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Student initiatives were given Sustainability and Inclusion Awards at the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2024

The ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning conference at University of Tartu began with a pre-event filled with engaging workshops. In the evening, the participants had a tasteful dinner accompanied with the ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐Ÿ† opened byTiina Jaksman, Coordinator of ENLIGHT at University of Tartu.

Weโ€™re excited for the winners! Here are the first three places for the ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, announced by the Vice-rectorAune Valk:

๐Ÿฅ‰ Iker Callado Iza for the ๐—œ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ป project that provides academic and emotional support to children under the guardianship of the council at Universidad del Paรญs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
๐Ÿฅ‰ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—˜๐—น-๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ for his ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป "๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜" ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ at University of Groningen
๐ŸฅˆMadeleine Moffatt for Freedom & justice for Palestinian people project at University of Galway
๐Ÿฅ‡Gaรซlle ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป for her project that made the Ghent University more accessible for people with disabilities

Gijs Coucke, Executive Secretary of ENLIGHT announced the ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ winners:

๐Ÿฅ‰Emmy Skรถld for the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ project at Uppsala University
๐ŸฅˆPeter O'Neill on behalf of Molly Hickey for their ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† project at University of Galway
๐Ÿฅ‡๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜ for his ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—บ "๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ" ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป, who led two referendums for improved bicycle infrastructure at The University of Gรถttingen and gathered more than 9000 signatures.

These awards are celebrating student-led initiatives across ENLIGHT European University universities! Congratulations to all the winners for their inspiring work related to inclusion and sustainability.

Tune in for the Teaching and Learning Award Ceremony on 8 October at 18:00 EEST.

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