The project ProcToGo - Digital Tools and Sustainable Goals is stepping up its visibility! Are you interested in knowing more about sustainable procurement and how to enhance students' employability in this topic?

During 2021 the UK Government has launched the ‘Turing Scheme’, an outbound mobility programme that provides students studying at British universities, colleges and schools opportunities to study abroad for between four weeks and 12 months. The scheme is named after the mathematician and pioneering computer scientist, Alan Turing, who was an early pioneer of internationalisation in academia and who himself studied in the USA.

YERUN is delighted to announce that UiT - The Arctic University of Norway has officially become a YERUN member! By welcoming the northernmost university in the world, YERUN expands its representation to yet another country on the European map: Norway. UiT is a fantastic fit into YERUN: with its strong research profile and research-based teaching, it will contribute to strengthening YERUN's voice in European policies related to R&I and education. Therefore, a big welcome to UiT - The Arctic University of Norway into the Young European Research Universities Network!

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Five years ago, Konstanz-based chemist Professor Helmut Cölfen and his team published the synthesis of a novel bio-inspired, heat-resistant mineral plastic that can easily be recycled. Since then, they have been collaborating with academic colleagues and industrial partners to refine the material and to scale-up the synthesis of mineral plastic foams for industrial-scale production.