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Towards a definition of sustainable education - Circle U.

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When members of the Think and Do Tank met each other for the first time in Paris in December 2021, they realized that they had very different understanding of the concept ‘sustainable education’ and they set out to research the topic together. With this, the project Conceptualising and Operationalis…

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D6.4 Curricula and teaching methods in study programmes at the partner universities are transformed to be more sustainable

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D6.4 Curricula and teaching methods in study programmes at the partner universities are transformed to be more sustainable

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D6.3 Recommendations on how to ensure that curricula and teaching methods are supporting sustainable education presented at the annual event Week for the Future of Higher Education

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D6.3 Recommendations on how to ensure that curricula and teaching methods are supporting sustainable education presented at the annual event Week for the Future of Higher Education

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D6.3 Week for the Future of Higher Education

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Consider that this page is not updated and does not reflects all the work done by the Think and Do Tank

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank on the Future of Higher Education - Circle U.

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank engages with students and external stakeholders with the aim to influence the policy agenda on higher education.

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Insight paper (final report), April 2023

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Insight paper (final report), April 2023

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First mapping of pedagogical innovations in Circle U.

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First mapping of pedagogical innovations in Circle U.

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https://www.circle-u.eu/initiatives/think-and-do-tank/pedagogical-innovations

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank engages with students and external stakeholders with the aim to influence the policy agenda on higher education.

At the same time, it very much focuses on its "do" mission and seeks to contribute to transforming curricula and teaching methods towards sustainable education within the alliance itself, not only by providing courses on sustainable development, but also by ensuring that education will have a major impact on the sustainability of our societies.

Sustainable education means finding innovative and creative ways of teaching and learning, focusing on interdisciplinary knowledge and taking into account the contribution of students. The Think and Do Tank will promote a quality learning environment and academic success for students by imagining, experimenting and disseminating new ways of teaching and learning.

For more info on the missions of the Think and Do tank, read its first White Paper (pdf).

Mapping of flagship initiatives in education

One of the first steps towards this transformation was to map flagship education initiatives carried out by our Circle U. communities. This mapping will pave the way for wider collaboration and sharing of good practice, which could lead to the expansion of these flagship initiatives to all Circle U. universities. To begin with, we consider innovation in sustainable education under four categories, the 4Is:

Integration of external stakeholders

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Involvement of students

Building a network

The long-term objective of this mapping is not only to document Circle U.'s flagship initiatives but also to create the conditions for the establishment of a network on educational innovation in sustainable education.

If you are an academic or an admin staff from one of the Circle U. universities and you would like to add an initiative in the Mapping, please contact: circleu.iro@u-paris.fr

A first open meeting will take place with the framework of the Learning Planet Festival organised by the Learning Planet Institute at Université Paris Cité. Eight of the initiatives mapped will be presented by their leaders and exchange on good practices in the area of innovative teaching will follow.

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Mapping pedagogical innovations within our alliance - Circle U.

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank engages with students and external stakeholders with the aim to influence the policy agenda on higher education.

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Conference at the Circle U. Week for the Future of Higher Education and Research, UPCité, January 2023

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Conference at the Circle U. Week for the Future of Higher Education and Research, UPCité, January 2023

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The Circle U. National Conference, a seminar in global health, roundtables, workshops, a master classe in history and networking... all under the theme of exchange, cooperation and sharing. For one week, members of the Circle U. alliance, teachers, students, administrative staff, and other university professionals, as well as partners, gathered in Paris to explore the benefits and challenges of internationalisation as well as the development of cooperation within the European Higher Education and research area.

Focus on Four Key Themes

More than 245 in-person and nearly 35 remote participants discussed the challenges of joint diplomas, the links between internationalisation of curricula and innovative pedagogies, sustainable education and more effective ways to cooperate in research. An extraordinary evening at the Carnavalet Museum - Histoire de Paris (carnavalet.paris.fr) was a moment to listen to renowned French historian Michelle Perrot and to discover her career.

Students at Center Stage

In collaboration with the academic chairs of the Circle U.Think and Do Tank, students had the opportunity to present their research project on sustainable education "Conceptualising and Operationalising Sustainable Education". Sustainable Education, or "Education for Sustainability" are complex concepts that our Circle U. students sought to better understand in their research through the support of the Academic Chairs.

"By creating both a "Think & Do Tank on the Future of Higher Education," comprising seven academics from all the Circle U. partner universities, and a framework enabling international teams of students to tackle complex topics such as sustainable education, Circle U. was able to show, all along this week of roundtables, seminars and workshops, all the potential for a European University Alliance to take up the teaching and academic challenges of tomorrow. Internationalisation is the main pathway to pedagogical innovation, and Circle U. is already travelling it!"

- Antoine Cazé, Vice-President International, Université Paris Cité

A Glimpse of the Circle U. Week on video

Couldn't join in Paris? Watch on replay the events on YouTube:

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A Look Inside the Circle U. Week for the Future of Higher Education and Research - Circle U.

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Hosted and organised by Université Paris Cité, the Circle U. Week the Future of Higher Education and Research week took place from January 23 to 27. Intense, rich in exchanges and sharing of best practices, bringing together academia, students and partners.

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Mapping innovative initiatives in education in our alliance.

Circle U. Flagship Initiatives in Education

Integration of external stakeholders

Involvement of students

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Internationalization of education

CATEGORIES

UNIVERSITIES

Integration of external stakeholders

Initiatives where external stakeholders helped the universities to develop innovative activities.

Involvement of students

Inititiatives where the students are driving forces in the development and execution of the projects.

Initiatives where the students have the opportunity to meet students and teachers from different disciplines.

Initiatives where the students have the possibility to exchange with students and teachers from different countries.

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Internationalization of education

Each Circle U. partner gathered flagship initiatives that they considered innovative in these categories.

CATEGORIES

Courses taught in English within the fields of Culture and Society, Media and Communication, Business, Management and Economics, Psychology, Political Science, Law, Health, Natural Science and Technology.All teaching at AU Summer University is based on current research and has a strong international perspective.

Summer University

A voluntary competition that brings the students to use their knowledge, skills and competences to find solutions to a problem faced by a local company.

Case competition "Stay Relevant"

This course confronts students to real company problems in order to encourage them to think about disruptive innovative solutions.

Course "Advance Innovation"

Courses taught in English within the fields of Culture and Society, Media and Communication, Business, Management and Economics, Psychology, Political Science, Law, Health, Natural Science and Technology.All teaching at AU Summer University is based on current research and has a strong international perspective.

Summer University

A voluntary competition that brings the students to use their knowledge, skills and competences to find solutions to a problem faced by a local company.

Case competition "Stay Relevant"

This course confronts students to real company problems in order to encourage them to think about disruptive innovative solutions.

Course "Advance Innovation"

Integration of external Stakeholders

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Involvement of students

Contacts

Course "Advanced Innovation"

Description

Resources

This course confronts students to real company problems in order to encourage them to think about disruptive innovative solutions.Level: Masters

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Integration of external Stakeholders

A voluntary competition that brings the students to use their knowledge, skills and competences to find solutions to a problem faced by a local company.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

Case competition "Stay Relevant"

Description

Resources

Internationalization of education

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Courses taught in English within the fields of Culture and Society, Media and Communication, Business, Management and Economics, Psychology, Political Science, Law, Health, Natural Science and Technology.All teaching at AU Summer University is based on current research and has a strong international perspective. Level: Bachelor or Master

Contacts

Summer University

Description

Resources

University of Belgrade

EQUI ED project

The EQUI ED project is designed to strengthen equal access to higher education by widening admission and university completion of students from underrepresented groups.

The Centre for Career Development aims to enhance student's employability through specific courses, internships and soft-skills workshops.

Centre for Career Development and Student Counselling

The Training and Research for Academic Newcomers (TRAIN) aims to develop soft skills and professional capacities for young academics.

