The first year of the project Accelerate Future HEI has just ended and it is time to summarize the results of first year and outline the tasks and challenges of the next stages. The main goal of the project is to develop and test acceleration services, to equip Higher Education institutions (HEIs) with the skills and capacity to drive the institutional transformation towards becoming more entrepreneurial and- innovative institutions. At the same time, there are several other sub-goals subordinated to the main goal. For capacity building of the participating HE institutions comprehensive skills development program implementation will be very important, as well as evaluation mechanism what can monitor progress of the HEIs in the implementation of chosen areas from the transformation agenda. Also for a wider possibility of transformations important is generation police feedback to the European Commission and Member States. Being one of the partners of Accelerate Future HEI, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences also can share valuable knowledge with partners and gain new experience that will be useful for the university, the region and the country.

In order to promote innovations in wood processing and the production of value-added products, as well as in the use of technologies, 23-25 ​​2024 Wood technology hackathon organized by Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) and the Vidzeme Planning Region will take place in Valmiera in February.

At the beginning of December, the rector of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) Agnese Dāvidsone was elected to the position of vice-president of the European University E³UDRES² Association, and she will fulfill these duties for the next three years.

The "Academic Information Center" foundation has accredited Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) study direction "Information technologies, computer engineering, electronics, telecommunications, computer management, and computer science" for a maximum period of six years.

In order to improve the public understanding of the cognitive processes related to media literacy and of the ways artificial intelligence and modern technologies affect the creation and consumption of media content, an international discussion laboratory will be held in Valmiera on December 12, organized by Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) in cooperation with the UNESCO National Commission and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.

In order to improve the public's understanding of the cognitive processes related to media literacy and how artificial intelligence and modern technologies affect the creation and consumption of media content, an international negotiation laboratory will be held in Valmiera on December 12, organized by the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the UNESCO National Commission and support Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.