30 August - 3 September 2021
THRIVING ONLINE
The Global Learning Expedition’s latest programme challenges students worldwide to re-design how we learn, work and live together in the future!
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Are you ready to re-design how we learn, work and live in the future?
Calling engaged students and future leaders worldwide from every year group and discipline to join Thriving Online. The next edition of this Global Learning Expedition for innovation and skills development will be announced later in 2022.
Over the course of a week, you will work in a multidisciplinary, international team to address the challenges we face right now in our world is disrupted by COVID-19. How can we go beyond mere survival, and truly thrive online? Dedicated teams of students will explore the impact of living online in one of three tracks focusing on education, the digital workplace and our communities, all while ensuring that our unique planet is thriving too!
With inspirational talks, skills workshops, career insights, networking sessions and creative teamwork supported by world-class coaches, all Global Learning Expedition participants will gain essential workplace skills and discover a range of industries and career paths, to hit the ground running in your career-search.
A diverse and truly global cohort of up to 120 selected students will work together in teams to design, develop and present their innovative ideas, leading to a thrilling global finale where the best solutions to enable ‘Thriving Online’ will be pitched to an expert Jury and global audience of academia, NGOs and industry leaders.
This unique opportunity for students worldwide is delivered by multi-award-winning global design agency Petrus, the team behind a range of impactful educational, interactive and experiential learning programmes and challenges. This includes Airbus Fly Your Ideas, Airnovation Summer Academy, Total Energy Summer School and the Dassault Systèmes Sustainability Challenge.
“It was a fantastic way for students to gain some global experience without having to travel abroad, which is challenging in the best of times and impossible now.”
Jenna Carpenter, Dean of Engineering
Campbell University, USA
Benefits
Shape the future and make a difference with your ideas!
NEW! Participation enables access to The Global Learning Expedition alumni community and further opportunities including virtual internships and global student challenges.
NEW! Participation enables access to The Global Learning Expedition alumni community and further opportunities including virtual internships and global student challenges.
"If you want a really intense experience learning how to thrive online, then this is the place to be!"
2nd year Master Psychology Student
University of Northumbria, UK
"Speakers taught us how to listen to other's viewpoints -
that was the most important thing"
Engineer Graduate
Emirates Aviation University, UAE
Apply now for Thriving Online 2021!
Selected students will be informed between 13th – 22nd August about their application being successful. We will then provide a full brief, payment details (if relevant) and access to the event platform containing the detailed agenda and preparation documents you need. Ready to go?
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"The Thriving Online experience is one that I will take with me into life and profession. Providing an opportunity to both face and grow from adversity in a team challenge and create some serious #entrepreurship style magic!!!
Cross cultural communication skills & Cross cultural teams are an absolute MUST in today’s pandemic world. These are skills for life."
4th year student, Thriving Online 2020 participant
Deakin University, Australia
2021 Thriving Online – Timeline
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