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FestiWell ‘22: Towards global sustainable well-being | EUniWell Event

Date
Monday 2 May 2022 - Friday 13 May 2022
Explanation
9 May: Joint acitivties from partner universities on the occasion of Europe Day | 2-13 May: Different online activities | 13 May: Online and in person activities at Leiden University
Location
PLNT
Langegracht 70
2312 NV Leiden
Room
Online via Zoom Events and in-person

This event took place

Please register for in-person sessions 13 May at PLNT.

More about EUniWell Events

From 2 to 13 May 2022 EUniWell, the European University for Well-Being, will be hosting its second annual FestiWell. The nine-day event - 'Towards global sustainable well-being' -  will explore with students, researchers, and academic and university staff from all EUniWell institutions one of the great challenges of the present day: how to set the course for a sustainable future in which we can live together with well-being. 

In-person and online

We look forward to welcoming you in the morning in PLNT where the in-person events will be held. The in-person portion of the day will be rounded off with a networking lunch, at which you are very welcome to join us. Following a short afternoon break, we will start up with our online portion of the day where we offer a series of online events on a broad selection of topics. Have a look at the programme below for more information.
Don't forget to register and see you Friday 13 May or at one of the online FestiWell activities!

Programme Leiden FestiWell event: Friday 13 May

10:00-10:45 CEST
Inclusive lifelong learning for positive societal impact | Dr. Kate Kirk | Zoom Events & in-person
10:00-11:00 CEST
Inequality Escape: Unlocking diversity awareness | in-person
10:00-10:45 CEST
Solving plastic pollution in The Hague | Esther Kentin | Zoom Events
11:00-12:00 CEST
Inequality Escape: Unlocking diversity awareness | in-person
11:00-12:30 CEST
Student, how are you doing (for real)? | in-person
12:00-13:00 CEST
Inequality Escape: Unlocking diversity awareness | in-person
12:00-13:00 CEST
Networking lunch | in-person PLNT
14:00-15:00 CEST
Nothing about us without us | Margaret Gold | Zoom Events
15:00-16:00 CEST
Population Health Management: the key towards a sustainable healthcare | Maryse A. Wiewel | Zoom Events
16:00-17:30 CEST
Roundtable Discussion: Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) | Prof Dr. Marleen Dekker & Madi Ditmars | Zoom Events

Online | Zoom Event sessions

Dr. Kate Kirk | 10:00-10:45 CEST

Lifelong learning has become an important strategic goal at universities across Europe and in the Netherlands. The ivory tower model of academic life and work is being replaced by a mission to create greater social impact. How do we inspire individuals and groups to use the knowledge produced in universities in order to build a sustainable and healthy society? The answer to this question lies not only in the content of the lifelong learning courses but also in the way the courses are organized and taught.

In order to have meaningful societal impact lifelong learning must be inclusive. Inclusive education is an approach to education in which diverse course participants and teachers feel a high level of psychological safety because they feel they belong, that their voice is respected and that they can be successful regardless of visible or invisible aspects of diversity such as age, class, ‘race’, cultural background, gender, sexuality or functional limitations. The society we want to impact is a diverse one. Our lifelong learning programs need to reflect and meet the needs of diverse individuals and groups. In this interactive lecture we will explore the ways we can making lifelong learning programs more inclusive. This session is also relevant for those engaged in student education or broader organizational inclusion.

Registration

Please note: this is a hybrid event.

Esther Kentin | 10:00-10:45 CEST

In the context of Pre-University College Leiden, students of secondary schools in The Hague collaborated with the municipality of The Hague on an environmental problem: pollution of the streets of The Hague by cigarette butts. Students were asked to follow up on European regulation, more specifically the Single Use Plastic (SUP) directive, and how to implement this directive in local context. By means of the Design Thinking method, students choose a specific source: the pollution by guests and staff at terraces of restaurants and cafés in the city. They wrote an amendment to existing municipal legislation, including enforcement measures, which they presented to the city of The Hague. While the proposal might not lead to a real amendment, it provided food for thought for campaigners on plastic pollution. The Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic is now following up on a more general manual on how campaigners and civilians can use public complaint procedures to enforce legislation on pollution.

This project provided a WIN-WIN-WIN result:

  1. students gained insight in how legislation is made and what obstacles should be tackled
  2. the municipality was offered a solution for its pollution problem, while at the same time it implemented European legislation, and
  3. the teacher was inspired to further research the possibilities for implementation and enforcement in a broader context. This will be done by involving other students of the Leiden Law School.

