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Join the urban commons workshop: 23 September
15 September 2020 | CommunicationU!REKA partner Metropolia University of Applied Sciences invites you to join the conversation on how urban commons can play a role in reimagining the cities of the future.
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Research matchmaking at U!REKA
8 June 2020 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences aims to participate in the Horizon 2020-funded Marie S. Curie fellowship programme, which offers international postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to work in Amsterdam ...
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Collaboration in times of crisis
1 June 2020 | CommunicationAt U!REKA we are accustomed to working together remotely – as an international consortium spanning eight countries it’s second nature to us to collaborate online. The global pandemic however has posed a ...
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U!REKA Lab rolls out in partner cities
29 May 2020 | CommunicationAcross the U!REKA consortium, we partner in various ways to educate, shape and deliver the European professionals of tomorrow. One of our key joint programmes is the U!REKA Lab: Urban Commons, which kicked off its ...
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U!REKA 2020 Conference set for 16-18 November
17 May 2020 | CommunicationSave the date! The annual U!REKA Conference will be hosted by Helsinki-based partner Metropolia University of Applied Sciences this year, from 16-18 November.
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New partners extend U!REKA’s European reach
5 March 2020 | CommunicationThe collaboration platform U!REKA is strengthening its presence in Europe with the addition of two new institutional partners: Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL) and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). ...
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U!REKA submits renewed bid to become a European University
27 February 2020 | CommunicationThe Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) consortium is setting its sights on the 2020 European Universities project and its vision of creating the European universities of the future.
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U!REKA unites to fine-tune EUI application
19 December 2019 | CommunicationAs the application deadline for the EU European Universities Initiative nears, the U!REKA consortium (the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance) conducted a second workshop at OsloMet (Oslo Metropolitan ...
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DAAD grant provides financing boost for U!REKA
17 December 2019 | CommunicationU!REKA’s aim to participate in the European Universities Initiative (EUI) is being supported by a successful DAAD grant application, which guarantees up to EUR 450,000 over a three-year period (2020-2022).
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U!REKA European Universities bid makes German headlines
2 December 2019 | CommunicationThe results of the first pilot call “European Universities Initiative” (EUI) were written about recently by the well-known science journalist and blogger Jan-Martin Wiarda in an article in the national ...
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U!REKA workshop at OsloMet
29 October 2019 | CommunicationOsloMet (Oslo Metropolitan University) was the host of this year's U!REKA workshop, which kicked off on 7 October. The three-day workshop was the start of the process to develop an improved application for the ...
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U!REKA unites at the 31st EAIE Conference
11 October 2019 | CommunicationAnyone who is anybody in international education was in Helsinki at the end of September. Why? For the internationalisation event of the year – the European Association for International Education (EAIE) ...
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HEI strategic networks: U!REKA as a model
30 September 2019 | CommunicationU!REKA is examined as an example of European strategic networks in action, in a recently published journal from Laurea publications: Collaboration counts: experiences in internationalisation from Haaga-Helia, Laurea ...
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Frankfurt launches Experimental Learning Labs for peer learning
15 August 2019 | CommunicationThe Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS) is introducing the concept for “Experimental Learning Labs”. Based on a design thinking approach this method supports multidisciplinary teacher ...
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The development of international university consortia
31 July 2019 | CommunicationResearchers from U!REKA institutions are working on joint publications in Higher Education Research and Development (HERD).
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U!REKA eyes new EU European Universities bid
24 July 2019 | CommunicationThe collaboration platform U!REKA intends to participate in the second European Universities pilot in 2020, as soon as the application guidelines are announced. This is a grant programme for cooperative European ...
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Brexit: where does U!REKA stand?
24 June 2019 | CommunicationWith Brexit looming, what is U!REKA doing to safeguard its partnerships with UK-based institutions, such as Edinburgh Napier? How are the consortium partners supporting students and staff in the midst of ...
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Supporting refugee students: OsloMet field trip inspires AUAS
17 June 2019 | CommunicationIs it possible to get a good idea of how a university supports refugees in just two days? The Students that Matter (StM) team from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has the answer to this question: yes!
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HERD network intensifies its international collaboration
11 June 2019 | CommunicationThe Higher Education Research & Development (HERD) network is strengthening its ties in a number of ways. Read about the joint projects underway and visit the new website portal that aims to foster even more ...
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HoGent hosts U!REKA joint Master’s meeting
3 June 2019 | CommunicationDeveloping joint Master’s is one of the key aims of the U!REKA consortium. On 27-28 May a group of experts from across U!REKA who are working on developing the joint programme met in the beautiful city of ...