In the midst of the pandemic – 3 forward-looking universities – Vilnius University (VU), Jean Monnet University (UJM) and University of Granada (UGR), together with two youth organisations – LieU’topie and Vilnius University Students’ Representation, began a journey of ECSTRA. After two years of thought-provoking discussions, inspiring activities and empowering people, our goals are finally …
On the 20th of October, Vilnius University Students’ Representation (VU SR) hosted the ECSTRA Initiative Success Symposium. The organisers gathered active volunteers from more than fifteen various youth organisations to share the lessons learned throughout the ECSTRA project on community empowerment. In the first part of the event, members of VU SR introduced the main …
“Volunteering remains a hidden pathway, yet it is important to our society because it melds individuals and groups, personal action and organized action, work and hobbies, activism and citizenship” (Peter, 2009) Curious about becoming a volunteer? Or perhaps you are looking for reasons to encourage others to join? In this article, we share our ideas …
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On the 27th of September, LieU’topie hosted the ECSTRA Student Volunteering Recognition and Valorization Success Symposium in its community café. Organized by UJM (Université Jean Monnet) with support from LieU’topie, the event gathered personnel and representatives from UJM, UCA (Université Clermont Auvergne) and LieU’topie. All attendees were part of departments concerned with skill valorization be …
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On the 20th of September, during University of Granada Reception Days for new students, students of superior university years, professors, researchers, companies and organizations, among others, had the opportunity to hold an interesting symposium on all the activities developed within the framework of our Erasmus + ECSTRA project. We reserved a space on the stage …
For the third time, at the beginning of the new academic year, Vilnius University Students’ Representation invites University’s community to a discussion festival – “Ad Astra”. Inspired by ECSTRA project, one of the discussion – “What competencies a young person needs today?” – was dedicated to the importance of students’ self-expression at university. During the …
“Ad astra”: What competencies a young person needs today? Read More »
Universities are institutions that have existed for the oldest since the Middle Ages. The University of Bologna has been a center of learning for over 800 years. If their core purpose has remained unchanged over centuries, universities have been through a many evolutions and revolutions. As of now in France for instance, public universities must …
In the spring, from the 16th to the 20th of May, a training course on social community management took place in Granada within the framework of the European project ECSTRA: Employability Competencies for Students Through Implementation and Recognition of Activities. The course, whose participants came from the universities of Vilnius (Lithuania), Jean Monnet (France) and …
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On the 10th of February 2022, the University of Granada hosted a student hackathon to promote innovative ways of fostering student engagement as part of the university community.
In the 19th of November, Vilnius University hosted the first ECSTRA event dedicated to creating new initiatives – HackVU.