Unite! initiatives recopilation

News and FYI:

• A brief article on the Unite! Steering Committee held at PoliTO

https://poliflash.polito.it/in_ateneo/unite_torna_in_presenza_al_politecnico_di_torino; 

• “Unite! Quality Forum” [14 October 2021]

Funding from programme: E+ (TF2 Quality Management)

Specific group talk about how each specific participant’s expertise could contribute to further defining and strengthening the Unite! Quality Management System. 

Target: Invited guests it is a closed event/not open to the general public

Call for action:

• Unite! Teaching and Learning Activities: 

Funding from programme: E +

Target: This series of activities is aimed at teaching staff, lecturers and faculty in all Unite! partner institutions (including Ph.D. students and postdocs involved with teaching), who are interested in sharing and developing teaching and learning practices.

• Challenge-Based Learning for Sustainable Development Goals [starting Oct 6 and ending Oct 27]

Application Deadline: Sept 22, 2021

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, leaflet.

• We have an IDEA - Instructional Design Elementary Application [Oct 18th and Oct 22nd]

Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2021

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, leaflet. 

• Aalto University: Research data management open webinar series  

1. How to Share Research Data Through a Data Repository: A Zenodo Example | Oct 14 2021 at 10–11.30 AM | Register

2. Working with Restricted Datasets | Oct 26 2021 at 12–1.30 PM | Register

Aalto offers open and free access to Unite! universities for a series of webinars on research data management and open science. 

Target: The webinars, aimed at university staff and students, are open to everyone. No previous knowledge needed. 

Dissemination materials:  twitter post.

• Student Co-creation Unite!4future Call is Open!         [Deadline: 22nd October]

Funding from programme: E +

A competition through metacampus the aim of calling for creative ideas about what can be expected at a university of the future. 

Target: Unite! students, each team must include students from at least 3 Unite! partner universities

Registration deadline: 22nd October

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, YouTube playlist (versions in each language) & twitter posts.

• The AI and Music festival 2021 Hacks [23th & 24th of October]

Funding from programme: E +

A challenge that comes with a special price to encourage Unite! students to compete in these two parallel hackathons, which will take place within the Sónar AI and Music Festival. Unite! students from outside Barcelona, can participate remotely in the hackathons which will take place on 23 October, 12.00-20.00 CET and on 24 October, 8:00-12:00 CET for on-site participants. For online participants it will be open 24 hours. The Festival will then take place on 27-28 October.

Target: Unite! students, each team must include students from at least 3 Unite! partner universities

Registration deadline: 20th October at this link 

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication & twitter post. 

Forthcoming events:

• Unite! Teaching and Learning Activities: 

Funding from programme: E +

Target: This series of activities is aimed at teaching staff, lecturers and faculty in all Unite! partner institutions (including Ph.D. students and postdocs involved with teaching), who are interested in sharing and developing teaching and learning practices.

• The art of explaining science TUDa                     [Nov 5th and Dec 10th]

Application Deadline: Oct 22, 2021

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, leaflet. 

• Virtual Exchange: fostering international Student-Teacher collaborations upc [Nov 10th and Nov 17th]

Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2021

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, leaflet. 

• Unite! Virtual Fair for students [3rd of November]

Funding from programme: E +

Unite! Virtual Fair for students on 3 November at 12-15 CET

Virtual courses, joint programmes, project weeks, mentoring and mobility between seven universities – this and much more Unite! offers for students.

Target:  Students and faculty.

Platform: The event will be held on a very visual and game-like platform called Spacial Chat. 

Dissemination materials: Unite! website publication. 

• Hackathon “From post Covid University to inclusive European University”. 

[22 -26 November]

Funding from programme: E+ (Task 6.6 Internationalisation at home)

Target: Students from each partner university. There is a maximum number of 35 participants divided in 5 teams made of students from each partner university.

Registration deadline: 15th November

Dissemination materials:  Unite! website publication, YouTube video,  twitter post.