Live My Life is Una Europa's joint format for job-shadowing. The initiative connects professional services staff members across the eight participating universities, organising colleagues into pairs to facilitate peer-to-peer learning. Participants are paired based on share job roles and responsibilities with the aim of ensuring a rewarding learning experience for all. The staff mobility of up to two weeks is accompanied by a mentoring programme that encourages engagement with the wider Una Europa network and introduces key skills such as intercultural awareness, communication and language skills. Embedded in other Alliance activities, Live My Life aims to guarantee more in-depth insights and longer-term benefits than individually-arranged exchanges.
The first cohort of Live My Life participants included representation from eight Una Europa partners and came from four key working areas: alumni, library, press and communications and staff development/ international office. 56 colleagues completed staff mobility under Live My Life in the Spring/ Summer of 2022. Helsinki to Edinburgh; Paris to Madrid; Kraków to Berlin - our staff members travelled all across Europe for a uniquely enriching opportunity for professional development!
The eleventh episode of the Una Europa podcast is jam-packed full of speakers from all stops on the Live My Life journey - from the pairs brought together through the programme to the people coordinating the initiative from behind the scenes. Listen to hear personal insights from the programme, the value of learning outside of your own "office", and the new skills and connections developed through peer-to-peer learning.