CuriousU is already in its fifth edition. 309 participants from 42 different countries came to the campus for the UT summer school in festival style. On the third day, after a night at the Sports Center due to heavy rainfall and thunder, the participants gather in the festival tent for a well-deserved lunch.
The UT summer school CuriousU, which starts on Sunday, is celebrating its anniversary. In five years it has become a ‘unique event’, says project leader Elena Tsigki. ‘But we don't rest on our laurels. Next year we want to find even more connections with the students.’
While one is lying on the beach with a mojito and the other faithfully sets up his tent at a campsite in the French Dordogne, there are also UT colleagues who keep slugging away this summer. This week, five people share what occupies them during the summer holidays. This fifth (and last) episode: Elena Tsigki, project leader of summer school CuriousU.
De UT-zomerschool CuriousU, die zondag begint, viert haar lustrum. In vijf jaar is het uitgegroeid een ‘uniek evenement’, zegt projectleider Elena Tsigki. ‘Maar we rusten niet op onze lauweren. Volgend jaar willen we nóg meer aansluiting zoeken bij de studenten.’
Currently over 300 people have pitched their tents on the UT campus to take part in the fourth edition of the CuriousU Summer School. The participants are from over fifty different countries. Each and every one of them come here from different walks of life with different expectations and experiences. Here is a taster of just a few people taking part.
Vijftig nationaliteiten, ruim driehonderd deelnemers, veertien academische cursussen en dat alles in- en rondom een grote tent: CuriousU is terug op de campus. Gisteren begon de vierde editie van de UT-zomerschool in festivalstijl.
UT-summerschool CuriousU gaat op voor de vierde editie. Medio augustus verwacht de organisatie ruim 350, voornamelijk internationale, bezoekers op de campus. Het evenement in festivalstijl biedt een ruim aanbod cursussen en vermaak.
Hoe maak je kunst van Europese richtlijnen voor water en energie? Daarover gaat de tentoonstelling Ninety Minutes die vanaf donderdag is te zien in de Vrijhof. Yonas Negash, student European Public Administration, is initiatiefnemer van de expositie.
De UT-zomerschool in festivalsfeer, CuriousU, loopt vandaag ten einde. Projectleider Rianne Kaptijn spreekt van ‘een heel goed verlopen editie’ en blikt alvast vooruit op volgend jaar, want ook in 2018 keert het evenement terug op de campus.
‘Unlike many other summer schools, this isn’t just a regular school in summer. It’s unique and it involves a lot more than just going to class,’ says Luuk Collou, one of the teachers at CuriousU. What does this ‘uniqueness’ mean for the teachers? How do they experience this festival of learning - and teaching?
‘Dale, dale, dale, no pierdas el tino!’, sings the Mexican student Nadia Wriu Zamora at the top of her lungs. Freely translated this means: ‘Hit, hit, hit, but keep aiming properly!’ The UT Master’s student uses this battle song to encourage participants of the CuriousU summer school to hit the piñata full of candy. This Mexican tradition was one of yesterday’s lunch activities at CuriousU.
CuriousU is back at the University of Twente. The third edition of this summer school in festival style started today and it welcomed more than 300 participants from all over the world. The main idea behind CuriousU is to provide a new way of education by organizing a festival of science and learning, and so it includes a lot more than just academic courses. The students can enjoy inspiring lectures over breakfast, parties, tours and other fun activities, including a virtual reality parachute. Intrigued?
De derde editie van de UT-summerschool, CuriousU, begint over twee maanden. ‘Het programma staat al behoorlijk’, aldus coördinator Rianne Kaptijn. En dat mag ook wel: ze verwacht dat het aantal aanmeldingen dit jaar de 300 passeert.
Twee studenten van de Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) zijn na summerschool CuriousU nog twee dagen op de campus gebleven. Ze kregen een rondleiding en gaan als UT-ambassadeurs terug naar hun universiteit. Met wat voor boodschap?
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