Aurora is a network of closely collaborating, research-intensive European universities working to shape the future of higher education.
Launched in February 2024, Aurora’s first Call for Incentive and Collaborative Research Projects (Hvatastyrkir fyrir rannsóknasamstarf) received 26 high-quality applications from all institutions within Aurora.
At the end of May, the Aurora community gathered in the historic city of Naples for the Aurora Spring Biannual, hosted by the University Federico II of Naples (UNINA).
On the 28 and 29 May, representatives from the University of Iceland and other Aurora Universities will attend the Aurora Spring Biannual 2024 in Naples, Italy.
The new Secretary General of Aurora, Ramon A. Puras, visited the University of Iceland end of April. Ramon formally accepted the position 1 May.
Through the Aurora cooperation, we were privileged enough to take part in the 2024 Aurora student conference held at the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain.
At a workshop on the LOUIS competency framework on 9 April, teachers will be guided on how to systematically strengthen students' interdisciplinary skills. The workshop is organized by the Aurora universities alliance.
To foster tangible scientific and academic collaboration, this call aims to promote cooperation between researchers and create new or consolidate existing scientific relationships.
The University of Iceland offers an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme course, Spark Social, for students at Aurora universities.
This week marked the new phase of an international university cooperation, that the University of Iceland will lead for the next four years.
Inclusion in higher education is the Aurora Student Council‘s (ASC) emphasis for this academic year.
A week-long journey to the heart of creative writing concluded successfully for four University of Iceland students who traveled to Olomouc in Czechia, funded by the Aurora University Network.
Aurora is delighted to announce that its European University programme has secured a second round of funding under the 2023 European Universities Initiative Call by the European Commission.
Almost 30 PhD students from Aurora universities attended a course on scientific outreach last week at the University of Iceland.
AURORA is a network of European research universities working towards creating universities of the future with systematic pedagogical development and innovation to meet current societal challenges.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, has been re-elected President of Aurora and will lead the university collaboration for the next two years.
The Aurora cooperation has received a glowing review from the European Commission on its midterm report for the Aurora European University Alliance.
The University of Iceland is offering a six-day international course in societal innovation in the spring semester 2023 for undergraduate students in their final year.
From December to April, Aurora invites students, staff and academics of Aurora universities working or interested in the field of internationalisation to share experiences, projects, initiatives and expertise, debate and ask questions at a montly lunch talk.
The Aurora partnership creates a living platform for Aurora University students and staff to exchange ideas on ways to enhance the quality of education, research and university activities and increase their societal impact.
Aurora Autumn Biannual is currently taking place online with several open talks.
New opportunities will emerge at the Aurora universities with increased participation of the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the network.
The Aurora network, which the University of Iceland is a member of, offers UI students a variety of exciting opportunities in the new academic year.
On the 11-12th of May, representatives from the University of Iceland and other Aurora Universities will attend the Aurora Spring Biannual 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria.
The Aurora partnership creates a living platform for Aurora University students and staff to exchange ideas on ways to enhance the quality of education, research and university activities and increase their societal impact.
Last week, a group of students and staff from the University of Iceland travelled to Tarragona, Spain. The purpose of the trip was to take part in the Aurora Autumn Biannual conference organised by the University of Rovira i Virgili.
Representatives of Aurora Universities will travel to Tarragona, Spain, to participate in the Aurora Autumn Biannual conference on 16-17 November.
The Aurora cooperation, of which the University of Iceland is a member, is looking for ambitious students at UI to participate in the network‘s operations through the Aurora Student Champion or Ambassador schemes.
At the beginning of September, Kees Kouwenaar, former Secretary-General of Aurora and specialist in the Aurora Competence Framework at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, visited the University of Iceland.
On 26-27 August, Aurora invites all students and staff at the University of Iceland to an online conference presenting interesting new research into digital society and global citizenship.
Aurora is a vibrant community of staff and students open to all those who are interested in cooperation and participating in diverse and informative events organized by the community.
What is AI? What can it be used for? These and other questions about Artificial Intelligence will be the subject of an open and International Aurora webinar that will take place from 2nd – 4th of June.
The latest Aurora newsletter features interesting interviews with Emily Reise and Francesca Stoppani.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (21 May 2021).
The Aurora Spring Biannual will be held online 20-21 May.
The Board of the Aurora Universities Network has announced the appointment of Ms. Anne-May Janssen to succeed Mr. Kees Kouwenaar as Aurora Secretary General.
The Aurora Alliance, of which the University of Iceland is a member, has been awarded a 2 million EUR grant from the Horizon 2020 – Science with and for Society (SwafS) - programme to strengthen and empower research support and innovation within the alliance.
Students at the University of Iceland now have the opportunity to take part in the Aurora Student Champion Scheme organised by the Aurora Student Council.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, has been elected President of the Aurora University Network and will lead the network for the next two years.
The European Union has awarded a three-year grant of EUR 5 million to the Aurora Universities Network, the equivalent of around ISK 800 million.
The University of Iceland has joined the Aurora Alliance that is currently preparing an application to the European University Initiative under the Erasmus+ programme.
The third award ceremony for the Aurora Diversity and Equality Award will be held in Amsterdam at the end of October. The objective of the award is to identify and exchange good practices that are being practised within the Aurora network which the University of Iceland is a part of.
Elísabet Brynjarsdóttir, President of the Student Council of the University of Iceland, has been elected President of the Aurora Student Group.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland, was recently elected to the board of the Aurora Universities Network of nine European Universities.
A new community of European universities called the Aurora, a network of nine dynamic universities united by a shared commitment to high-quality research, social responsibility and helping solve global challenges.
Today the University of Iceland joined a cooperative network with eight highly prestigious European Universities.