Artevelde University College Ghent intends to train professionals who
are able to push boundaries through the use of creativity, innovative thinking
and entrepreneurial spirit. The aim is to challenge students and staff to find
new answers, based on new ideas within a rapidly changing educational context.
The knowledge center ACCIO, chaired by the general director and launched in
September 2011, takes the lead in this process. This should lead to the achievement
of one of the college’s main strategic objectives: ‘to sow and stimulate creativity,
innovation and entrepreneurship among students and employees’. Every single
school department (16 departments) has its own Accio-project officer.