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Following the successful launch of the Digital Academic Leadership (DAL) Webinar Series , the second webinar of the series will further explore how universities and academic professionals are responding to digital transformation through evolving leadership awareness, mindsets, and institutional readiness. As part of the Digital Academic Leadership (DAL) Training Programme , this session will take place on Friday, 30 January 2026, from 13:00 to 14:00 (CET) and will be deliver

Challenges and Reshaping of College Students’ Leadership in the Digital Intelligence Era The LEAD Academic Network, in collaboration with China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan University of Engineering Science and the EU–China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, , is pleased to announce the International Symposium on “Challenges and Reshaping of College Students’ Leadership in the Digital Intelligence Era,” to be held from 24 to 26

On 3 December 2025, the LEAD Academic Network held a network meeting at Stellenbosch University, bringing together scholars and researchers from eight universities across Europe, Africa and China. Prof. Dr M.L. Botha and Prof. Peter Rule opened the session with an introduction to the history of Stellenbosch University, followed by a brief overview of the Faculty of Education and the Centre for Higher and Adult Education. Afterwards, Prof. Chang Zhu presented the work of the L

On 1 December 2025, the LEAD Academic Network held its Annual Meeting and International Symposium at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), gathering academic leaders and researchers from Africa, Europe and China to reflect on how artificial intelligence and digitalization are reshaping higher education leadership worldwide. The symposium opened with a warm welcome from Prof. Marieta du Plessis, Acting Head of the Department of Industrial Psychology, who highlighted South

On 27 November 2025, the LEAD Academic Network welcomed Prof. Xu Xiaozhou , UNESCO Chairholder in Entrepreneurship Education and Distinguished Yangtze River Scholar Professor of Zhejiang University, for a guest lecture titled “Towards Global Entrepreneurship Education: Experience and Perspectives from China.”  The lecture provided a comprehensive overview of key theoretical discussions and global developments in entrepreneurship education. Prof. Xu presented five major domain

As part of the Digital Academic Leadership (DAL) Training Programme, the DAL Webinar Series will officially begin on 28 November 2025  with its first session titled: “Digital Academic Leadership in Higher Education:Understanding DAL Through a Systematic Review” 📌 Speaker:   Dr. Cheng Zhao , Vrije Universiteit Brussel 🕐 Time:  13:00 – 14:00 (CET) 📍 Online Webinar 📎 Registration: Poster available below This session will provide an in-depth overview of how digital transform

The EU-China Guangzhou Forum on International Cooperation in Higher Education 2025, hosted by Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU) and supported by the LEAD Academic Network, was successfully held on October 20–21, 2025 at the GPNU’s Baiyun Campus. A delegation from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), led by Vice-Rector Prof. Karin Vanderkerken, attended the forum, highlighting the partnership between VUB, GPNU, and the LEAD Academic Network. The delegation includ

📍 University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa 1–2 December 2025 The LEAD Academic Network , in collaboration with...

Facilitated by the LEAD Academic Network, visiting scholars from China’s National Academy of Education Administration (NAEA) at the...

The LEAD Academic Network held a one-day symposium on “AI-Empowered Higher Education and Scientific Research Collaboration” at the...

📍 Sino-Danish Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 21–22 August 2025 Part of the EU–China 50th Anniversary...

📍 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 5–20 July 2025 From 5 to 20 July 2025, the LEAD Academic Network , together with the EU–China Higher...

📍 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 5–20 July 2025 From 5 to 20 July 2025, the LEAD Academic Network, in collaboration with the EU–China...

The LEAD Academic Network Seminar "AI-Empowered Higher Education and Scientific Research Collaboration" will take place 21 August 2025 in...

"Understanding and Developing a Digital Mindset in Academic Leadership", the WERA IRN on Digital Academic Leadership in the New Era...

On 16 May 2025, the second part of the Young Academic and Digital Academic Leadership Development Program was successfully held at the...

The second and third days of the Young Academic and Digital Academic Leadership Development Program at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)...

On 12 May 2025, the 2nd Edition of the Young Academic and Digital Academic Leadership Development Program commenced at Vrije Universiteit...

On April 14-15, 2025, the LEAD Academic Network successfully organized a seminar entitled "Digital Leadership on the Use of AI in Higher...