Winter School | Advocating for at-risk students. Empowering students’ voices

The call for applications is now open for the Winter School Advocating for At-Risk Students. Empowering Students’ Voices, organised within the Erasmus+ Project Students at Risk – StAR.

The programme will bring together students, advocates, civil society organisations and artists to develop innovative strategies supporting at-risk students and academic freedom through lectures, expert discussions, collaborative workshops and group activities.

Two preliminary online meetings will be held in December 2026, followed by the in-person programme in Padua from 18 to 22 January 2027.

All activities will be conducted in English.

The call is addressed to graduate and PhD students involved in student-led organisations, displaced, refugee, asylum-seeking and at-risk students enrolled at higher education institutions within the European Higher Education Area, and students from the Universities of Padua and Trento who have participated in student advocacy seminars.

Accommodation, meals and travel reimbursement of up to €300 will be provided under the conditions specified in the call.

Applications must be submitted by 20 October 2026 through the online form.

Further information is available here.