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Podcast #11 - European Universities Unite – A new EU initiative. w/ Olga Wessels, 28/06/19

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🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The European Commission has just announced the results of its latest university funding proposal, called the European Universities Initiative. The initiative attracted 17 alliances involving 114 higher education institutions from across the continent. In this podcast, we are talking to Olga Wessels, a delegate from the Brussels branch of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, or ECIU, which is one of the largest alliances awarded funding via the initiative. This podcast forms part of a series, produced and disseminated by ESNA Media, on the subject of higher education and science policy. Produced and edited by George Oliver and Tino Brömme Audio editing by George Oliver Music by Zende Music, Bologna ESNA European Higher Education News, Berlin www.esna.tv FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE https://tinyurl.com/esna-wessels

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to ESNA podcast number 11 on European Higher Education Policy.

0:07.0

The European Commission has just announced the results of its latest university funding proposal,

0:12.9

called the European University's Initiative.

0:15.6

The initiative attracted 54 alliances involving 117 higher education institutions from across the continent.

0:24.0

In this podcast, we are talking with Olga Vessels, a delegate from the Brussels branch of the

0:29.3

European Consortium of Innovative Universities, or ECIU, which is one of the largest alliances

0:35.2

awarded funding via the initiative.

0:40.3

Mrs Vessels, thanks for joining us. Firstly, what is your alliance?

0:44.3

Yeah, so the European Consortium of Innovative Universities

0:48.3

already exists for over 20 years. We started in 1997.

0:51.3

It's an alliance of 14 universities today. And it's all universities with

0:57.6

strong links to their region. And that's really in their DNA. Innovation is in their DNA. And I think

1:04.0

that makes ECIU a very special consortium of young and entrepreneurial universities.

1:11.6

What are the core aims of the ECIU Alliance?

1:14.6

Back in 1997, it was not very done to say as a university that you work together with businesses and industry.

1:21.6

Back then, they were really pioneering entrepreneurship.

1:26.6

Students can work on real-life challenges,

1:29.3

and they shared best practices, but also failures,

1:33.3

so they could learn from each other.

1:35.3

You ask industry or the government or societal organizations

1:41.3

for a real-life challenge.

1:43.3

Then they ask students in a group to work on this real-life challenge

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