An event co-created with the CHARM-EU Student Council

Over the past few months, the CHARM-EU Student Council and staff teams have worked together to design an event by students, for students.

The starting point was simple: what skills do students need to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world? From navigating AI and digital information to communicating across cultures and making their voices heard, students face opportunities and challenges that require new ways to learn and collaborate.

The European Skills Training Day 2026 has been designed to help address these needs through a hands-on programme focused on digital literacy, soft skills, problem-solving, and student participation.

One event, multiple campuses

To make the European Skills Training Day available to students across the CHARM-EU Alliance, activities will take place simultaneously on different university campuses and online.

What does this mean for you?

The day will begin with a joint Welcome & Opening Session, followed by a panel discussion organised by the CHARM-EU Student Council on student perspectives and democratic participation in higher education.

• These sessions will be hosted at the University of Barcelona and streamed live to all participating CHARM-EU universities, allowing students from across Europe to take part together.

The skill-building sessions are designed to connect students from different CHARM-EU universities in a shared learning experience. Depending on the training selected, you may participate from:

• your local CHARM-EU campus,
• the University of Barcelona,
• or online.

Find your session:

Digital Literacy: Don’t get played!	📍 Hosted at the University of Bergen Students from the University of Bergen, University of Barcelona, Trinity College Dublin, and Utrecht University will participate from the CHARM-EU classrooms at their local campus, connected live throughout the session.
Oral Communication Skills	📍 Hosted at the University of Barcelona This session is available only to participants attending in person in Barcelona.
Interculturality & Mobility	📍Hosted online by Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences Students from the University of Barcelona, ELTE Budapest, Åbo Akademi University, and the University of Würzburg will participate from the CHARM-EU classrooms at their local campus, connected live throughout the session.
Creativity and problem solving	📍 Online Session Students from Trinity College Dublin, University of Montpellier, Åbo Akademi University, University of Würzburg, and Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences will be able to join this session online.

Through dedicated hybrid classrooms and live online collaboration, you will work, discuss ideas, and exchange perspectives with students from other countries throughout the session.

• This means that even if you participate from your local university, you will be part of an international classroom bringing together students from across the CHARM-EU Alliance.
• Register today: Registration European Skills Training Day 2026

Career session

In the afternoon, there will be a career session hosted online by Trinity College Dublin.

After the session, there will be a Q&A session with CHARM-EU Alumni from the Master Global Challenges for Sustainability (Andras Kovaloczy & Katrina Drake ), to answer questions on how to get a job in an international organisation, based on their experience at the FAO and the European Commission.