TRAIN programme

The English Language Module (ELM) aims to mainstream the learning and teaching of English in all the core subjects of university education.

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

Integration of external Stakeholders

University of Belgrade

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

The English Language Module (ELM) aims to mainstream the learning and teaching of English in all the core subjects of university education.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

Involvement of students

Resources

Description

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

The Training and Research for Academic Newcomers (TRAIN) aims to develop soft skills and professional capacities for young academics.Level: PhD studentsYoung Academic and Researchers, Associate and Assistant Professors

Contacts

University of Belgrade

Resources

Description

TRAIN project

Integration of external Stakeholders

The Centre for Career Development aims to enhance student's employability through specific courses, internships and soft-skills workshops. Level: Bachelor, Masters, PhD Students

Contacts

Resources

University of Belgrade

Description

University Centre for Career Development and Student Counselling

The EQUI ED project is designed to strengthen equal access to higher education by widening admission and university completion of students from underrepresented groups. Level: Bachelor, High School graduates from disadvantaged groups.

University of Belgrade

Contacts

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

EQUI ED project

The Law Clinic pursue an innovative teaching concept that combines academic activity with practical experience at an early stage of legal education.

The Humboldt Law Clinic Grund- und Menschenrechte (HLCMR)

A university-wide initiative fostering research-based learning by integrating students on research projects.

Q-Programme

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Involvement of students

Integration of external Stakeholders

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Contacts

Resources

Description

A university-wide initiative fostering research-based learning by integrating students on research projects.Level: Bachelor and Master

Q-Programme

Involvement of students

Integration of external Stakeholders

The Law Clinic pursues an innovative teaching concept that combines academic activity with practical experience at an early stage of legal education.Level: Bachelor & Master

Contacts

Resources

Description

The Humboldt Law Clinic Grund- und Menschenrechte (HLCMR)

Consulting project allowing marketing students at King's Business School to develop a communication campaign for an NGO.

Course "Keep London Wild!"

Innovative course where students take the role of a marketing consultant and build a response to challenges posed by a client.

Course "Markets, Society and Organisation"

Programme integrating creative and critical thinking from Arts and Humanities into the clinical curriculum of Oral Healthcare students.

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

Integration of external Stakeholders

Internationalization of education

Programme integrating creative and critical thinking from Arts and Humanities into the clinical curriculum of Oral Healthcare studentsLevel: Bachelor.

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Contacts

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

Integration of external Stakeholders

Innovative course where students take the role of a marketing consultant and build a response to challenges posed by a client.Level: Bachelor and Masters

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Contacts

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

Course "Markets, Society and Organisation"

Integration of external Stakeholders

Consulting project allowing marketing students at King's Business School to develop a communication campaign for an NGO.Level: Masters

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Contacts

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

Course "Keep London Wild!"

Innovation Classes

With this initiative, the school offers a different pedagogical approach to encourage students' creativity and to familiarize them with the innovation methods developed in recent years.

'Louvain moocXperience' is a project that seizes the MOOC opportunity for rethinking higher education at UCLouvain and worldwide. MOOCs stand for Massive Open Online Courses: free courses, open to be attended by anyone interested in the world.

moocXperience

Course organised in partnership with NGOs. Every year, it enables around 150 students from Belgium and universities of the South to work together on 25 concrete and sustainable projects.

Ingénieux-Sud

Original progrmme that offers students, professors and researchers the opportunity to interact with artists and work with them on a collective artistic project.

Artists-in-Residence programme

UCLouvain

Involvement of students

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Resources

Contacts

Description

Original programme that offers students, professors and researchers the opportunity to interact with artists and work with them on a collective artistic projectLevel: Bachelor.

Artists-in-Residence programme

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Internationalization of education

Course organised in partnership with NGOs. Every year, it enables around 150 students from Belgium and universities of the South to work together on 25 concrete and sustainable projects.Level: Bachelor and Master

Contacts

Resources

Description

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Ingénieux-Sud

Internationalization of education

'Louvain moocXperience' is a project that seizes the MOOC opportunity for rethinking higher education at UCLouvain and worldwide. MOOCs stand for Massive Open Online Courses: free courses, open to be attended by anyone interested in the world. Level: all

Contacts

Resources

Description

moocXperience

Integration of external Stakeholders

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Contacts

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

'With this initiative, the school offers a different pedagogical approach to encourage students' creativity and to familiarize them with the innovation methods developed in recent years.Level: Master (second year) at the school of Engineering and also in other faculties, as well as international students

Innovation Classes

The Center for Computing in Science Education is an internationally leading hub for the integration of programming and computing into education programs from schools through higher education.

SHE is a Center of Excellence in Education. SHE aims to empower future healthcare professionals to make evidence-based decisions that protect and preserve our planet's resources to both present and future generations.

Center for Computing in Science Education

Centre for Integrated Earth System Education - iEarth

Center for Sustainable Healthcare Education - SHE

Course where students across academic institutions and the City of Oslo collaborate to build and execute projects addressing the city's environmental and social challenges.

CityStudio Oslo programme

A centre of excellence and innovation encouraging students' participation in developing new forms of teaching and learning.

Centre for Experimental Legal Learning - CELL

A three-year elective interdisciplinary bachelor programme to develop a comprehensive knowledge in various disciplines.

Honours-programme

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

A three-year elective interdisciplinary bachelor programme to develop a comprehensive knowledge in various disciplines.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

Resources

Description

Honours-programme

A centre of excellence and innovation encouraging students' participation in developing new forms of teaching and learning.Level: Masters

Contacts

Involvement of students

Resources

Description

'Centre for Experimental Legal Learning - CELL

Integration of external Stakeholders

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Original course where students across academic institutions and the City of Oslo collaborate to build and execute projects addressing the city's environmental and social challenges.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

Resources

Description

Involvement of students

CityStudio Oslo programme

Integration of external Stakeholders

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

SHE is a Center of Excellence in Education located within the Faculty of Medicine. SHE aims to empower future healthcare professionals to make evidence-based decisions that protect and preserve our planet's resources to both present and future generations.

Contacts

Level: Bachelor

Center for Sustainable Healthcare Education - SHE

Resources

Involvement of students

Description

Contacts

Centre for Integrated Earth System Education - iEarth

Center for Integrated Earth Science Education (iEarth) is a Norwegian Center of Excellence in Education. We aim to establish an innovative and student-centered learning emvironment

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Resources

The Center for Computing in Science Education is an internationally leading hub for the integration of programming and computing into education programs from schools through higher education.

Involvement of students

Contacts

Description

Level: Bachelor

Center for Computing in Science Education

The main goal of the program is to allow students to learn medical knowledge cooperatively in a contextualized setting while solving clinical cases, and at the same time, to acquire competences that are easily transferable to clinical practice.

The course mixes students from th e different faculties of the university, and articulates academic knowledge with bodywork and theatre courses.

Problem-based learning in health education

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

MOOC "Fostering inclusive education from kindergarden to higher education"

Mooc for education professionals accompanying pupils and students with a chronic serious illness.

Digital platform dedicated to Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) training and evaluation for medical students.

Digital OSCE training platform

Intercultural and innovative teaching programme aiming at enhancing medical students' knowledge in Infectious Diseases.

IDEAL+ programme

A course where students have to design and build a serious escape game around a scientific enigma.

