Dear Partners,

The Cracow University of Economics kindly invites teachers and administrative staff to our International week from the 9th to the 13th of April 2018 in Krakow, Poland. The main topic of our programme is Hybrid Value Chains – business/academic environment/NGO’s.

Hybrid value chains are becoming a necessity in these days when companies tend to do better with social problems than governmental and non-governmental organizations and academic environment. The event can eventually be the beginning of future joint projects: summer schools, seminars, conferences, discussion panels, research, thematic contacts.

Please find the draft of the programme and registration form atttached. Registration form should be sent to Joanna Jackowska jackowsj(at)uek.krakow.pl  

Our programme is tailored for both teaching and administrative staff. Additionally, we invite teachers who are interested in our main topic to prepare the proposal of the course related to the programme. 

Participants are expected to cover their own travel and living expenses. Registration fee is 70 Euro and covers cost of welcome cultural event and lunches.

Confirmation of selection results will be sent to all participants by e-mail after the 20th of February 2018. Information about accommodation and the final programme will be sent only to selected participants. Please do not make travel arrangements before your participation is confirmed.

You are warmly welcome to join our facebook group of the event https://www.facebook.com/groups/674379322748100/  

Kind regards,

IPO Team

Sylwia Rutkowska, MA

International Programmes Office

Coordinator, Double Diploma and International Projects

Vice-head of International Programmes Office

http://bpz.uek.krakow.pl   

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from İstanbul!

We would like to invite you to participate to the 1st International Staff Days “Bridging cultures and bringing diversity!” at Özyegin University in Turkey, between 18-20 April 2018.

OzU International Staff Days welcomes International office staff, Erasmus+ coordinators, study mobility advisors/coordinators with an interest in benchmarking good practices, exchanging ideas and experiences. 

With this event, we aim to reach out to our current and prospective partner institutions and bring them together to create a rich environment to provide a great opportunity to network with colleagues globally as well as exploring Istanbul, the city of two continents.

This three-day event will include presentations, interactive sessions and a cultural program which includes visits to the famous museums and a guided tour in Istanbul.

The participation fee is 60 € and it includes 3 lunches, a welcome dinner, coffee breaks, transfers from the hotel to the campus and the social activities as mentioned in the program. Please note that the participants are responsible for covering their own accommodation and travel costs. You may find further information regarding the list of recommended hotels in the attached document. Transfers from/to the OzU campus will be provided from the recommended hotels.  

Please kindly note that the “OzU International Staff Days” will take place provided that we get adequate number of signups. 

Please fill out the online registration form until February 26th, 2018. Registered participants will receive a notification with further information, including the participation fee transaction details and accommodation preference confirmation.

Best Regards,

Ozyegin University

International Office

Dear Colleagues,

This is just a reminder of upcoming event at TBU in Zlín

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 8th International Week, so do not miss out on the chance to take part in this traditional event! The International Week will take place at TBU between 9 April and 13 April 2018. 

This year´s programme is intended only for representatives of International Offices and it will be comprised of presentations, debates, discussions, as well as social events. The International Week also gives the participants the opportunity to broaden and strengthen cooperation between partner institutions in both educational and/or research projects. 

The practical activities will mostly cover:

• Erasmus + Credit Mobility (pros and cons)
• Improving support for disabled E+ students
• Recognition of foreign education for students from non-european (developing) countries
• Recruitment of international students for degree programmes
• Centralize or decentralize management of international relations? 

and many more according to your own interest

Programme is free of charge. Accommodation and travel costs are not included and should be covered by the participant. The International Week can be included in the Erasmus+ programme as training mobility. Please complete the registration form - goo.gl/yp1aQJ as soon as possible, since the number of participants is limited. We would like to point out that successful registration for the International Week by submitting this form does not automatically mean that you will be accepted to take part in the event. Selection of participants will be made after discussion with members of International Office. 

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

Pavel Býček (Mr.)

Head of International Office

Tomas Bata University in Zlín

email: bycek(at)utb.cz  | web: www.utb.cz 

address: nám. T. G. Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic

Dear Partner

Ghent University invites you to a staff training week in May 2018.

We intend to open the doors of Ghent University to the world and offer a programme about ‘Challenges for students employability’.

