As countries across the EU start relaxing their confinement measures and people are adapting to this new phase, we also want to start focusing on other aspects of the work of our universities. The first part of this newsletter will be centred on one important topic of university life: sport. Sport Offices have swiftly adapted to the new reality imposed by Covid-19 and, by doing so, they have transformed themselves and their mission, proving to be real allies in the wellbeing of students and staff. In the second part of this newsletter, we shed the light on other news from our network, that will bring our minds away from the pandemic, for a while. See you next month! 

Click here to read the May YERUN Newsletter!

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, universities across Europe are faced with an unprecedented situation. They are working tirelessly to continue to guarantee services to students while ensuring the wellbeing of their entire university community. The Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN) is closely following the measures taken by the European Union (EU) institutions and by its member universities in adapting to this new reality.

The YERUN Annual Report has been published! In these times of "forced slow down", we are presented with the unique opportunity to go through our past with a view on our future, with mindfulness.

Click here to download the YERUN Annual Report 2019!

Ahead of the upcoming Communications of the European Commission on the Renewed European Research Area, on the European Education Area and on the updating of the Skills Agenda, it is high time to talk about the employability of our students and researchers. As a network of young, dynamic and research-driven universities, YERUN members share a strong commitment to strengthen the employability of their students and researchers who are the employees, knowledge workers, entrepreneurs and citizens of tomorrow. Graduate Employability touches upon the discussions on the future of skills, the future of work, challenges of digitalisation and the role of education and research in our societies. With that in mind, YERUN collected practices from our institutions implemented at various levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD or postdoc) that are having an impact in the career of our graduates with a view of sharing and starting a dialogue with other universities and stakeholders.