Course "Scientific Escape Game"

Université Paris Cité

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

A course where students have to design and build a serious escape game around a scientific enigma.Level: Bachelor

Involvement of students

Contacts

Resources

Description

Course "Scientific Escape Game"

Internationalization of education

Intercultural and innovative teaching programme aiming at enhancing medical students' knowledge in Infectious Diseases.Level: Undergraduate medical students

Contacts

Resources

Description

IDEAL+ programme

Integration of external Stakeholders

Digital platform dedicated to Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) training and evaluation for medical students.Level: Undergraduate medical students

Contacts

Resources

Description

Digital OSCE training platform

Integration of external Stakeholders

MOOC for education professionals accompanying pupils and students with a chronic serious illness.Level: Bachelor & Master. Professors and teachers, health professionals and social workers

Contacts

Resources

Description

MOOC "Fostering Inclusive Education from Kindergarten to Higher Education"

Integration of external Stakeholders

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Involvement of students

The course mixes students from the different faculties of the university, and articulates academic knowledge with bodywork and theatre courses.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

This initiative has been presented in the project InnovEd4Ts

Resources

Description

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

Internationalization of education

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

The main goal of the program is to allow students to learn medical knowledge cooperatively in a contextualized setting while solving clinical cases, and at the same time, to acquire competences (know-how and soft skills) that are easily transferable to clinical practice.Level: 2nd and 3 rd year students

Contacts

Involvement of students

Resources

Description

Problem-based learning in health education

The project "TESSITURE: Textures. Sources and methods for a transversal and cultural reading of the challenges of the present and the past" took the form of a film club accompanied by seminars for in-depth analysis and shared reflection.

Tessiture

IThis laboratory is an opportunity to enhance student skills on problem related to environmental and climatic changes and create public management of environmental data obtained within a frame of rigorous scientific approach.

Summer School : monitoring environment and climate changes

The project is part of the Special Projects for Education that the University of Pisa promotes for research and experimentation of innovative teaching.

MUSEIA: Museum Culture Workshop

Integration of external Stakeholders

The project is part of the Special Projects for Education that the University of Pisa promotes for research and experimentation of innovative teaching. Level: Bachelor & Master

Contacts

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Resources

Description

Involvement of students

MUSEIA: Museum Culture Workshop

This laboratory is an opportunity to enhance student skills on problem related to environmental and climatic changes and create public management of environmental data obtained within a frame of rigorous scientific approach. Level: Bachelor

Internationalization of education

Contacts

Resources

Description

Involvement of students

Summer School: monitoring environment and climate changes

Integration of external Stakeholders

The project "TESSITURE: Textures. Sources and methods for a transversal and cultural reading of the challenges of the present and the past" took the form of a film club accompanied by seminars for in-depth analysis and shared reflection.Level: Bachelor

Contacts

Resources

Internationalization of education

Description

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Tessiture

Summer University

Problem-based learning in health education

Innovation Classes

Tessiture

Summer School: monitoring environment and climate changes

moocXperience

Ingénieux-Sud

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

Initiatives where the students have the possibility to exchange with students and teachers from different countries.

Q-Programme

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

IDEAL+ programme

Internationalization of Education

Problem-based learning in health education

Innovation Classes

Tessiture

MUSEIA: Museum Culture Workshop

Ingénieux-Sud

CityStudio Oslo programme

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

Course "Keep London Wild!"

Course "Markets, Society and Organisation"

TRAIN project

Honours-programme

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

Course "Advanced Innovation"

Initiatives where the students have the opportunity to meet students and teachers from different disciplines.

Q-Program

Artist-in-Residence programme

Course "Scientific Escape Game"

Inter and trans-disciplinarity

Problem-based learning in health education

Innovation Classes

Summer School: monitoring environment and climate changes

MUSEIA: Museum Culture Workshop

Course "Keep London Wild!"

Course "Markets, Society and Organisation"

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

Course "Advanced Innovation "

CityStudio Oslo programme

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

The Humboldt Law Clinic Grund- und Menschenrechte (HLCMR)

Centre for Experimental Legal Learning - CELL

Artist-in-Residence programme

EQUI ED project

Inititiatives where the students are driving forces in the development and execution of the projects.

Q-Program

Course "Scientific Escape Game"

Involvement of students

Innovation Classes

Tessiture

MUSEIA: Museum Culture Workshop

Course "Body Mind - Mind Body"

CityStudio Oslo programme

The Humboldt Law Clinic Grund- und Menschenrechte (HLCMR)

Q-Program

Course "Keep London Wild!"

Course 'Markets, Society and Organisation"

Clinical Humanities & Wellbeing programme

English Language Module (ELM) of the Teacher Education Faculty

Course "Advanced Innovation"

MOOC "Fostering inclusive education from kindergarden to higher education"

Centre for Career Development and Student Counselling

Case competition "Stay Relevant"

Digital OSCE training platform

Integration of external stakeholders

Initiatives where external stakeholders helped the universities to develop innovative activities.

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Min Reuchamps, UCLouvain

Françoise Longree, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles

Dominique d'Harveng, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles

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The first Circle U. Model United Nations (MUN) will take place in Brussels on 9-13 March 2023 and gather students with the chief - and urgent - objective of making education more sustainable, for a better and more resilient world. Apply by 15 November - places are limited!

Model United Nations (MUN) is a United Nations (UN) simulation with students taking the role of UN Delegates representing assigned Member States in committees, discussing, debating, attempting to resolve some of the world's most pressing problems.

The theme of the MUN is "Sustainable Education - thinking and making the future of higher education".

Each participating student will work on one of the UN Committees listed below, all connected directly or indirectly to sustainable education. You will be trained throughout three online workshops (between early December and end of February). In Brussels, you will attend a combination of committee sessions, social events, city tours, workshops and meetings with guest experts.

UN Committees

UNESCO: Sustainable education for all

1. New ways of learning and working (immersive learning and simulations, digitalization and metaverse)

Keywords: students' transferable skills, the right to switch off, sustainable changemakers' programme, innovative pedagogies

2. Sustainable education and all its - academic, vocational, pedagogical, informational, and linguistic - dimensions

Keywords: didactical training of academic staff, teaching career development, teacher engagement and assessment

UNICEF: Children and sustainable education

1. Equitable access for all children to sustainable education

Keywords: engaging students, families, and communities as full partners, diversifying the workforce, providing meaningful support, inclusive discipline, rigorous and culturally sustaining curricula, reducing the proportion of out-of-school children, radio programmes for crisis-affected children

2. Children and multilingualism

Keywords: multilingual culture, multilingual opportunities, identifying obstacles, laying the foundation for exchange and change and for a common understanding, interdisciplinary learning, language policies

SOCHUM: Democracy and sustainable education

1. Education as a fundamental human right

Keywords: a human right and not a privilege, a fully-rounded individual (mind, brain, body...), individual empowerment and civic engagement, levelling inequalities, democratic values of truth, right action, peace, non-violence, freedom of expression

2. Education and the violation of human rights

Keywords: genocide, torture, arbitrary arrest, forced labour, discrimination, breaking of laws in armed conflict

UNEP: Climate and sustainable education

1. Bridging the climate challenge and sustainable education

Keywords: Implications of the EU green Deal, agricultural water and forest management, cycling of metals, energy and food security

2. Sustainable education and education to sustainability

Keywords: building knowledge of sustainable issues, motivation to take action for more sustainable patterns in our personal lives within our community at a global scale now and in the future, lifelong learning, protecting the environment through informed action, thinking about the interdependence of systems, critical thinking, partnerships for change.

WHO: Global health and sustainable education

1. Bridging global health and global sustainable education

Keywords: Public Health, Access to medicine, intellectual property, testing in the third world, local inequities in Health, strategies for providing better healthcare for All, infectious diseases, new programmes on CVD (Cardiovascular Diseases)

2. Adapting education to the challenges of a global health

Keywords: vaccination campaigns, research on generics, abortion and reproductive rights, mental health, ageing issues, life course epidemiology

The European Council: EU and sustainable education

1. Good practices across EU for sustainable education

Keywords: democratization, governance, political ideologies, Public Policy and Public Administration, Public Law, geopolitical scene

2. Positioning EU as a leader in fostering sustainable education

Keywords: democratic values that are undermined and discarded, European vision, gender equality in access to resources and opportunities, civic engagement, stronger EU security and defense (Strategic Compass)

Security Council: Sustainable education and other global challenges for and in the world

1. The role of SC in achieving sustainable education across the world

Keywords: protection of schools and facilities from attacks, Safe Schools Declaration, importance of data collection and of the continuity of learning, improving student's access to connectivity, remote and digital learning, collaboration with UNESCO and UNICEF

2. Reforming the SC to face global challenges

Keywords: challenges such as threats from human rights violations, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons, technological disruption, a reform procedure based on equity rather than on power, creation of a peace-building commission, agreements to achieve the SDGs, creation of a democracy fund.

