Niels Hexspoor

Aurora Biannual: May 20th – May 21st

Written on 5. 5. 2021. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network, Events, Students.

It is time again for the Aurora Biannual! This community-building event, taking place twice a year, is the ideal opportunity to connect with Aurora colleagues from different universities. Spread over the entire day of Thursday, May 20th and Friday, May 21st until Mid-afternoon, academics, students, university leaders and administrators will come together to continue ongoing work, meet new colleagues and celebrate existing friendships. Register here The Aurora Spring 2021 Biannual commences...

Aurora COVID Student Conference – 14:00-17:00 BST, 7th May 2021

Written on 25. 4. 2021. Posted in Events, Students.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) are delighted to be hosting the second Aurora COVID Student Conference on 7th May from 14:00-17:00 (BST). This is a free virtual conference for students from across all Aurora Universities to hear from, and engage with, experts working at Aurora partner institutions who have been active in responding to and researching the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Confirmed speakers are Prof Helena Gillespie and Prof Yoon Loke (UEA), Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir and Anna Bára Unnarsdóttir...

Forthem Alliance – Webinar: Shaping a Fairer World with Sustainable Development Goals

Written on 23. 4. 2021. Posted in Academics, Events, Students.

The FORTHEM Alliance, is one of the 42 European University Alliances, and like Aurora, places an emphasis on the SDGs. The FORTHEM Students are organizing the webinar Shaping a Fairer World with Sustainable Development Goals: Gender Equality (SDG 5) and Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8) FORTHEM student civic engagement project is inviting your students and staff to the discussion about sustainable economic growth, gender equality and decent work addressing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

2021 Spring School on Transferable Skills

Written on 19. 4. 2021. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network, Events, Students.

Are you interested in developing your professional skills? This may, our Aurora partners at the University of Naples Federico II offer a free online course, focused on developing skills in grant and CV writing, and how to get a faculty position. This program is open to all Master’s and Ph.d. students from within the Aurora Alliance, particularly those in a STEM-field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathemathics). The course will give an overview of the breadth of interviews that can...

Aurora Mini-Grants – List of awarded Mini-Grants

Written on 16. 4. 2021. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network, Students.

Friday, April 16, 2021 | After a very successful first call for applications, in which 27 applications were filed, the Aurora Central Office at Palacky University has finished its evaluation. It is our pleasure to announce the applications that will be awarded a Mini-Grant. Out of the 27 applications, eighteen project applications were chosen to receive funding. In total, more than 1,6 Million Czech Crowns have been awarded in this first round. The funding of these projects paid directly from...

Join an Aurora Short Program or Summer School

Written on 13. 4. 2021. Posted in Events, Featured, Students.

Ready to make the most of your summer? Want to study in another part of Europe? Learn a new skill, develop new knowledge to enhance your degree studies and graduate prospects? All Aurora university students have the benefit of learning what’s on offer this summer at other Aurora universities, through this one-stop-shop of your Aurora options this summer*. From Global Health to International Criminal Justice and from Central Europe and European Integration to Global Transitional Sociology, there’s...

Report on Aurora Mini-Grant Scheme

Written on 13. 4. 2021. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network, Students.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | After a very successful first call for applications, in which 27 applications were filed, the Aurora Central Office at Palacky University has finished its evaluation. The project applications and project evaluations are currently being reviewed by the Vice-Deans for internationalization, at their request, with the final outcomes expected by the end of this week. The selected projects are to be funded by the Palacky University Rectorate. This pilot phase of UP Aurora...

Looking back on the first CDS Awareness Raising Meeting Webinar

Written on 30. 3. 2021. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network.

On Friday the 26th of March, the Aurora Alliance organized its first Capacity Development Support (CDS) Awareness Raising Webinar. This meeting, the first of series of six, focused on “Transforming teaching through soft skills, social engagement, and virtual exchange competencies”. As such, it tied into a wide range of Aurora Alliance activities, covering all of the Alliance’s three substantive work packages. The webinar was organized by Aurora CDS Task Team leader & co-leader – Palacky...

Rector Jaroslav Miller: Membership in the Aurora Alliance could be UP’s ticket on the bullet train

Written on 3. 3. 2021. Posted in Academics, Students.

How should universities strengthen their position and positive influence on the public space to help our society facing rapid changes with various challenges? By close cooperation on the international level and transforming the results of their research into practice. This is why UP has become a member of the Aurora Alliance. Together with its eight university partners from the Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Spain, and Italy, in the years to come UP and the Aurora...

Aurora Alliance receives Horizon 2020 – SwafS Grant

Written on 3. 3. 2021. Posted in Academics, Events.

The Aurora Alliance has been awarded a 2 million EUR grant from the Horizon 2020 – Science with and for Society (SwafS) – programme to strengthen and empower research support and innovation within the alliance. This upcoming project will be managed by our Aurora Alliance partners at the University of Iceland, who were also in charge of the project application in November 2020. This grant aims to help the universities in the Aurora Alliance to set up and implement a joint strategy for increasing...

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