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Share a day in your university life and win a trip to Lisbon!

The Unite! student video contest offers you the opportunity to share your cultural reality and win tickets to the Unite! Student Festival held this June in Lisbon. Deadline extended to 9 April!
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The goal of this contest is to show the diversity and interculturality that define the Unite! student community. The short film (max. length 3 minutes) will be shown as an example of common and uncommon students’ life from . It should highlight the student’s personal life and habits, and make other universities’ students interested in the Unite! diversity.

How can you participate?

The contest is open to all students at Unite! universities (undergraduates, graduates, doctoral, local, international, exchange, etc). Students are only allowed one video to participate. The video should be presented as one day, it should show a full day of a student’s academic life. Include both the academic aspects of your routine (campus, city, country) and also your personal aspects and favorite habits of your way of life. One or more languages of your choice. Subtitles in English are strongly encouraged (even if the language used is English).

Some examples of what you might like to show:

  • Your home/student room,
  • Life on campus (going to a lecture, the library, interacting with students & teachers,   studying)
  • Getting to or from the University and moving around the city,
  • A trip to the supermarket or a meal,
  • Your sports/ leisure activities,
  • Where and how you spend time with your friends

Follow the procedure below:

  • (you can use your university login credentials)
  • Fill in the application form and upload the video under your university section
  • Deadline extended to 9 April, 2023

Selection criteria

One winner per university will be selected. Winner selection will occur in two phases: pre-selection and student voting.

Phase 1: The Multilingual and Multicultural Training Centre will pre-select a list of finalists among contributions that adhere to the guidelines, based on the following criteria:

  • Diversity of activities and perspectives
  • Creativity/Originality
  • Production quality

Phase 2:  All Unite! students from the nine partner universities will be encouraged to vote for their favorite video. There will be nine winners, one per partner university. 

Contact

If you have any questions, just send us an email: yoonjoo.cho@aalto.fi

Prizes

The best videos will be used for educational purposes and on Unite!’s channels.

The winners will be invited to the Unite! Students festival in Lisbon (travel expenses & accommodation included)! Participation includes activities and workshops.

The will be hosted at University of Lisbon (ULisboa), from June 29 to July 1, 2023 and will gather students from all. It will combine fun, interculturalism and co-creation activities to boost the engagement of Unite! Students community. The participation for Unite! students is free and you can expect travel costs, accommodations and activities to be covered by your university.

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