The event "Hacker Games: Vilnius" at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), demanded sleepless nights, endless creativity and successful cooperation from the participants. This was the Start-up workshop, to which they invited designers, developers, managers, marketing and other specialists, as well as people, interested in innovations and start-ups. This time the participants showed quick reaction to the recent events: one of the hackathon projects was the computer game on the notorious fugitive Igor Molotkov with an automatic weapon AK-74.

The results of Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016 have been announced on 2 December 2015. Vilnius University made its debut in the ranking with a successful result of the spot 116 joining the list of top 200 of higher education institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Soult Africa and 30 other "emerging countries".

Competition is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants. Application deadline is 31 January 2016. First stage results have been announced for both students and graduates. The placement period is 2–4 months. Traineeship must end before 30-09-2016 (for recent graduates – a year after graduation).

The biggest ever in Lithuania international astronomical conference will be held on 1-4 December 2015 in Vilnius. Astronomers from Australia, Brazil, Chile, USA and Europe are coming to this significant gathering. Dr Timo Prusti, Gerry Gilmore, Sofia Randich and many other outstanding astronomers will share their findings and insights during the 4-day event in Lithuania. VU Professor Gražina Tautvaišienė leads the Lithuanian team of researchers and conference organizers.

From 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.