The overall purpose of universities is to help students find a career path that will lead to a successful, happy future. In other words, a job. 

This entails that career services are of utmost importance for students. Career services help students to explore career opportunities during their studies and after graduation and how to become the best possible marketable job candidates. This three-day event will include presentations and interactive sessions covering a range of issues concerning ‘students employability’. This means that we expect an active role of all participants based on their personal experience and interest in career guidance. If you’re interested to join the staff training and to share ideas and best practices from your university, please complete the application form and send it to mrs. carole.picavet(at)ugent.be 

For more information about the programme and application see http://staffmobility.eu/staffweek/challenges-students-employability 

Deadline application: 28 February 2018.
Maximum participants: 35
Selected participants will be informed beginning of March. 

Kind regards

Carole Picavet

Beleidsmedewerker Communicatie / Policy adviser Communication

E-mail carole.picavet(at)ugent.be 

Directie Onderwijsaangelegenheden / Department of Educational Policy

Afdeling Internationalisering / International Relations Office

Het Pand, office 120.016, Onderbergen 1, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

www.ugent.be  / www.facebook.com/ugent  / www.twitter.com/ugent 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) is organizing its 2nd Erasmus Library Staff Training Week from the 14th till the 18th of May 2018 in Thessaloniki.  

LANGUAGE: English

TARGET GROUP: 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Library & Information Centre & Department of European Educational Programmes) invites library staff (librarians, information specialists, Library IT staff, etc.) to share ideas, knowledge and expertise. Such exchange may enable collaboration and provide solutions to common problems. 

The programme includes: presentation of Aristotle University and its two cooperating departments (Library & Department of European Educational Programmes), presentations/workshops regarding AUTh Library collections and services, optional presentations by participants, tours, trip, etc.

In case of high number of applications, Aristotle University will examine all applications and select the final list of candidates.

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Dear Erasmus Partners, Colleagues and Friends,

We have been Erasmus partners for many years now and each year we are very happy to invite and welcome your staff.

This year we would also like to welcome and invite your staff to our next International Days from 21st to 25th May 2018.

The overall theme for the week is “Live today, Dream and Plan for the Future” Carpe Diem and we have divided the theme into subject areas that will be discussed and focused on during the week in Crete.

The provisionally suggested themes for the 5 Schools/Faculties are as follows:

• Entrepreneurship and SME (Heraklion)
• Current issues in tourism (Heraklion)
• Welfare (Heraklion)
• New trends in education and training (Heraklion and Chania)
• Engineering tomorrow (Heraklion)
• Modern topics in agro-food and agriculture (Heraklion)
• Advances in electronics (Chania)

We are looking forward to your registration before January 30, 2018 and hope to see you all in Crete!

Please check the Preliminary Program of the event for more information, and stay tuned, for future updates by following T.E.I. Crete IRO Webpage & T.E.I. Crete IRO Facebook page.

Thanking you for past, present and future Erasmus collaboration!

Yours faithfully,

ERASMUS TEAM, International Relations Office, TEI of CRETE

University of Applied Sciences – Crete – Greece/Hellas

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is pleased to invite you to take part in the 15th International Week STT & STA Erasmus that will be held from 18th to 22nd June 2018.

We invite you to hold a brief presentation (3-5 minutes) about your institution.

Please, be aware that we may restrict the number of staff, depending on the total number of applicants, we will accept a maximum two representatives from each Institution. 

There will be no participation fees but we are kindly asking the participants to cover their own travel, accommodation and other expenses through the Erasmus+ staff exchange programme or otherwise.

The language of communication will be English.

You can find more information and the application form (by 31st March at the latest) here: http://eventos.upm.es/go/UPMIW2018 

We are certain that this proposal will increase our international experience and be beneficial for all the participating Universities, so please, forward this invitation to the people who might be interested in joining us for this event and sharing this intercultural week.

We are looking forward to welcome you in Madrid!

