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Community engagement is in KU Leuven’s DNA as an organisation. So why not expand the Engage programme to staff members and give them the opportunity to engage with society both in their own country and in the Global South? We have already made a start with the buddy system, which emeritus professors can sign up for, but we also want to involve other colleagues. This could be done, for example, through collective social engagement projects (such as TADA in Brussels and Leuven) that every staff member can sign up for. And why shouldn’t we extend our involvement in the student initiatives Humasol and AFD to staff members? Every staff member must be able to take a number of hours of commitment time during working hours, either individually or as part of a team (as ‘social team building’). Because commitment enriches each of us and therefore KU Leuven as well.

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.