Around 100 people participate in the launch of the first edition of the STARS EU Student Case Competition

The launch of the first edition of the STARS EU Student Case Competition brought together yesterday (Monday, April 20) around one hundred people at Hanze University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands), including students, faculty, university staff, and STARS EU ambassadors. Participants have joined this first training initiative, which brings together the nine member universities .

The opening day of this pilot experience, which combines collaborative work with practical learning and international exchange to promote skill development and teamwork, was marked by the arrival of participating teams and the first program activities.

The event began with the registration and reception of students, followed by an institutional welcome led by Dick Pouwels, general coordinator of the alliance and president of Hanze’s Executive Board, together with Mira Bloemen-Bekx and Heinrich Naumann.

First contacts

Afterwards, teams were assigned to their respective working divisions, where they had the opportunity to meet and establish initial contact before sharing a group lunch. The day continued with a social activity in the afternoon, preceded by a group photo that brought all participants together.

The program taking place over these days also promotes intercultural communicationand analytical skills in different contexts. To achieve this, participants—organized into nine international teams—will work and develop solutions under pressure, which they will present in the coming days to an international jury made up of academic staff and industry experts.

Active involvement of partners

This STARS EU initiative has achieved active involvement from the nine partner universities, which have sent their student teams accompanied by their respective tutors, helping to strengthen the alliance’s international and collaborative nature.

The universities participating in this pioneering experience, in addition to the host institution (Hanze University of Applied Sciences), are: University West (Sweden); Bragança Polytechnic University (Portugal); University of La Laguna (Spain); Silesian University in Opava (Czechia); Aleksandër Moisiu University in Durrës (Albania); Cracow University of Technology (Poland); Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences (Germany); and the University Marie and Louis Pasteur (France).

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