Who can participate?

Bachelor and Master students with demonstrated leadership skills, analytical ability and team spirit, ready to challenge perspectives and to immerse themselves in foreign cultures

PhD students willing to act as chairs and facilitators

Researchers and professors is needed as Chairs and experts. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to min.reuchamps@uclouvain.be.

Why you should participate

To engage and educate delegates about contemporary international politics, international relations, diplomacy and the inner workings of the UN

To develop essential skills such as debating, negotiating, public speaking, team spirit, collaboration and networking

To facilitate cultural awareness, challenging students to take on new perspectives

To encourage out-of-the-box thinking, looking for creative and innovative solutions

To reflect on the future of higher education and foster sustainable education

To foster real-life solutions

Grants and ECTS

To find out if you are eligible for a travel and subsistence grant, please contact the office responsible for mobility at your university.

In some cases, you might also be able to get 5 ECTS by participating in this activity.

Contact points

For questions regarding grants and ECTS, please contact:

For any other questions, please contact:

Apply before 15 November

Fill in this registration form and send your motivation letter to min.reuchamps@uclouvain.be.

Applicants will be selected on the basis of their motivation letter, and in the perspective of reaching a diverse group of participants.

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Circle U. Model United Nations on sustainable education - Circle U.

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The first Circle U. Model United Nations (MUN) will take place in Brussels on 9-13 March 2023 and gather students with the chief - and urgent - objective of making education more sustainable, for a better and more resilient world. Apply by 15 November - places are limited!

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Network on Teacher Education (call 2023)

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Lead: Stephan Breidbach, HU

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D6.5 High-level meeting on Multilingualism, 6 October 2023

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D6.5 High-level meeting on Multilingualism, 6 October 2023

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Coordination at UPCité

Muriel Mambrini (Learning Planet Institute)

Ana Elvira Garcia Lopez (International Relations Office)

Task Force on Sustainable Education:

Céline Mathelart, UCLouvain

Christine Jacqmot, UCLouvain

Min Reuchamps, UCLouvain

Sue Wright, AU

Katrine Solvang Larsen, AU

Gabriel Reedy, KCL

Philipp Wasserscheidt, HU

Stephan Breidbach, HU

Anne Enderwitz, HU

Marco Abate, UniPi

Nevena Buđevac, BE

Velkjo Mijušković, BE

Lisbeth M. Brevik, UiO

Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke, UiO

Knut Augedal, UiO

Bjørn Stensaker, UiO

Task Force on Multilingualism

Ana de Medeiros, KCL

Philipp Wasserscheidt, HU

Stephan Breidbach, HU

Anka Bergmann, HU

Nataša Janković, BE

Branka Vukelić, BE

Dominique François, UCLouvain

Ute Smit, UniWie

Susana Silvia Fernandez, AU

Silvia Bruti, UniPi

Ingebjørg Tonne, UiO

Natalie Kübler, UPCité

Antoine Cazé, UPCité

Others: Maria Juhler Maibom, AU. Rebecca Browett, KCL.

Appointed WP6 Chairs (see the page for the Think and Do Tank on the webpage/ Initiatives)

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The role of multilingualism in shaping the future of higher education is considered of utmost importance in Circle U.: it is one of the two focus points of the Circle U. Think and Do Tank. Knowing more than one language stimulates a globally-oriented education. The Circle U. alliance and its Think and Do Tank, as outlined in the White Paper Shaping the Future of Higher Education in a Changing World, will raise awareness of multilingualism as a resource for a sustainable approach to education that involves cooperation, active, intercultural and interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking and social inclusion.

Multilingualism Week

The kick-off event of the Multilingualism Week will be the Intercultural LAB, a three-day workshop on intercultural skills conceived as complementary training for the Circle U. students that followed the online language courses of King's College London. Thereafter, the Think and Do Tank will hold an internal session to discuss how multilingual practices might be a means toward sustainable education.

On 8 September, you will be able to attend online the following activities of the programme:

A Think & Do Tank Café (15.30-16.30, CEST) will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work. One of the expected outcomes is the onset of a Circle U. online community of PhD students willing to discuss specific research topics in other languages. Register for the event.

Right after the Café, we also invite you to attend a Policy roundtable on multilingualism (17.00-20.00, CEST). The panel discussion will group actors tackling the same issue from different perspectives: the promotion of multilingual activities within the alliance EUTOPIA, the implementation of language policies at the University of Copenhagen, the example of the multilingual university of Bozen-Bolzano, a representative from the German-Serbian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a multilingual student who will explain their educational, and a neuropsychologist who has been exploring the relationship between multilingualism, cognitive functions and wellbeing. Register for the event.

Programme for the Multilingualism Week

For more information on the whole Multilingualism Week, you can read this brochure: Circle U. Multilingualism Week (pdf)

Do not hesitate to spread the word among your colleagues and/or students potentially interested in attending the online Café and/or the Policy roundtable.

Contact and registration

For more information and registration: ana-elvira.garcia-lopez@u-paris.fr

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White Paper: Shaping the Future of Higher Education in a Changing World - Circle U.

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank will seek to influence the future of higher education towards a European Education Area that is sustainable, responsible, peaceful, democratic, collaborative, and prosperous. In its first White Paper, the Think and Do tank shares an initial joint understanding of its…

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InnovEd4TS meets in Paris for its Final Conference - Circle U.

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During two days, the partners and 34 participants discussed transferable skills in higher education, presented the online repository and concluded by recommending strategies for implementing the pedagogical initiatives within the Circle U. alliance.

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https://www.circle-u.eu/news/2022/language-learning-survey.html

Nataša Janković, BE

Branka Vukelić, BE

Nevena Buđevac, BE

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What learning opportunities would you like to find at your university? Why do you want to learn other languages? Circle U. invite the student community to contribute to improving education by expressing their opinions on learning foreign languages.

All students across members of the alliance is invited by the The Circle U. Think and Do Tank on the Future of Higher Education to respond to the survey.

The results of the survey will enable us to influence public policy across Europe and improve language learning at our universities. A first report with the results will be shared during the summer of 2023.

This survey was created by a research team from the University of Belgrade and was developed through the contribution of other Circle U. partners.

Respond to the survey by 31 January 2023

Choose language:

Contact

Ana Elvira García López
ana-elvira.garcia-lopez@u-paris.fr

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What learning opportunities would you like to find at your university? Why do you want to learn other languages? Circle U. invite the student community to contribute to improving education by expressing their opinions on learning foreign languages. All students across members of the alliance is invited by the The Circle U.

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Network of Teaching and Learning centers / Pedagogical innovation units

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Network of Teaching and Learning centers / Pedagogical innovation units

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Leads: Knut Augedal and Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke, UiO

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Stephan Breidbach (Lead)

Humboldt University Berlin

stephan.breidbach@hu-berlin.de

Kathinka Rosenkranz (Coordinator)

Humboldt University Berlin

Kathinka.rosenkranz@hu-berlin.de

Lisbeth M. Brevik

University of Oslo

l.m.brevik@ils.uio.no

Nevena Buđevac

University of Belgrade

Nevena.Budjevac@uf.bg.ac.rs

Christiane Dalton-Puffer

University of Vienna

christiane.dalton-puffer@univie.ac.at

Christina Richardson

King’s College London

christina.l.richardson@kcl.ac.uk

Miguel Souto Lopez

University of Louvain

miguel.souto@uclouvain.be

Helle Plauborg

Aarhus University

hepl@edu.au.dk

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Time and place: Apr. 28, 2022 3:00 PM, Online and Humboldt University

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Circle U. Think & Do Tank Café - Circle U.

