On Monday, 16/10/2023, the University of the Greater Region and the University of Luxembourg hosted the first conference of the Erasmus+ project "Leg-UniGR: Blueprint for a legal entity for cross-border university alliances".
With numerous contributions, keynote speeches and a panel discussion, the conference discussed the progress of the project so far and provided an outlook for the future.
EurIdentity Certificate: a unique qualification for Europe
There's something new for the start of the academic year in September 2023: together with its seven partner universities, the University of the Grande Région (UniGR) is launching the joint EurIdentity Certificate, a forerunner among European universities.
Border Realities 2023/2024: Crises, Resistances, Silences – Perspectives from the Border and Borderlanders
Considering the prevailing inflation and commonplace usage of the term "crisis," the lecture series discusses in 2023-2024 situated and critical explorations of crisis from the perspectives of border scholars in geography, political sciences, cultural studies and anthropology.
The University of the Greater Region was invited to present the first outputs of its project "Leg-UniGR" at the 2nd Forum of European Universities Alliances, organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Barcelona.
Representatives of the European Commission’s DG EAC and spokespersons of the pilot projects on European legal status for Alliances of Higher Education Institutions exchanged on the main objectives and added value of these initiatives. Project coordinator Eric Tschirhart exemplified #Leg_UniGR.
More than 130 students from the 7 partner universities of the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) participate in the joint certificate on the European Union
The test-run of the Erasmus+ project EurIdentity Certificate is going ahead with great success. The University of the Greater Region with its 7 partner universities is committed to educate new generations of Europeans.
UniGR-CIRKLA, the network of researchers specialized on materials and metals in a circular economy, is developing an ambitious project to create the second Interdisciplinary Centre of Expertise of the University of the Greater Region.
For the first time after the launch of the UniGR-EurIdentity Certificate, project participants from the seven partner universities met for the 4th Transnational Meeting at the htw saar on 17 November 2022.
On 30 June 2022, UniGR participated in the Campus of European Universities at the Palais de Congrès in Versailles.
May 9 is Europe Day, which is even celebrated as a holiday in Luxembourg! On this emblematic date in 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schumann presented his ideas for a new political and economic cooperation to prevent war between the nations of Europe.
The University of the Greater Region organised the popular sports festival again this year.
