Publish Date: 09.12.2021
Category: Eutopia
Today's Spotlight: The fruits of EUTOPIA WEEK
EUTOPIA takes a major step towards its integration - Signing of an Enhanced Mobility Agreement
During the EUTOPIA Week, on November 23, 2021, the six original members of the EUTOPIA alliance of European Universities got together to sign a new and enhanced mobility agreement.
The agreement provides for mobility to begin in the 2022-2023 academic year, and stipulates that up to 100 undergraduate students from each university will travel to other alliance universities each year. That's 600 hundred students experiencing a new EUTOPIAn mobility each year!
See the video of the Signing Ceremony.
EUTOPIA becomes larger - again! A warm welcome to the Romanian University of Babes-Bolyai
The same day as the Enhanced Mobility was signed, the EUTOPIA alliance also officially welcomed the foremost university in Romania: the university of Babes-Bolyai.
Babes-Bolyai is a diverse university, with study programmes taught in many languages including Romanian, English, Hungarian and German, and internationally oriented, boasting partnerships with 210 universities in 50 countries.
It is a wonderful new addition to the alliance, that will strengthen it as a whole!
Check out our new EUTOPIA member's website.
Events
Student Career Ambassadors Workshop - Moving to... the UK! November 30, 2021
The "Moving to..." workshop series is resuming, with "Moving to the United Kingdom" on Tuesday, November 30th at 6 p.m. CET.
The Career Ambassadors for the University of Warwick are hosting a workshop covering the typical issues faced by those moving to the UK, including how to find cheap and liveable accommodation, how to approach the UK healthcare system as a foreign student, how to deal with public transports, and how to engage in the social life and culture of the UK.
Follow the Student Career Ambassadors here and register here.
UPF-hosted debate: "Whose culture? Cultural appropriation and repatriation in Africa"! December 1, 2021
The debate is organized in collaboration with the A4U (lliance 4 Universities) and will feature speakers from the UPF Faculty of Humanities, as well as experts from the South-African Universities of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and Stellenbosch, and external experts working in museums, research laboratories, etc.
The session will take place at the UPF Ciutadella Campus, Mercè Rodoreda Auditorium, on December 1st from 10.30 to 13.30. You are welcome to join in person or via streaming.
Find more info on the programme here and register here.
Opportunities
Disinformation and fake news video contest – submissions are now open! - Deadline December 15, 2021
On behalf of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, the VUB Brussels School of Governance invites undergraduate and MA students to participate in a video contest on how to counter disinformation, and have a chance to win up to 250 Euros. The deadline for submission is 15 December 2021.
The goal of the competition is to foster peer-to-peer knowledge sharing among students on how to identify and counter disinformation and fake news. Any student enrolled into a university located in NATO member countries or at NATO partner countries is eligible to submit a video. The suggested length for the video is 1-3 min, but longer videos will be considered as well. The videos must either be in English or have English language subtitles.
In their video, participants can focus on any aspect of informational integrity that they believe is relevant to their peers. All entries will be evaluated by a panel consisting of subject matter experts and other students on the clarity of the message, originality of content, and the quality of presentation. The three videos that will receive the highest scores will receive Amazon vouchers of 250 Euros for 1st place, 150 Euros for 2nd place, and 100 Euros for 3rd place.
More information and registration procedure here.
Info session on the PhD fellowship program of FWO organized at the VUB - December 16, 2021
Are you on the lookout for opportunities to become PhD candidate and conduct research in the capital of Europe? Do you wish to apply for a personal fellowship to achieve your research goals and kickstart your career?
Then the online info session organized by the VUB R&D department is of interest to you: the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) will explain its predoctoral fellowship program and all the modalities that accompany such an application.
You are kindly invited to attend this info session on December 16th, 2021, from 10-12AM (Central European Summer Time) with the opportunity to ask questions to the FWO representative and the Research & Grant Officers of VUB.
Warwick Statistics Research Internships - Deadline February 13, 2022, Mobility between July - August 2022
The University of Warwick is pleased to announce the launch of the Warwick Statistics Research Internship, which will run in July - August 2022. The scheme is primarily (but not exclusively) intended for students in at least their penultimate undergraduate year. All students of EUTOPIA are eligible.
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of academic staff, be part of a cohort of like-minded students with cohort-based seminars and social events, receive a weekly £350 bursary for 8 weeks, and gain first-hand experience of what postgraduate research can entail.
The application deadline is 13 February 2022. Projects will be allocated at the start of the internship, so it is not necessary to have one in mind when applying.
More information and registration procedure here. .
Reminder
EUTOPIA-SIF Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Call for applications 2021/2022
The EUTOPIA European University is pleased to inform you about the launch of the second call for applications of the MSCA COFUND “EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme EUTOPIA-SIF), for the recruitment of 21 post-doctoral fellows by the EUTOPIA universities.
EUTOPIA-SIF fellowships offer the opportunity to high-profile young researchers to develop their own research projects in the stimulating academic environment of the EUTOPIA Alliance.
Extensive research mobility is integral to the fellowships with two compulsory secondment periods: one at another EUTOPIA university (co-host university) and one with an external academic or non-academic partner institution with the aim of fostering the fellows’ entrepreneurial spirit, tangible research impact and innovation. Furthermore, fellows will access a rich training programme, career guidance and academic supervision.
- The call for applications opens on the 20 September 2021.
- An optional pre-application stage will be available to help candidates find a host research group from 20 September to 25 October 2021, 13:00 CET.
- The call deadline is 10 January 2022, 13:00 CET.
- Positions will start in September 2022.
Relevant application material.
University of Warwick's "Fernandes Fellowships": Visiting Fellowships at Warwick for the researchers of the Alliance
Warwick would like to invite researchers from across EUTOPIA to apply for a visiting fellowship scheme: Fernandes Fellowships.
These Fellowships will allow those in research, tenure-track or early academic positions to undertake a three-month visit to Warwick (possibly split over two or three visits) in order to develop long-term research collaborations.
Fellows, who must have less than 10 years postdoctoral experience, will receive a stipend of £2,000 per month; travel costs of up to £1,000; and research, support and training costs of up to £3,000.
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be reviewed on a monthly basis until funds are fully allocated. Visits must be completed by the end of 2022.
For more info about eligibility, funding, application procedure, see this website or write to .
EUTOPIA TeamWork: A new cross-campus, challenge-based, problem-solving programme for students! Summer 2022
TeamWork is a part-time, virtual international programme taking place during summer 2022. It aims to bring together multi-disciplinary teams of students from EUTOPIA universities to collaborate and work together online, on an organisation’s project or challenge.
TeamWork provides students with valuable international and intercultural experience and skills to enhance their employability, whatever their chosen career path.
Partner organisations and challenges will be selected in early 2022. Stay tuned for more info on how to participate.
Calendar
November 30th
Career ambassador Workshop: "Moving to... the UK!"
December 1st
UPF-hosted debate: "Whose culture? Cultural appropriation and repatriation in Africa"
Deadline for applications to Postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
December 13th
Career Ambassador Workshop: "Moving to... Slovenia!"
December 15th
Deadline for the VUB Fake News and Disinformation Video Contest
December 16th
Info session on the PhD fellowship program of FWO organized at the VUB
January 10th
Deadline for applications to the Second SIF Post-Doctoral Fellowship call
January 20th
Career Ambassador Workshop: "Job opportunities in EU Institutions"
February 4th - 6th
Warwick Economic Summit
February 13th
Deadline for applications to the Warwick Statistics Research Internships
February
Hackathon in Gothenburg (Open Innovation Challenge)