EducationTake part in our new guest photographer contest, inspired by 2015 being the European Year for Development. Every month until September we will be announcing a different topic linked to development. Send us your photo inspired by the theme of that month, along with the submission form and you could be invited to Strasbourg to make a photo reportage. Here are some questions to you. Are you a student coming to study in Lithuania or are you just interested in Lithuania and the Lithuanian language? Maybe you value the experience of highly qualified professionals and enjoy creative work? Or maybe you are interested in meeting interesting people from other countries? European Funding Approved for Centre of Excellence for Healthy Ageing in Lithuania2015-06-06, 10:252015 June 4–5 the kick-off meeting of the project HEALTH-TECH is taking place at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Santaka Valley. The project is aimed at founding a centre of excellence for healthy ageing. The scientists from KTU (the project coordinator), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Vilnius University together with two Scandinavian institutions – Lund University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland – collaborate on the project together. During the first stage the business plan of the centre and the plan for its sustainable activities will be created. During round table discussions at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), the representatives of business and science decided that business sector should contribute more to the training of young professionals. In order to improve practical skills of young aviation mechanics and avionics technicians, on June 1st, 2015, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) signed a contract with company "Kaunas Aircraft Maintenance Services'', carrying out ''Ryanair'' aircraft maintenance. The Cooperation Agreement was signed by Alfonsas Daniūnas, the Rector of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Karolis Čepukas, the Director of ''Kaunas Aircraft Maintenance Services''. Prayers in the intention of the protection and development of the Polish education in Lithuania2015-06-04, 23:52Last Wednesday (3rd June) community of Polish schools in Lithuania attended the Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius to pray for the protection and development of the Polish education in Lithuania. KTU Diploma for an Indian Graduate has Opened the Door to a Dream Job in the United Arab Emirates2015-06-04, 13:11After postgraduate studies at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), job search for Chris James, a graduate from India, did not take long. The talented student is now working in the largest city of one of the world's richest countries – the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Dubai. According to Chris, KTU diploma added value to his CV and helped him in getting a job he wanted. This year nearly 70 Lithuanian state scholarships will be granted for talented students to study Master's in Lithuania. Citizens of Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine who have been admitted to Kaunas University of Technology may apply for a state funded (free of charge) study place and a monthly scholarship of 380 EUR. Whereas citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – can apply for a monthly scholarship of 380 EUR. About two thousand people including students, teachers, and parents arrived on 1st June, on the International Children's Day, to the square next to the edifice of the Government of Lithuania in order to express their protest against the destruction of national minorities' education by Lithuanian authorities. In the middle of May, the contest "I am doing business! From science to start-up" ended. The contest received fifty-four entrepreneurial ideas from students of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), as well as other Lithuanian and foreign higher education institutions. Students coming to Lithuania for Erasmus+ studies or traineeship have the opportunity to learn Lithuanian language and culture and to prepare themselves for their mobility period in Lithuania. |
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