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In collaboration with Humboldt University, the Circle U. Think & Do Tank Café invites you to attend a hybrid workshop on

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Informal PhD online language learning groups, KCL, September 2022

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Informal PhD online language learning groups, KCL, September 2022

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Ana de Medeiros, KCL

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The Think and Do Tank Café will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work.

The Circle U. Think and Do Tank Cafés gather initiatives on pedagogical innovation from the different Circle U. universities regularly. They form a network of innovators in pedagogy, to empower them, develop ways to evaluate the competencies acquired and work towards the recognition of the new training path being proposed.

On this occasion, we will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work. One of the expected outcomes is the onset of a Circle U. online community of PhD students willing to discuss specific research topics in other languages.

This event is part of the Circle U. Multilingualism Week at King's College London.
For more information on the whole Multilingualism Week, you can read this brochure: Circle U. Multilingualism Week (pdf).

A completed programme of this workshop will be sent to registered participants.
Register for the Think and Do Tank Café
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The Think and Do Tank Café will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work. The Circle U. Think and Do Tank Cafés gather initiatives on pedagogical innovation from the different Circle U. universities regularly.

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Training Healthcare Students using Immersive Simulations, UCLouvain, March 2023 

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Training Healthcare Students using Immersive Simulations, UCLouvain, March 2023 

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Min Reuchamps, UCLouvain

Gabriel Reedy, KCL

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How to bring healthcare students and professionals from theory into practice in an interdisciplinary approach? Well, think of immersive simulations. But how to do so? What are the tricks and treats? For which benefits? How can immersive simulations contribute to sustainable education?

Training Healthcare Students using Immersive Simulations

When training healthcare students and professionals there are two challenges: bringing theory into practice and bringing together different disciplines and professions together such as doctors and nurses and other clinicians. Immersive simulations offer a meaningful and real-life response to these two challenges. But immersive simulations raise also several questions. How to do so? And is it really feasible? What are the hurdles of carrying out immersive simulations and how to overcome them? How to train people to facilitate simulations? And above all, how to bring together different healthcare students and workers who have been trained with different pedagogical methods and come from very diverse background.

Programme

Welcome address by the UCLouvain Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Immersive simulations from theory into practice

Q&A session with the audience on campus and online

Facilitated by Céline and Min.

Wrap-up: What to learn from this Café?

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How to bring healthcare students and professionals from theory into practice in an interdisciplinary approach? Well, think of immersive simulations. But how to do so? What are the tricks and treats? For which benefits? How can immersive simulations contribute to sustainable education?

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Assessment in Sustainable Education, UPCité, January 2023

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Assessment in Sustainable Education, UPCité, January 2023

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Lisbeth M. Brevik, UiO

Sue Wright, AU

Flora Smyth Zahra, KCL

Jayne Pearson, KCL

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Professor Lisbeth M. Brevik from the University of Oslo described her course, which is part of the master's program in teacher's education at the university. In the course, students are involved as co-researchers in a project that contributes to the research done in the university. They join a research team, visit schools and record interactions in classrooms, and transcribe and analyse the results.

The assessment is continuous and formative, and in particular the students make presentations that are improved through the comments of their peers, and then delivered again in a polished form. The course gives the students training as researchers and skills as presenters. It also prepares the students for constantly reflecting on their own positions as future teachers.

Creative techniques

Professor Sue Wright presented the course "Anthropology of Organisations" that she teaches at Aarhus University. It explores the workings of organisations within current systems of governance. Students are invited to form small groups and specialize on a topic they find interesting and prepare an hour's teaching. They have the opportunity to use creative techniques such as roleplay, quizzes and singing, to engage their peers in a discussion of the topic. The course encouraged students to take charge as active learners and reflect on how they are positioned within organisations and their capacity to achieve changes.

Process folio

The third presentation were made by Professor Flora Smyth Zahra and Senior Lecturer Jayne Pearson from King's College London. They presented their work in integrating concepts from humanities into a study programme that belongs in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences. Through activities in green spaces and museums and by volunteering, science students are challenged to engage with different epistemologies and deal with uncertainty and complexity. This prompts them to reflect on their role and agency as health professionals. The students make a "processfolio" where they reflect on their own learning process and their journey towards becoming health professionals, as well as on their roles as students and people engaging in society.

Students as active learners

It was interesting for us to gain an insight into how academic bureaucracy stands in the way of these initiatives and how, as Sue said, "they need to find place to manoeuvre" in order to do this inside the existing regulations. It almost seems like academic bureaucracy sometimes becomes an obstacle for the realisation of sustainable educational initiatives. One can hope that this will be targeted from the top-down so that the bottom-up initiatives get room to grow.

These projects all try to incorporate the students as active learners, and valuable members of the teaching and learning taking place at the universities. All the professors present at the meeting said they wanted to make their students into to reflective citizens of the society.

- It was an excellent opportunity to see what academia is all about, states Cecilie Ellemose Petersen.

The three projects sought to form their teaching in new ways so that the students' assessments fitted how the course was taught. Their wish and the wish from more of the professors in the room was for assessment to be a space where students could show what they had learned, or even explore things that they did not realise they had learned! In that way assessments can promote and support sustainable education and be an actual part of it instead of working against it.

- It was an interesting insight into European collaborations and how they function, said Elizabeth Schirrmann Nygaard.

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Think and Do-Tank "Students' Assessment and Sustainable Development" - reflections by four master's students - Circle U.

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On a cold, grey afternoon in the centre of Paris, administrators, professors and students from Circle U's

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The Circle U. National Conference, a seminar in global health, roundtables, workshops, a master classe in history and networking... all under the theme of exchange, cooperation and sharing. For one week, members of the Circle U. alliance, teachers, students, administrative staff, and other university professionals, as well as partners, gathered in Paris to explore the benefits and challenges of internationalisation as well as the development of cooperation within the European Higher Education and research area.

Focus on Four Key Themes

More than 245 in-person and nearly 35 remote participants discussed the challenges of joint diplomas, the links between internationalisation of curricula and innovative pedagogies, sustainable education and more effective ways to cooperate in research. An extraordinary evening at the Carnavalet Museum - Histoire de Paris (carnavalet.paris.fr) was a moment to listen to renowned French historian Michelle Perrot and to discover her career.

Students at Center Stage

In collaboration with the academic chairs of the Circle U.Think and Do Tank, students had the opportunity to present their research project on sustainable education "Conceptualising and Operationalising Sustainable Education". Sustainable Education, or "Education for Sustainability" are complex concepts that our Circle U. students sought to better understand in their research through the support of the Academic Chairs.

"By creating both a "Think & Do Tank on the Future of Higher Education," comprising seven academics from all the Circle U. partner universities, and a framework enabling international teams of students to tackle complex topics such as sustainable education, Circle U. was able to show, all along this week of roundtables, seminars and workshops, all the potential for a European University Alliance to take up the teaching and academic challenges of tomorrow. Internationalisation is the main pathway to pedagogical innovation, and Circle U. is already travelling it!"

- Antoine Cazé, Vice-President International, Université Paris Cité

A Glimpse of the Circle U. Week on video

Couldn't join in Paris? Watch on replay the events on YouTube:

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Hosted and organised by Université Paris Cité, the Circle U. Week the Future of Higher Education and Research week took place from January 23 to 27. Intense, rich in exchanges and sharing of best practices, bringing together academia, students and partners.

