University students embody EELISA’s DNA. They are diverse, curious and creative. They are the future. So that, they are playing a key role in our Alliance either through their participation in EELISA communities, as participants of activities, as reporters, or as members of the EELISA’s governance structures. This monthly series aims to give visibility to…
Last November, a “groundbreaking” event took place at FAU: it was the kick-off of their EELISA local student group. This is a seminal get-together event – full of curiosity, enthusiasm, and sweet treats – that is expected to be replicated in each of the EELISA universities. Also, this is meant to be the beginning of…
As an Alliance meant to foster real change within the European Higher Education, bottom-up processes are essential for EELISA. One example of these actions is the “EELISA Librarians Team” formed to give support to EELISA regarding best practices in Open Science. In the words of Burcu Bulut, technical services librarian at the Istanbul Technical University:…
It is time to connect and learn… while having a snack! The “EELISA Knowledge Bites” is a series of meetings that will take place every other Friday for informal training and learning sessions. In these meetings, experts from all EELISA institutions give talks on useful topics for building, growing, and teaching in #EELISACommunities. Whether you…
Last Friday, Rectors, Presidents, Director, representatives of external collaborators, staff, faculty, and students from all the member universities of the EELISA Alliance came together to exchange views, discuss plans and ideas on the building processes that are taking place within EELISA. Among them, we could find Francesco Serra, a student of Scuola Normale Superiore, a…
EELISA is approaching its second year and promoting students involvement is a key to ensure a transformative and successful implementation. Laura Tierling, interim leader of EELISA Work Package 7 “Mobility, inclusiveness, and student participation of EELISA”, gives us an insight into their plans for the beginning of the academic year 2021/22. Whether you are an…
The last episode of this portrait series brings us three women from BME, UPB, and ENPC. These three stories wrap up a series of articles conceived to give visibility and celebrate those women who are contributing to the construction and spirit of EELISA. Emília Csiszár Emília is the Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the…
During this month that is about to end, we celebrated International Women In Engineering Day 2021 by sharing self-portrait photographs sent by some of the women who are part of EELISA. A celebration that became an international trend and that, as our #EELISAwomen portrait series shows, never ends for EELISA. Sabina Nuti (SSSA) and Chloé-Agathe…
The 3rd part of this portrait series gives us a glimpse of the careers and thoughts of Dana V. Gheorghe (UPB), Ayse Nur Koc (ITU), Chiara Cappelli (SNS), and Eike Trost (FAU) – an example of women from different generations and with diverse professional backgrounds that share the same purpose – to transform higher education innovatively.…
Istanbul Technical University (ITU) organized the second kick-off workshop on EELISA communities on Tuesday, 18th May 2021. The target audience of the workshop, a first of a series of events to build awareness on EELISA communities at ITU, included academics and researchers. Approximately 60 participants from various disciplines attended the 3-hour session to brainstorm on…