This project aims to support university staff in life-long learning activities, promote the values of peace and inclusion upheld by the Alliance, foster language skills, and facilitate intercultural awareness among the partners.
The language centres of the Université de Limoges (UNILIM)/ University of Limoges, France, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni (UWB)/ University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and the Philipps-Universität/Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, offer an intensive training programme for university staff. The training focuses on understanding and practicing Interculturality, enhancing language proficiency, and diversity and inclusion in European university contexts. In a first step, we will establish online exchanges among peers to discuss topics related to the topics of the training in relation to their respective workplaces. In a second step, the three-day on-site training at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, in early summer 2025, will offer language training, short lectures on diversity and inclusion at universities, workshop activities on intercultural topics, and a cultural programme.
This project is made possible through seed funding from the EUPeace Fund, an initial incentive launched to cultivate and develop interest across EUPeace communities in our network; by providing a first format for collaboration, the Fund equips participating researchers, educators, students and administrators with a practical tool for experimentation and active participation, employing a bottom-up approach that generates concrete information on the interests and needs of our communities and informs future collaborative initiatives.
