challenges that our European cities are facing? Get involved in the live streaming:
Today starts at Ljubljana, hosted by
@unilj
, the EUTOPIA Week ending the pilot phase of our Alliance and starting the new period, with ten partners, 4y objectives and 10y ambitions, to build a sustainable model of the future
#EuropeanUniversity
.
We are all heading today to Barcelona and work there tomorrow and after tomorrow to prepare the launching of the EUTOPIA MORE project, coordinated by the
@UPFBarcelona
#Europeanuniversities
🎉 The countdown for the next EUTOPIA Week is on!
From Dec 4-6
@tudresden_de
will host this landmark event for EUTOPIA. In 10 days the delegates from all EUTOPIA's central bodies and global partners will meet to work together to deepen the alliance's programmes and perspectives🤝
#EUTOPIA
is looking for its new Secretary-General to start in Feb 23. Based at the
@VUBrussel
the SG will be a trusted advisor of the Board of directors; a coordinator of the alliance; a facilitator, a leader and head of the central office. Apply now:
📣 Calling all Science Diplomacy enthusiasts! Join EUTOPIA for an online seminar on June 29th! 🌍✨Explore the critical role of universities and alliances in science diplomacy and contribute to designing a tailored strategy for EUTOPIA. Email eric.piaget
@vub
.be
@TLippiello
chair of EUTOPIA says that creating a legal entity for EUTOPIA is more than a simple administrative formality, but a commitment to develop all the dimensions of a true European Academy.
@tudresden_de
#EUTOPIAWeek
The first EUTOPIA Western Balkans Workshop, September 3-4, 2020, is organized by the University of Ljubljana. Students, researchers and staff from Zagreb, Banja-Luka, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Prishtina, Skopje and Tirana, Save the date!
Rector
@TLippiello
Lipiello of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice opens the
#EUTOPIA
meeting of presidents, vice-presidents and project managers.
SAVE THE DATES !
The
#EUTOPIA
Science Fair wil start the 15th of February !
Researchers from the alliance will present their work through posters and videos. On the 25th, they will join roundtables covering some research topics.
Stay informed, come join us !
#EuropeanUniversities
Today, on Europe Day, the ten EUTOPIA Alliance universities are proud to reaffirm their commitment to designing the future of higher education and research in Europe, and to upholding democracy, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.
Are you starting or pursuing a PhD? Do you want to conduct international research in your field?
🔔Don't miss the opening TODAY of the EUTOPIA PhD co-tutelle programme offering expert supervision at 7 leading
#EUTOPIA
institutions👉
#europeanuniversities
EUTOPIA supports the
#sticktoscience
initiative. Eva Wiberg, chair of EUTOPIA, stated that “EUTOPIA believes that frontiers should never bar the contributions to scientific knowledge, especially within our continent.”
#EuropeanUniversities
EUTOPIA is hiring!
The Impact and Dissemination Unit of the EUTOPIA alliance is looking for an English Speaking Communications Officer. This role involves creating & disseminating compelling content across multiple platforms to promote 👇
«We Europeans, 5 hundred m inhabitants who abolished the death penalty» we are proud to be part of the Campus of European Universities at Versailles, on thé présence of thé Franck Minister of HE and Research, Sylvie Retailleau.
#europeanuniversity
#EUTOPIA
supports the students lobby to revert the negative effects of te Brexit on the Erasmus+ programme. 9 consortiums include a UK university, which represents: 75 universities, 23 countries, 2 M students, 400 K staff.
#EuropeanUniversities
Video here
Integrity, academic freedom, openness to society and to international.
@EvaWiberg3
states that the 3 new uni that join EUTOPIA share the common values of
#EUTOPIA
: University Ca Foscari Venezia, NOVA Lisboa University, Technische University Dresden.
#EuropeanUniversities
.
EUTOPIA Alliance is presenting the 1st BeEUTOPIAn student conference on the impacts of COVID-19 on international education! Stay tuned!
#EUTOPIA
#BeEUTOPIAn
#studentconference
Group session rounds ongoing in
@tudresden_de
for the EUTOPIA community, with rectors, vice-rectors, directors, staff, academics and students immersing into conversations that will bring new ideas and paths of work to our alliance.
#EUTOPIAweekDresden
#europeanuniversities
We are very proud that our
#SwafS
proposal
#EUTOPIA
-TRAIN was chosen by the
#H2020
call. Through very concrete actions this ambitious initiative will integrate our 6 Research & Innovation communities and open them to society, business, students and policy-makers.
