EducationFrom January to September, the Parliament ran another edition of its annual guest photographer contest. Inspired by 2015 being the European Year for Development, a new theme was announced every month, such as education, health and migration. The winners were invited to the November plenary session in Strasbourg. Read on to find out what they thought of the experience. Jan. 20th, 2016, is the deadline to apply for the joint international Doctoral (Ph.D) Degree in "Law, Science and Technology." Net neutrality is crucial to the future development of the internet. It is the principle that all online traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the type of content or platforms involved. On 27 October MEPs are set to debate and vote on new rules on net neutrality, following an agreement reached with EU governments after two years of negotiations. Ahead of the vote, find out what it is all about. Mustang won the 2015 Lux Film Prize for its moving story of five Turkish sisters who, determined to live their own lives, break with tradition. "I wanted to say with quite a sense of urgency what it was to be a woman, something which was even more acute and urgent in the case of Turkey," said director Deniz Gamze Ergüven of her film. Describing herself as "immensely honoured" upon receiving the award, the French-Turkish director said Mustang was a film that promoted European ideals. Parliament calls on member states to support the Commission's aim of increasing the share of EU humanitarian funds for the education of children in emergencies to 4% and on all host countries to help integrate child refugees in their national education systems, in a resolution passed on Thursday. It points out that education reduces the risk of young people becoming engaged in extremism. Last week the representatives of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEF) and the Vice Rector for International Relations of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) officially confirmed the launch of a brand new cooperation agreement between the institutions. From 20 November until 22 December, registration is open to the group A, B, C and D subjects (courses) of 2015/2016 spring semester for the full-time first-cycle (BA) and integrated programmes' students. Registration is available at the REGIS registration system of the VMU Student Self-Service Portal (SSP). "Metrosexual clothes, post-it's all over the place, take-away coffee mugs and those horribly uncomfortable pouf armchairs... Every epoch has its fashions, and its ways of being a bit pathetic", Dario Martinelli Head of the KTU's International Semiotics Institute ironically comments on the stereotypical "creative" work space. On the other hand, according to Martinelli, although creativity of often separated from other "non-creative" industries, when it is not, it makes "a hell of a difference". VMU International Office has announced competition for bilateral exchange studies in Japan in spring semester 2015/2016. Students wishing to apply can do so online: the deadline is 2 February 2016. Intermedix Lithuania and KTU Joined Forces: Global Day of Coderetreat Took Place in Kaunas2015-11-21, 12:13Global Day of Coderetreat – one day and one time, when millions of programmers work together. Aim of the event is the mutual exchange of experiences and deepening of programming skills. Curated by Intermedix Lithuania programmers the Global Day of Coderetreat took place at Kaunas University of Technology's (KTU) StartupSpace last Saturday. |
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