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Mark your calendar for the 2025 ACEEU Forum
Join us September 10-12 in Prague
With the successful wrap-up of our three 2024 events in Brazil, Malaysia, and Portugal, we have shared our passion and expertise in entrepreneurship, sustainability, and community engagement with over 300 participants worldwide. Highlights included unforgettable social gatherings, professional development workshops, Pecha Kucha presentations, and keynote sessions—all capped by honoring winners across diverse Triple E Award categories. A special moment in Portugal celebrated the newly accredited ACEEU institutions, underscoring their achievements in advancing higher education's entrepreneurial and engagement approach.
As the excitement lingers, we happily announce our 2025 ACEEU Forum, set for September 10-12 in Prague, Czech Republic, in collaboration with Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU). This global event will bring together participants from around the world for a shared purpose and connection. Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for updates. We can’t wait to see you there!
ACEEU Spotlight Magazine
October Dual Spotlight
Driving Innovation and Impact in Higher Education
This month, we celebrate two standout initiatives that show the transformative potential of education-driven innovation.
Lecturer Ejoe Tso explores technology's role in empowering students and enhancing accessibility. Through support structures like mentorship and collaboration, educators connect with peers and industry experts, unlocking new possibilities in higher education. His BeachBot AI initiative, aimed at reducing beach pollution, demonstrates how innovation can address environmental challenges.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Amin and his team at University of Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) turned a pressing challenge into opportunity by creating an in-house Groundwater Water Treatment System. This cost-effective solution not only saved RM 300,000 but also offered students real-world experience, fostering practical skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. By partnering with local communities, UMK extended clean water access beyond campus, showing how universities can drive regional impact.
We carry forward the energy from our recent events, strengthening the powerful moments of connection to advance ACEEU’s mission of elevating higher education worldwide. Through accreditation, we work closely with universities to drive societal and academic impact, aligning institutional practices with real-world needs.
As we wrap up successful events, we are looking forward to extend our impact and reach even more HEIs to make entrepreneurship and engagement a driver of development. So far, we awarded 19 accreditations with an additional 27 currently in the process. Our work spans 18 countries across all 5 continents, implemented with the support of our international community of 45 Council members.
Together, we are pushing the boundaries of excellence, transforming education, and strengthening the future of higher education worldwide.
At ACEEU, our international projects shape the future of higher education, ensuring our accreditation aligns with the latest developments in university entrepreneurship and engagement. Each year, we push boundaries through new EU-funded initiatives, focusing on our key areas:
Engagement:
ACE: Building peer alliances for community engagement
PEERCOLLAB: Improving teaching quality through peer-assessment and student participation
EPiCS: Combining citizen science and service learning to promote active citizenship
Rock Your Research: Strengthening art-science collaborations for impactful knowledge sharing
Entrepreneurship:
DEEPBIOTECH: Advancing university startups in life sciences for social and environmental impact
Digitalisation:
SMARTIE: Supporting AI integration in European higher education
Sustainability:
ECOThink: Embedding sustainability and life cycle assessment in VET
RISE UP: Empowering students with climate education and action
Through these projects, ACEEU fosters meaningful collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and innovation across academia, industry, and civil society, driving positive change worldwide.
At ACEEU, our achievements across projects, accreditation, proposals, and especially our three major events in 2024, are built on the dedicated efforts of our team working behind the scenes every day. Our talented group brought the three 2024 Forums to life, contributing unique skills to make each detail exceptional, whether working remotely or on-site. Together, we combined expertise and support to deliver high-quality results and an unforgettable experience for all. Our commitment and teamwork turned our vision into reality, and we are truly grateful for having passion, knowledge and team spirit as the foundations of ACEEU.
Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), Wilhelm Schickard Strasse, 14, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia 48149, Germany
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