If you are interested in the rich palette of topics related to university/academia societal outreach, do send us a brief motivation statement at waag@zlbi.uni-mannheim.de by 11 April. By 14 April we’ll form a Student Circle of seven members (one student per ENGAGE.EU member university) and schedule a series of seven meetings in April, May, and June to discuss:

• Societal outreach projects within the alliance: Here, we’ll be looking at the results of a very fresh large-scale survey of all ENGAGE.EU member universities
• Best societal outreach approaches/practices outside the alliance: We’ll discuss and exchange opinions on what other universities are doing
• Who should learn from whom within the alliance? Are there any external examples that we can follow and adopt?
• Student standpoint: What’s important in terms of societal outreach? What do our students wish/stand for? What are the drivers and obstacles?
• Formulation of a societal outreach recommendation framework from a student perspective: how could/should the further development of the ENGAGE.EU’s societal outreach approach look like?

What’s in it for participating students:

• International exchange and networking with students from strongly positioned universities
• Certificate describing student engagement and strategic work in an international context
• Participation in an innovative collaboration format that allows for creative freedom
• Participation acknowledgement in ENGAGE.EU and local university communications (press releases, features)

Whereabouts:

• Meeting point: MS Teams
• Language: English
• Type of collaboration: guiding-questions moderation by circle facilitators