Uniservitate Newsletter 2024


 

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Closing the fourth year since the creation of Uniservitate and already going through its second phase, today we present this …

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The Uniservitate programme calls on Catholic, or Catholic-inspired, Higher Education Institutions to become members of its global network

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The IV Uniservitate Global Symposium held in Manila (Philippines) on 8th and 9th November brought to light the transformative power …

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The service-learning pedagogy is practised, evaluated and researched around five continents, and is changing hearts and educational institutions…

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The Organization of Catholic Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (ODUCAL) held the XX Intermediate General Assembly

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In an atmosphere of fraternity and joy, the representatives of the Asian universities from the Uniservitate programme held a Regional …

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Meeting convened by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)

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CLAYSS-Uniservitate at the 6th ECSLHE Futures of Service-Learning: Digital Empowerment, Transformational Literacy and Civic Engagement

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For the first time since the inception of the global network Uniservitate four years ago, the universities from the Central …

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The Uniservitate Africa Hub, 2nd Annual Africa Conference on Service Learning was organized by the Tangaza University College in Nairobi …

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The hubs that constitute the Uniservitate programme for service-learning in catholic higher education institutions participated in the call for …

• Oportunities

 
 

In January, the Uniservitate Award 2024 will be launched, a global recognition of the best service-learning experiences (SL) in Catholic …

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Three Ukrainian universities are developing a project, which obtained Erasmus funding, to seek to respond through service-learning

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The Australian Catholic University (ACU), a member of Uniservitate’s Asia & Oceania hub, has been honored with the Carnegie Award …

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Students’ Perceptions of Competences Developed and Changes in Life Purpose after Service-Learning Experiences has been honoured

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Nirmala Arul’s story mirrors one of the examples where the seeds sown by CLAYSS worldwide have flourished.

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All together, at the same moment from different corners of the planet, praying, sowing hope and strengthening the spirituality of …

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The book “Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education, volume 4”, freely accessible on the Uniservitate website

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“Service-learning: committed curriculum to make the Global Compact on Education a reality”, is the title of one of the latest …

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“Service-learning is a very important proposal, both from a pedagogical perspective and, above all, from the university social responsibil…

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Rita Anyumba is a lawyer and Porticus representative for Africa. Her role is to connect Uniservitate’s Africa hub and the …

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On 14th December, the members of the Uniservitate academicboard, the representatives from the seven hubs, and the team coordinating this …


 

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We are grateful and enthusiastic about what we have experienced in the first months of 2024. In this Newsletter, we …

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With its own logo and substantial response from Catholic Higher Education institutions and international associations, Uniservitate memberships …

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Universitate’s main international event will be in Rome on 7th and 8th November. LUMSA University will host the V Global …

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Representatives of Catholic universities worldwide participated in Rome in a meeting organized by the International Federation of Catholic Unive…

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From the fraternal exchange among the members of Uniservitate, the initiative “A Decalogue of Lessons Learned” emerged

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St. Mary’s University organized a day conference for discussing and exploring service-learning practices and their institutionalization, a…

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The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC, Spanish acronym) invites members of Uniservitate to discover and participate in Plataforma Matc…

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The Uniservitate team from the University of Deusto (Bilbao) offered two high-impact workshops to professors from the Portuguese Catholic Univer…

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For the third consecutive year, the Booster Campaign is an annual initiative aimed at encouraging educators, training teams and educational …

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The Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East Hub held a series of four virtual meetings last November and December …

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On the occasion of ACCU’s last annual meeting (Association of Catholic colleges and universities) three members of the USA & …

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The Uniservitate Africa regional hub, coordinated by Tangaza University College (TUC) in Kenya, organized two online forums on service-learning …

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Faculty and staff of the century-old College of Liberal Arts at De La Salle University (DLSU) in Manila participated in …

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A virtual meeting with authorities from some twenty Catholic higher education institutions from the five continents, convened by the coordinatio…

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During the second semester of 2023, the CLAYSS-Uniservitate Training team conducted the online course “Training for Trainers,”

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The digital publication, produced by the Centro de Desarrollo Docente [teaching development centre] of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chi…

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Followers of service-learning in French now have one of the most valuable resources available in the Uniservitate Collection: the handbook …

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The fifth book published as part of the Uniservitate Collection presents the origins, development and particularities of service-learning on fiv…

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Based on an initiative by the team at the University of Deusto, regional hub for Southern Europe, and led from …

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During the first three months of the year, the call for the Uniservitate 2024 Award was held and registration for …

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A student at Tangaza College in Nairobi, Kenya, Peris Waithera Mwangi is a Muslim who participates in various activities, including …


 

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In an era dominated by discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), the Uniservitate coordination team celebrates the power of networking and …

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The Uniservitate coordination team in Buenos Aires and LUMSA in Rome are finalizing preparations for the V Global Symposium held …

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Higher education institutions that join the Uniservitate Membership programme gain access to an exclusive digital space on its website designed …

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Being a member of Uniservitate means having free access to online training courses, among other benefits.

