Universal Design Hub - Bevica Fonden

What a year it's been! Thank you all for making it possible. See you in 2025 for yet another exciting year 👨🎓👩🎓

Our Scholarship alumni Marek Kuzminski was recently nominated as a Danish Design Award finalist in the Young Ideas Category 2024. Marek was nominated for his project HandsUp, which was also the project for which he received a Bevica Scholarship Programme grant in 2023. HandsUp allows children to design and 3D print their own “super-power” prostheses, boosting self-confidence and turning disability into a source of strength. 🦸 🦾 Read more about the project here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dTwnzj4c Marek has just embarked on his Scholarship-funded research tour of India, where he will continue his investigation into how the active involvement of children with congenital upper limb differences in the design of their prosthetic devices contribute to their psychological well-being. Safe travels to you Marek – we look forward to following your work in years to come. Read more about the Bevica Scholarship Programme at 👉 www.bevicascholarship.dk.

Alert ‼️ The best scholarship for students and lecturers from all backgrounds to explore the world and make a difference is open for applications! It takes just 1 minute to sign up, with only basic information required. The deadline is 1st December, so don’t miss out! I say this as a proud recipient of the Bevica Scholarship Travel Grant and a member of the Bevica Fonden network, which constantly challenges and inspires me. Most recently, I had the incredible opportunity to speak about my research at the first-ever Universal Design Hub - Bevica Fonden Summit, organized as part of the Bevica Fonden network for architects. I cannot stress how amazing the experience have been to be part of such a community of forward-thinking researchers and students. The opportunities that came from Bevica Fonden ‘s Scholarship of 30 000 DKK were endless and are still coming to me today. Find out more and sign up for the Bevica Scholarship Programme here: www.bevicascholarship.dk P.S. There’s also a chance to win 350,000 DKK for students and 150,000 DKK for lecturers!

🏆 Så er det snart sidste chance for at blive en del af Bevica Scholarship Programme 2025-2026! Er du studerende eller underviser fra en dansk professionsskole, designskole eller universitet, og vil du være med til at skabe et mere ligeværdigt samfund for fremtiden? Så meld dig til Bevica Scholarship Programme! 🎓 Du behøver ikke at have viden eller erfaring om universelt design før du melder dig, men blot en interesse i at udforske dit eget fagområde med de briller på. Som deltager får du mulighed for at forme og forfine dit projektforslag gennem flere workshops og dialog med ligesindede deltagere, brugere og eksperter.  Sidste frist for tilmelding er på søndag d. 1. december. Læs mere og meld dig til her 👉 www.bevicascholarship.dk #UniversalDesign #BevicaScholarshipProgramme 

Vil du være med til at gøre op med ableisme og forandre verden gennem universelt design? I Bevica Fonden har vi Bevica Scholarship Programme, hvor du har mulighed for at undersøge universelt design, og hvad begrebet kan i netop din faglighed. Det er stadig muligt at blive en del af næste års Bevica Scholarship Programme. Tilmeldingen er stadig åben, men det er ved at være sidste chance... Frem til 1. december kan du melde dig som deltager og få chancen for at vinde op til 350.000 kroner. Det kræver ingen forudgående viden om universelt design, og vi hjælper dig hele vejen. Så er det måske dig, der står på scenen til næste gang? Du kan læse meget mere om Bevica Scholarship Programme 2025 og melde dig til her: https://lnkd.in/d5A5Cw2E

🏆 Daura van Vuuren and Louise Bøttcher were the Bevica Scholarship winners of the main grants for respectively students and lecturers in 2022. This year, they have been using their grants to travel the world doing their research. Recently, they met up in San Francisco. Daura, who explores the role of universal design in the intersectionality of disability rights and climate action has travelled across the U.S., Canada, Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand. She met up with her fellow-scholarship awardee Louise in San Francisco. Louise is visiting Stanford University, where she’s studying how Universal Design can be applied in higher education to include students with disabilities. “We were amazed to find so many similarities in being Bevica Scholarship travelers, even though our projects are about two different topics. The feeling of learning something new all the time; meeting very different people with an open mind; interesting and knowledgeable people - people with very different experiences - and learning from them. It is a role inherent to the Scholarship Programme, but we both felt strongly how the urge to follow the task we have each set upon ourselves with our projects has forced us to broaden our minds,” Louise reflects. Daura agrees: “The Bevica Scholarship grant has taken me all over the world, enabling me to meet experts, practitioners, and activists to gather their experiences and insights. Everywhere I go, the Scholarship Programme receives high praise for creating such a collaborative and empowering learning environment and promoting the transfer of knowledge internationally.” 🌎 Do you also want to take your research project around the world? Then apply to join the next round of the Bevica Scholarship Programme before sign-up closes on December 1st. Read more and sign up at 👉  www.bevicascholarship.dk Remember, the programme is multidisciplinary and open to all, and you do not need to have pre-existing knowledge of Universal Design. Nor do you need a fully-fledged project proposal – we will help you shape this through the programme, which includes workshops and feedback from the Universal Design Hub. 

