There are many opportunities for collaboration in the Climate University network. Find more about them below.
Action Groups
Action groups were created to plan and develop implementations to improve Climate University collaboratively.
Action group 1: Coordination
Aim: Keeping CU up and running
Actions: Coordinator meetings, agreements, annual meetings, internal communications, network development, funding.
Chairs: Laura Riuttanen (University of Helsinki) and Iida Pullinen (University of Eastern Finland)
Action group 2: Courses
Aim: CU courses are top-level material in climate change and sustainability education
Actions: Update courses (content, teaching methods, and structure), new course initiatives, develop the platforms (student enrollment, digicampus pages), pedagogical development.
Chairs: Eveliina Asikainen (Tampere UAS) and Jussi Malila (University of Oulu)
Action group 3: Communication
Aim: Inspiring people to participate
Actions: Develop website, blog, course advertisement, visual material; create a welcoming and lively atmosphere.
Chair: Salla Anttila (Karelia UAS)
Action group 4: Societal collaboration
Aim: CU is a wanted partner in collaboration
Actions: Societal collaboration with public, private and citizen sector organisations, as well as lower levels of education [schools]; life-long learning initiatives (including climate expert specialization education); preparing for funding opportunities.
Chairs: Sanni Väisänen (LUT University) and Janne Salovaara (University of Helsinki)
Action group 5: Academic collaboration
Aim: Sparking academic discussions around climate change and sustainability topics
Actions: Develop teacher network, find new ways for student engagement; mapping competencies and needs (for new CU courses); research done at CU and about CU.
Chairs: Tilly Anderson (Oulu UAS) and Mikael Puurtinen (University of Jyväskylä)
Action group 6: International collaboration
Aim: CU becomes international
Actions: Develop a strategy to expand beyond Finnish HEIs.
Chairs: Tiina Wikström (Laurea UAS), Anne-Marie Tuomala (LAB UAS) and Bernhard Reischl (University of Helsinki)
Join the Action Groups
Here you can indicate your interest in joining one, or several, of the action: http://bit.ly/CUaction
Climate University Annual Meeting
The network gathers annually to discuss the progress and plan future actions for Climate University. Every year a different partner hosts the event. For more information about the annual meeting, read the news section or join our newsletter.
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