Actualités "EDUCATION"

As part of its CURSUS+ project, winner of the French National Research Agency’s call for “New university programs” projects, the Université de Lyon is organizing a three-year series of lectures called “Student Successes”. The first lecture, “New university admission support schemes”, will take place on Thursday 9 January, 2020, from 2 PM to 5 PM, at the French Institute of Education (Institut français de l’éducation - IFÉ) premises at the ENS de Lyon.

On December 10, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon are co-organizing a lecture as part of the Digital Transformation university diploma, on the theme of digital steering in businesses.

In 2018, the Université de Lyon and its member institutions built a Career Center to promote the professional value of the doctorate experience. As part of this project, the Université de Lyon has launched a group for PhD students and doctors on LinkedIn, the professional social networking website. This group also includes recruiters and partners linked to the PhD program.

The Université de Lyon is launching the third Innovation Academy program, during which a group of doctoral students will experience an entrepreneurial adventure together while developing innovative projects.

Are you a professor, professor-researcher or curriculum developer? Would you like to develop your teaching skills? The Université de Lyon is launching a series of bi-monthly meetings: “Mondays dedicated to teaching in higher education”, whose introductory afternoon will focus on “Learning spaces, resources and practices”. Please submit your teaching experiences by November 8, using the online call for contributions form.

The graduation ceremony for the second and third graduating class of the Université de Lyon’s innovative program, the Digital Transformation University Diploma (DU), was held on October 21. 27 students graduated in the 2018/19 academic year.

Following the success of the first Inter-University seminar, the four universities of the Lyon Saint-Étienne site organized a second event in the spring, this time highlighting new educational approaches. On October 17, the Université Jean Monnet invites the entire higher education and research community to present a summary of these collective works.

The Digital Transformation University Diploma began its fourth year at the Université de Lyon on September 16, 2019.

The Université de Lyon has issued a call for 2020 CURSUS+ projects, as part of CURSUS+ winning the call for “New university programs” projects.

With its expertise and skills, on October 3 and 10, 2019, the Université de Lyon offers an innovative and interactive training program in order to better understand what is behind the acronym “BIM”, as well as be able to consolidate and accommodate the transformation in your day-to-day working practices.

The Université de Lyon met with Agnès Portelange, an alumnus of the September 2018 graduating class of the Digital Transformation University Diploma program.

On September 27, the Université de Lyon and the City of Lyon are co-organizing a lecture on the “Protection of personal data and the GDPR” as part of the Disrupt’Campus training program at the Université de Lyon.

The Collège des Hautes Études Lyon Science[s] (CHEL[s]) proposes a new joint program entitled “Emotions in Activity”, bringing together participants from the École Centrale de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Sciences Po Lyon, Mines Saint-Étienne, VetAgro Sup, CNSMD de Lyon, Université Lumière Lyon 2 and CNRS, through a series of 12 lectures which are open to everyone.

Initiated as part of the Disrupt’Campus project led by Bpifrance, the Université de Lyon’s Digital Transformation University Diploma aims to train students to assist companies in the digitalization process and become digitalization project leaders, digital transition consultants, digital marketing advisors, etc.

The alumni of the Digital Transformation University Diploma program created the event, organizing the very first Digit’Ère Day on July 4, 2019 at the Université de Lyon.

The first Digit'Era Day, a meeting organized by the Digital Transformation University Diploma’s Alumni Association, will take place on July 4, 2019 at the Université de Lyon.

On July 2, 2019, the Université de Lyon organized the first Doc'Talks, an after-work gathering which brings PhD students and doctors together in a friendly environment to interact and share their experiences.

The Université de Lyon will unveil the LudiMoodle project’s initial results at the “Gamification as a driver of student motivation” lecture, to be held on June 28, 2019 at the MILC amphitheater.

Urban goods transportation is undergoing many changes: the development of cyber commerce, the impact of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, the optimization of urban logistics spaces, etc. This is why the Université de Lyon is offering an innovative training program for senior executives and decision-makers for public local authorities: the Urban Logistics Summer School.

The Université de Lyon and the Université Clermont Auvergne and Associates are working together for the third Doctoriales event: A fresh look at innovation issues. This hands-on training program will be held on the university site, on June 24, 25 and 26, 2019, in the Valpré space (Écully).

One of the Université de Lyon’s eight academic colleges, the Academic College of Social Sciences, is organizing a day of round-table discussions based on “the new professional research competencies” on June 17 at the IUT Lyon 3.

Each year, the Friends of the Université de Lyon Association (AAUL - Association des Amis de l’Université de Lyon) awards prizes to students, post-docs, research professors and researchers from the higher education institutions of the Université de Lyon. On June 13 2019, twenty students were awarded traditional Education Prizes.

The students of the Analytical Techniques diploma in the Chemistry Department of the IUT Lyon 1 invite the university community to participate in the Chemistry Escape Rooms on June 7 and 8, 2019, at the LyonTech-la Doua campus. As a winner of the 2018 call for expressions of interest in educational Innovation launched by IDEXLYON, this project was set up in collaboration with the Takagi company and the ‘marche au vol’ group, with co-financing from SOLVAY.

