Lifelong Learning with EUPeace
Over the coming years, EUPeace will be offering an ever-growing portfolio of courses for lifelong learners. From the arts and humanities to social sciences, business, law, STEM, and health: we aim to offer attractive, future-oriented courses that combine our commitment to peace, justice, and inclusive societies with a focus on preparing our learners for the jobs markets of today and tomorrow.
If you’d like to take part in one of our lifelong learning offers, you’re in exactly the right place! If you’re a teacher at an EUPeace university and you’re interested in developing a new lifelong learning offer, you’ll find information on how to do exactly that on this page.
Who can participate?
Our courses are aimed at a highly varied target audience. Here at EUPeace, our lifelong learners come from diverse backgrounds, and they may include:
- graduates seeking to expand their skillsets;
- professionals aiming to upskill or reskill;
- individuals pursuing personal growth and development;
- or members of the wider community interested in thematic learning with a clear connection to their lives and livelihoods.
Courses may have specific eligibility criteria depending on the offering institution’s policies and national frameworks — so please do be sure to read the course requirements very carefully before applying!
Course formats and languages
Courses may be delivered in-person, online, or in hybrid formats. However, to promote accessibility, we’ll be investing more and more in the highly flexible possibilities offered by blended and digital formats.
English will be the primary language of instruction, in order to ensure accessibility across the Alliance. However, a selection of the offers will also be available in the different Alliance languages, depending on where the course in question is taking place and who the primary target audience is likely to be.
Fees and funding
Participation fees may apply, especially for external learners who are not enrolled at a partner university. Funding structures for lifelong learning vary by institution, and some offers may be subsidized or even covered by university budgets. Please make sure that you’re fully aware of all and any fees before applying.
EUPeace cannot unfortunately offer any bursaries for participation in lifelong learning courses. If you’re a student, you may be able to participate in a lifelong learning course as part of an Erasmus+ mobility; and your local university international office may be able to offer financial assistance.
Certification
The formal certification of your course will depend on the course structure and institutional practices of the universiti(es) offering the course. Via the contact details given below, please contact the institution(s) providing the course for more information.
Contact for each University
- Comillas Pontifical University:
Jaime Villaverde Rivero, jvillaverde@comillas.edu - University of Marburg:
Monika Braun, monika.braun@verwaltung.uni-marburg.de - Justus Liebig University of Giessen:
Robert Craig, robert.craig@uni-giessen.de - Universita della Calabria:
Isabella Tedesco, isabella.tedesco@unical.it - University of Mostar:
Jelena Jurcic, jelena.jurcic@ff.sum.ba - University of Sarajevo:
Sarina Bakic, sarina.bakic@fpn.unsa.ba - University of Limoges:
Aurore Berthier, aurore.berthier@unilim.fr - University of West Bohemia:
Tomáš Pruner, tpruner@rek.zcu.cz - University of Cukurova:
Ayten Ilfazoglu, iayten@cu.edu.tr
So what do I do next?
You can find links to the Alliance’s offer of lifelong learning units via the table below. Lifelong learning offers are also advertised, alongside all our other curricular offerings, in our Alliance-wide Course Repository, here.
Lifelong Learning for Lecturers
We’d like to warmly invite academic staff across the Alliance to co-create and deliver lifelong learning opportunities that reflect our shared values and respond to the educational and professional needs of Europe’s today and tomorrow.
Any course proposal that aligns with our core values of peace, justice, and inclusive societies, which is future-facing, and which looks to the world beyond academia, would be a valuable addition to our growing programme!
Lifelong-learning courses may be developed:
- individually by a single institution;
- jointly by multiple partner universities; or
- as adaptations of existing offers or as entirely new initiatives.
Courses typically range from 3 to 30 ECTS and should culminate in assessed competences. Formats can be in-person, hybrid, or fully online, with a strong emphasis on blended and digital delivery.
To propose a course, please:
- contact the EUPeace team at your institution;
- complete the official EUPeace lifelong learning proposal form, which you can find linked here;
- ensure your offer aligns with institutional approval processes;
- submit it to Dr Robert Craig, WP2 coordinator, at eupeace.wp2@uni-giessen.de.
WP2 will assist with networking and coordination, especially for joint offers involving multiple institutions. The Alliance very warmly encourages the development of innovative formats, course stackability, and integration with local cultural and societal contexts.
EUPeace is working towards a common recognition framework to ensure portability and transparency of micro-credentials across the Alliance.