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Report of the event and recommendations for the next phase on sustainable education

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Report of the event and recommendations for the next phase on sustainable education

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D6.3 Week for the Future of Higher Education

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Lead: Dominique François, Institut des langues vivantes, UCLouvain. Coordination team of CU.mil

HU

Zentraleinrichtung Sprachenzentrum an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Elke Rössler (Direktorin) elke.roessler@hu-berlin.de

UniPi

Silvia Bruti, Director of the University Language Centre (Cli) silvia.bruti@unipi.it

KCL

Ana de Medeiros, Director King’s Language Centre. School of Professional & Continuing Education

UiO

Ingebjørg Tonne, Deputy Director of MultiLing. ingebjorg.tonne@iln.uio.no

UCLouvain

Dominique François, acting director, Institut des langues vivantes (UCLouvain) dominique.francois@uclouvain.be

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UniWie

Sprachezentrum UniWie

Mag.a Nicola Kraml
Head of the Language Center
Executive Director Innovationszentrum Universität Wien GmbH

UPCité

Pas de direction, car moment de transition

AU

No Language Centre at the university. There is a National Language centre with two physical sites: one at the Univerity of Copenhague and the other at Aarhus University (the Director is Hanne Wacher Kjærgaard – hwk@cc.au.dk) -

This centre does not offer language courses; its main mission is to improve the position of offering languages at the national level (implementing advocacy and development projects, not educational activities). The centre is not part of Aarhus University officially.

This year, for the first time in Denmark, the government allocated an amount of money to launch language courses (we have started with German and French) as optional for university students. The Department of German and Romanic languages at Aarhus University is the one in charge of implementing these courses. Susana Silvia Fernandez (WP6) works in this department. The Head of the department is Kirsten Wølch Rasmussen - (kwr@cc.au.dk).

Telefon: +4587164871

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Shared pedagogical resources - Open Access

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See the list on: https://www.circle-u.eu/initiatives/think-and-do-tank/

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The Circle U. Think and Do Tank engages with students and external stakeholders with the aim to influence the policy agenda on higher education.

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Hosted and managed by Ana de Medeiros, KCL

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Report on the Summer School 2022, Berlin "Reimagining Universities as Drivers of Sustainability"

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Report on the Summer School 2022, Berlin "Reimagining Universities as Drivers of Sustainability"

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Engaged students are the result of using real-world tools - GitHub Education

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Access the best real-world tools, learning events, and training to shape the next generation of software development.

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Insight paper on sustainable education (COSE project), April 2023

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Insight paper on sustainable education (COSE project), April 2023

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European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism

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White paper on sustainable education, May 2023 (D6.1)

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White paper on sustainable education, May 2023 (D6.1)

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Key messages and recommendations on the internationalisation of higher education, June 2023

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Key messages and recommendations on the internationalisation of higher education, June 2023

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Report of the National Conference, UPCité, 23 and 24 Jaunary 2023

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Key messages and recommendations on the internationalisation of higher education, June 2023

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Interview for the Learning Planet Festival

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Interview with Muriel Mambrini-Doudet and Ana Elvira García López – LearningPlanet Festival (learning-planet.org)

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Since completion of the survey, entitled "Students Have a Say: Circle U. Survey on Multilingualism and Language Learning in Higher Education", an in-depth analysis was undertaken to get a better understanding of the student's views, outlined in a detailed report ( Circle U. Research on Multilingualism, pdf). 1882 responses were received with particular insight into the differences between the needs of the students and the current state of affairs at the universities.

Highlights and Findings from the Survey

In brief, the survey shows that most students learn at least one additional language at primary school and even two at high school. However, when they begin their academic studies at the university level, most of them do not pursue this learning nor capitalize on the actual knowledge of other languages. There is also a serious disproportion between English and all other languages learnt in education systems, which suggests the need to emphasise other widely spoken modern/foreign languages more. Some members of the Think and Do Tank claim that this argument lacks sociolinguistic reality and seems to ignore the existing differences in functions and status of different languages.

Circle U. students having completed the survey expressed a strong wish to see their university curricula enriched with other languages for general purposes, which they used to learn in primary school and/or high school, in particular Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and German.

With reference to their future careers, most students also feel the need for higher academic qualifications in foreign languages for specific/professional purposes and have expressed numerous wishes for additional courses of French, Spanish, English, German, Italian, Russian and other languages. Additionally, students' expectations seem greater than what the national education system has to offer with respect to the preparation for international language exams and certificates.

Students' attitudes towards the value of knowing foreign languages for social life are as important. Most of them believe that knowing other languages may promote dialogue and avoid misunderstandings in the social, cultural, religious, professional and political spheres of life. They also support the idea that knowing other languages can help us be more resilient in times of crisis, and prevent polarisation and violent extremism by identifying fake news, disinformation and hate speech, or by boosting innovation and problem-solving. Students also believe that knowing languages can help businesses and industries succeed and support achieving international political agreements. Finally, the students highly value the impact that languages have on our personal, social and professional lives and our well-being in general.

Students added 164 comments in the available space at the end of the survey:
"Learning foreign languages of different structures to encourage rethinking." "Open-minded society with a heart close to foreign cultures and in love with learning more from people with different nationalities!" "The more languages you speak and the more cultures and especially people you come into contact with, the richer you become."
Motivation to learn other languages is an essential factor. What seems to motivate most Circle U. students to learn other languages is their need for personal growth and development as human beings. As for the main obstacle to learning other languages, they refer to the fact of being too busy.

Multilingualism Going Forward

The conclusions of this research, together with the recommendations of the Task Force on Multilingualism of the Think and Do Tank will be presented and discussed at the Circle U. conference "European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism" which will take place at Université Paris Cité on October 6, 2023.

This event is open to students, academics and administrative staff and will be live-streamed on the YouTube channel of Université Paris Cité.

Registration for on-site participants is open until the 21st of September through an online form. Find out more here.

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In November 2022, the Circle U. Think and Do Tank launched a survey inviting the student communities of the alliance's nine universities to contribute to improving education. The aim was to gain insight into students' attitudes towards language learning as well as the opportunities provided within their respective education systems, experiences and aspirations.

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The first Circle U. MUN brought together 73 participants from 11 universities across Europe, including BA and MA students, PhD candidates, researcher and professors, each taking different roles during the five-day simulation. In addition to participants from higher education institutions, there were also 11 students from the Institut Saint-André, a Brussels-based high school. Including high school students in this kind of initiatives is a way to connect them to higher education and an illustration of a sustainable education approach.

MUN simulations are a popular activity gathering thousands of students worldwide every year at all educational level. With support from the Circle U. Seed Funding scheme, Min Reuchamps, a professor of political science at the University of Louvain - together with colleagues from the Circle U. Think and Do Tank and the Université Saint-Louis in Brussels (Françoise Longrée et Dominique d'Harveng) - proposed and organised this activity for students and researchers at Circle U. and other universities.

Co-creating Tomorrow's Higher Education

Students were grouped into five committees, all connected directly or indirectly to sustainable education, and each chaired by two students with the assistance of PhD candidates and professors, who acted as experts. The committees were:

UNESCO: Sustainable education for all

UNICEF: Children and sustainable education

SOCHUM: Democracy and sustainable education

UNEP: Climate and sustainable education

WHO: Global health and sustainable education

Each student represented a country (among UN members) in one of the above-mentioned committees and acted as a Delegate for that country. Each Delegate did research on the topics of their Committee and produced a Position Paper reflecting the position of the country they represented as well as new proposals in terms of innovative calls for action.

Delegates acted as a collaborative team rather than as a competitive one. As such, they had the opportunity to make teaching and learning methods more efficient, better adapted to real-life challenges and therefore more sustainable.

Min Reuchamps said: "Simulations such as Model United Nations (MUN) are a wonderful way to learn and to co-create tomorrow's higher education. The first edition of the Circle U. MUN on sustainable education brought together students who have never met before in a learning experience that they will never forget."

MUN Simulations and European University Alliances

This a practical and empowering exercise in that students get to explore transferable skills and develop their self-confidence: they get to experience the perspective of the country they represent and how the various perspectives interact at global level. All of this within a collaborative environment.

This is an interesting analogy with what European University Alliances are attempting to do: find innovative ways to do education and research through collaboration around common challenges.

