1. Keep calm and follow the ‘‘Rules’’! The key to fun and excitement is the discipline and the rules that are recognised and obeyed by everyone. Traveling Summer University “GandaGana” had its own codex of rules that were hung in the TSU house. To make them more memorable and enjoyable we styled them up in a classic “Keep Calm..” phrases… Read more →
Let’s face it. Borders do exist, otherwise we would not be fighting so hard to bring them down. It is nice to know that some people continue fighting this battle even on their vacation. This year’s Parisian Summer University took place in cooperation with the Visa Freedom Working Group and broadened the horizons of all of their participants. The charm… Read more →
Letter to my kids It has been just recently that we were ready to trace the ecological situation in the world. We visited three countries, in every one we were listening to Eco lectures and debating. We lived in five cities and in the third one we were hunting for the treasure. We went down to the underworld (Guido and… Read more →
Every year since 1987 groups of enthusiasts are trying to build the perfect program, to show their country, to attack foreigners, to make people experience incomparable emotions… and an unforgettable summer. It is not a matter of planning. It is much more about creativity and heart. The AEGEEan editor Liliya Buyukliyska descripes the first SU she ever organised was like… Read more →
Explore. Dream. Discover. 1000 days of summer. These words are something that you have probably seen a lot during the last couple of months in the context of the Summer University Project. The Summer University Coordination Team of 2012 chose this as the motto for the Summer University (SU) 2012, this year’s edition. But you may ask why? To explore, according to… Read more →
“Can you write me my application for this event?” – this is a strange question that a friend asked me. The explanation was sophisticated and convincing but the point was that it is not easy to write an application. The reason why it is so difficult is that it has to be original but at the same time – giving… Read more →
Organising SU is not easy. It involves months of preparations, planning, excitement and fears, and above all hard work. But there is nothing more demotivating than not having enough participants. Here comes the role of PR. But where can this be more visible than in a statutory event? Unfortunately, this year the Agora dates are just after the deadline for… Read more →
A couple of weeks ago we started an online survey with the question whether the Summer University Project needs a new logo. For some of you may be out of the blue, but an idea that has been around for some time now. From the responses we got through our survey or on Facebook people were very much divided on… Read more →
As Summer comes to an end for most of Europe, all AEGEEans start waiting for the next year and their next Summer University, the new destinations to travel to, the new ideas for SUs, and the new people who will be organizing Summer Universities locally. Autumn is the time for Summer University Project School (SUPS) that takes place in a… Read more →
