Events

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...

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...

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...

Student Event: Aurora Care and Compassion

Written on 22. 2. 2021. Posted in Events, Students.

The Aurora Student Council is delighted to be hosting the Aurora Care and Compassion Student event. This free virtual conference for students across all Aurora Universities is packed with engaging content to show students how Aurora cares for issues in modern society. The event will get students involved in activities and conversation across 4 key areas. These areas are Mental Health and Wellbeing, Open Educational Resources, Celebrating and Promoting Diversity, and Sustainability. Students’...

Aurora Spring Academic Meeting

Written on 22. 2. 2021. Posted in Academics, Events, Featured, Students.

Meet peers facing similar challenges in providing students with high-quality education and with international opportunities in a forced online environment. Learn what support Aurora is organising to assist academic teachers in meeting these challenges. On March 30th, from 9 am to 1 pm (CET), Aurora is hosting its Spring Academic meeting. It will be a platform to meet with peers and discuss how to provide high-quality learning under the currently restricted conditions. The Aurora Spring...

Aurorisation of courses and programmes – ONGOING SURVEY

Written on 18. 2. 2021. Posted in Academics, Events, Students.

Dear Colleagues, Working towards aligning our teaching programmes is an important aim of building the inter-university campus through Aurora Alliance activities in the field of education – Work package 3. To this end, there are two ongoing surveys regarding the data collection on the possibility to move forward with the ‘Aurorisation of courses and programmes’ across the Aurora Alliance. Survey 1: Designed for Degree Programme level (for Deans of Studies, Programme Coordinators) https://hj3khc5i55g.typeform.com/to/tstgITdu Part...