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.

Global 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.

On 17 November in Kyiv, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallström signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support educational institutions in eastern Ukraine. The document provides for an exchange of students, teacher training and improving the conditions of learning in schools in eastern Ukraine.

Harmonised EU entry and residence rules that will make it easier and more attractive for students and researchers from third countries to study or do research at EU universities were informally agreed by MEPs and ministers on Tuesday. The deal also has provisions to clarify and improve conditions for non-EU interns, volunteers, school pupils and au pairs, so as to facilitate cultural exchanges. These rules still need to be approved by Parliament as a whole and the Council of Ministers.

In response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, VMU research cluster "International Relations and Security Processes: Lithuania in Global Arena" is organizing a discussion entitled "Terrorist Attacks in Paris: What Do They Mean for Europe?" on Thursday 19 November, 11.15 a.m., at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino g. 44, Room 203).

The Baltic Institute at the German University of Greifswald will be saved, Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says.

"Conversations with Lithuanian students, entrepreneurs and creative people I met here, made me see the possibilities. This was a magical experience", says Lorenzo Piazzi, Head of DesignLibrary, which has central headquarters in Milan. Next year a branch of this unique library will be opened at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Santaka Valley. It will be the first European branch outside the central office in Italy.

The Commission issued the fourth edition of "Education and Training Monitor", which showed progress in the member states' and EU education policy while revealing the need for investment to make education more inclusive and boosting social mobility. The report is also the starting point for assessing EU countries' performance in the European Semester.