Worldwide more and more people are moving to the city and this trend is not expected to change in the coming decades. The result is an increasing demand for housing, preferably near the facilities of the city. This can be at odds with the preservation of green areas in the city. Because green is of […]
Read More →On the 30th of November, ENtRANCE coordinator VUB presented the first results of the impact study during the “Community Engagement: Facing the Challenge” workshop during the Engage2018 conference in Edinburgh. The Engage conference is an annual conference hosted by the National co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement of the UK, for everyone interested in public engagement […]
Read More →In the Lahti Science Day workshop on collaboration with the CSOs a concrete suggestion was made for a day on service and information design to be held together with Lahti UAS and the local CSOs. This hands-on educational day for working on these skills will be held in Spring 2019. It will focus on the […]
Read More →Stichting Heideboerderij Nederland (SHN, The Dutch Heath Farm Foundation) works on the development of the heath farm concept in The Netherlands. At fifteen locations farmers, shepherds, nature organisations, citizens, entrepreneurs and the local and provincial governments work together on the realisation of heath farms. The SHN asked the Science Shop of Wageningen University & Research […]
Read More →The University Institute of Maia – ISMAI and University of A Coruña organized the 1st International Congress of Business Sciences dedicated to the topic ‘University and Businesses: marriage or divorce?’ Emerging issues and new challenges concerning the future of Higher Education, as well as the need for constant adaptation to an ever changing labour market […]
Read More →ENtRANCE was presented with a poster and leaflets in an international conference Smart Cities in Smart Regions in the Sibelius Hall conference center in Lahti. This conference was organized by Lahti University of Applied Sciences and interested people from as far as India, among those closer countries, such as Belgium. In the conference dinner, it […]
Read More →Hansje, Leneke and Valentina opening the interactive training session. Picture: J. D. Marrée From the 17th until the 19th of September 2018, 25 higher education lecturers from the five ENtRANCE institutions have participated in a “CONNECTING ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY THROUGH RESPONSIBLE EDUCATION” training at Wageningen, The Nederlands. The interactive training was designed by ENtRANCE […]
Read More →Worldwide more and more people are moving to the city and this trend is not expected to change in the coming decades. The result is an increasing demand for housing, preferably near the facilities of the city. This can be at odds with the preservation of green areas in the city. Because green is of […]
Read More →The Living Knowledge Network is an international Science Shop Network, set up for people interested in building partnerships for public access to research. Every two years academics, practitioners, activists, social innovators, research funders, science educators and communicators, citizen scientists, policy makers, NGOs, artists, interested community groups and citizens gather for the Living Knowledge Conference. The […]
Read More →Changes to the sense of taste and smell are a common side-effect experienced by patients being treated for cancer. The HungerNdThirst Foundation has now signalled a possible negative impact on patient recovery and quality of life, due to the effect these changes have on food intake and food preferences. The foundation is focusing its attention […]
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