After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University (VU) is again organising inter-faculty debates in English. This year the theme of the debate is "Leadership in Times of Crisis".

The winners of the digital twins hackathon DIGITWIN organised by the KTU Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (FCEA), which started on 4 November, have been revealed. Of the 14 teams that participated and presented their ideas in the first phase, 11 teams continued to develop their prototypes, and presented them to the jury on 2 December. Ideas ranged from navigation inside buildings, occupancy monitoring of laboratories, to real-time tracking of tilting of structures and even urban air pollution warning systems. A prize fund of €4,500 was distributed to participants for the best ideas and prototypes in both rounds.

Although there have been a number of academic studies on the impact of crises on the business ecosystem and practical recommendations on how to ensure the sustainability of business processes in times of crisis, there is hardly any research on the management of business in wartime. The Business School of Vilnius University (VU) will try to fill this gap by signing a cooperation agreement with the Lviv Business School of the Catholic University of Ukraine. The researchers will undertake a relatively new area of business research - they will investigate the functioning of Ukrainian business and propose possible forms of business organisation during military conflicts.

On 30 November ATHENA Executive Board, represented by the Rectors of all 9 partner universities, approved the inclusion of two top-ranked universities in Ukraine – the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and Lviv Polytechnic National University as the associated partners of the alliance. This decision will be followed by signing the Memoranda of Understanding.

Circuloop, a pilot preaccelerator project to develop products and services based on circular economy principles, is launching in Lithuania. The project will help both existing companies and start-ups to integrate circular design principles into their business model, to develop and improve products and services, to reduce environmental pollution, and at the same time to generate profits.

The latest subject rankings of the country’s educational institutions were published today. Vilnius University (VU) was the best performer in the ranking, as it is every year – the University was declared the leader in more than one-third of the evaluated bachelor’s degree programmes and almost half of the master’s degree programmes. This year, VU has improved its position in 7 bachelor’s and 5 master’s study fields.

Everyone in the hardware industry – from students to experienced engineers - is invited to take advantage of a unique opportunity to prototype advanced electronic solutions and develop start-ups together with experts. The "Rethinking Hardware" hackathon will take place on 9-11 December at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University's Creativity and Innovation Centre "LinkMenų fabrikas". The organisers of the hackathon – "Bridgio Tech Accelerator" and VILNIUS TECH "LinkMenų fabrikas", supported by "Promwad", an electronics design house, focusing on future technologies – e-mobility, smart homes, IoT and others – will open up a space where participants can work on innovative ideas and turn them into real projects. The hackathon's main cash prize is 1500 eur and the whole prize pool worth is 3500 eur.

Thinking about studying in Northern Europe? Aiming for science-based education in one of the best universities in the region? Now is the perfect time to finalise your decision, while admissions to Kaunas University of Technology spring semester are still open. Choose your study programme and apply until December 15, 2022.

“Clarivate“ as the world’s most influential researcher has awarded Linda D. Hollebeek, Senior Research Fellow at Vilnius University’s Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (VU FEBA).

What are employers and recruiters in Lithuania, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and France looking for? How to prepare a successful Curricula Vitae (CV) to apply for job and internship offers in these Arqus countries? What are the special characteristics of the above local labour markets? The Alliance has just published a series of short videos in English that introduce key content about how to prepare a good CV and a cover letter in some of the Arqus Universities’ countries. The videos also provide students and graduates with relevant tips and other resources to foster their employability opportunities.