With kind regards,

UPM-International Office

UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID

Vice-Rectorate for Academic Estrategy and Internationalization
Rectorate - Building B - Ground floor
Paseo Juan XXIII, 11
E-28040 Madrid (Spain)  
web: http://www.upm.es/ 

Auch 2018 bieten wir wieder folgende Kurse an, z.T. in geändertem Kursformat:

1) Flüssiges Englisch (York + Malta) + Allgemeinenglisch (nur in Malta) 

 Zielgruppe:

Professoren, Dozenten, Lehrbeauftragte, Hochschulpersonal sowie Fach- und Führungskräfte aus anderen Bereichen

 Kursziel:

Verbesserung der Sprachkompetenzen im Englischen – der Verbesserung von Redefluss und Selbstvertrauen in Diskussionen und dem Diskurs relevanter allgemeiner, politischer und beruflicher Themen, der Erweiterung des Vokabulars und der Sicherheit in der Anwendung grammatikalischer Regeln. Das Training findet in der Minigruppe (Flüssiges Englisch) mit maximal 6 Teilnehmern bzw. der Kleingruppe (Allgemeinenglisch) mit maximal 8 Teilnehmern statt und wird auf die Bedürfnisse der Teilnehmer zugeschnitten. 

Der Unterschied zwischen Flüssigem Englisch und Allgemeinenglisch ist, dass Flüssiges Englisch sich stärker auf die Kommunikation und den Redefluss im Vordergrund stehen, während Allgemeinenglisch etwas stärker einem herkömmlichen Englischunterricht (stärker auf Grammatik fokussiert) ähnelt.

 A2/B1 Level 

2) Englisch und internationale Kommunikationskompetenzen für Wissenschaftler aus Lehre und Forschung (nur in York)

 Zielgruppe:

Professoren, Dozenten, Lehrbeauftragte, Wissenschaftler

 Kursziel:

Verbesserung folgender Kernkompetenzen:

- Englische Sprachkompetenz (Redefluss, Vokabular, Sicherheit in Präsentation und Diskurs)

- Berufliche Kommunikationskompetenz (Präsentationen und Lehrveranstaltungen auf Englisch, Teilnahme an internationalen Konferenzen)

- Interkulturelle Kompetenz (Kommunikation im internationalen akademischen Arbeitsumfeld und mit internationalen Studenten)

- Interpersonelle Kompetenz (Entwicklung effektiver Arbeitsbeziehungen im internationalen Umfeld, Netzwerken, Konfliktbewältigung)

Training in Kleingruppen mit maximal 10 Teilnehmern, mindestens B1 Level.

3) Berufliche Kommunikationskompetenzen (York und Malta)

 Zielgruppe:

Hochschulpersonal, Fach- und Führungskräfte aus dem administrativen Bereich

 Kursziel:

Verbesserung folgender Kernkompetenzen:

- Englische Sprachkompetenz (Redefluss, Vokabular, Selbstvertrauen in Diskussionen)

- Berufliche Kommunikationskompetenz (Besprechungen, Telefonate, Verhandlungen mit internationalen Kollegen, Präsentationen)

- Interkulturelle Kompetenz (Verbesserung des Verständnisses der Herausforderungen eines internationalen interkulturellen Arbeitsumfeldes). 

Das Training findet in der Minigruppe mit maximal 6 Teilnehmern statt und wird auf die Bedürfnisse der Teilnehmer zugeschnitten. Ab B1/B2 Level. 

Die Trainings sind so aufeinander abgestimmt, dass sich die Kurse in Allgemeinenglisch und Flüssigem Englisch an Wissenschaftler und Personen aus dem administrativen Bereich mit niedrigerem Englischlevel wendeen, um deren englische Sprachkompetenz zu verbessern. Darauf aufbauend kann dann an den beruflich benötigten Kommunikationskompetenzen in Englisch gearbeitet werden.

Wir planen in Kürze einen weiteren Kurs in wissenschaftlichem Arbeiten in Englisch in Malta, der sich vor allem an Nachwuchswissenschaftler wendet und sich auf das Verfassen wissenschaftlicher Artikel und das Präsentieren von Konferenzbeiträgen fokussiert.

Im folgenden finden Sie die Links zu den Webseiten bzw. Broschüren: 

- http://www.etimalta.com/de/ 

- https://york-associates.co.uk/download-view/language-brochure/ 

Interessierte melden sich bitte bei mir, um zu sehen, welcher Kurs am besten auf die entsprechenden Bedürfnisse passt und die entsprechenden Anmeldeformalitäten und Mobilitätsvereinbarungen abzustimmen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Stefanie Anzinger