Learning and Living Europe: Round 2
In January, our Master students traditionally change their study locations.
This year due to the Covid-19 restrictions in place, only two groups have so far been able to travel to their next study destination. The MAEIS European Integration and Global Studies students left behind the German capital for winter on the French Riviera. Meanwhile, the students of the Master in Global Energy Transition and Governance have travelled in the opposite direction and are settling into life with a quarantine at the Studentendorf in Schlachtensee, Berlin.
The MAEIS Mediterranean Studies students have remained in Nice until at least the end of the month and the MAEIS European Policy and Governance - Trilingual Studies students have unfortunately been unable to travel to the University of Kent in Canterbury due to the national lockdown in England. Classes will be held online for them until February at least.
Changing places also means changing perspectives, seeing Europe from a different point of view. The student mobility integrated in all of our Master courses also symbolises the European added value of CIFE's programmes. We deliver higher education in a distinctly European way, which distinguishes us from national universities. Our students form a small, itinerant international community over one academic year, experiencing thus the challenges of diversity and tolerance. They are in constant dialogue with European policy-makers and practitioners, becoming closely connected to the professional work. European values are for our students not only an academic notion, but also a lived experience.
We wish them the best of luck for their second term and Happy New Year 2021!