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The call for the Uniservitate Award 2024 recorded 55% more submissions than the first edition in 2022.

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The long-standing International Service-Learning Conference organized by CLAYSS takes place in Buenos Aires on 29th and 30th August, bringing to…

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The spiritual dimension, effect on students, institutionalization and networking are the four aspects of service-learning experiences in Catholi…

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The Uniservitate community continues proposing a monthly time to pray together. We are talking about the Uniservitate World Prayer, an …

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For the second year in a row, a group of Religion students from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, from the …

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In the spirit of “Enhancing service-learning”, an international conference was held in Italy, bringing together representatives from…

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Considering the great number of service-learning initiatives at De La Salle University, Philippines, two of particular interest have been report…

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With innovative initiatives extending beyond the institution’s walls and achieving official recognition as a university, Tangaza College h…

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The dramatic context of armed conflicts in Eastern Europe does not limit the commitment to the education of young people …

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Last April, representatives of the four Latin American universities shared their actions geared towards strengthening and disseminating service-…

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From the US and Canada hub, we have two special invitations: one for Uniservitate members and the other for the …

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At the start of the academic year in the European summer of 2023, the KU Leuven in Belgium organized a …

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Ann Chen, who studies at Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City (Taiwan), is passionate about service-learning. In 2022, …

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The Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA) in the United States presented Barbara McCrabb with the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Award …

 

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In each region, the winners of the Uniservitate Award 2024 for solidarity service learning projects are being announced over these …

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  Representatives of Catholic universities from 17 countries of the five continents participated on Wednesday, 28th Augus…

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The second edition of the Uniservitate Award is a global recognition of the best solidarity service learning experiences in Catholic …

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The research projects launched in 2023 through Uniservitate’s Small Funds are nearing completion. We still receive report…

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RIDAS, the Ibero-American Service-Learning Journal, calls for papers on service-learning networks to identify how rich networking can be for se…

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  Our SSL programme in Catholic Higher Education organizes the Symposium on the 7th and 8th November in Rome, Italy. …

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  ODUCAL, the Organization of Catholic Universities of Latin America, invited 120 institutions to explore join the member…

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The Uniservitate community gathered in prayer once more on the first Thursdays of June and July. Since January, The Uniservitate …

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CLAYSS and its Uniservitate programme were present at GenFest 2024 in Aparecida (São Paulo, Brazil), where over 4,000 young peo…

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The Uniservitate programme was introduced to international representatives of Salesian Higher Education Institutions at their meeting in Rome in…

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Uniservitate in Poland The Uniservitate Coordination together with members of the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, who c…

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Germany   Gabriele Gien, the vice president of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Klaus Stüwe, and a group …

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The Tangaza University College (TUC) represented the Uniservitate Africa hub at the Conference on “Community Engagement a…

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The Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portuguese Catholic University) held two conferences aimed at promoting and training in s…

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Leaders of Austria’s main teacher training university are keen to implement and promote the service-learning approach. Following an initia…

 

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There are encouraging and hopeful signs as the details of the annual meeting of the Uniservitate community are fine-tuned. The …

 

The young people participating in service-learning projects who have won the Uniservitate Award 2024 will share their experiences at the …

 

The knowledge production on service-learning implemented by the Uniservitate programme will have a special place during the V Symposium. For …

 

The third meeting of rectors, university authorities, institutions accompanied, and members of the Uniservitate programme will take place duri…

 

The connections between solidarity service-learning practices and character development will also be analyzed during the V Uniservitate Global…

 

After a two-day Symposium with lectures, presentations and scholarly discussions, Pope Francis will welcome all participants to a private audie…

 

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“The covenant that I invite you to cultivate should produce fruits of peace, justice and mutual acceptance among all peoples …

 

Confident that they are already “transforming higher education from within” and committed to finding together the w…

 

Participants of the V Global Symposium Uniservitate at the audience with Pope Francis in the Clementine Hall, Vatican.   …

 

A group of 33 authorities of Catholic universities from 25 countries exchanged achievements and challenges related to the practices of …

 

Students and professors who carry out service-learning projects distinguished with the Uniservitate Award 2024 shared motivations and experie…

 

The diplomas of the second edition of the Uniservitate Award were presented on the second day of the V Global …

 

Offered by Uniservitate, the second edition application deadline for the Small Research Grants (SRG) for solidarity service-learning projects i…

 

During the V Global Symposium Uniservitate, held in Rome on 7th-8th November, a workshop began to explore the links between …

 

Our colleagues from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile celebrated 20 years of service-learning with a special conference. On Thursday…

 

The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Paraná (PUCPR) has launched a recognition award for professors to promote the University Extension Cu…

 

Membership programme were held, offering resources to introduce new members to some basic concepts of service-learning and how to accompany …

 

Two important networks of Catholic higher education institutions joined the fabric that Uniservitate has been shaping in its commitment to …

 

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