EducationProtest of the Polish community against the closure of Polish Philology in Vilnius2017-07-21, 11:39The Association of Poles in Lithuania and the Association of Polish Schools Teachers in Lithuania "Macierz Szkolna” express their dissatisfaction about the sudden interruption of the recruitment process for Polish philology at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and turn to the highest Lithuanian authorities with a demand to restore the possibility to educate young people in this field of studies. “I was not sure what a work in Google may bring. I remember thinking: if I fail, I will at least have an impressive CV. However, 6 years after, I am still happy to work for the company”, says Aleksej Viktorcik. Aleksej, who graduated from Applied Mathematics in 2010, is working at Google office in Zurich, Switzerland. On June 7, professors and doctoral students of the Department of Natural Sciences of Klaipėda University went to a scientific conference, the 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress in Germany. Instead of the usual means of transport, KU scientists chose a voyage by the Baltic Sea on a tallship Brabander. From the fall of 2017, former Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) exchange student Viktoria Babenko from Ukraine plans to study in the European and International Business Law Master's programme. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) start-up incubator Startup Space is one of the two finalists from Lithuania in the European Enterprise Promotion Awards, organised by the European Commission together with the Ministry of Economy of Republic of Lithuania. Lithuania has risen 8 places in the European Innovation Scoreboard, published by the European Commission. By rising from 24th up to 16th position, the Lithuania now lies ahead of Poland, Latvia, Spain, Slovakia and Hungary. The 5-th international summer school “VGTU-CalPoly‘2017” started at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) last week. Within 5 weeks period 23 students from the California State Polytechnic University (CalPoly) and 10 Civil Engineering students from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) are studying and working together, tutored by the joint academic staff from both the partner institutions, VGTU and CalPoly. From July 3rd-7th, 2017, Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) will be hosting the 7th Erasmus International Staff Exchange Week on campus. Meet Najeeb Hasan – a Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) graduate from India, who graduated from KTU in 2015. During the interview back then, he was an intern at United Nations headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. Now, two years later, Najeeb is not only fully employed by UN, but also has a diplomatic status. |
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