#EUTOPIAAlliance
Three
#EUTOPIA
panelists to speak about supporting the Green New Deal and relevant SDGs. Luc Soete (
@VUBrussel
) Júlia Seixas (
@NOVAunl
) and Lela Melón (
@UPFBarcelona
). Green Deal and sustainability is not yet in the agenda of universities.
Friday is
#DiversityDay
! Our first session is a roundtable on inclusion practices
We heard from Ljubljana students Jan Forjan and Ajda Cimperman who participated in the
#Letters
programme, where they exchanged with other students about their experience of inclusion or exclusion
On June 5, 2019, the Franco-Iranian anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah was arrested in Tehran: 2 years later, she is still "hostage" among others of the Iranian regime in its standoff with the West. Her portrait will be drawn, Saturday, June 5, on the facade of Paris town hall.
✨Avui fem 33 anys!✨
El 18 de juny de 1990 el
@parlamentcat
va aprovar la Llei de creació de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, esdevenint la quarta universitat pública amb seu a Barcelona.
Per molts anys a tota la comunitat!
🎂🎉🎈
The EUTOPIA delegation in Versailles for the
#EuroCampus
, contributing with contacts and exchanges to enhance the relationship between alliances and universities. Thank you
#PFUE2022
for this precious opportunity.
“The European Commission is fully aware – and impressed by the work by EUTOPIA. We rely on you to pave the way and find solutions. We are there to facilitate, ensure momentum and encourage changes of national systems, when this is needed.” —states
@sophiabrussels
at
#AOVUB2023
"This chair will never be filled", stated rector
@PauwelsCpauwels
. The empty chair symbolises the commitment of
@VUBrussel
to those who have to pay for their academic or literary freedom with a prison sentence.
#EuropeanUniversities
#JanDanckaert
rector of
@VUBrussel
calls for a
#newrenaissance
with 3 pillars: curiosity, openness and connectedness, the values that the
#EUTOPIA
also stands for. It is precisely by building new academic networks and rethinking the role of universities. 1/6
#EUTOPIA
strongly believes in the power of universities to transform ideas into actions shaping the future of Europe. We celebrate Europe Day with our 10 Alliance universities as we renew our dedication to a more sustainable, inclusive, and open society.
#europeanuniversities
This morning the
#BeEUTOPIAnConference
Student Team invited on-site participants to visit the House of European History: a museum that celebrates European Cooperation and construction, from the myth of Europa to the most recent expansions of the EU
#EuropeanUniversities
Today in the charming city of Ljubljana, under heavy clouds, preparing the
#Eutopia
Project Kick-off meeting (January 29-31). Getting to know each other better and creating the best conditions for our shared adventure.
#SaveTheDate
EUTOPIA Week online, April 12-16. The
@goteborgsuni
is hosting the third
#EUTOPIA
Week online! Join our Journey! Workshops & seminars on a wide range of topics, relevant to students, staff and researchers from the alliance & beyond.
#EuropeanUniversities
Completed:
Networking ✅
Tips and advice ✅
International exchange ✅
Thank you to everyone who attended our Networking with the Career Ambassadors session today, we loved meeting you all and we hope to see you again soon!
#JoinOurJourney
#EUTOPIAweek
#EuropeanUniversities
JOIN US-21st of June 4-6 p.m CET,
#EUTOPIA
’s KNOWLEDGE BAZAAR kick-off with simultaneous streaming from 6 cities on our YouTube Channel. Mónica BELLO, Curator & Head of Art at CERN, & Marcel.lí Antúnez, who will perform live from Barcelona, wil be with us.
#europeanuniversites
#SaveTheDate
On 29 Sept,
#EUTOPIA
will be in the spotlight ‼️ The European Parliament will host our joint opening of the Academic Year led by the
@VUBrussel
: « EUROPE, EUTOPIA and the need for a new Renaissance ». More here:
#EuropeanUniversities
Today we launch our strategy, confirming the commitment of our six member universities to be a student-centred, open learning community, addressing global challenges from a local level through inclusive growth and innovation.
Our EUTOPIA partner
@VUBrussel
launches first English-language bachelor's programme in linguistics & literary studies with urban, multicultural & multilingual programme, and... announces it in a 6 languages press release! Bravo!
#EuropeanUniversities