NEWS Umeå University is joining a European alliance called European Campus of City-Universities (EC2U). The university will be the ninth university to join. "Being part of a European alliance is today a matter of competition and quality in terms of both education and research," says Cathrine Norberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Umeå University.
Logotype for European Campus of City-Universities - EC2U.
Primarily, membership of EC2U means that students have increased opportunities for mobility and greater choice, but it also means that Umeå University can be involved in influencing the European educational landscape.
Cathrine Norberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Umeå University. Photo: Mattias Pettersson.
"Together with the eight other universities, we can safeguard and emphasise the importance of academic and democratic values across national and university borders. This is not unimportant given the situation we find ourselves in, where academic freedom is being curtailed and political control of our higher education institutions has become increasingly tangible," says Cathrine Norberg.
The EC2U Alliance's work is currently focused on four of the UN's global goals - Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions - in both education and research. There are currently newly launched master's programmes in these areas that include about 80 students from different universities within the alliance.
Umeå University will be part of the Alliance's various activities at all levels during spring/early summer.
For more information visit EC2U:s webb.