Events

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...

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

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...

The LEAD Academic Network is pleased to announce its next academic Seminar “Digital Leadership on the use of AI in Higher Education”,...

The World Education Research Association (WERA) International Research Network (IRN) on Digital Academic Leadership in the New Era hosted...

On December 8, 2024, the LEAD Academic Network participated in the UNESCO Entrepreneurship Education Network National Chapter in China’s...

On December 7, 2024, the LEAD Academic Network Conference on Future-Oriented Academic Leadership and its 2024 Annual Meeting took place...

On December 6, 2024, the LEAD Academic Network held its Committees’ Meeting, bringing together committee members and representatives from...

On November 19, 2024, a delegation from Guangxi Normal University visited the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) to explore potential...

On 15-16 November 2024, the LEAD Academic Network, in collaboration with Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Shanghai University and Vrije...