At the end of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Campus of European Universities took place today, on 30th June 2022, at the Congress Centre in Versailles, France.
Representatives of 300 institutions participating in the 41 European University Alliances –including EUNICE, the European University for Customised Education– met in Versailles today, 30th June 2022. Other participants from EU Member States and the European Commission, as well as European and other partners from business and society, came together with the particular aim of strengthening the international dimension of the European University Initiative. The French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, visited the EUNICE stand at the beginning of her tour of the exhibition and informed herself about the course offering and upcoming projects.
The event was designed as a campus open to European and global stakeholders in the higher education sector. It gave the Alliances the opportunity to present their activities and objectives to students and other interested parties. Thematic workshops and round table discussions provided a framework to discuss how European Universities contribute to the implementation of the European Strategy.
The conference aimed to promote alliances and cross-border cooperation in higher education, research and innovation. It is part of the European Higher Education Strategy for the Future of Europe and was shaped according to the recommendation of the European Council.
In the course of his speech introducing the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in December 2021, President Emmanuel Macron called for the organisation of a major meeting of European universities. The Campus of European Universities was organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research together with the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and other French institutions.
EUNICE representatives: Matxalen Llosa (UC), Cristina Satriano (UNICT), Magdalena Sikorska (PUT) and Paweł Śniatała (PUT).
About EUNICE
EUNICE, the European University for Customised Education, includes the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU-Germany), the Poznań University of Technology (PUT-Poland), the University of Cantabria (UC-Spain), the University of Mons (UMONS-Belgium), the University of Catania (UNICT-Italy), the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF-France) and the University of Vaasa (UVA-Finland). The project promotes networking between educational institutions, industrial and business partners and other social, cultural, artistic and sporting actors to respond to social and economic challenges at both global and local levels.
Caption: EUNICE staff members (from left to right): Magdalena Sikorska (PUT), Matxalen Llosa (UC), Helena Schmiemann (BTU), Janina Biell (BTU), Mona Enell-Nilsson (UVA), Sébastien Grondel (UPHF) and Cristina Satriano (UNICT).