I am very proud of all "my" scholarshippers, but today I am especially proud of Marek Kuzminski who is nominated for a Danish Design Award with the project he also won his Bevica Scholarship for called "HandsUp". “HandsUp” focuses on boosting self-esteem and confidence in children by involving them in the playful design of their prostheses. This project is amazing and so is Marek. Have an amazing night, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow and hearing all about it! See the very cool prototypes and read more about Mareks Project here https://lnkd.in/d7zKDbdh Read more about how yu can enter the Bevica Scholarship Programme here https://lnkd.in/dhVp38zc #BevicaScholarshipProgramme #UniversalDesign Universal Design Hub - Bevica Fonden

Last week, we hosted the final in-person information meeting about the Bevica Scholarship Programme at Royal Danish Academy. Thank you to everyone who joined – we can´t wait to read your applications! This week, we are hosting online information meetings about the Scholarship for both students and lecturers.  💻 Online information meetings Friday 15th November 2024:  ⚫ Students: 10:00–11:00  ⚫ Lecturers: 13:00–14:00 🖊️ Sign up for the information meetings at www.bevicascholarship.dk using the sign-up-box on the front page. The Scholarship Programme is open for students and educators at Danish universities, university colleges and design schools. Available grants include a main student grant of 350,000 DKK, a main lecturer grant of 130,000 DKK, and travel grants of 30,000 DKK each for both students and lecturers. 🌱 The Scholarship Programme is multidisciplinary and already has applicants from a diverse range of fields, including design, architecture, communication, psychology, economics, health sciences, educational sociology, media studies and environmental science – just to name a few! So join us - sign up closes december 1st.

Last week, we hosted the final in-person information meeting about the Bevica Scholarship Programme at Royal Danish Academy. Thank you to everyone who joined – we can´t wait to read your applications! This week, we are hosting online information meetings about the Scholarship for both students and lecturers.  💻 Online information meetings Friday 15th November 2024:  ⚫ Students: 10:00–11:00  ⚫ Lecturers: 13:00–14:00 🖊️ Sign up for the information meetings at www.bevicascholarship.dk using the sign-up-box on the front page. The Scholarship Programme is open for students and educators at Danish universities, university colleges and design schools. Available grants include a main student grant of 350,000 DKK, a main lecturer grant of 130,000 DKK, and travel grants of 30,000 DKK each for both students and lecturers. 🌱 The Scholarship Programme is multidisciplinary and already has applicants from a diverse range of fields, including design, architecture, communication, psychology, economics, health sciences, educational sociology, media studies and environmental science – just to name a few! So join us - sign up closes december 1st.

I dag udkommer bogen "Universal Design in Architecture – On enabling and empowering a diverse population" af Bevica Fondens forskningsdirektør Camilla Ryhl. 📗 I bogen udfolder og udforsker Camilla Ryhl begrebet universelt design, samt hvordan det bliver opfattet og brugt blandt arkitekter i Norden. Målet med bogen er at få en fælles samtale om, hvordan og hvorfor universelt design er et vigtigt værktøj, som kan bruges i arbejdet for en mere socialt bæredygtig fremtid. Læs interview med Camilla Ryhl om bogen her 👉 https://lnkd.in/dZkaVCtP Bevica Fonden har støttet udgivelsen af bogen for at skabe dialog om universelt design som en værdiskabende løftestang for inklusion, diversitet og kvalitet i arkitekturen. Køb bogen hos Arkitektens Forlag 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmg2fFEb