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ATHENA European University strengthening ties with African HEIs at RUFORUM
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe and in partnership with RUFORUM member universities in Zimbabwe were

Reminder: apply now for Winter School “MAKERS 5.0”!
December 22 is the last day to register for the International Winter School “MAKERS 5.0.” to develop valuable skills and competencies such as product design, basics of electronics, 3D modelling

Invitation to participate in the International Winter School “MAKERS 5.0.”
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) Creativity and innovation centre “LinkMenu fabrikas” invites ATHENA students from all nine partner universities to participate in the international Winter School “MAKERS 5.0.”. Winter

Two Ukrainian universities become associated partners of the ATHENA alliance
On 30 November ATHENA Executive Board, represented by the Rectors of all 9 partner universities, unanimously voted for the integration of two Ukrainian universities – the National Technical University of

ATHENA Research Book, Volume 1 published
We are happy to announce that the ATHENA Research Book, Volume 1, has been published. The book is published in open access and available via DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/um.3.2022. The Book promotes

ATHENA launches collaboration between FabLabs and makerspaces
Early morning of Wednesday, 23rd November 2022, started at FabLab Siegen, Germany, where several makerspaces, creative hubs and FabLabs from partner universities have been brought together by ATHENA. The “FabLab

ATHENA at the Annual Meeting of the Danube Rectors’ Conference
The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Danube Rectors’ Conference took place at the University of Maribor, from 9 to 11 November 2022, where the participants discussed the main pillars of

Networking between ATHENA and industry in Porto
Having the academia in contact and cooperation with industry increases the diversity of knowledge among industry and academia. In addition to that, it potentially increases innovation dissemination, too. Within this

Fifth ATHENA meeting: Commitment to the Alliance’s future
In the beginning of October, the Fifth ATHENA European University meeting took place in Porto, Portugal. Hosted by the Alliance’s coordinating institution, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, the meeting was attended

CFP: Our economy (NGOE)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business is publishing Call for Manuscripts for the journal Our Economy (NGOE). We invite all ATHENA partners to submit a manuscript following the