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YEAR 1 · 2026/2027 · SUMMER SCHOOL

Green Campus Fair Futures

Sustainability and EU Policy Responses to Global Challenges

Connect EU sustainability priorities with transparent institutional choices, using a Polish higher-education procurement simulation to analyse environmental, financial and social trade-offs.

FINAL SYLLABUS · ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027

Your programme and reading guide

The final annual syllabus covers both the winter and summer schools. This school is on pages 10–17. The PDF includes the full learning-outcome tables, teaching responsibilities, assessment and reading lists.

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Languages and learning activities

Languages: English and Polish.

Learning activities: lectures, practical classes and student projects. Students explore the school’s themes through guided discussion, case analysis and collaborative project work.

Teaching hours: 20 lecture hours and 40 hours of supervised practical work, including project activities, as set out in the final syllabus.

2 weeks14 calendar days

60 hourscontact teaching

10 days6 contact hours per day

30planned participant places

Registration not yet open. Exact dates, daily times and venue or access arrangements will be announced before enrolment. Planned host: VIZJA University, Warsaw.

Programme Teachers Learning outcomes Preparation & materials Assessment Participation Registration Reading & resources

What you will explore

Sustainability and EU Policy Responses to Global Challenges

The question we will explore: How can a university make environmental choices that are transparent, affordable and socially fair?

Core topics

EU sustainability governance and policy — EU policy priorities; implementation actors; transparent institutional decisions and stakeholder dialogue.
Rights accountability and procurement reasoning — EU governance context; fairness, accountability and documented reasons in the procurement simulation.
Inclusive decision design — Social impacts, accessible participation, decision criteria, weighted matrices and supervised sensitivity exercises.
Values evidence and public communication — Competing values; source criticism; policy-memo reasoning; accessible public explanations and feedback.

FLAGSHIP POLAND CASE

Green Campus Procurement — The 3 Bids Problem

Work through a teaching simulation, compare stakeholder perspectives and develop an evidence-based response. Identify relevant EU values, check the scope of Charter rights and connect your decision to the EU governance context.

The school combines 20 lecture hours with 40 hours of seminars and supervised practical work. Each teaching day includes two lecture hours and four practical hours. Breaks and independent study are excluded from contact hours.

Week 1

EU values and sustainability. Diagnostic activity; introduce the three-bid campus case and competing priorities.
EU sustainability governance. Map the route from EU policy objectives to national and campus-level decisions.
Environmental evidence and uncertainty. Interpret supplied footprint and lifecycle data; record evidence limitations.
Social fairness and affordability. Analyse access, affordability and distribution of costs and benefits.
Transparent decision criteria. Build a weighted matrix and justify the choice of criteria.

Week 2

Trade-offs and sensitivity. Recalculate rankings under alternative weights and uncertain assumptions.
Stakeholder perspectives. Structured dialogue with public administration, civil society or a campus practitioner.
Institutional decision-making. Simulate a procurement committee and document dissent and decision reasons.
Implementation and public communication. Draft the memo, monitoring plan and accessible public explanation.
Evaluation and transfer. Defend the decision, revise the dossier, complete post-test and learning feedback.

This is the teaching sequence, not a dated timetable. Confirmed dates, session times and rooms will appear on the Schedule page.

Your teaching team

All four teachers deliver the school jointly. The blocks below show their thematic responsibilities; integration workshops and final assessment are shared.

Dr. Serhat Demir

School of Social Sciences
VIZJA University

Block 1 · EU sustainability governance and policy

EU policy priorities; implementation actors; transparent institutional decisions and stakeholder dialogue.

Dr. Dawid Stadniczeńko

School of Social Sciences
VIZJA University

Block 2 · Rights accountability and procurement reasoning

EU governance context; fairness, accountability and documented reasons in the procurement simulation.

Dr. Habil. Olena Pimenova

School of Business
VIZJA University

Block 3 · Inclusive decision design

Social impacts, accessible participation, decision criteria, weighted matrices and supervised sensitivity exercises.