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Dr Kyriaki Koukouraki SFHEA

Lecturer in EAP and Cultural Competency (Education)

Departmental Lead for Diversity and Inclusion (CCU)

kyriaki.koukouraki@kcl.ac.uk

Donata Puntil (she/her)| SFHEA

King's Language Centre

School of Professional & Continuing Education

Affiliate Senior Lecturer in Language and Intercultural Communication

Founding Fellow of King's Educators Network

donata.puntil@kcl.ac.uk

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Exploring Intercultural Concepts

The three-day workshops on intercultural skills were intended as a complementary training for Circle U. students who attended the online language courses at King's College. It was the first initiative of hybrid learning also extended to academic and other professional services staff. The LAB was designed and delivered by Dr. Donata Puntil and Dr. Kyriaki Koukouraki of King's College London.

Through interactive exercises and the creation of a mini-project, the participants had the opportunity to explore the concept of intercultural competence, its link to their personal lived experiences, the importance of objects in intercultural encounters, along with the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to be interculturally competent in a globalised world. The professors shared concepts such as embodied Interculturality, positionality; belonging as a fluid movement across cultures, times, places, identities, communities as well as the use of art-based methodologies in developing intercultural competencies.

- It was truly an honour and pleasure meeting such excellent students and members of staff from the Circle U. Alliance and to discuss with them topics such as intercultural competence, cultural self-awareness and positionality, stated Dr. Kyriaki Koukouraki.

Intercultural Competence as Global Citizenship

During the sessions, the group further discussed the definition of global citizenship in connection with interdisciplinarity in the context of higher education. This idea refers to moving across and between disciplines and communities of practice and how this process is shaped by individuals and their cultures. Intercultural education through an international curriculum aims to empower learners to see the world through the lens of others, develop empathy and the critical skills to understand the drivers that shape their disciplines by challenging different frames of reference. With this respect, it is ever more important today to encourage reflexivity to connect positively with cultural others.

- Teaching the Intercultural LAB was a wonderful and refreshing experience for me; I really enjoyed working with international members of staff and students from different Circle U. universities. Having participants from a variety of backgrounds, ages, genders and approaches to learning ad teaching in the context of Higher Education was a perfect blend to discuss, live and experience intercultural encounters. I would like to thank the organizers of the LAB and above all, the participants who, with their comments, suggestions and ideas, made the three-day experience a very powerful and embodied intercultural journey, concludes Dr. Donata Puntil.

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Hosted by King's College London, the Intercultural LAB was co-organised by the Circle U. Think & Do Tank, professors and pedagogical engineers engaged in developing blended learning opportunities within the alliance. The LAB brought together 15 students and staff from member universities during the Multilingualism Week held in London.

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The Think and Do Tank Café will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work.

The Circle U. Think and Do Tank Cafés gather initiatives on pedagogical innovation from the different Circle U. universities regularly. They form a network of innovators in pedagogy, to empower them, develop ways to evaluate the competencies acquired and work towards the recognition of the new training path being proposed.

On this occasion, we will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work. One of the expected outcomes is the onset of a Circle U. online community of PhD students willing to discuss specific research topics in other languages.

This event is part of the Circle U. Multilingualism Week at King's College London.
For more information on the whole Multilingualism Week, you can read this brochure: Circle U. Multilingualism Week (pdf).

A completed programme of this workshop will be sent to registered participants.
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Circle U. Think and Do Tank Café - Circle U.

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The Think and Do Tank Café will explore how informal learning groups of PhD students succeed at improving oral skills in other languages through thematic discussions around their own research work. The Circle U. Think and Do Tank Cafés gather initiatives on pedagogical innovation from the different Circle U. universities regularly.

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The goal of this policy roundtable is among other things to explore the obstacles and opportunities related to the alliance's ambition of increasing multilingual practices and opportunities at our home universities.

By the end of the pilot period of the Circle U. project in October 2023, the aim of the Think and Do Tank is to organise a High-Level Meeting on Multilingualism to deliver a policy paper on multilingualism based on the meeting with national and European politicians on the topic. As a prior step, the goal of this policy roundtable is to further explore the obstacles and opportunities related to the alliance's ambition of increasing multilingual practices and opportunities at our home universities and advocate for the recognition of the richness of multilingualism at a national and European level.

The panel discussion will group actors tackling the same issue from different perspectives: the promotion of multilingual activities within the alliance EUTOPIA, the implementation of language policies at the University of Copenhagen, the example of the multilingual university of Bozen-Bolzano, a representative from the German-Serbian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a multilingual student who will explain their educational path, and a neuropsychologist who has been exploring the relationship between multilingualism, cognitive functions and wellbeing.

17:00

Welcoming and presentation of the Circle U. alliance and its Think and Do Tank

17:15

Presentations of the panellists - (10 min. each presentation)

18:45

Panel discussion on the promotion of multilingualism in higher education

This event is part of the Circle U. Multilingualism Week at King's College London.
For more information on the whole Multilingualism Week, you can read this brochure: Circle U. Multilingualism Week (pdf).

A completed programme of this roundtable will be sent to registered participants.
Register for the roundtable
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Policy roundtable on multilingualism in higher education - Circle U.

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The goal of this policy roundtable is among other things to explore the obstacles and opportunities related to the alliance’s ambition of increasing multilingual practices and opportunities at our home universities.

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Anne Enderwitz, HU

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Hosted by Université Paris Cité, the Circle U. Think and Do Tank invites you to its conference "European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism".

Making Circle U. a Multilingual Alliance

Language competencies are at the heart of building the European Education Area. They are indispensable for mobility, cooperation and mutual understanding across borders. The European Union defines multilingualism as "the ability of societies, institutions, groups and individuals to engage, on a regular basis, with more than one language in their day-to-day lives". Importantly, multilingualism is not a state, it's an action.

Objectives

The aim of this conference is twofold: we will provide an overview of the work undertaken by the Circle U. multilingualism working group of the Think and Do Tank, and we will discuss the group's recommendations concerning language learning, multilingualism and intercultural understanding in higher education with other experts and policy-makers. The focus will be on Circle U. to operate as a multilingual alliance, developing its capacity for conducting administrative and teaching activities in multiple languages.

This event is in conjunction with another event on intercomprehension organised by the European University UNITA in Chambéry (France) on 12-13 October: Intercomprehension Evaluation and perspectives: towards new contexts

Target audience

Members of the Circle U. Think and Do Tank

Representatives of other WPs and Circle U. Knowledge Hubs

Members of the Circle U. Management Board

Representatives of the alliance's language centres

National and international policy-makers working on multilingualism and/or higher education

European Commission spokespersons

Teachers, staff, students and non-academic actors in Circle U. and outside the alliance

Professionals with expertise or interest in

Multilingualism

Language learning in higher education

Communication and intercultural skills

Interdisciplinarity

Global citizenship

Diversity management in the European space

Programme

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European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism - Circle U.

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Report of the conference and recommendations

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Report of the conference and recommendations

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Research report on multilingualism, August 2023

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Research report on multilingualism, August 2023

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Global framework to describe and analyse transferable skills

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Global framework to describe and analyse transferable skills

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Céline Mathelart, UCLouvain

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Open Educational Resources are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12279/801

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OER-UCLouvain: A global framework to describe and analyse transferable skills

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Open Educational Resources are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12279/801

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External media appearances on sustainability, October 2023 (D6.2)

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External media appearances on sustainability, October 2023 (D6.2)

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Circle U. universities are more visible in the public debate on the universities' contribution to sustainability.

Media appearances by staff from partner universities regarding universities' contribution to sustainability (all kinds of media and all languages).

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Philipp Wasserscheidt, HU

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Online French course for students coming from Ukraine

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Online French course for students coming from Ukraine

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What is it about?

The French Hub in Circle U., which is a bottom-up initiative coordinated by the taskforce on blended learning (WP2) and the Circle U. Think and Do Tank (WP6), is an online community that exchanges and shares knowledge, practices and resources in French, on how to learn French and around francophone cultures within Circle U.

