We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the ENLIGHT Sustainability Award 2025 and the ENLIGHT Inclusion Award 2025! These awards celebrate the outstanding efforts of students who have shown exceptional dedication to promoting...
Meet this time’s face at Faces of ENLIGHT, Iker Callado
ENLIGHT is pleased to announce Iker Callado as a featured voice at Faces of ENLIGHT. A Psychology graduate and educator, he champions inclusion in education and sports, earning recognition at the 2024 ENLIGHT Inclusion Awards. As a coach for...
ENLIGHT IMPACT Conference: register now
Join us at the ENLIGHT IMPACT Conference on 27-28 March 2025 in Groningen! Registration is now open!
We look forward to connecting international impact experts with practitioners, academics and management staff to explore and exchange on how to...
Profiling future professionnals to design Smart and Sustainable Cities and communities
The ENLIGHT regional academy on Smart, Sustainable cities and communities brought together academics, researchers, professionnals and policy makers in Bilbao to discuss the challenges faced by land planning and determine the key competences to be...
Towards more sustainable event management
One of ENLIGHT's key objectives is to strengthen and integrate sustainability and sustainable development in all fields of action. Within the cooperation of the ENLIGHT Green Network, staff from the central event management teams and...
ENLIGHT Student Network at the General Meeting in Bern
This year’s General Meeting, held at the University of Bern, once again featured an indispensable delegation of students from the ENLIGHT Student Network (SN), representing all the universities in the alliance. It was remarkable to see that nearly...
Call for participation in Challenge-based Education training
Challenge-based education (CBE) is a core element of teaching and learning initiatives within ENLIGHT. The focus of CBE is on incorporating real-life cases into the teaching of university courses and working on students' 21st century skills. This...
Meet Mervin Bakker at Faces of ENLIGHT
Mervin Bakker, former Director of Internationalisation at the University of Groningen, reflects on his impactful role in shaping ENLIGHT. This alliance of ten European universities has redefined collaboration in higher education, fostering...
Why is intercultural exchange a useful tool for honing critical thinking skills?
Eight weeks ago, 24 students from five of ENLIGHT’s partner universities, embarked on a journey. The first six weeks were spent interacting online, with participants getting to know each other—starting from the basics of everyone's studies, to...