Prof. Dr. Habil. Yan Kapranov

School of Humanities and Fine Arts
VIZJA University

Block 4 · Values evidence and public communication

Competing values; source criticism; policy-memo reasoning; accessible public explanations and feedback.

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What you will be able to do

The school develops knowledge, practical skills and social competence through a campus procurement simulation. The overview below groups the learning outcomes in the final syllabus; the complete K1–K10, S1–S10 and SC1–SC10 tables and verification methods appear on pages 10–12 of the PDF.

Knowledge

Understand sustainability decisions

Explain the connection between EU values and sustainable development, EU environmental competence and the main levels of sustainability governance.
Distinguish policy objectives, operational indicators and institutional actions; explain lifecycle reasoning and the limits of environmental data.
Describe environmental, financial and social procurement criteria, including distributive fairness and affordability.
Explain how weights and assumptions influence a decision matrix and distinguish transparent evidence from unsupported sustainability claims.
Identify institutional responsibilities and stakeholder interests; explain monitoring indicators and review mechanisms.

Skills

Compare options and justify a choice

Locate and cite EU sustainability sources and translate a policy objective into a campus decision criterion.
Interpret supplied environmental and cost data and construct a weighted comparison of three bids.
Document assumptions, evidence gaps and uncertainty; run at least two sensitivity scenarios and interpret changed rankings.
Evaluate social impacts and affordability, and draft a reasoned recommendation memo and implementation plan.
Design three monitoring indicators and a public explanation; defend the procurement decision and respond to alternative priorities.

Social competence

Work responsibly with others

Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team, document individual contributions and listen respectfully to different perspectives.
Justify a position with evidence, remain open to disagreement and recognise when specialist input is needed.
Handle sensitive information responsibly, represent affected groups fairly and avoid unsupported generalisations.
Address barriers to participation, give constructive peer feedback and revise work in response to valid criticism.
Credit sources and contributors, respect publication permissions and identify a feasible next step for applying your learning.

Open the final syllabus and full learning outcomes →

Your preparation guide

Use this guide to navigate the existing syllabus and reading list. It does not add assignments or compulsory reading beyond the approved programme.

1. Start with the foundations

Begin with R1: Article 2 TEU and the relevant environmental provisions in R3: the TFEU. Use R4: learning for the green transition and R5: GreenComp to connect sustainability priorities with institutional choices. Follow the reading focus beside each entry.

2. Connect the sources to the case

Consult R7: Buying green! for award criteria and lifecycle costing, using it as a methodological guide and checking applicable rules separately. Connect the learning objectives in R6: education for the SDGs and the institutional perspective in R8: the sustainability roadmap to the campus simulation.

3. Build and review your assessed work

Keep a source record and label all assumptions and simulation data. Use the assignment and assessment criteria to review the three-bid matrix, at least two sensitivity scenarios, recommendation memo, monitoring indicators, public explanation and individual critique. Document each team member’s contribution.

Materials available now: the final syllabus and the linked reading list below. Visit HUBonEU for project resources; this page does not yet provide a separate school workbook or downloadable case pack.

Your practical output and assessment

A team decision dossier containing a three-bid matrix, clearly explained criteria and weights, at least two sensitivity scenarios, and a 1,200–1,500-word recommendation memo. Include implementation responsibilities, three monitoring indicators, limitations and a one-page public explanation. Each student submits an individual 500–700-word critique of the chosen option. Use supplied simulation data and label assumptions; do not present invented figures as institutional facts.

40%individual post-test

40%practical portfolio and oral defence

20%individual written analysis or reflection

The opening pre-test is diagnostic. Participant feedback helps improve teaching and is separate from the assessment of achievement.

Completion requirements in the current syllabus: at least 60/100 overall, at least 50/100 in each component, all required outputs submitted, and participation in at least 48 of the 60 contact hours. Missed assessed activities require an equivalent supervised task. One resubmission is available for a failed component after feedback. University-wide rules take precedence.

