Uns Europa offers professional service staff the opportunity to network with other professionals across the alliance, build new skills and enjoy mobility opportunities to partner universities. Opportunities Centre for Open Learning Festival of Languages Date: 11 MayLocation: Paterson’s LandThe Festival of Languages invites all Edinburgh staff and students for a full day of celebration of multilingualism on campus with language taster sessions, talks and drop-in cultural workshops.The event will also showcase a series of short videos from the Una Europa Edinburgh Student Network, uniting many languages through one shared greeting.View the festival programme and register Live My Life job shadowing Una Europa’s job shadowing for professional services staff at the alliance’s partner universities. The programme seeks to give professionals the opportunity to actively engage in the Una Europa community and get involved in peer-to-peer learning, providing an opportunity for mutual learning in a transnational context.Learn about Live My LifeHear stories from previous Live My Life participantsApplications for Live My Life 2025/26 are now closed. To be notified when the next Live My Life applications open, sign up for our staff newsletter or join our Teams channel using the links further down the page. Una Europa Staff Week Una Europa Staff Weeks bring together professionals from a wide range of services and administrative areas, for a week of networking, workshops and professional sessions. Each Staff Week focuses on a key topic for higher education professionals, from student affairs to library services, research support or diversity and inclusion.The 2026 Una Europa Staff Week will take place in June at Helsingin yliopisto/Helsingfors universitet. Applications for this year’s Staff Week are now closed. Learn about Una Europa Staff WeekTo be notified of future Una Europa Staff Weeks, sign up for our Staff newsletter or join our Teams channel using the links further down the page. Language Tandem Tool Are you learning a language and wanting to boost your conversation skills and vocabulary? Find your language partner with the Una Europa Language Tandem Tool and start practising today.This free tool is offered exclusively to students at the University of Edinburgh and other Una Europa universities, and allows you to find a partner based on language goals, proficiency level and interests.Try the Language Tandem Tool Stay in touch Una Europa staff newsletter Email: una.europa@ed.ac.uk Join Edinburgh's Una Europa Teams channel This article was published on 2025-01-13