Events & opportunities

Check out events and opportunities to participate in Una Europa below.

For more event listings, along with news from the wider community, visit una-europa.eu.

For local Una Europa news, and other UCD Global stories, visit https://www.ucd.ie/globalengagement/newsandevents. UCD staff members can also follow Una Europa @ UCD on WorkVivo.

Date (2024)	Who is it for?	Details
October onwards (various dates)	All students (undergraduate and postgraduate) interested in languages	Una Europa Language Café Would you like to practice speaking another language? Do you wish you had more opportunities to speak a second language you already know but are getting rusty at? Are you preparing for an exchange or study abroad experience and would like to learn the basics of the language spoken in your destination country? Register to attend the Una Europa Language Café this semester! Brush up on your German, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Dutch, Spanish, French, English or Irish. All levels welcome. Discover more now
October 2024 to March 2025	Professional services staff in ICT, HR, Research Management, or Digital Learning / E-learning	Una Europa Live My Life 2024/2025 Expand your horizons and connect with your peers across Europe through the Una Europa Live My Life job-shadowing programme. On-site visits of up to one week per person take place between October 2024 and March 2025.
13 January, 11am Irish time	Members of the public and university staff interested in AI and healthcare.	Una.Lecture: Using AI and VR to train surgeons and assistants Join us online for the first Una.Lecture of 2025! Together we'll explore the development of algorithms and the use of AI in the training of surgeons and assistants. This lecture is co-organised by Universiteit Leiden’s Una Europa team and SAILS – a Leiden university-wide initiative which facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration on the use of Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Edris Mahtab, a thoracic surgeon, will speak about the work of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Center to develop Virtual Reality tools for training purposes. In addition, Dr. Samuel Max — a doctor and PhD candidate at LUMC's department of cardiothoracic surgery — will share his insights. Register to attend
Apply by 20 January; takes place Feb-May 2025	Open to doctoral researchers & master’s students, especially those in biomedical engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, IT for health, or similar.	Una Europa Epilepsy Data Challenge Are you ready to make a difference in the world of healthcare? In this challenge, participants will harness the power of Machine Learning to detect seizure events from data collected from over 200 epilepsy patients using a wearable device. The challenge kicks off in February with an online workshop, followed by release of the dataset to participants. Regular online Q&A sessions will be organised. In April, participants and Una Europa experts will come together in a joint workshop to present their findings and discuss their results with experts. Find out more and apply individually or as a team
21-25 April 2025; apply by 26 January	Doctoral researchers/PhD candidates working in the area of One Health, Data Science and AI, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Future Materials, or Europe and the World, with access to a relevant dataset.	Una Europa FAIR Data Hackathon Boost your FAIR data expertise, share your research with peers and develop your international network! FAIR data = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Apply to be part of this unique week at the Universiteit Leiden: deepen your FAIR data knowledge and skills, and connect with an international community by taking part in the 3-day hackathon and 2-day international SOLID data conference SOSY2025 in Leiden. Up to 4 UCD students will be supported to attend. Places are competitive. Discover more & apply now
24 Feb 2025; apply by 1 Feb	BSc, MSc, PhD or postdoctoral students interested in global sustainability and international environments	Virtual Exchange for Sustainability Are you a BSc, MSc, PhD or postdoctoral student? The UnaVEx virtual exchange is a free, five-week programme focused on sustainability. You will attend inspiring plenary talks on different perspectives on sustainability. You will also be introduced to an international small group of peers and a moderator. In groups, you will discuss and develop a collaborative, sustainability-themed action task. Find out more & apply
Feb to May 2025 (applications closed)	Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students interested in European affairs and politics	European Student Assembly The European Student Assembly (ESA) is an annual gathering of students from universities participating in European University Alliances (including UCD). More than 250 students participate in ESA annually with an aim to debate, first online and then in-person, issues that are central to students in Europe, draft policy recommendations on the future of Europe and advocate for them among stakeholders and decision-makers. Find out more on the EU Voices website. (Applications are currently closed)
23-27 June 2025; apply by 27 January	Members of UCD professional services staff with an interest in supporting internationalization, in roles such as Career Services, Academic Advising, COIL, Mobility Programs, Networking and Partnerships, Onboarding, Postdoc Support, Translation Services, or Gender and Diversity Studies	(Note: This is a partner opportunity and not part of the Una.Futura project.) Freie Universität Berlin - International Staff Training Week Una Europa partner university FUB is now seeking applications for its International Staff Training Week. FUB is offering eight parallel, interactive tracks, each covering diverse topics tailored to inspire collaboration and knowledge-sharing among colleagues from across the globe. More details here Selected UCD staff can apply for Erasmus funding for Staff Weeks. Find out more here

Date (2024)

Who is it for?

