Behind the scenes of our education, there are many processes involved in student career counselling, ISP approval, requests for accommodations, class and exam planning, appeals procedures, etc. We will listen to the colleagues involved in every step of these processes and to students’ experiences, and identify where and how simplification and improvement are possible. For example, can we optimise or expand our range of tools to better support teaching assistants and student counsellors and alleviate their administrative tasks, and what supporting role can AI applications play in this? The report “Room for faculty student career counselling” already contains a number of action points that we can start working on in the short term. New or thoroughly revamped programmes often face special organisational challenges (think of the educational Master’s, the Master in Elementary Education and the Bachelor of European Studies). We are monitoring these closely, working with the programmes and their faculties to see how we can improve their viability through organisational changes.

Together, we make KU Leuven

Thank you very much for the vote of confidence you have placed in me during what has already been an intense campaign. Now we are steaming ahead to the final round of voting! Because if you really want to bring a breath of fresh air to the university, you need to know exactly what is going on, what the needs are and how we can realistically address them. In short, you need to know KU Leuven inside out so that we can move forward together and leave no one behind. That’s why I am keen to continue the dialogue with you, because yes, together, we make KU Leuven.