Hi all, Please see below for an update on the European SI-PASS/PAL Leader Festival 2021. What's changed? Last year we hosted a successful online Leader Festival, and had hoped to do the same this year. However we recognize this year is different again, and colleagues are busy pivoting to a new world, and our students are hopefully enjoying more on-campus time and understandably have less time out of university to engage with online activities. As a result of this, and because the number of registrations have been significantly lower than in previous years, we have unfortunately taken the decision to cancel the previously advertised 2021 Leader Festival. For those who have already paid a fee or received an invoice for Festival places, we will be in touch to organize a refund from Lund University. What's still on offer? We know how much Leaders gain from coming together, and connecting with one another therefore we are offering a FREE event on the evening of Sunday 28th November at 5.30-8pm (GMT) 6-8.30 (CET) where we invite you to sign up Leaders. We are asking you to register Leaders so we can manage numbers and send out Zoom links directly. Leaders who register can expect to engage with an online interactive session comprised of; an inspirational speaker, opportunities to connect and learn from other Leaders, and a chance to find out more and decide whether they want to join a small facilitated group (with a mix of Institutions) to work beyond the event to provide shareable outputs for dissemination Please register your Leaders using the following weblink / form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3eTs5Sa35UY7OG0RZvOcKbnG… and we will send them more information/joining instructions. We really hope you are able to register Leaders for a high energy, interactive session! On-Campus events - bringing your Leaders together We also still encourage you to facilitate on Campus Events during that week as a chance for your Leaders to come together to reflect, share and learn from each other. We still will be providing guidance and ideas for this if you are interested. What do Leader Festivals of the future look like? We also invite you as supervisors to attend an informal focus group, and help us shape the future of Leader Festivals, and broader opportunities for Leaders to connect. We will be in touch with some dates, but in the meantime please do email us with any thoughts/comments. si-pass at stu.lu.se<mailto:si-pass at stu.lu.se> Apologies for the inconvenience of the changes however, we hope that revised event will mean some of your Leaders are still able to engage and connect with one another. For any specific questions please get in touch, Best wishes, Will, Marcia, Lise-Lotte and Isabella [SI-PASS_ECF2_Swe_rgb]