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  • SUCCESSFUL project reaches its final stages
    The final meeting of SUCCESSFUL project was organized on the 30th September 2026 to mark the final day of a successfully implemented project. Altogether the project major results include the two new MOOCs on climate change and futures studies. Both are openly accessible through the DigiCampus platform as self studies[…]
  • From vision to impacts with Project SUCCESSFUL
  • Internationalization of Higher Education trainings at SUSL and UWU
    To support Sri Lankan partner HEIs capacities in internationalization, UTU organised trainings on Internationalization in Higher education especially in the context of European Union programming. The training content included an overview of what is meant by the Internationalisation of Higher Education in brief and how the thinking and approaches have developed until[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL supports Results Based management capacities at partner SUSL and UWU
    With the lead of University of Turku, SUCCESSFUL project organised Project Cycle Management and Results Based Management trainings to teaching and administrative staff of the Sri Lankan partners HEIs. The training content and intended learning outcomes  included 1) Understanding the Project Cycle Management and Results Based Management concepts and approaches 2) Differentiating[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL Project Completes Piloting of Climate.nexus and Getting to Know Futures Studies Courses
    As part of the SUCCESSFUL project, two innovative online courses – Climate.nexus and Getting to Know Futures Studies – were successfully piloted with undergraduate and postgraduate students at Sri Lankan partner universities during June and July 2026. The piloting exercise aimed to assess the functionality of the DigiCampus platform, the[…]
  • Ready for the Future?
  • Strengthened Digital Teaching Capacities
    On 29–30 April 2026, the SUCCESSFUL project organised a two half-day online training programme on the DigiCampus platform, aimed at strengthening educators’ capacity to use digital learning environments for online teaching and course facilitation. The training brought together teachers and lecturers, providing practical knowledge and hands-on experience in navigating, managing,[…]
  • The vision behind Project SUCCESSFUL
  • Climate.nexus is on its way!
    Open online course providing holistic understanding on climate change to be launched soon! Stay tuned for more. Link to the course page here Climate.nexus – Sri Lanka I Digicampus
  • Erasmus+ cluster meeting in Sri Lanka
    SUCCESSFUL team working for “The role of education in the green transition” during the  Erasmus+ Regional Week 2025 for Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November 2025. The SUCCESSFUL team was represented in the panel discussion “Adapting learning content and teaching methods to[…]
  • Opening Ceremony of the Smart Learning Facility at Uva Wellassa University
    The Smart Learning Facility established through the support of the Erasmus+ SUCCESSFUL Project (CBHE Strand 1), with self-financing contributed by Uva Wellassa University (UWU), demonstrating the university’s strong commitment to advancing innovative learning was officially declared open on 12th August 2025 at the First Floor, Block E, UWU with the[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL team keeping busy in online pedagogical trainings in July 2025
    With the lead of Wageningen University and Research team SUCCESSFUL continued to build pedagogical competencies of SUSL and UWU teaching staff on teacher handbooks and learning diaries within the context of the massive online open access course (MOOC) on climate change. Altogether 22 participants co-shared ideas of teacher’s and student’s[…]
  • Futures Training in Sri Lankan Universities
    From December 10th to 13th, 2024, Dr. Juha Kaskinen, Director of the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC), and Junior Expert on Futures Studies, Kalpani Pavithra, conducted a week-long Futures Studies training program at Uva Wellassa University (UWA) and Sabaragamuwa University (SUSL) in Sri Lanka. The sessions engaged approximately 40 participants[…]
  • New bilateral collaboration agreements signed by the University of Turku and Sri Lankan partner universities
    New bilateral collaboration agreements signed by the University of Turku and Sri Lankan partner universities Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL) and Uva Wellassa University (UWU) signed  bilateral agreements to promote joint research, project and teaching collaborations as well as student and stafff mobilities between Sri Lanka and Finland. The agreements[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL team working on constructive alignment on climate change course
    SUCCESSFUL project organised staff trainings on constructive alignment to more than fifty teachers from different faculties of SUSL and UWU between 17-21 November. The working sessions lead by WUR and UTU consisted of intensive training sessions on how to define learning outcomes and activities as well as assessment. These constructive alignment[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL project presented in Ministry of Education hosted E+ event
    On July 3, 2024, the Ministry of Education in Sri Lanka, in partnership with the European Commission, hosted the Erasmus+ CBHE Info Day in Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka. This successful event brought together educational professionals, universities, government stakeholders, and industry representatives to discuss the opportunities provided by the Erasmus+[…]
  • Exploring Partnerships in Netherlands and Finland
    A team of 13 academia from the SUCCESSFUL project representing Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka participated in a comprehensive learning visit to Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands from June 3 to June 7, 2024 and University of Helsinki & University[…]
  • Exploring partnerships – Learning Visit for SUCCESSFUL Project Teams
    A team of 13 academia from the SUCCESSFUL project representing Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka participated in a comprehensive learning visit to Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands from June 3 to June 7, 2024 and University of Helsinki & University[…]
  • SUCCESSFUL learning visits to the Netherlands and Finland
    SUCCESSFUL will organize a learning mobility to European partner universities in Wageningen and Turku from the 3rd to14th of June to learn about climate university, build partnerships and collaboration with leading academics and to participate in “Futures of Natural Resources” – international futures conference.
  • SUCCESSFUL project attends futures conference in Finland with 8 scientific abstracts
    SUCCESSSFUL team presents 8 academic papers at ‘Futures of Natural Resources’, the 24th international Futures Conference of Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy, hosted by the University of Turku between 13–14 June 2024 in Turku, Finland.