In April, the French Hub took the decision to join forces and develop a beginner-level French course to support the language learning of some students coming from Ukraine enrolled at Université catholique de Louvain and Université Paris Cité.

How does it work?

The French course project involves King's College London, Université catholique de Louvain and Université Paris Cité. The online learning module lasts six weeks. Each partner contributed by mutualizing existing and online learning material from their home university. The material is available on a Moodle Cloud platform that the Circle U. taskforce on Blended Learning specifically created for this project. In parallel to the online self-learning platform, students have two hours of weekly webinars with an intern to practice pronunciation and conversation in French. Two interns from the Master Sciences du Language. Linguistique apliqué à la didactique du FLE (français langue étragère) and Master Didactique des langues. Français langue étrangère, français langue seconde et interculturalité of Université Paris Cité are in charge of driving the webinars and correcting students' exercises.

Who is the target?

Students from Ukraine that the members of the French Hub could rapidly identify were targeted. Other refugee students who were already registered at Université catholique de Louvain or at Université Paris Cité were also accepted. The refugee students at UCLouvain can follow a physical 2h French course. Some of these students are also following this course. At Université Paris Cité, the responsible for the student life at the university, in charge of the refugees' process to be integrated at the university, provided several candidates for the course. This opportunity was communicated across several channels and reached refugees students already enrolled at the university, who also needed French courses. In two weeks, 20 students from both universities were recruited.

What are the challenges?

The main challenge has been to develop the course , set up the online and shared platform and recruit as many students as possible in a record time: one month. The next challenge will be the collaboration between students from different cultures and coming from different universities. Also, keeping motivation high and bringing the students to the end of the course. This course does not award credits.

What's next?

The French Hub will meet at the beginning of July to assess this initiative. The idea would be to launch another course in the second semester of 2022 or to open the beginners' course to more students and staff by exploiting broader communication channels beyond the French Hub. The idea of opening courses in other languages is also on the table. This initiative can be a model and an inspiration for other micro-collaborations within our alliance.

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The Circle U. French Hub launched an online language course to support the integration of students coming from Ukraine - Circle U.

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Language barriers are among the main obstacles in integrating international students into our universities. The arrival of Ukrainian students in our universities in times of crisis has brought new challenges that the Circle U. French Hub has chosen to meet by offering in record time French courses to beginners.

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The online modules created by the French Hub are in a Moodle account managed by UPCité. Contact the Circle U. team at UPCité to have access to it circleu.iro@u-paris.fr

The docs related to the organisation and content of the modules are in the Circle U. Teams / WP6 / Task Force Multilingualism

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Ana de Medeiros, KCL

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The Modern Language Center from King's College London offered languages modules to the Circle U. students. This is the first activity with students and teachers from the partner universities.

Circle U. would like to develop a multilingual culture within the alliance. We understand the challenge to bring the students to speak and understand more European languages.

From January 2022, the Modern Language Center from King's College London has opened four language modules: German, Arabic, Portuguese and French for the Circle U. students. The students had the chance to meet their colleagues from six partner universities. They had the opportunity to learn online languages, but also, to participate in innovative courses with new pedagogical methods. This is one of the first collaborative activities from Circle U.

The German teacher and her students shared on a video their experiences and the importance and passion to learn with people from different nationalities and culture. The way how the course is structured allow the students to interact in different activities. It's an intercultural experience unique for some students and a new kind of short mobility.

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Students talk about their experience learning languages with Circle U. and King's College - Circle U.

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The Modern Language Center from King's College London offered languages modules to the Circle U. students. This is the first activity with students and teachers from the partner universities.

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How Languages and Cultures Travel - Synthesis

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First White paper - Mission & vison of the T&D Tank, December 2021

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First White paper - Mission & vison of the T&D Tank, December 2021

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25 May 2023, UiO: How to create opportunities in a European university alliance? Learn how some of the European university alliances are working to develop opportunities for students and staff. Perhaps you will be inspired to contribute with offers to our own alliance, Circle U.?

23 March 2023, UiO: What can we learn from students about interdisciplinary education? How can Circle U. students, academics, and leaders collaborate on interdisciplinary education and find ways to prepare students for coping with wicked problems?

2 February 2023, UiO: Studentfrokost [Student Breakfast. On mobility and exchange opportunities] Vil du ta et semester i Aarhus, Wien eller London, eller dra på sommerskole i Berlin eller Paris? Kom på frokost og få servert dine utvekslingsmuligheter fra folk som allerede har tråkket opp løypa!

8 November2022, UiO: Studentfrokost [Student Breakfast. On mobility and exchange opportunities] Vil du ta emner i Brussel, dra på kurs i Paris eller delta på sommerskole i Berlin? Kom på frokost og få servert disse mulighetene fra folk som allerede har tråkket opp løypa!

27 September 2022, UiO: Students as entrepreneurs and innovators. How are universities enabling student participation in innovation? What impact may increased student participation have for students, universities, and society? How should universities support student innovation?

25 August 2022, UiO: Rethinking global governance. Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore reflects on the global governance reforms needed in light of a new confluence of global insecurities stemming from pandemics, the growing challenges of the global commons and a more polarised world.

2 June 2022, UiO: How to prepare for the next pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least 500 million people and killed more than six million. How can we learn from these events and develop a complete pandemic preparedness and response system? What role can universities and university alliances play?

28 March 2022: Driving pedagogical innovation. How can active student engagement in research improve the quality of education? Learn from colleagues at King’s College London and the University of Oslo.

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Food, language, culture: migrant cuisine in Vienna and Berlin

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Food, language, culture: migrant cuisine in Vienna and Berlin

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The French Hub also addressed other ideas. You'll find the minutes of the meetings in the Circle U. Teams / WP6 / Task Force Multilingualism

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Lead: Sue Wright, AU

SEVIL = Sustainable Education Video Interviews Library

In the project SEVIL, students have edited the videoed interviews they conducted for the COSE project that exemplify outstanding innovations in sustainable education (1 Above). They have provided summaries and key words and designed the materials as a resource for educational developments in CU.

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Lead by Philipp Wasserscheidt, HU

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D6.2 Circle U. universities are more visible in the public debate on the universities' contribution to sustainability

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D6.2 Circle U. universities are more visible in the public debate on the universities' contribution to sustainability

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Media appearances by staff from partner universities regarding universities' contribution to sustainability (all kinds of media and all languages).

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Lead: Dominique François, UCLouvain

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UiO in partnership with UPCIté

UiO:

Tine Benedicte Soreng t.b.soreng@hf.uio.no (WP2, TF Recognition)

UPCité:

Sophie Lucet sphlucet@gmail.com (Modern Languages and Arts)

TOULZA Pierre-Olivier pierretoulza@gmail.com ;Jacques-David Ebguy jdebguy@club-internet.fr ; (Cinema)

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AU - UCLouvain - UPcité

Lotte (WP2 Coordinator)

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UiO in partnership with UPCIté

UiO:

Tine Benedicte Soreng t.b.soreng@hf.uio.no (WP2, TF Recognition)

UPCité:

Sophie Lucet sphlucet@gmail.com (Modern Languages and Arts)

TOULZA Pierre-Olivier pierretoulza@gmail.com ;Jacques-David Ebguy jdebguy@club-internet.fr ; (Cinema)

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AU - UCLouvain - UPcité

Lotte (WP2 Coordinator)

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(D6.4) Disseminating inspiring examples qnd cretating a community of practice as a stepping stone towards sustainable education

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(D6.4) Disseminating inspiring examples qnd cretating a community of practice as a stepping stone towards sustainable education

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Curricula and teaching methods in study programmes at the partner universities are transformed to be more sustainable.

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(D6.5) Report on the conference "European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism" and policy recommendations

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(D6.5) Report on the conference "European Universities as Actors in Multilingualism" and policy recommendations

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High-level meeting and policy paper on multilingualism