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In 1996, the European Union created the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), a set of prestigious and competitive grants designed to fund research. Thanks to her, the PROSTAMET project got underway on January 1, an ambitious program focused on training PhD students and discovering new therapeutic avenues against prostate cancer, in which UNamur is participating.

As a second-year law student, Marilyn Emmerechts also competes in diplomacy, an art that requires persuasion, eloquence, knowledge and empathy. In March, her team travelled to Taiwan to compete in the World Student Diplomacy Championships, organized by Harvard University. For five days, she debated alongside over 1,000 students. Interview.

The annual gathering of science and technology took place from March 18 to 24, 2024, with the theme "Rare Earth". Printemps des Sciences is an opportunity to showcase science and technology across Wallonia and Brussels.

In January 2023, the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse Park was awarded the prestigious title of Walloon National Park, following a call for projects by the Walloon Government. The aim of this recognition is to develop an exceptional natural heritage for the purposes of nature conservation and tourism. Since 1978, the Domaine d'Haugimont has been an exceptional teaching and research site for UNamur students and scientists. Let's discover these two green spaces.

The kick-off meeting for the second phase of the European UNIVERSEH alliance took place in Krakow, at the AGH University, from March 11 to 13, 2024, under the theme "Humanities in Space". A delegation from the University of Namur took part in this event, rich in exchanges and collaborations.

Noé, Méline and Romain are master’s students in management sciences and management engineering at UNamur. In spring 2023, they and five other students had the opportunity to spend a few days in Italy, at the Università Carlo Cattaneao near Milan. The exchange was organised as part of the Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) under the Erasmus + programme. Read their testimonials!

Over-indebtedness, addiction, homelessness, lack of access to rights, begging... Professionals in the health, education and social action sectors are directly confronted with social inequalities and precariousness. Their commitment requires them to work in an interdisciplinary way, to take a reflective look at their practices and to use relevant theoretical models. In response to this need, UNamur, HENALLUX, HEPN and UCLouvain, in collaboration with Formanam and Resinam, are organising a Certificate in Supporting Extreme Precariousness. A discussion with Christine Mahy, General Secretary of the Walloon Anti-Poverty Network (RWLP), was held to open up the debate on some of the key issues that will be addressed during this continuing education course.

On 20 June 2023, the F.R.S.-FNRS published the list of winners of the various doctoral and post-doctoral mandates. Among them, 16 researchers from UNamur obtained funding.

The European Euclid satellite will be launched into space from Cape Canaveral in the United States at 5.11pm on Saturday 1 July. The telescope is intended to provide a more accurate map of billions of galaxies over a distance of around twelve billion light years. A team of Belgian scientists and engineers from UCLouvain, ULB, ULg, UNamur and Ghent University, as well as the Space center in Liège (CSL), took part in this ten-year project, bringing together more than 3,500 people from 21 countries.

At 47, this pragmatic entrepreneur is taking on one of the key roles at the University of Namur (and it's a first for a woman!): General Administrator. Her role? Ensure sound financial and budgetary management, as well as the management of the University's movable and immovable assets. Valérie Daenen succeeds Gabriel Lombet for a renewable 6-year term. Interview.

A new page in the history of the University of Namur will be turned at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year with the creation of the Faculty of Educational and Training Sciences. It will host programmes relating to the Reform of Initial Teacher Education (RFIE) and will also fulfil research and social service missions.

Modelling the Universe to understand how it came into being, how it works and how the physical objects that make it up work - that's the day-to-day work of the researchers in the naXys SPACE cluster. It's a subject that fascinates not only scientists. An international conference on "Complex Planetary Systems (CPSII)" is being organised at UNamur from 3 to 7 July 2023, with activities open to the public, including two round tables, a show at the Delta and a Space Quiz!