Representatives of the nine partner universities of the European University Alliance EPICUR have arrived in Poznań. During two days (7,8 November) at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, a member of the alliance, they discuss topics including the consortium's sustainability and priorities, global education strategy, EPICUR governance evaluation, jointly with its committees and funding.
The meeting is held on the 5th anniversary of the alliance launch - "Exactly 5 years ago, we were all in Brussels and started our adventure. Today (7 November), we are going to have a birthday cake," comments the AMU Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Professor Rafał Witkowski. - "We have reached a point where several dozen people at each university are involved in EPICUR work, and the work of these several dozen people at each university needs to be linked and synchronised somehow. We have already tested numerous solutions and wish to select the ones that are most beneficial and most fruitful for us and focus on them. The most challenging task for us is to create a list of priority tasks." - Professor Witkowski adds. In his opinion, the essential tasks are educational and joint research offers development.
The meeting's topics also include a discussion on the EPICUR's expansion and the debate on what legal form the alliance should pursue.
The EPICUR consortium was established in 2019. It brings together nine European universities. Its overarching goal is to intensify cooperation between European universities in nearly all areas of academic life whilst respecting the linguistic and cultural diversity of individual countries and regions. EPICUR members include University of Strasbourg (UNISTRA) - leader, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), University of Southern Denmark (SDU), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (AMU), University of Upper Alsace (UHA), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), University of Freiburg (UFR).
Photo: Przemyslaw Stanula
