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The UNAVEX VE3 Moderator Training Week officially started today, Monday 9 February 2026, with a strong turnout of 50 participants joining the first training session. The training series continues with two upcoming Moderators’ Get-Together Zoom meetings: Call for Students Open Until 28 February 2026 The Call for Students for the 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week is now open […]

UNAVEX will be introduced as part of the Teaching Resilience and Environmental Democracy (TREnD) 2026 Staff Training Program, an international initiative designed to support innovative teaching practices in higher education. TREnD is organized as a series of online conversations, and the Staff Training Program consists of interactive webinars offered to instructors across the TREnD partnership

We are happy to announce that the third UnaVEx call for students opens 15.1.2026! Una Europa Virtual Exchanges for Sustainability (UnaVEx) is a 1 ECTS virtual exchange course for university students interested in sustainability. The next UnaVEx exchange takes place in March 2026 and consists of five weekly online sessions: 5.3.2026 12.3.2026 19.3.2026 24.3.2026 26.3.2026

The call for moderators for the 3rd Una Europa Virtual Exchange for Sustainability (UnaVEx) is now open. The virtual exchange will take place in March 2026 and brings together European and African students to discuss sustainability from interdisciplinary perspectives. Moderators facilitate students’ online discussions in Zoom sessions and take part in online training before the

The 5th Virtual Exchange session of the second iteration for students was carried out on 11th December 2025. In total, 155 participants attended the online exchange. The guest speech ”Catalysing Change across Continents: How Global Sustainability Advocates Drive an Ecological Circular Economy” was given by Prof. Solomon Derese, University of Nairobi. Professor of Organic Chemistry,

The fourth Virtual Exchange session of the second iteration for students was carried out on 4th December 2025. In total, 155 participants attended the online exchange. During this session, the students enjoyed another interesting guest lecture before continuing their work on the sustainability action task. The guest speech was given by By Professor Cush  Luwezi,

UnaVEx was discussed at the South African Science Forum in a panel discussion “From Climate Data to Educating Professionals with Environmental Insight” in 27.11.2025. Discussion was hosted by the Finnish embassy in South Africa, specifically Senior Specialist in Higher Education and Science Policy Veera Virmansalo. Professor Pieter Van Zyl from North-West University and dr Ville Vakkari

The third Virtual Exchange session of the second iteration for students was carried out on 27 November 2025. In total, 193 participants attended the online exchange. During this session, the students enjoyed another interesting guest lecture before continuing their work on the sustainability action task. The guest speech was given by President Tarja Halonen, former

The second Virtual Exchange session of the second iteration for students was carried out on 20 November 2025. In total, 198 participants attended the online exchange. During this session, the students enjoyed another interesting guest lecture before starting their work on the sustainability action task they will carry out for the duration of the UnaVEx