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The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki invites you to  its 12th Erasmus Staff Training Week which will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from the 16th till the 20th of October 2023.

The main purpose of the Erasmus Staff Training Week held at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is to widen and strengthen the cooperation with partner institutions, share  different experiences on internationalization and facilitate networking and establishment of new partnerships. Participants will be given the opportunity to exchange ideas about fostering student and staff mobility, present their home universities, explore and discuss special topics of interest.

Registration is already opened and lasts till 18th of August, 2023.

More information is available here.

The summer school will concern Polish-German economic relations, social policy, financial economy, inflation, energy, etc. and is addressed to students from Germany and Poland.

Date: from 03/09 to 15/09/2023. in Warsaw at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Students of bachelor's and master's studies of all German and Polish universities can participate.

Participation cost 850 Euro (including breakfast, lunch, 3-day trip to Krakow, German language course) for up to 8 participants will be covered by the Sanddorf Foundation + 50 Euro for partial accommodation costs. More information and scholarship application at: https://www.sgh.waw.pl/en/sommerschule(link is external) until May 31, 2023.

Details of offer:

Einladung polnischer Studierende SGH Sommerschule 2023.pdf

flyer-11.-SGH-sommerschule-2023-polnische-teilnehmer.pdf

programm-der-Sommerschule-2022 (1).pdf

Representatives of all partners came to Łódź – University of Algarve (Portugal), University of Groningen (The Netherlands), SumFuo (France) and Team Coaching (Poland) – to officially initiate the project „Implementation of effective practices for the development of students' emotional intelligence with particular emphasis on anti-discrimination activities at European universities”.

On behalf of TUL, the work of the consortium is coordinated by the Director of the ICC - dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, university professor.

The participants discussed the assumptions of the project, planned activities to be implemented in the near future and established the principles of cooperation. The meeting was an excellent opportunity to get to know each other and integrate the team, which until now communicated only online.

The main objective of the project is to improve the emotional intelligence of students in order to combat discrimination and ensure equality in European universities.

The consortium will jointly develop the EQUNI game and mobile application, a procedure and online tools for granting micro-credentials, and a guide for universities in implementing good practices.

EQUNI is aimed at students, academic teachers, trainers, mentors, psychologists and advisors, university authorities and managers responsible for developing and implementing anti-discrimination policy.

The project will include a series of trainings, workshops and summer schools for target groups.

The project is co-financed by the Erasmus+ Program within Action 2.

ICC obtained funding for its implementation in the amount of EUR 400,000.

Basic information on EQUNI can be found on the Erasmus+ Results Platform.

In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 1,917 universities have been classified, and TUL has been ranked 168th in the world and 2nd in Poland. In Aerospace Engineering, 753 universities have been classified, and TUL has been ranked 279th in the world and 2nd in Poland. In Ocean Engineering, 547 HEIs have been listed with TUL taking 168th place in the world and 2nd in Poland. In Food Science, in which a total of 1,684 universities have been ranked, TUL has been located 348th in the world and 7th in Poland. 

The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) is a classification of academic and research-related institutions ranked by a composite indicator that combines 17 indicators grouped into three different areas - research (50%), innovation (30%) and societal impact measured by their web visibility (20%). In the 2023 edition a total of 8433 entities have been classified, including 4533 HEIs. 71 Polish HEIs have been considered, with Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw and AGH University of Science and Technology ranked highest.

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The 2023 Women in STEM -Poland Short Essay Contest encourages students to write a short essay about a woman from a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field in English. All participants will receive a certificate of completion, and the top entries will receive a prize provided by the Polish-U.S Fulbright Commission along with a certificate of achievement. 

The challenge is for students to complete a short essay, in English and to be as creative as possible. The purpose of this short essay contest is to continue the celebration of Women’s History Month all around Poland by making women's achievements in STEM fields more visible. Students from high schools, universities, and doctoral programs are all welcome to enter.

The essay competition opens on March 8th and will end on April 16th. Winners will be announced on May 30th.

Participants are encouraged to join the Facebook Page: @WomeninSTEMessay2023 for competition updates, challenges, and global networking opportunities with students and professionals from around Poland and from the United States.  

Important Contests Links: 

• Description of Contest Rules: https://tinyurl.com/2023-Women-in-STEM-PL-Rules
• Contest Submission Form: https://tinyurl.com/Women-In-STEM-PL-Essay-Contest

If you have any questions or comments, please contact WomenInSTEM.PL@gmail.com

In Chemical Engineering, only 3 Polish HEIs have been classified: Warsaw University of Technology (201-250), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (251-300) and the Lodz University of Technology  (351-400). In Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, 9 Polish universities have been ranked, with TUL classified in the range 401-450. In Chemistry, TUL has been classified between 551 and 600, with 8 more Polish HEIs ranked in this subject. In Materials Science, TUL has been ranked in the range 351-400, 7 other Polish universities have been ranked.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 takes into 54 subjects, grouped into five broad subject areas. A total of nearly 1,600 universities from around the world have been ranked in the listings. The ranking considers 5 indicators, with different weights assigned, depending on the subject. These are two reputation indicators (academic reputation and employer reputation), Research citations per paper, H-index, and IRN-index (reflecting the ability of institutions to diversify the geography of their international research network by establishing sustainable research partnerships with other HEIs).

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Metropolia University of Applied Sciences invites lecturers to offer short courses in ICT Summer School, either on Myyrmäki Campus or on-line.

The organizer reserved the following weeks for the ICT Summer School activities:  

• Week 31: August 1-4, 2023, 8:00-13:00 or 13:00-18:00

• Week 32: August 7-11, 2023, 9:00-13:00 or 13:00-17:00 or 17:00-21:00

• Week 33: August 14-18, 2023, 9:00-13:00 or 13:00-17:00 or 17:00-21:00

• Week 34: August 21-25, 2023, 17:00-21:00

More details can be found here.

Registration for the courses will start on 2 May 2023.

ICAM Strasbourg – Europe Campus is looking for international lecturers to cover certain topics. A list of subjects is available in the attachment. For each subject, you will find the topic, duration, level, number of teaching hours and the email address to the tutor.

The exchange could be implemented under ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Teaching.

The International Cooperation Centre of TUL invites the employees of Lodz University of Technology to participate in the additional qualification for international mobility for teaching or training purposes.

We would like to kindly inform you that within the framework of the implementation of the agreement no. EEA/21/K2/W/0005, TUL employees can take part in the additional qualification for the mobilities by submitting applications till 2^nd April, 2023.

Mobility must be completed by September 30, 2023.

Detailed rules for eligibility and implementation of staff mobility can be found on the ICC website.