The requirements for student participation:

• be interested in sustainable development issues
• be keen to perform group work
• be able to read and write (basic) English
• be able to spend 8-10 hours a week on the course
• have access to a computer with an internet connection
• be open to e-learning.

Before enrollment into the EVS there is a strict intake procedure at each partner institution. Students interested in the EVS should contact the coordinator at their institution (see: partners).

Learning objectives

After participating in the EVS, the student should be able to:

• describe and operationalise the concept of sustainable development
• analyse sustainable development issues from a European perspective
• link local, national and European policy-related issues to a societal shift or transition towards sustainable development
• cooperate with students of different nationalities and from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds
• integrate different cultural and disciplinary views on sustainability issues, and to come up as a group with an enriched problem definition and proposal for solving the issue at stake
• use the computer-conferencing system effectively for collaborative learning.