NELS – Next Level Skills for Student Leaders

Whether you’re representing your student union, leading a campus initiative, or simply passionate about making a difference, NELS empowers you to lead with confidence, creativity, and compassion.

NELS brings together student leaders from Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa for virtual training sessions that foster leadership, critical thinking, and intercultural exchange. Participants gain practical tools to drive positive change within and with student movements, organisations and initiatives, and build lasting international networks.

The NELS course offers one online welcome session and five training sessions per semester, all delivered online. Each session is offered at two different times to help interested participants to fit it to their schedule. A digital badge is offered for participation in a single session and a micro credential of 3 ECTS for those who participate in all 6 sessions in a semester. 

Training sessions are led by experienced facilitators and student organisation representatives from across Africa and Europe.

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NELS Project Team

Backed by a consortium of HEIs and representative student unions, NELS draws on extensive expertise in fostering student engagement and civic involvement. The project runs from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2028. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.