The Aurora universities offer many exciting opportunities for their students and staff across the universities to develop their skills. In addition there are opportunities to impact the development of the Aurora collaboration. Below you find information about upcoming opportunities and don‘t hestitate to participate. Students Do you want to gain international experience in your studies? Find out about courses at Aurora universities and other opportunities offered to students. Below are listed upcoming opportunities, but you can also find a complete overview of courses at the Aurora universities in the Aurora course catalogue on the central Aurora website. Other opportunities such as seminars, workshops and shorter training can also be found on the central Aurora website. If the opportunities include trips abroad, you can check the possibility of a travel grant by contacting the International Division, ask@hi.is. Online Doctoral Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship 16 September 14:00-17:00 CET (12:00-15:00 GMT) This workshop for PhD students and PostDocs will be organised by Prof. Dr. Kai Hockerts (CBS) and colleagues from different AURORA universities who work together in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network (DN). In this seizmic DN on social entrepreneurship, 15 PhD students and one postdoc coordinator will jointly research the scaling of social enterprises, and further reshape the landscape in social entrepreneurship education. Further information here Course: Community Engagement in Public Health – onsite in Tarragona, Spain 11-15 November, deadline 16 September The course explores health as influenced by biological, social, economic, and cultural factors, aligning with the SDGs. It emphasizes community engagement and participatory processes through a hybrid course of lectures, seminars, workshops, and discussions. The onsite part will be held in Tarragona 11-15 November 2024, with a brief online preparatory session on 6 November. For more details and to register, please visit: BIP “Community Engagement in Public Health: Strategies and Interventions in Health Promotion” For any questions or additional information, please feel free to contact the organizers at lina.casado@urv.cat. Course: Re-thinking Food Systems – workshop in Napoli 21-25 October, deadline 20 September 2 Online lectures 5 days workshop+fieldtrip 3 ECTS Further information here Aurora Peace Talks - September through December Join us from September for the first series of Aurora Peace Talks. This lecture series will feature talks by our colleagues from Kharkiv and beyond, and allows them to share their experiences and expertise. The speakers in this lecture series come from Karazin University, but also other universities in Khakriv, as we want to provide platform for their voices to be heard in these most challenging of times. This first series in particular features talks from Kharkiv Scholars at Risk at Copenhagen Business School. The Peace Talks lecture series allows our colleagues to speak out, share their experiences but also their expertise as academics in addressing the devastation and future post-war recovery and peace-building needs. Further information here. Support them by joining the following inspiring Talks, starting form September this year. PhD students: Boost your research @ Aurora retreat in Austrian Alps Sustainability & Climate Change, Culture: Diversities & Identities Educational Hub Events 2024 Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) 20 - 25 October 2024, Universität Innsbruck The virtual parts will be held on: Preparation for Students Monday, September 16th, 2024 from 14:00 -15:30 pm CEST (tbc) Monday, September 23rd, 2024 from 14:00 - 15:30 pm CEST (tbc) Monday, September 30th, 2024 from 14:00 - 15:30 pm CEST (tbc) Further information found here. Staff Do you want to get to know Aurora's vision better and at the same time develop your skills at work? Find out more about the opportunities available for staff within the Aurora universities. There are various opportunities, such as workshops, courses and conferences. Below are listed upcoming opportunities, but more detailed information about each event is usually available on the central Aurora website. If the opportunities include trips abroad, you can check the possibility of a travel grant by contacting the International Division, ask@hi.is. Aurora travel grants for developing cooperation in teaching. The application deadline is 1 November 2024. Aurora is currently accepting applications for travel grants targeted at strengthening cooperation in teaching between Aurora universities. Applications should be geared towards preparatory work for cooperative teaching with academics at other Aurora universities, with the explicit goal of developing and teaching a joint course, open to all Aurora students. Such courses are open to students at all nine Aurora universities. A total of two grants will be awarded for the academic year 2024-25 for a stay of a maximum of five days at another Aurora university. Aurora mobility grants for staff include repayment of real costs of flights and train trips that exceed 100 km, as well as a subsistence grant in accordance with the rules of government employees per diam during travel abroad These collaborations may build on preexisting courses, taught at the University of Iceland, as long as they are in line with Aurora’s emphases in teaching, see UI’s Aurora page here. Aurora is a partnership of research-intensive European universities that aims to advance developments in teaching and innovation to better prepare students to tackle today’s most pressing societal challenges. The purpose of these grants is to build a rich and solid teaching-community within Aurora, develop joint courses, and provide academic teachers with the opportunity to find collaborators within other Aurora universities. In addition to the University of Iceland, the Aurora universities are as follows: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany University of Naples Federico II, Italy University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain University of Innsbruck, Austria Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Application process Interested academics may apply by filling out this APPLICATION FORM, where they are expected to detail the intended cooperation and course development, and how it relates to Aurora’s teaching vision, see UI’s Aurora page. Additional documents, if any, should be submitted via email to aurora@hi.is. Applications may be submitted in either Icelandic or English. The application deadline is 1 November 2024. UI’s Aurora team will review the applications and select two candidates. The results will be sent out by mid-November 2024. Further information on the Aurora cooperation can be found on UI’s website. All questions can be directed to aurora@hi.is Aurora Peace Talks - September through December Join us from September for the first series of Aurora Peace Talks. This lecture series will feature talks by our colleagues from Kharkiv and beyond, and allows them to share their experiences and expertise. The speakers in this lecture series come from Karazin University, but also other universities in Khakriv, as we want to provide platform for their voices to be heard in these most challenging of times. This first series in particular features talks from Kharkiv Scholars at Risk at Copenhagen Business School. The Peace Talks lecture series allows our colleagues to speak out, share their experiences but also their expertise as academics in addressing the devastation and future post-war recovery and peace-building needs. Further information here. Support them by joining the following inspiring Talks, starting form September this year. International Conference: The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding - 17-21 February 2025 Deadline for submission of papers: 31 October 2024 A 5-day international conference on "The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding," organised by Aurora Karazin University Peace Education Hub and hosted at the University of Innsbruck, from February 17–21, 2025. The conference aims to contribute to future research, theory, and practice on how higher education institutions can be drivers of conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. The conference features a 3 full-day programme agenda preceded by a networking day and followed by a closing day with joint working opportunities. Deadline for submission of papers: 31 October 2024. Further information on the Aurora website. An overview of the conference Academic staff: Boost your research @ Aurora retreat in Austrian Alps 20-25 October 2024 Sustainability & Climate Change, Culture: Diversities & Identities Educational Hub Events 2024 Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) 20 - 25 October 2024, Universität Innsbruck Both BIPs are organized as an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP). BIPs utilize innovative pedagogical methods through short, intensive programs, combining face-to-face sessions with online learning and collaboration. Completion of both the physical and virtual components is mandatory. Further information here. Do you want to know more? Don't hesitate to contact us! Questions, comments and ideas can be sent to: aurora@hi.isCentral Website of Aurora with information on the collaboration and upcoming opportunities for students and staff.Aurora team at the University of Iceland: Fanney Karlsdóttir, Aurora Institutional Coordinator, fanneyk@hi.is Sandra Berg Cepero, Aurora Academic Affairs Project Manager, sandra@hi.is Freyja Oddsdóttir, Aurora Research Collaboration Project Manager (freyjaodds@hi.is) Alma Ágústsdóttir, Aurora Student Affairs Project Manager, almaagusts@hi.is facebooklinkedintwitter