Call for Applications:
ENGAGE.EU Study Tour 2024 at URL
Topic: Promoting ENGAGE.EU through SDGs
Dates: 6, 7 & 8 November, 2024
Location: Ramon Llull University – Barcelona, Spain
Language of instruction: English
Application deadline: September 15, 2024, at midnight CET.
Students’ nomination: by September 27, 2024
About ENGAGE.EU Study Tours
They are a new short-term, physical mobility format to be piloted in ENGAGE 2.0.
A Study Tour is a 3–5-day visit by students of preferably 3 ENGAGE.EU partner universities to the campus of one other ENGAGE.EU partner university. The study tours are jointly organized with students from the host university and include an academic component (minimum a 1-hour session) and may also include a professional one.
The format aims to create new mobility opportunities in addition to the traditional semester exchange and summer/winter schools. The Study Tours are designed to make international mobility more accessible to learners from underrepresented groups.
ENGAGE.EU Study Tours are organized on top of the regular curriculum of the student.
Participating students in the URL Study Tour will:
- come in contact with new-to-them learning concepts,
- gain knowledge about the education system of the host country and academic profile of the host university,
- learn about the local institutional and economic environment,
- build a lasting network with their peers in the group and at the host university,
significantly benefit underrepresented students and will also facilitate engaging them in a future international credit or degree mobility.
Academic programme
Promoting ENGAGE.EU through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to integrate sustainability across ENGAGE.EU core missions of education, research, innovation, and service to society.
SDGs are a framework to:
- Develop interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to address complex global challenges.
- Promote inclusive and equitable education that empowers students to contribute to sustainable development.
- Conduct research and innovation that generates solutions aligned with the SDGs.
- Engage with local and regional communities to tackle sustainability issues and promote sustainable practices.
The URL ENGAGE.EU Study Tour will have:
- 2 academic sessions by expert lecturers
- 1 professional session
- campus visits to different URL schools.
- Sessions will take place from Wednesday to Friday.
- Attendance and active participation in both academic and professional sessions are pre-requisites for the successful completion of the Study Tour.
- On the last day, there will be an ENGAGE.EU session with local students and BoL representatives as well as with URL Institutional Coordinator.
- Students will attend a Certificate award Ceremony.
Click here for the detailed program of the URL Study Tour
Format of the Study Tour
2 Academic sessions and 1 professional session, combined with campus visits, institutional welcome and farewell events, and a certificate award ceremony.
Students should be able to attend the program in Barcelona from November 6 to 8, 2024.
Additional activities
Students will have the opportunity to join a social and cultural program in Barcelona. We will organise an icebreaking event around the city, and institutional welcome and farewell events during the program. In addition, there will be time to socialize in the evening and explore the city’s (night)life.
Accommodation
The URL does not have residence halls of its own, but near the university you can book a room to share with others at the different options of youth hostels or bed and breakfast listed here. Please note that accommodation is not included. URL provides accommodations suggestions, but students are not bound to these options.
Student Profile
Students of any citizenship and any field of study who are enrolled in an ENGAGE.EU partner university are welcome to apply.
The ENGAGE.EU Study Tour at URL is mainly targeted at bachelor’s students in their first or second year but will be open to all bachelor and MA students.
Underrepresented students will be prioritised (*).
(*) For “underrepresented students” we understand a person with fewer opportunities. It is a potential participant whose personal, physical, mental, or health-related conditions is such that his/her participation in the project/mobility action would not be possible without extra financial or other support. “
Application Documents
To apply for the ENGAGE.EU Expedition you should provide:
- A short letter (max. 300 words) explaining your motivation for applying to the ENGAGE.EU Study Tour at URL, including why you consider you are an underrepresented student (if applicable).
- Curriculum vitae (education, work experience, language skills, study/work abroad, other relevant skills and experiences).
- Academic transcript of records.
Application Procedure
To complete your application, you will have to fill in the application form (embedded below) and upload your CV, transcript of records and motivation letter (in PDF format).
Applications must be submitted by September 15th 2024, at midnight CET.
All documents must be in English, except for the academic transcript of records (which can be in any language of the partner universities).
For further information and to submit a topic/issue, please contact: engagestudytour@url.edu
Selection procedure
Submitted applications will be evaluated by each ENGAGE.EU partner university.
Candidates will be evaluated based on their academic performance, motivation letter, and CV. To ensure equal participation among students from the different partner universities, the selection committee will aim at choosing up to 5 students from each partner university. As mentioned above, underrepresented students will be prioritised (*).
Final decisions may also consider a range of criteria for cohort composition, including but not limited to underrepresented students, disciplines’ balance, and institutional diversity.
Results will be communicated to the selected students by September 27th, 2024.
Students will have 2 days to accept their spot.
(*) For “underrepresented students” we understand a person with fewer opportunities. It is a potential participant whose personal, physical, mental, or health-related conditions is such that his/her participation in the project/mobility action would not be possible without extra financial or other support. “
Scholarships
Selected students will receive a scholarship for participation in the ENGAGE.EU Study tour of a minimum of 200 euros. Details will follow from the home university after being selected for the Study Tour.
URL students will receive NO funding, as URL is the host university.
Please contact your ENGAGE.EU Study tour referent at your university to learn more about this.