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The Science Shop, Service Learning, Engagement at KOT, the A-Crew, iCare … these are wonderful examples of how our students actively translate solidarity into commitment both within and outside KU Leuven. We should be proud of the many opportunities for engagement we offer our students! Nevertheless, we want to deepen our commitment and explore how we can further expand these opportunities and enable a larger group of students to participate.

The opportunities for engagement that we offer our students are often based on cooperation agreements with social organisations and institutions. We are strengthening our institutional commitment to them and continue to support and, where possible, expand social initiatives such as TADA Brussels and Leuven, buddy schemes for students, the veggie bag, Humasol and Academics for Development (AFD). In doing so, we will leverage the strength of our regional embeddedness and explore ways to extend current successful formulas, such as buddy programmes, to students with specific language needs.

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.