The Université de Lyon met with Christophe Barthelon, an alumnus of the 2018 September graduating class of the Digital Transformation University Diploma program.

We interviewed Xin Yee Ng, a student in the IDEXLYON Acoustics Master's program.

The Université de Lyon met with Bruno Fedrici, an alumnus of the 2018 Digital Transformation University Diploma program.

On May 16, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon are co-organizing a lecture as part of the Digital Transformation University Diploma: “Legal Techs, how technology is bringing about the digital transformation of law.”

Through its IDEXLYON project, the Université de Lyon is launching a new “Educational Innovation” call for projects centered on innovative educational initiatives. The deadline for applications is set on June 30, 2019.

We met with Didier Chavanon, alumnus of the Digital Transformation University Diploma program.

Following the success of the first Inter-University seminar, which covered the layout and design of spaces at the university, the four universities at the Lyon Saint-Étienne site are holding a second event on April 30, May 14, and May 23, this time highlighting new educational approaches.

After its first successful run in 2018, with over 3,000 registered students, the Université de Lyon’s Research Ethics platform is launching its MOOC’s second session. Registration is open on the FUN platform until May 28, 2019.

On April 11, 2019, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon are co-organizing a lecture as part of the Digital Transformation University Diploma: “The brain or machines: who is in charge? Challenges for companies.”

The Université de Lyon officially launched its CURSUS + project in the presence of the National Research Agency on April 11.

The Université de Lyon regional final of the "My Thesis in 180 Seconds" (MT180) competition was held on Thursday, March 28, in the Université de Lyon's Grand Amphithéâtre. Fourteen candidates from the site's institutions presented their thesis subjects, with a mix of humor and apprehension, to a full house before three jury prizes and one audience prize were awarded.

On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 6 PM, the Université de Lyon’s main amphitheater will welcome teachers, students, library staff, educational engineers and other higher education players for a presentation of the findings from the inter-university seminars about the layout and design of formal and informal spaces at the university.

On March 6, 2019, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon are co-organizing a lecture about digital transformation in companies as part of the Global Industrie exhibition.

The third innovative Digital Transformation University Diploma (DU) program will kick off on March 4 at the Université de Lyon Applications are open until February 28.

The E-Learning mornings are a series of conferences exploring innovative practices in digital education. This event for teachers and professionals will be held at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 on December 5, and will feature the skill-based approach to learning, which is now one of the major issues being explored in higher education.

The graduation ceremony for the first graduating class of the Université de Lyon’s innovative program, the Digital transformation university diploma (DU), was held on November 19.

The Lyon Urban School, one of the two Convergence Institutes attached to the Université de Lyon, is putting out the 2018-2019 call for internship topics and projects for students enrolled in partner Master’s programs.

The Université de Lyon is launching the second Innovation Academy program, during which a group of doctoral students will experience an entrepreneurial adventure together while developing innovative projects.

The Université de Lyon’s Disrupt’ Campus curriculum is launching a new conference cycle for its autumn training course. These free conferences are co-organized by the Métropole de Lyon, and they are open to the general public. The four-part “Digital Tools and Organizational Transformation” series will discuss how the digital revolution is changing working methods and management.

The graduation ceremony for the École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE), a member institution of the Université de Lyon, was held at the Zénith de Saint-Étienne on September 29.

The first class enrolled in the innovative “Plastronics Project Manager” training program began its academic year on September 24.

The Université de Lyon organized the first session of its Urban Logistics School from September 11 to 13, immersing participants in the world of urban space, transport and movement management. It provided its 15 participants with a systemic approach to the strategic issues involved in urban logistics.

On Monday, July 9, 2018, the “CURSUS +” project, spearheaded by the Université de Lyon, was announced as winner of the “New University Curriculum” call for projects, which was launched in 2017 by the French National Research Agency under the Investments for the Future Program (PIA) 3.

The Université de Lyon’s research ethics platform launched its MOOC during its annual symposium on June 6 & 7.

The first year of the Innovation Academy will come to a close on April 24, 2018, at the Université de Lyon with its final Challenge. This is a chance for PhD students to present how their projects have progressed since the launch day in January earlier this year.

From March to June 2018, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon will be offering a series of lectures discussing digital transformation at the Métropole de Lyon's Maison des Étudiants.

INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, Lycée Arbez Carme and the Fondation pour l’Université de Lyon have pooled their expertise to build a training course dedicated to plastronics. The first training course, at bac+5 level (five years of post-baccalaureate study), will start in September, 2018.

Fifty PhD students attended the Innovation Academy's launch day at the Université de Lyon on January 23, 2018. This was a real success for the new scheme that encourages PhD students to develop innovative projects.

Are you a student in second year or above, or have you recently graduated? Are you looking to supplement your basic training program with a short course (17 weeks from 26 February 2018) orientated towards the socio-professional sector? Enroll now onto the Université de Lyon's Digital Transformation University Diploma (DU) (enrollment open until 31 January 2018)