Welcome to the latest edition of the WTUN newsletter: featuring a roundup of news, updates and events happening across the network.
Below you will read about the 2025-26 WTUN Exchange Programme, this year’s Student Competition and an invitation to ‘Save the Date’ for an upcoming WTUN Gender Equity Workshop hosted by members, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi..
Reminder: If you would like to share news, updates, events or milestones via this newsletter, then please contact wtun@bradford.ac.uk.
Three weeks left to apply for this year’s WTUN Exchange Programme- Apply by 20 March 2026
There are 18 grants available of £2000 each for staff (academic and professional services) and PhD students to visit another member institution. Exchanges are open to new projects, initiatives and teaching and learning opportunities as well as those that have been involved in previous rounds and wish to utilise the funds to continue their work.
This year we encourage exchange proposals linked to the WTUN focus areas of:
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Gender Equality
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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Good Health and Wellbeing
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Quality Education
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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Responsible Consumption and Production
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Climate Action
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International collaboration between HE institutions
However, all proposals will be considered equally.
As in previous years, we encourage applications which specifically seek to develop further international activities (joint modules, summer schools, joint research bids).
There will be a two-proposal limit per member institution and therefore all proposals must be approved by the sending/lead institution’s Operational Board Member. We would love to see applications from across our entire membership and so would like to encourage applications from member institutions yet to take part in the WTUN Exchange Programme.
Go to https://www.wtu-n.net/exchanges/ for further information and to download ‘WTUN Exchange Programme Proposal and Agreement Form 2025-26’
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2026*
*Internal deadlines may apply, applicants are encouraged to contact their institutions Operational Board Member for details.
Reminder for all students:
The WTUN Student Competition is Open!
We are seeking new sustainable and innovative, technological solutions to address the goals, and we invite project proposals from student teams (undergraduate, postgraduate or a combination and preferably multi-disciplinary).
We invite students to submit ideas in the form of a proposal and short video that will be assessed by our panel of judges.
Winning Entries:
Winning teams (prize per team member to max team size of 4) will receive:
1st place: £300
2nd place: £150
3rd place: £100
In addition, the winning team will be invited to present their winning idea, virtually, at WTUC 2025. The winning team will present their project to delegates as part of the Congress programme.
For more information and to apply – www.wtu-n.net/student-competition
Save the Date:
WTUN Gender Equity Workshop
hosted by King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
Friday 13 March 2026 09.00 (GMT) / 16.00 (ICT)
Join us for an online workshop dedicated to Gender Equity in Higher Educations. Guests and WTUN members will show and share their best practices to support gender equity for both staff and students in their institutions.
Speakers and registration information will be shared soon.
Thanks to KMUTT for organising this event.
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Innovation Week 2026: A flagship project for combining theory and practice in higher education.
The brightest minds from Upper Austria’s universities are working on practical “innovation challenges.”
Companies are constantly challenged to remain competitive in the market with innovative products and services. Often, an outside perspective can provide the decisive idea. During Innovation Week, launched by the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in 2015, master’s students from all four schools, as well as from other regional universities, work on real-life tasks set by companies. “Preparing young people for real business practice is a real USP of our university,” says Isolde Perndl, Managing Director of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, summing up the strength of the format.
More info (English version coming soon) here
Successful 15th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT)
From in-situ investigation, multi modal and spectral CT to metrology: more than 200 experts from industry and science gathered at the Linz Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria from February 10-13 to exchange information, learn about the latest research results and applications of industrial computed tomography (iCT), and network. This year’s 15th iCT Conference focused on non-destructive testing, 3D materials characterisation as well as dimensional measurement.
More news following this event will be published here
University of Bradford
Read the newly published Research Blogs from across the University of Bradford’s Research, Innovation and Business community.
The University of Bradford’s newly launched Research Blog provides insights from across the University of Bradford research community. The University will publish a new blog every two weeks.
Read more via the links below to see how the University is making a difference through research.
Raynaud’s – More Than Just Cold Hands
Insights from research in Ukraine
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Denise Whitehead
Email: wtun@bradford.ac.uk