Education"You increased your revenues by 22 percent in 2015, as a result of your investments in R&D and other innovation assets. KTU Santaka Valley is clearly making the most of its research resources and potential and it is succeeding in attracting world-class research", says European Commissioner for research, science and innovation Carlos Moedas. In March 2016, Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic of Italy awarded Ms Dainora Pociūtė – Abukevičienė, the President of the VU Senate and the Professor of the Faculty of Philology with a second degree Order of the Star of Italy for cultural and academic exchanges between the two countries. Peter Franik is currently studying International Business in KTU School of Economics and Business. He came here from Czech Republic, and his decision was not made carelessly. And this is what he recommends to his fellow students: always carefully weigh your options, do not choose randomly, act responsibly and have fun! This year the team of the VU students will represent Lithuania in the prestigious student synthetic biology competition iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition) for the second time already. Lithuania seeks associate membership in CERN, one of the top research centres worldwide2016-03-01, 16:27Today Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has delivered to President of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Professor Sijbrand de Jong a letter by Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and an application of Lithuania for its associate membership in CERN, one of the top research institutions worldwide. This year, Klaipėda University (KU) sailboat Brabander will go on its longest voyage in 10 years: from Lithuania to Iceland, sail around it, and go back. In the summer, in 2,5 months it will cover around 5,000 nautical miles. The voyage route stretching via the Baltic, North, and Greenland Seas and along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean is divided into 5 stages: Klaipėda–Sandefjord; Sandefjord–Stavanger; Stavanger–Reykjavik; Reykjavik–Blyth, and Blyth–Klaipėda. The sailboat plans to leave the port of Klaipėda on June 25 and to come back on September 10. 10 students from Heidelberg University of Education are conducting a three-week school practice in Vilnius. They will also attend the lectures at LEU, will have an opportunity to learn the basics of Lithuanian language and culture. The EU and Brazil today signed an agreement to develop 5G, the next generation of communication networks. The Commission also started work on an action plan to deploy the technology in the EU by 2020. The European Social Innovation Competition will be launched by the European Commission on 25 February. The event, which takes place in a different city every year, is being held this year in Amsterdam in partnership with the municipality. The 2016 competition will focus on social innovation for refugees and migrants. The event is free and open to everyone in Europe with inspiring and creative ideas on the subject. VU Rector Artūras Žukauskas: New Scientific Infrastructure shall Release Scientific VU Potential2016-02-25, 16:38Interaction of science, education and business is a major success factor in nowadays economy. |
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