EASLHE

From September 18 to 20 2025, the Campus-meets-Community (CmC) festival will open its doors in Hamburg and bring together creative and innovative minds from universities and civil society to develop sustainable solutions for the major challenges of our time. We warmly invite you to submit a contribution to the annual conference of the Higher Education Network Education through Responsibility (HBdV), which will open the Campus-meets-Community-Festival. The conference offers you the opportunity to present your research, teaching projects or cooperation ideas in a creative environment and to work together with others on forward-looking solutions. Contribute your ideas, be inspired and participate in the process - through scientific contributions and practical discussions in a cooperative exchange! Please submit your contribution by 12 January 2025. We welcome contributions in German and English. Call for abstracts and submission tool: https://loom.ly/4nCQIxg #servicelearning #universitycommunitypartnerships #communityfestival

On 20 and 21 November, service-learning experts and researchers from the European Association for Service-Learning in Higher Education came together in Antwerp Belgim for a two-day workshop on the 'European Research Agenda' 🇪🇺, organized by EASLHE, iarslce, UCSIA and SLIDE project Erasmus+. During the workshop, experts from around Europe analysed and discussed data on European perspectives on key research questions and issues to be explored in future service-learning research. With this work, we are advancing European research priority and a European service-learning identity. The results of the workshop will be the starting point for future work of EASLHE and is partner institutions. Many thanks towards all participants in the workshop, who contributed to this relevant and innovative work. And a special shout out to @Andrew Furco, @Kaat Somers, @Irene Culcasi & @Alžbeta Brozmanová Gregorová for organizing and facilitating the workshop! The European research workshop is part of the creation of the 🌍Global Research Agenda on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, which will be presented at the 25th Anniversary Meeting of IARSLCE in August 2025. We are looking forward to the final results! #servicelearning #communityengagement #servicelearningresearch

Student engagement is a cornerstone of university culture, a key indicator of quality in higher education, and a driver for institutional development and growth. However, higher education institutions face ongoing challenges in fostering, maintaining, and expanding this engagement. The FH Oberösterreich - University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria organizes the online symposium 'Building Engaged Communities: Institutional Solutions for Student Participation Across Europe' next Tuesday 3 December to address the above challenges and to share viable solutions. Keynote speaker is Manja Klemenčič, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana. 6 workshops and presentations are organized on: 1) Students Participation in the Governance of European University Alliances 2) Student Communities in Teacher Education as Sources of Professional Socialisation 3) The Community of Inquiry Framework in Virtual Teacher Training: Student Perceptions and Didactic Strategies to Enhance Engagement 4) Collaboration at Student Volunteer Ireland: Engagement and Recognition for Student Volunteers 5) Student-Led Initiatives for Mental Health in Europe: Nightline Europe 6) Building Engaged Communities Requires Foundations of Trust Participation is fee! More information and registration via https://loom.ly/jm79Ok8

The journal Diálogos com a arte: revista de arte, cultura e educação is inviting all project partners and other researchers interested in service-learning to publish news about the project or the results of their research. #servicelearning, #callforpublications https://loom.ly/xngx0dA

The University of Turin organizes the round table "How to Boost Community Engagement in the EU: Fostering Cross-Contaminations and Partnerships between Universities, Policymakers, and Civil Society Organizations" on 20 November in Brussels, as part of the Lifelong Learning Week. This event aims to advance discussions on how community engagement can drive social innovation and environmental sustainability across Europe. More information and registration on the Lifelong Learning Platform: https://loom.ly/RDgCUNs #communityengagement #highereducation #lifelonglearning

The Talloires Network for Engaged Universities organizes an online symposium on 'Civic Engagement, Climate Justice and the Urban Environment, today at 15h (9h Eastern time). The symposium is the first event in the new MacJannet Prize Symposia Series. The MacJannet Prize Symposia are thematic gatherings that bring together professionals, scholars, academics, experts, faculty, and students to present their research experiences, findings, and developments. #servicelearning #civicengagement #climatejustice Register to join: https://loom.ly/UrKQ1QQ

Next week, on 13 November, the SLIDE project Erasmus+ organizes the hybrid Social Hackathon 'Digital Bridges and Gaps'. During this event, students teams from higher education institutions around Europe will solve digital challenges provided by community organizations. Students will work together in teams to develop innovative solutions to address challenges provided by community organizations. #servicelearning #digitalempowerment #socialhackathon #bepartofthechange #erasmusplus Find out more about the SLIDE Social Hackathon on our website! https://lnkd.in/ebSCDNQn

📏Measuring the impact of service-learning can be elusive, especially given the many different purposes it can service and goals it can achieve. In addition, as highly contextualized practice, it is not always appropriate to apply prefabricated instruments to assessing the impacts of particular service-learning activities. In this session, expert @Andrew Furco (@University of Minnesota) will explore the different ways to assess the various impacts of service-learning on students, teachers, and the community. He will review different tools for measuring service-learning impacts as well as discuss key considerations for developing an effective assessment strategy. #servicelearning #highereducation #impact Joining the event is free. Register via:

Are you a final year master's student or a doctoral student interested in European #solidarity and international #migration? Join us for the first UCSIA Winter School from 3 until 7 February 2025 at the University of Antwerp. Applications are now open! https://loom.ly/Y0240DQ 5 reasons why you don't want to miss out on this opportunity: 📚 Expert insights from diverse academic disciplines 🏛️ Field trip to Brussels - engage with EU policymakers 🤝 Hands-on service-learning activities in local community organizations in Antwerp 💡 Peer-to-peer learning in an international setting 🅰 The city and University of Antwerp are the perfect setting for this journey 🤝 This programme is a collaboration between UCSIA and Antwerp Summer & Winter University. #winterschool #internationalexchange #servicelearning #highereducation

On 28 October, the Hochschulnetzwerk Bildung durch Verantwortung e.V. organizes a webinar with Ahmed Allawala (University of Toronto, Canada) on 'Emerging Trends in Experiential Learning and Campus-Community Partnerships'. The talk will offer a critical overview of the policy context for experiential learning in Canada and discusses potential tensions between community-engaged learning (CEL) and work-integrated learning (WIL) as the two dominant learning paradigms shaping the field. #servicelearning #experientiallearning #highereducation Participation is free. Register via: