EducationProfessor from the best university in Brazil visits VGTU for meetings with students and VGTU community.2017-03-24, 18:16Professor of Auditing and Coordinator of International Relations Joshua Onome Imoniana from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, visited Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU). The University of São Paulo is the best higher education institution in Brazil. According to the QS international ranking it ranks at the 120th place. In addition to teaching, the professor consults SMEs on audit and control of information systems, he also works as an accountant at the Institute of Public Accountants in Australia. The visit was held under the Erasmus+ international mobility programme. The Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science is offering 70 partial and fully-funded postgraduate scholarships for international students. High-tech equipment such as smartphones, tablets and cars are able to run thanks to minerals and metals such as tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold. However, as their mining and illegal trade are often controlled by armed groups, they also help to feed a vicious circle of conflicts.On 16 March MEPs voted in favour of making EU companies take responsibility for the origin of the minerals they import. Watch our video for more details. March 22nd, 2017, 19:30 hrs., II-233 aud., MRU's Asian Centre and Lithuania's Kendo Association are holding a traditional Japanese martial arts, Kendo, training session with bamboo swords. Climate change is bringing new environmental and security challenges in the Arctic, as the melting ice cap opens up new navigation and fishing routes, and competition for its natural resources heats up, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They call for measures to protect the vulnerable Arctic ecosystem, ban oil drilling there and keep it a low-tension and cooperation area. 54 students from Indiana University, the United States of America, interested in studies and internship in the Baltic States have visited Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) earlier last week. Education Exchanges Support Foundation is offering scholarships for students, lecturers and researchers of foreign countries for Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer Course 2017. The summer course at Vytautas Magnus University will take place on 14 July – 12 August, 2017. Unique invention “Innovative research system for peripheral vestibular function testing creation – INTVEST” created by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) is aiming to be patented. It is expected that the innovative device, which was firstly introduced at the annual KTU innovation fair “Technorama 2016” will hit the market soon. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with Kauno Kolegija University of Applied Sciences, Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences, Klaipėda State University of Applied Sciences, Panevėžys University of Applied Sciences and Vilnius College of Technologies and Design has joined forces to foster talents in technology and engineering – on 15 March the protocol of intentions to create a higher education cluster in technology and engineering studies has been signed at the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science. The 3rd annual conference ‘Contemporary Political Processes: Challenges and Opportunities’ will take place on 27th April, 2017, during “Faculty days” event. |
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