Following the end of his tenure as Rector of UCLouvain, Prof. Vincent Blondel is consequently stepping down from his role as President of Circle U.
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On 7-8 February, some 150 coordinators and other key actors of the 50 European University Alliances met in Brussels. An occasion to take stock of the progress of the alliances, to exchange experiences and practices and to discuss the future policy developments with the European Commission.
Pooling expertise from nine among Europe’s best universities, the CU.mil and CU.til will co-design innovative tools together with students and boost internationalisation in these areas.
Travel letter from the Dean of the Open Campus.
Circle U. wrapped 2023 in style with the live final of its Sustainable Change-Makers Programme. Spoiler alert: the 2024 edition promises to be even better.
Taking a user-oriented approach, a new report examines different steps and interactions have when going on exchange. Making these “user journeys” easier, might increase the number of students getting international exposure.
The Circle U.lympics, supported by the Circle U. European alliance seed funding projects and organised by Université Paris Cité's Sports Science Department (STAPS), King’s College London and the University of Aarhus, offers a series of online and face-to-face events from January to April 2024, under the theme of the Olympic Games.
Circle U. is delighted to announce that the call for applications for the 2024 edition of the Inter Circle U. Prize (ICUP) is now open!
What are European Universities Alliances grappling with when it comes to their research and innovation dimension? This Forum was the opportunity for a collective reflection together with stakeholders.
Circle U. is offering a unique internship opportunity for master students enrolled at or recently graduated from one of our partner universities.
We prepare for Christmas in our own special ways, and according to the traditions where we live. Join us for a tour around Europe where some of our different traditions are revealed.
In Circle U., attending a staff week could lead you to the Paris 2024 Olympics. And a 60 year old literary classic can be the starting point for a multisession online workshop. Here’s a closer look at two of the projects that received funding from the Circle U. Seed Funding Scheme 2023.
Representatives from Circle U. Student Union (CUSU) met for a seminar in Oslo in December. Here are the main points.
Held at Université Paris Cité on November 30, 2023, the second edition of the Pedagogical Initiatives Day, (La Journée des Initiatives Pédagogiques (u-paris.fr)) focused on the diversity of innovative formal and informal learning spaces.
We are pleased to announce two new job opportunities at our office in Brussels. Both are full-time positions of unlimited duration.
The results of the 2023 Circle U. seed-funding call are now published. Thirteen new projects have been selected for a total budget of nearly 120.000 euro. These bottom-up initiatives are boosting Circle U., exploring new and novel collaborations between academics, researchers and students across our 9 member universities, and beyond.
The Circle U. Office is expected to play a stronger role in supporting the strategic development of the alliance. Now located in Brussels, the office will expand in the coming months already. And this has started with the arrival of the first intern.
At the General Assembly in Oslo on 25-26 October, Presidents, Rectors and student representatives marked the transition to the new phase and expressed their enthusiasm and commitment to continue the transformative journey of Circle U.
With the conference “Creating now the university of tomorrow”, we took stock of the achievements of the last three years and transitioned from the pilot phase to the full development of the Circle U. European university alliance.
A Circle U. working group has made a joint foray into learning analytics. Part of their purpose was to identify patterns in attrition, and their final report – which is now available – will inform the work of a future DEI task force.
In a world that never stops spinning, taking the time to meet with peers and exchange idea has become a luxury. Last October, members of Circle U. ECR forum met in Paris to discuss how to best prepare early career researchers and help them grow into well-rounded citizens, scientists and leaders.
A recent two-day workshop brought together a dozen PhD students from King’s, Humboldt, Pisa, Oslo, Belgrade, UCLouvain, and Paris Cité, along with two keynote speakers.
Circle U. signs a joint statement with other alliances to call for an investment pathway which depicts a clear vision for a long-term and holistic financial sustainable future.
Eivind Engebretsen is appointed as Dean of the Circle U. Open Campus. As Dean, he has academic responsibility for Circle U.'s educational program.
The goal of the event was to open up a space for dialogue around the most important issues currently affecting Alliances of European Universities.