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Studying when you have a disability, whether physical, mental, intellectual or sensory, is a real challenge on a daily basis. So is higher education impossible? No, especially if you have the right support! UNamur's Medical and Psychological Unit offers a range of services to help overcome this problem. Information, needs analysis, course planning, awareness-raising and training are all steps towards success.

A pterosaur from Brazil that preserved melanosomes in its feathers provides insight into the function of primitive feathers. An international team of palaeontologists and geologists, including UNamur (Dr Aude Cincotta and Prof. Johan Yans), has demonstrated that pterosaurs, the flying cousins of dinosaurs, had feathers and were able to control their colour.

At the beginning of the academic year 2023, the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management will change its dean. Pietro Zidda will succeed Alain de Crombrugghe. This is an opportunity for this professor of marketing and management to talk about the projects and priorities of his next mandate. Interview.

From 11 to 13 May 2022, a hundred or so scientists and actors from the economic and cultural world gathered at UNamur to discuss the issue of water pollution. The aim? To share and enrich knowledge, but also to alert and inform about its long-term effects on fauna, flora and human beings. Scientific sessions, workshops and a conference for the public were on the programme for these three days.

From the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, public events and institutional communications will be translated into sign languages. This initiative is made possible thanks to the ASBL Preduna, which supports UNamur in the inclusion of its staff and students.

Language learning is essential nowadays. In a professional context, mastery of one or more languages is a serious asset on a CV. This is why the language courses organised by the Department of modern languages (ELV) at UNamur aim to prepare students for the world of work. Explanations.

Increasingly sophisticated technologies are invading our spheres of activity without our prior consultation as citizens. Shouldn't the new digital tools, artificial intelligence or technologies resulting from progress in neuroscience, which are transforming our identity and social relationships, be the subject of broad and sufficiently informed democratic debates? This question is at the heart of the international "research-action" project "A new humanism in the age of neuroscience and artificial intelligence" in which UNamur is participating.

This is a technical and scientific feat that has just been patented at the UNamur. Researchers from the Laboratory of Analysis by Nuclear Reactions (LARN), the Department of Physics of UNamur (NISM Institute) and the spin-off Innovative Coating Solutions (ICS) have succeeded in developing a carbon-based coating with innovative properties that can be used in a wide range of fields, including fuel cells, decoration, and mechanical parts for automobiles.

Welcome to our new newsroom! From now on, you can find all the news about the University of Namur on your smartphone, your tablet or your computer!

It's a long-standing tradition in the faculties. Each year, a group of students organises a show honouring their most emblematic professors. Humour, second degree and caricature will be the order of the day, all in a benevolent manner.

Become a super student! Register now and start your journey on March 20, 2023. UNamur is offering a new session of this FREE MOOC (online course) to prepare you for higher education and perfect your study methods.

In a new study published in February 2023 in the Journal of Luminescence, an international group of scientists led by Sébastien Mouchet from UNamur, reported the previously unknown fluorescence properties of transparent insect wings. This research highlights the valuable information that can be obtained from advanced optical characterisation techniques.