New students, new ideas and a focus on IT, IOT and Digitalisation

28 Mar 2019 in The Programme by David Ward

UNITECH International held its March Meetings in Zürich last week, and members of all stakeholder groups – corporate and academic partners, students and alumni – gathered to discuss UNITECH operational best practices and its strategic direction.

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General Assembly 2018 Gothenburg

07 Sep 2018 in The Network, The Programme by David Ward

The 19th UNITECH General Assembly Week took place at Chalmers University in Gothenburg in the last week of August. During the week, a new cohort of students began the UNITECH Programme with their Start Up Week, and a group of students finished their Programme Year with their End-of-Year Module, And 42 students graduated from the Programme and became Fellows of the UNITECH International Society.

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Big ideas developed during UNITECH's Mid Term Week 2016

15 Jan 2016 in The Programme by David Ward

Ideas as different as localised production of food substitutes in disaster areas or the interactive bathroom design of the future.

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Entrepreneur. A much used word these days, but what does it really mean?

13 Nov 2015 in The Network, The Programme by David Ward

“As Secretary General I see entrepreneurship at the very heart of what UNITECH sets out to achieve – to provide its Corporate Partners with talented engineers who can “Define, invest, build, repeat” in their companies (although the invest part perhaps should be read as “persuade others to invest”).” - David Ward UNITECH Secretary General

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Registration for the March Meetings 2015 will pilot new Event Section of the UNITECH Network Platform

22 Feb 2015 in The Programme by David Ward

New Event Section of the UNITECH Network Platform will enable online register for the March Meetings.

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UNITECH student visit Caterpillar facility in Desford

12 Feb 2015 in Corporate Partners, The Programme by Victoria Sloan

Over 100 UNITECH students and staff visited the Caterpillar Visitor Centre at Desford in Leicestershire which took place as part of the 2015 Mid Term week activities hosted by Loughborough University.

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UNITECH Mid Term Week in Loughborough hits the high Cs

29 Jan 2015 in Corporate Partners, The Programme by David Ward

The UNITECH Mid Term Week hosted by Loughborough University had all the elements of a great UNITECH Programme Module – opportunities for self-development, challenging work, interaction among the Network members and a lot of fun.

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UNITECH Programme 2015/16 - Application Open

06 Nov 2014 in The Programme by David Ward

The Application Tool for UNITECH Programme 2015/16 is now available.

For applicants from UNITECH Academic Partners universities please visit
www.unitech-international.org/the-programme/application/

For Local Chapter Coordinators, please visit and login to
www.unitech-international.org/the-network/academic-partners/application/

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A great Start Up Week 2011

10 Nov 2011 in The Programme by Xavi Moix Vallribera

Since all of us got involved in the UNITECH program about a year ago we have been through a lot of the situations and experiences that make the UNITECH program unique. The Start-Up Week in Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg was no exception.

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New website landing pages project supported by current student group

16 Jul 2011 in The Programme by Alejandro Velez Isaza

Much of the design work needed for the new landing pages being built for the UNITECH website is being done by Students from year 2010/11. From an initiative set up in their Start UP Week, key suggestions were collected on a Facebook page for possible collaboration on the upgrading of the current UNITECH website.