Newsletter December

>>>>>> MAIN TOPIC: ERASMUS FOR ALL ?

>>>>>> NEWS FROM THE NETWORK

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Humanities and Social Sciences Subject Committee meeting

The autumn meeting of Humanities and Social Sciences Subject Committee was held on the 27th and 28th of October at two Lithuanian universities: Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas) and European Humanities University (Vilnius). Representatives of nine institutions joined in order to discuss current  issues and achievements of the Subject Committee and plan the strategy for the next year. The committee members debated on the state of mobility flows within Campus Europae and the potential contribution of the Campus Europae to aspects of academic life other than mobility, such as cooperation in research, teacher mobility and the establishment of a network of shared interests. For the first time, a sub-committee representatives meeting complemented the regular, general meeting of the Subject Committee. A number of Tourism specialists from six institutions collaborating in the work of the Subject Committee participated in the meeting. Thanks to their contribution, it was possible to discuss important issues regarding exchange in Tourism, define challenges and achievements in student exchange, and plan the final steps in reviewing the disciplines and establishing equivalences in order to finalize the Campus Europae matrices in Tourism. Given the existing interest in student exchange in the Tourism field and thus, the need to provide the second cycle students with possibilities to study abroad, also for the purpose of the Campus Europae degree, the matrices in Tourism at the Master level was decided to be elaborated.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Engineering Subject Committee meeting

The last meeting of Engineering Subject Committee took place in the University of Alcala, Spain on the 4th and 5th of November 2011. On this meeting were present also new members from Mechanical Engineering field from Novi Sad and Lodz, as well as a new student representative for Engineering. The committee expressed its satisfaction that in 2011/2012 there are thirty Engineering students on exchange within Campus Europae mobility program, according to the reports of university representatives. The focus of this meeting was again on finding appropriate equivalences between courses from Architecture, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering departments from member universities. Mechanical Engineering group finished matrix in the area of Production Engineering among Novi Sad – Gazi – Lodz – Nancy and partially Aveiro. Concerning work on Architecture matrix, members from Gazi, Lodz, Novi Sad and Alcala managed to find equivalences for courses from bachelor level of studies during the meeting. The Computer Science matrix was further improved by adding equivalences among Novi Sad, Aveiro and Lodz. Next Engineering Subject Committee meeting is planned to be held in Novi Sad, Serbia in April 2012.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Business and Administration Subject Committee meeting

The Business and Economics Subject Committee convened in Vienna on the 11th of November for the first meeting of the 2011/12 academic year. The meeting was attended by nine Campus Europae universities. In the present academic year there are 31 students being exchanged under the aegis of the Subject Committee, a slight decrease in relation to last year. However neither professors nor the Student Council reported on any difficulties associated with said exchanges. The representatives in attendance worked on the business and economics compatability matrices, on which updated information is presently being exchanged, and have outlined a Summer School which should take place in July 2012 at the University of Aveiro. The next meeting of the Subject Committee will take place in Luxembourg on the 16th of March.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cooperation with Novgorod, Russia

A declaration of cooperation between the University of Velikiy Novgorod and Campus Europae has been signed on the 24th of October 2011. Indeed the partners agreed to further cooperation in the field of learning mobility, especially regarding student mobility. The Vice-President of Campus Europae, Prof. Wolf and the Secretary General of Campus Europae, Prof. Ehmann will meet the leadership of the University of Velikiy Novgorod on the 7th of December 2011 in order to discuss further details for the final agreement.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> EU Language Label for Aveiro

The university of Aveiro got awarded a European label for innovative mesures in the field of language learning. Indeed, the University of Aveiro is part of the Hook-up! e-learning module for the portuguese part of this platform. The portuguese course has been developped by researchers and teachers of the Language and Culture department of the University. More information.

>>>>>> OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS / YOUTH

>>>>>>>>>>>>> European Project Planning and Management Course

>>>>>> HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS

>>>>>>>>>>>>> EU Lifelong Learning Program call for 2012

The call for the 2012 proposals in the framework of the LLP program was published last August. The core documents for this call can be found on the website of the European Commission and more precisely, the description of the detailed actions here. The application for the centralized actions is done via the Executive Agency in charge of Education Audiovisiual and Culture.

>>>>>> UPCOMING CE EVENTS

• Education and Teacher Training Subject Committee meeting
  

Date: 16/01/2012 - Location: Riga, Latvia

• Recognition Workshop
  

Date: 27/01/2012 - Location: TBC

• Student Council Meeting
  

Date: 09/03/2012 - 11/03/2012 - Location: Vienna, Austria

• Board of Directors' Meeting
  

Date: 15/03/2012 - 16/03/2012 - Location: Munsbach, Luxembourg

• Business and Administration Subject Committee meeting
  

• CE Coordinator Meeting
  

Date: 19/03/2012 - 20/03/2012 - Location: TBC

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