Wednesday is dedicated to transversal, collaborative, interactive sessions that are deemed necessary to achieve our common goals.

Please find below an overview of all inter-community sessions that go beyond community/work package confines.

Please note: Communities (CM) is how we refer to Erasmus+ Work Packages (link) in which working groups/expert teams gather on more specific topics.


9:00-11:00 Morning Session

9:00-11:00 Transversal Workshop on Unite! Metacampus

Location: IN 13, ground floor, HS i9 + HS i8 + Foyer

Target audience: open to all

For this transversal Unite! workshop all Unite people, communities, tasks and projects are invited to actively contribute by proposing short presentations (10-15 minutes) or highlighting key topics for discussion. This workshop is an opportunity to share insights, drive conversations, and even take on a moderating role for the suggested topic. Your ideas are crucial for a fruitful session, so please send your suggestions to sandra.schoennoSpam@tugraz.at and katharina.gasplmayrnoSpam@tugraz.at. Let's shape the future of Unite! together with your valuable input and leadership.

Workshop topics:

  • Unite! Doctoral School Course Catalogue: The thematic goal will be the Unite! doctoral course catalogue and its implementation concerning the courses offered by Unite! partner universities and the target audience to whom grant the access.
  • more topics to follow

9:00-11:00 Unite! Quality Management

Location: IN 11, ground floor, HS FSI 1

Target audience: open to all

High Quality! Does your community already achieve a high level of quality in your work? What can you do to get there? How can the QM team support you? Let’s brainstorm together!

9:00-10:00 Transversal Session on Unite! Educational Offerings (Microcredentials, Joint Programmes)

Location: IN 12, ground floor, HS i2

Target audience: CM8 + CM4 + CM5

Unite! microcredentials: The general framework for the concept of Unite! microcredentials. Discussion about harmonisation of efforts of different communities.
Unite! joint programmes: Discussion about general requirements.

10:00-11:00 Transversal Session on Guidelines for collaborative work by Cm. 3

Location: IN 25F, ground floor, HS ISW

Target audience: CM3 + CM4/CM5 Coordinators

Meeting with Cm. 4 and Cm. 5 to discuss how to avoid overlapping and information sharing process related to inclusion, wellbeing, and welcome.

10:00-11:00 Unite! M&M Policy and its implementation

Location: IN 12, first floor, SR HF01092

Target audience: open to everyone, and especially those who are already aware of M&M/global competence aspects of their work within Unite!

11:00-13:00 Unite! Unite! What's in it for me?

Where: Inffeldgasse 25D, HS i7, first floor + Foyer, ground floor | Access Livestream (link)

This community event is open to the whole Unite! community as well as TU Graz staff and students. This event will showcase concrete examples of how Unite! can benefit YOU. From Unite! Seed Fund projects, (educational) offerings for students to resources for academic and administrative staff, there's something for everyone.

Missed the event? Please find presentation slides and recording below.

Agenda

  • Welcome by Horst Bischof, Rector TU Graz
  • Introduction by Mario Fallast, Research & Technology House TU Graz
  • Pitches
  • Poster Session and Marketplace

Pitch overview

  • Welcome to Unite!
  • Fit for Metacampus - Unite!'s federated learning management system
  • Empowering Collaboration: Unite! Agora for All
  • U! Train Blended Intensive Program
  • Joint education pedagogies - Innovating Education in Unite!
  • Faculty & Staff, one place to find everything Unite! has in store for you!
  • Wellbeing buddies
  • Unite! Guest Professorship Programme @TUDa
  • Language and Culture for Global Minds
  • Connect and Search - Collaborate and Engage! (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Survey on math anxiety among freshmen (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Want to learn more about Open Educational Resources (OER)? (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Summer School - Safety of Underground Transport Infrastructure (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Circular Architectural Engineering (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Speech Language and AI - a Unite! Graduate School (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Unite Doctoral School (UDS)
  • Unite! Engineering Biology (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • BatFire - Investigations of large battery fires in tunnels (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Fostering Innovation Ecosystems for a Green Mobility Transition (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Unite! Science: Workshop on ENERGY & GREEN TRANSITION & CLIMATE (Unite! Seed Fund Project)
  • Unite! Connect: Share your Unite! experience!

Additional Posters

  • Unite! Student Catalogue
  • Motivation and Sense of Belonging in Unite!: Research results
  • Researcher Development Framework

14:30-18:00 Afternoon Sessions

14:30-15:30 21 Day Unite! IDEA Challenge

Location: IN 13, ground floor, HS i9 | Access Livestream (link)

Target audience: open to all

IDEA stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility and is at the core of the 21 Day Unite! IDEA Challenge. It is a training resource in the area of Diversity & Inclusion. The first version will be presented in Graz by the Virtual Inclusion Office.

14:30-16:00 Transversal Workshop on European Student Card hosted by Cm. 2

Location: IN 25F, ground floor, HS ISW

Target audience: open to all

For this transversal Unite! workshop all Unite people, communities, tasks and projects are invited to actively contribute by proposing short presentations (10-15 minutes) or highlighting key topics for discussion. This workshop is an opportunity to share insights, drive conversations, and even take on a moderating role for the suggested topic. Your ideas are crucial for a fruitful session, so please send your suggestions to romain.laurentnoSpam@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. Let's shape the future of Unite! together with your valuable input and leadership.

14:30-16:00 Transversal session on Recruitment processes and communication to attract PhD candidates

Location: IN 25F, ground floor, VTU SR

Target audience: CM7 + SCT

The topics will be the recruitment processes and the communication to attract PhD candidates and the challenges that the Universities are facing in finding students interested in the academic career.

14:30-15:45 Transversal Session on Collaborative courses showcases and networking

Location: IN 25D, first floor, HS i6

Target audience: For people working with and wanting to establish collaborative courses (individual courses, not joint programmes).

Agenda

  • A pilot collaborative course case study
  • Collaborative courses starter kit – how to set up and run collaborative courses
  • Collaborative courses peer & admin support roundtable discussion and networking

16:00-17:00 Collaborative courses toolkit progress check-up and next steps (closed session)

Location: IN 25D, first floor, HS i6

Target audience: For sub-group members contributing to the collaborative courses online toolkit (by invite only, relevant people will receive an invite by email).

Agenda:

  • Presentation on the current state of the online toolkit
  • Discussion round and deciding on next steps

16:30-18:00 Transversal workshop on Joint Programmes (closed session)

Closed Session - invited guests only

Location: IN 13, ground floor, HS i9 + HS i8 + Foyer

For this transversal Unite! workshop all Unite people, communities, tasks and projects are invited to actively contribute by proposing short presentations (10-15 minutes) or highlighting key topics for discussion. This workshop is an opportunity to share insights, drive conversations, and even take on a moderating role for the suggested topic. Your ideas are crucial for a fruitful session, so please send your suggestions to martin.ebnernoSpam@tugraz.at. Let's shape the future of Unite! together with your valuable input and leadership.