Plan for approximately 60 additional hours of independent study, including preparation, reading and written work. ECTS recognition is subject to a separate university decision.

How the practical work is assessed

These criteria apply within the practical assessment; they are separate from the overall 40% / 40% / 20% component weights above.

Practical assessment criteria from the final syllabus
Criterion	Weight
EU reasoning	25%
Evidence and sources	20%
Analysis of options	20%
Feasibility, inclusion and accessibility	20%
Clear presentation, cooperation and individual defence	15%

Plan your independent study · 60 hours

Preparation for classes — 20 hours.
Mandatory reading — 10 hours.
Individual written work outside class — 10 hours.
Other primary-source and case materials — 10 hours.
Revision for the final assessment — 10 hours.

These are the syllabus estimates for this school. Together with 60 contact hours, they amount to 120 hours of planned learning. Breaks are excluded from contact time; ECTS recognition requires a separate university decision.

Reading & online resources

The lists below reproduce the reading assigned to this school in the final syllabus. Read the indicated sections of the required texts within the allocated preparation and reading hours. Recommended reading supports deeper analysis; additional resources are optional. Some journal articles may require university-library access.

Required reading · 8 sources

Core texts for preparation, class discussion and assessment.

R1 European Union. (2016). Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union. Article 2. Read source ↗
Read: Article 2 and the values used in the school case.
R2 European Union. (2016). Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Selected rights and Articles 51–52. Read source ↗
Read: Relevant rights and Articles 51–52 on scope and interpretation.
R3 European Union. (2016). Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Selected provisions on citizenship, education, culture and the environment. Read source ↗
Read: Selected articles on citizenship, education, culture or the environment, as relevant to the school.
R4 Council of the European Union. (2022). Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development (2022/C 243/01). Read source ↗
Read: Recommended actions for institutions and learners in the green transition.
R5 European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2022). GreenComp: The European sustainability competence framework. Publications Office of the European Union. Read source ↗
Read: The four competence areas and their application to the campus case.
R6 UNESCO. (2017). Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning objectives. Read source ↗
Read: Learning objectives and suggested activities for the selected SDGs.
R7 European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, & ICLEI. (2016). Buying green! A handbook on green public procurement (3rd ed.). Publications Office of the European Union. Read source ↗
Read: Award criteria and life-cycle costing; use as a methodological guide, checking current rules separately.
R8 UNESCO. (2020). Education for sustainable development: A roadmap. Read source ↗
Read: Education environments, youth and local-level action.

Who can take part

Applications are welcome from VIZJA University students in any year of study in the following schools:

School of Business
School of Social Sciences
School of Humanities and Fine Arts

No specialist knowledge of the European Union is required. The school welcomes students interested in sustainability, European values and fair institutional decisions; core concepts are introduced during the opening sessions.

Participation commitments

Be ready to participate in practical classes, discussions, teamwork and a student project, and complete the individual assignments.
Plan to attend at least 48 of the 60 contact hours (80%), in line with the syllabus attendance requirement.
Allow time for preparation, reading and assessment, use sources responsibly and communicate respectfully with others.

Attendance is one of the requirements for completing the school. The full assessment and completion requirements are explained in the assessment section.

The project plan provides for 30 participant places. For questions about access or participation support, please contact the project team.

How registration will work

Registration is not yet open

The application form, deadline and practical arrangements will be published here when the call opens. No applications are being collected through this page yet.

Check the call. Review the school’s timetable, participation commitments and practical arrangements once announced.
Complete the official application form. Include a short answer of 2–3 sentences to the question: “Why would you like to participate in this school?”
Places are allocated in application order. Eligible applicants with complete applications will be offered places in the order their applications are received, up to the available capacity. Further eligible applicants will be placed on a reserve list in the same order. The short motivation statement introduces your interests and is not used to rank applicants.
Wait for confirmation. Submitting an application does not itself confirm a place. The project team will notify applicants about their place or reserve-list status.
Prepare for the school. Read the syllabus and check the preparation materials and access arrangements provided by the organisers.

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