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During the New Year’s reception of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) on 5 January, Rector Jan Danckaert opened the year with a message that was both unifying and serious. In his address, he reflected on a year marked by significant academic and societal achievements, while placing particular emphasis on the severe financial challenges facing the university following the budget cuts announced by the Flemish Government. According to Danckaert, higher education institutions i

Emilie Vandevelde gave a lecture in Lennik on the impact of artificial intelligence on solidarity and democracy, as part of CTRL SHIFT DELETE. She argued for strong citizenship education as an essential safeguard against authoritarianism and digital control.

Dina Oehlers, a Hotel Management student at Erasmushogeschool Brussel, won the Gold Award in Hospitality Management together with her partner Edgar at the international 2025 competition in Sweden, organised by the AEHT. This prestigious European event annually brings together hundreds of hospitality students from more than 40 countries. With their strong teamwork, strategic insight and sustainable vision, Dina and Edgar impressed the international jury

At the start of the new academic year, the FWO SBO Engine project is launching its website — and with it, the first large-scale study in Flanders to systematically map the ethnic gap in higher education. The project, officially titled Tackling the EthNic Gap IN Higher Education , is a collaboration between VUB, KU Leuven, and UHasselt, and aims not only to uncover the structural causes of inequality but also to offer concrete solutions. “Today, fifty percent of young people i

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is celebrating a first: the first class of Bachelor's students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is graduating. These five students successfully completed the entire three-year program. This makes VUB history with the only Bachelor's program in Flanders that offers such a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on AI. Unique training The bachelor's program combines insights from computer science, machine learning, logic, mathematics, cognitive psyc

At the start of the new school year, Raymonda Verdyck, chair of deMens.nu , calls on society to keep viewing education as more than tests and grades. Education is not merely about performance; it’s about providing equal opportunities, fostering broad personal development, nurturing citizenship, and above all, cultivating critical thinking. Freedom under pressure Today, fundamental freedoms are under threat across the world. Values once taken for granted — gender equality, sci

Caroline Pauwels Project: steun voor Brusselse jongeren OSB-VUB lanceert dit academiejaar een nieuw initiatief ten voordele van leerlingen van het GO! Atheneum Caroline Pauwels in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. Meer dan 80% van de jongeren op deze school groeit op in gezinnen waar schoolkosten een zware last vormen. Met dit project willen we gelijke onderwijskansen bevorderen en drempels verlagen. Het project weerspiegelt het gedachtengoed van Caroline Pauwels: vertrouwen in jongeren