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‘Spannend en een eer te organiseren’

Negen universiteiten uit Oekraïne brachten afgelopen week een werkbezoek aan het Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) van de UT. Directeuren en rectoren kregen een driedaags programma voorgeschoteld over onder meer onderwijsvernieuwing. Harry de Boer van CHEPS licht de kennismaking toe.
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‘Exhilarating and an honour to organise’

Nine universities from Ukraine paid a working visit to the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente last week. Directors and rectors were presented with a three-day programme on educational modernization, innovations, trends and developments. Harry de Boer of CHEPS elaborates on the gathering.
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UT vaart andere koers met ECIU University

De UT vaart een nieuwe koers ten opzichte van ECIU University. De ‘Europese universiteit’ moet niet meer als losstaand project opereren, maar vervlochten worden met de UT. Huidig kartrekker Fred de Vries van Strategie & Beleid spreekt van een ‘doorstart’ en geeft tekst en uitleg over de ommezwaai.
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‘We are about to become a true university’

ECIU University is entering a new phase. ‘It’s a paradigm change,’ says Màrius Martínez, president of the ECIU and vice rector for International Relations at the UAB (The Autonomous University of Barcelona). ‘We aim to create an agile, easy and attractive ecosystem for learners across Europe.’
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Next phase of ECIU University

‘New European university is not a dream, but a real possibility’

ECIU University, a new European university coordinated by the UT, has received a grant of €14.4 million, allowing it to move onto the next phase. ‘We want to grow from 500 learners to 5000 learners,’ says Sander Lotze, director of ECIU University.
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Five questions about: ECIU University Vision 2030

‘It is the North Star for all our activities’

The ECIU University is officially a three-year pilot, but it certainly doesn’t intend to stop there. To confirm its long-term strategy, there is now the ECIU University Vision 2030, highlighting the plan to create a brand-new European ecosystem. ‘We really believe that this is the way forward,’ say two of the Vision’s main authors, Sander Lotze (Director ECIU University) and Heli Harrikari (Director Continuous Learning at Tampere University).
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ECIU: ‘Towards a new European university’

The ECIU University was launched a year ago. The project, coordinated by the UT, is now taking its next steps. First students will ‘enter’ the brand-new European university in February and the ECIU partners are busy developing a virtual reality environment for learners. Sander Lotze, director of the ECIU University based at the UT, shares the latest developments.
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ECIU: ‘Op weg naar een nieuwe Europese universiteit’

De ECIU University is een jaar geleden gelanceerd. Het project, gecoördineerd door de UT, zet nu vervolgstappen. De eerste studenten komen in februari en de ECIU-partners zijn druk bezig een virtual reality-omgeving te ontwikkelen voor het onderwijs. Sander Lotze, projectleider ECIU University, vertelt over de nieuwste ontwikkelingen.
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UT invests €4.4 million in ECIU University

The UT Executive Board has decided to allocate in total 4.415 million euros to the ECIU University project. Their investment plan was approved by the University Council today.
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‘ECIU University is still an experiment’

The University Council has expressed their reservations regarding the plan for the ECIU University. They question how well will the pilot be embedded within faculties and how it will benefit the UT. This matter was discussed during the University Council meeting today.
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ECIU regions: doing nothing is not an option

‘Foster cooperation’

With a letter of support, all ECIU regions recently professed their support for the establishment of a European university, including the region of Twente. However, Maarten van Steen, chairman of the ECIU Smart Regions working group, believes that this ambition can be taken a few steps further still.
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A university with societal stakeholders on board

The ECIU University is not shy in taking a novel approach to its board. Not only board members of all the member universities call the shots, seven so-called societal stakeholders also take up a pivotal role on the board. According to ECIU President, Victor van der Chijs, the new university wants ‘to be fully open to society’s questions and expectations.’
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ECIU University gets the green light with €5 million

'We are really really proud of achieving this’

The ECIU University will be launched in 2020. The project, coordinated by the UT, just received the full funding of €5 million from the European Union. Thanks to that, learners from all over Europe can soon sign up for this new European university, which aims to offer brand-new type of education open to everyone and focused on solving challenges, not on getting a degree.
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‘ECIU matters’

The European Parliamentary elections are coming up. In the Netherlands on May 23. ‘This could mean new parliamentarians and rebuilding a network’, says Olga Wessels about her work at the ECIU Office in Brussels.
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ECIU University

Not a 'one size fits all' university

The world is changing and universities should be changing with it. That is the basic idea behind the ECIU's ambitious project, the 'ECIU University'. It’s a joint university involving all ECIU members and offering a completely new type of education. Today, the ECIU Executive Board is at the University of Trento for further discussion about the ECIU University.
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UT part of a new European University

ECIU (European Consortium of Innovative Universities) has announced the launch of a new European University in 2019. As an ECIU member, the UT is heavily involved in establishing the joint university, which aims to offer a new type of education.
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