Higher arts education today spans the length and breadth of what it means to be human. Arts educators and students are expected to engage in creative discovery and personal and professional transformation, all channelled through inspiring, brave spaces and pedagogies of care. But sometimes life gets in the way – or does it?
The ELIA Academy 2025 is a three-day exploration of what we mean by Life-Integrated Learning – a concept that extends work-integrated learning to encompass the physical, emotional, environmental, societal, technological, and political dimensions people face in their daily lives. Together, we examine how our individual and collective experiences can be integrated into teaching and learning practices.
Hosted by Kristiania University of Applied Sciences in Oslo, Norway, from 18 to 20 June 2025, ELIA Academy 2025 provides a supportive environment underpinned by positivity, where arts practitioners, technicians, students, and educators are encouraged to be curious, open to thought-provoking pedagogies and methodologies, bubbling works-in-progress, and the invaluable feedback of their international peers.
On 19 June, On the Move Secretary General Marie Le Sourd will be co-presenting – with Sophie Dowden, Research team member for the EBA research, France / UK; Demy Papathanasiou, Choreographer, Greece; Birgit Berndt, Artistic Director and CEO, CODA Oslo International Dance Festival, Norway & Editorial committee member of the EBA research – the initial findings from Europe Beyond Access’s research on accessibility in higher education for disabled artists, conducted in collaboration with On the Move.
