Press invitation: VUB and European partners unveil strategy for new EUTOPIA alliance

EUTOPIA submits bid for Erasmus+ ‘European Universities’ programme grant

EUTOPIA, a new alliance of six European universities that strives to create a connected and inclusive academic community across the continent, launches its strategy on Thursday February 28th at the Solvay Library in Brussels. The press is invited to join this launch.

That same day, the Alliance will also submit its bid for the Erasmus+ ‘European Universities’ programme grant, which would boost its mission of working as a network of European campuses addressing global challenges – through collaborative research, increased mobility of students and staff, and with shared innovations which serve the wider public in regional communities.

The university partners of EUTOPIA are: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Gothenburg, University of Ljubljana, Université Paris Seine, University Pompeu Fabra and University of Warwick.

Programme

  • 3:45 - 4.00 PM: Welcome
  • 4.00 - 6:00 PM: Presentation of EUTOPIA strategy
  • 6.00 - 7:00 PM: Reception

The opening speech will focus on the further development of higher education in Europe in line with the vision of the EUTOPIA Alliance.

Location

Solvay Library
Leopold Park
Rue Belliard 137
1040 Brussels

Registrations

Please confirm your presence by sending an email to sarah.g.janssens@vub.be

More information on the EUTOPIA Alliance:

Luk Van Langenhove, Head of International Institutes and Networks, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:

  • E Luk.Van.Langenhove@vub.be
  • M 32 (0)473 98 19 56

Luk Van Langenhove

Assignment Holder for International Institutes and Networking, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Sarah Jansssens

Marketing, communications & events, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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The Vrije Universiteit Brussel assumes its scientific and social responsibility with love and decisiveness. That’s why VUB launched the platform De Wereld Heeft Je Nodig – The World Needs You, which brings together ideas, actions and projects based on six Ps. The first P stands for People, because that’s what it’s all about: giving people equal opportunities, prosperity, welfare, respect. Peace is about fighting injustice, big and small, in the world. Prosperity combats poverty and inequality. Planet stands for actions on biodiversity, climate, air quality, animal rights... With Partnership, VUB is looking for joint actions to make the world a better place. The sixth and last P is for Poincaré, the French philosopher Henri Poincaré, from whom VUB derives its motto that thinking should submit to nothing except the facts themselves. VUB is an ‘urban engaged university’, strongly anchored in Brussels and Europe and working according to the principles of free research.

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