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Carried out in collaboration with the NADI research institute of the University of Namur, the Pôle Académique de Namur, the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and the Royal Association of Engineers of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech ULg and 200 associations internationally (117 countries), the sixth edition of the Gender Scan survey measures the evolution of feminisation in the technology and digital sector. The survey was conducted for the first time in Belgium among female students (higher education) to measure the level of satisfaction of female students in these fields.

From 13 to 17 March 2023, the Cercle Médecine is organising a week to raise awareness of addiction and alcohol consumption. Various activities are proposed. The organisers want to make some students aware of their consumption.

On Thursday March 16, 2023, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation debated the file of authorization requests for higher education. The UNamur reveals elements supporting the merits of its request to organize specialization in medicine general. Six questions to better understand.

From 17 to 19 February 2023, the CSLabs, a student association based at the Faculty of Computer Science at UNamur, organised its annual hackathon. What was on the agenda? A real computer marathon during which several teams met to think about an innovative project on a particular theme. This year, it was about disability.

The Namurians of the Year for 2022 are known! Organised by the ASBL "Namurois de l'année" in partnership with the magazine AlluMeuse, the "Namurois de l'année" ceremony has just unveiled the Namur personalities who have distinguished themselves over the past year. And among them, in the science category, we find Anthony Cleve, professor in the Faculty of Computer Science.

The University of Namur is one of the European partner universities involved in organizing the European Master’s in Skin Health and Care (EMOTION).

A choir of robots sounds like science fiction! Yet it is a reality at the University of Namur. In the robotics laboratory of the Faculty of Computer Science, researchers from the naXys institute, led by professors Elio Tuci and Timoteo Carletti, some members of TRAKK, some artists and external partners collaborated on the "Synthetic Choirs" project.

Organised for the first time in the academic year 2012-2013, this master's programme was created to respond to a shortage of biomedical experts in the fields of preclinical and clinical research. Today, students enrolling in these UNamur programmes benefit from a comprehensive, degree-granting and highly sought-after bachelor's and master's degree.

Collyne Hérion and Clara Havelange, students in their first year of pharmacy, brilliantly won the "It's not Rocket Science" competition organised by the UNamur Department of modern languages during the Spring Science Week. They succeeded on the theme of osmosis. As part of the English course, the students had to popularise a scientific concept by making a video, in the manner of Jamy and Fred in the French television programme "C'est pas sorcier". The idea behind the project was to have fun and offer a concrete approach to learning English. Interview.

To raise the awareness of future doctors to the issue of domestic violence, particularly during pregnancy, which is a riskier situation: this is the programme of the next practical work on "professional communication in health" in the medical psychology course, taught to the UNamur 3rd year of bachelor’s degree in medicine students. This awareness-raising is done in the form of an escape game "Do you dare to ask the question", designed by two midwife teachers from the Hénallux paramedical department. This is a unique educational initiative and a first-time collaboration aimed at future doctors in Wallonia.

Five students with a passion for computer science represented the University of Namur at SpaceHack 2023 as part of the UniversEH alliance. This initiative aims to build a collective entrepreneurial action to explore the future potential of the space industry up to 2035. 26 countries took part in this international competition, which brought together start-ups, space-related companies and students on space-related programmes.

On their own initiative, five masters’ students from the UNamur pharmacy department slipped into the shoes of 'Teddybearologists' as part of the 'Teddy Bear Clinic', an event organised by UCLouvain. They played the role of pharmacists, recommending treatments for children's teddy bears and explaining the role of their future profession.