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Join the Unite! Virtual Education Summit- Registration now open

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The full-day summit focuses on Higher Education for Democracy in a Changing Global Landscape. It will highlight Unite! Seed Fund projects and provide matchmaking opportunities for participants interested in international joint teaching or collaborative degree programs.
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In the current global context, delivering education that supports student agency and strengthens ethical and democratic structures is more important than ever. The summit will provide a platform for participants to take part in meaningful discussions and experience inspiring presentations. 

The topics are:

  • EDIFICITECA, a canonical collection of urban buildings to educate future architects.
  • Confluences: Uniting disciplines for sustainable solutions
  • Why teach online?: Three practical reasons from an international education perspective
  • Proposal Higher Education for Democracy through Inner Development Goals: An Experiential and Inter-University Approach
  • Experiences in Collaborative Research-based Learning on Engineering for Industry
  • The Role of Japanese Language Education in Cultivating Leadership Skills among Engineering Students Beyond Europe
  • The Grenoble Contribution to the Unite! Seed Fund Proposal “Space & Tech UNITE!”: Quality Assurance and Product Assurance
  • Shaping the Post-Doc of Tomorrow: Co-Designing Training Pathways for Researcher Mobility
  • The midwifery role of education in the continuing rebirth of democracy. On teaching ethics and global ethics at universities
  • Towards a Blueprint for Democratic and Transnational Engineering Education: Insights from the Unite! Learning Network
  • How to teach European Citizenship: Example of ESA
  • Value-driven education? Democratic competence and the educational role of Unite!
  • Landing and Lifting: a Pedagogical Method for Utopian Urban Futures

 
The summit will also feature a keynote presentation by Professor Arnold Pears from KTH entitled, “Human-centric education in the age of AI”. 

Key information

What: Virtual Education Summit - The 3rd Unite!-Ed Future Conference

When: 12 March 2026

Time: 10:00–17:00

Where: Via Zoom (link to be announced on Metacampus closer to the date)

Registration: To attend the summit please enrol via Metacampushttps://metacampus.unite-university.eu/enrol/index.php?id=183 

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