Details

October onwards (various dates)

All students (undergraduate and postgraduate) interested in languages

Una Europa Language Café

Would you like to practice speaking another language? Do you wish you had more opportunities to speak a second language you already know but are getting rusty at? Are you preparing for an exchange or study abroad experience and would like to learn the basics of the language spoken in your destination country?

Brush up on your German, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Dutch, Spanish, French, English or Irish. All levels welcome.

Discover more now

October 2024 to March 2025

Professional services staff in ICT, HR, Research Management, or Digital Learning / E-learning

Una Europa Live My Life 2024/2025

Expand your horizons and connect with your peers across Europe through the Una Europa Live My Life job-shadowing programme.

On-site visits of up to one week per person take place between October 2024 and March 2025.

13 January,

11am Irish time

Members of the public and university staff interested in AI and healthcare.

Una.Lecture: Using AI and VR to train surgeons and assistants

Join us online for the first Una.Lecture of 2025! Together we'll explore the development of algorithms and the use of AI in the training of surgeons and assistants.

This lecture is co-organised by Universiteit Leiden’s Una Europa team and SAILS – a Leiden university-wide initiative which facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration on the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Edris Mahtab, a thoracic surgeon, will speak about the work of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Center to develop Virtual Reality tools for training purposes. In addition, Dr. Samuel Max — a doctor and PhD candidate at LUMC's department of cardiothoracic surgery — will share his insights.

Apply by 20 January;

takes place Feb-May 2025

Open to doctoral researchers & master’s students, especially those in biomedical engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, IT for health, or similar.

Una Europa Epilepsy Data Challenge

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of healthcare? In this challenge, participants will harness the power of Machine Learning to detect seizure events from data collected from over 200 epilepsy patients using a wearable device.

The challenge kicks off in February with an online workshop, followed by release of the dataset to participants. Regular online Q&A sessions will be organised. In April, participants and Una Europa experts will come together in a joint workshop to present their findings and discuss their results with experts.

Find out more and apply individually or as a team

21-25 April 2025;

apply by 26 January

Doctoral researchers/PhD candidates working in the area of One Health, Data Science and AI, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Future Materials, or Europe and the World, with access to a relevant dataset.

Una Europa FAIR Data Hackathon

Boost your FAIR data expertise, share your research with peers and develop your international network! FAIR data = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

Apply to be part of this unique week at the Universiteit Leiden: deepen your FAIR data knowledge and skills, and connect with an international community by taking part in the 3-day hackathon and 2-day international SOLID data conference SOSY2025 in Leiden.

Up to 4 UCD students will be supported to attend. Places are competitive.

Discover more & apply now

24 Feb 2025;

apply by 1 Feb

BSc, MSc, PhD or postdoctoral students interested in global sustainability and international environments

Virtual Exchange for Sustainability

Are you a BSc, MSc, PhD or postdoctoral student? The UnaVEx virtual exchange is a free, five-week programme focused on sustainability. You will attend inspiring plenary talks on different perspectives on sustainability. You will also be introduced to an international small group of peers and a moderator. In groups, you will discuss and develop a collaborative, sustainability-themed action task.

Find out more & apply

Feb to May 2025

(applications closed)

Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students interested in European affairs and politics

European Student Assembly

The European Student Assembly (ESA) is an annual gathering of students from universities participating in European University Alliances (including UCD). More than 250 students participate in ESA annually with an aim to debate, first online and then in-person, issues that are central to students in Europe, draft policy recommendations on the future of Europe and advocate for them among stakeholders and decision-makers.

Find out more on the EU Voices website. (Applications are currently closed)

23-27 June 2025;

apply by 27 January

Members of UCD professional services staff with an interest in supporting internationalization, in roles such as Career Services, Academic Advising, COIL, Mobility Programs, Networking and Partnerships, Onboarding, Postdoc Support, Translation Services, or Gender and Diversity Studies

(Note: This is a partner opportunity and not part of the Una.Futura project.)

Freie Universität Berlin - International Staff Training Week

Una Europa partner university FUB is now seeking applications for its International Staff Training Week. FUB is offering eight parallel, interactive tracks, each covering diverse topics tailored to inspire collaboration and knowledge-sharing among colleagues from across the globe.

More details here

Selected UCD staff can apply for Erasmus funding for Staff Weeks. Find out more here

Una Europa events & opportunities

Una Europa events & opportunities

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