Registration

Margaret Gold | 14:00-15:00 CEST 

This presentation and interactive session will address how Citizen Science and Public Engagement practices enable co-creative and collaborative research that aims to leave no one behind.

Registration

Maryse A. Wiewel, MD PhD | 15:00-16:00 CEST

An ageing population, technical developments and rising healthcare costs put pressure on the sustainability of our health care system. Do you want to learn why Population Health Management is the strategy for a sustainable health care system? Join this workshop organised by students from the Master Population Health Management in Leiden.

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Prof Marleen Dekker & Madi Ditmars | 16:00-17:30 CEST

Rising to the UNESCO challenge to collectively tackle challenges that impact on humanity through increased global collaboration, the European Education Area (EEA) embraces digital education ecosystems and promotes educational synergy in which it prioritises EU-Africa academic cooperation. In this context the EUniWell initiative offers a valuable opportunity for European and African post- Covid higher education students to explore and compare their health and wellness perspectives, expectations and coping strategies. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) – an innovative virtual global classroom approach is a powerful educational tool to use in this regard. It is however still a relatively new practice that in spite of the myriad of opportunities it holds, also brings its own challenges. The African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) has successfully hosted two global online courses and during this roundtable discussion a few participants (facilitators and students) will share and discuss their experiences.

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In-person sessions

Dr. Kate Kirk | 10:00-10:45 CEST

Lifelong learning has become an important strategic goal at universities across Europe and in the Netherlands. The ivory tower model of academic life and work is being replaced by a mission to create greater social impact. How do we inspire individuals and groups to use the knowledge produced in universities in order to build a sustainable and healthy society? The answer to this question lies not only in the content of the lifelong learning courses but also in the way the courses are organized and taught.

In order to have meaningful societal impact lifelong learning must be inclusive. Inclusive education is an approach to education in which diverse course participants and teachers feel a high level of psychological safety because they feel they belong, that their voice is respected and that they can be successful regardless of visible or invisible aspects of diversity such as age, class, ‘race’, cultural background, gender, sexuality or functional limitations. The society we want to impact is a diverse one. Our lifelong learning programs need to reflect and meet the needs of diverse individuals and groups. In this interactive lecture we will explore the ways we can making lifelong learning programs more inclusive. This session is also relevant for those engaged in student education or broader organizational inclusion.

Registration

Please note: this is a hybrid event.

Yung-Ting Tsou, PhD; Claudia Libbi, MSc; Maedeh Nasri, MS | Premilary times event 10:00-11:00; 11:00- 12:00 and 12:00-13:00 CEST 

Immerse yourself into an escape room that challenges you to see diversity and social inclusion from a different perspective.

In this workshop, we want to create an opportunity for participants to see special needs from a different perspective, through an escape-room game where individual differences, including different needs and strengths, are the “key”. The participants as players will gain knowledge about special needs and practices that improve inclusion in the process. Modern sensor technology will also be part of the game to demonstrate how this methodology can be used in research to measure social interactions. The experience of the participants and the ideas derived from the game will be discussed at the end of this workshop.

The game and the discussion session will be held in the Spotlight room at PLNT, and in total take one hour. There are three timeslots to choose from!”

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Semra Milanovic, Anna Maria Schillinger, Lindsay Edenburg, and Georios Zioris | 11:00-12:30 CEST

Students spend a considerable amount of time and energy at academic institutions. This can bring about experiences that set the course of their career, if not the course of the rest of their lives. When one is not feeling well, there is not only less involvement but also little space for creativity, enjoyment, and innovation. During the pandemic some attention has been directed to mental health issues among students and staff members in academia. These issues, however, have likely existed long before COVID-19 and may have and continue having a wide impact on an individual and therefore on the society surrounding the individual. Hence, it is fair to say that more attention and action should be devoted to students’ well-being.
 
In this workshop, students from various study programs are invited to get together and discuss in depth challenges that they or others have faced within various areas of academia (e.g. finance, safety, career,…). Alongside this, participants will evaluate how well the university is currently involved in supporting student mental health, followed by brainstorming from various angles, on what has been helpful and how the issues could further be tackled. These ideas will be gathered and afterwards made visible, for example on social media and on the EUniWell website. 

This event is also an opportunity for students to get to know like-minded people by working on an important issue together. The session will be organised at the Brainstorm room of Leiden University and will last approximately for an hour. 

Registration

12:00-13:00 CEST

The in-person portion of the day will be rounded off with a networking lunch, at which you are very welcome to join us.

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Overview Programme FestiWell: 2-13 May

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