BOVA Intensive master course on Economics and Management of Rural Development is opened for registration of master level students from BOVA as well NOVA institutions with deadline November 1, 2012.

Venue: Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), Kaunas, Lithuania

Time: Distance learning part: 5 November – 30 November 2012 Meeting in person: 3 – 7 December 2012

More about course your could find in the course description.

Registration to BOVA coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it using BOVA Mobility Registration form.

As regards financial support please, contact your local BOVA, NOVA Nordplus coordinators to apply for Nordplus Express Mobility Grant.

In the frames of NOVA/BOVA Nordplus Network project  BOVA member institutions organising 2 Intensive courses for Master level students in autumn term and registration of students to the courses below is open until September 12,2012.

- Land Administration in Baltic Countries, LLU, Jelgava, Latvia, 22-26 October, 2012;

- Pomology and Fruit Sciences, ASU, Kaunas, Lithuania, 8-12 October, 2012.

All expenses will be covered by course Grant and BOVA side, as regards travel expenses you are welcome to contact your local Nordplus coordinator.

NOVA PhD Course on Applied statistics with R for the agricultural, life and veterinary sciences.

35 PhD students from NOVA and BOVA member institutions (about 20 nationalities) spend at Latvia University of Agriculture in Jelgava intensive days from August 12 to 17. This group of students devoted this summer week to study the statistical methods with the program "R" in order to help analyze their own research data. Course leader prof. Jens C.Streibig from Copenhagen University and three statisticians from KU and an instructor from Finland ran the course for the 5th time. The running of the course for NOVA and BOVA PhD students in Latvia gives a good example to other course leaders of NOVA courses that this is an excellent way to further the cooperation between NOVA and BOVA and help creating network of students and teachers  paticulary  with BOVA institutions.

Studies in this course was arranged in very intensive way, starting from 8:00 to 18:00 every day and after the dinner individual consultations at the hotel  almost until midnight under the supervision of excellent NOVA course teachers: Christian Ritz, Chistian Pipper, Catarina Simoes and Jens C. Streibig and from Switzerland Florent Baty. 

LLU is ready to host this course next years as well and welcome NOVA students and teachers.

BOVA UN made decision to prolong the annual Call for application on organisation of BOVA courses. The new deadline for Applications is September 14, 2012.

The annual Call for Application on organisation of BOVA courses for 2 levels of studies: BIMC - BOVA Intensive Master Courses and BIDC -BOVA Intensive Doctoral courses welcome teachers, researcher from BOVA member institutions to apply for BOVA course organisation. This Call is referable to the BOVA activities for the period January 2013- May 2014.

The application procedure, course requirements and other necessary information is given in the Call for Application 2013-2014

Forms required to be filled out and submitted by deadline to the BOVA Secretariat is placed here: http://www.bova-university.org/for-teachers/call-for-application.html

BOVA member institutions offers for exchange students various courses and course packages.

Please, visit each BOVA member institution web pages to find information about the courses or course packages offered and possible study opportunity for BOVA or NOVA students and other international students.

Latvia University of Agriculture in Jelgava. Courses on English

Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu.

Aleksandras Stulginskis University in Kaunas.

Veterinary Academy of Lithuanian University of Heath Sciences in Kaunas

Master level students are invited to register for BOVA Intensive mater courses which will be held in August, September and October 2012.

BOVA UN offers a range of Intensive courses with duration  of face to face part - 1 week at BOVA member institutions. Thematic of courses are differ and students are welcome to search for interested topics on Courses 2012 where detailed description of courses are given.

Registration is simple: fill in BOVA Mobility  Registration form and send to respective BOVA coordinator before the deadline. Earlier applications have preference.

Courses marked as NORDPLUS have received NORDPLUS financial support and majority of expenses of BOVA and NOVA students are covered. For other BOVA courses students are welcome to apply  for NORDPLUS Express Mobility Grants at your home institutions via BOVA coordinators.

Closest deadline for course on Causes and consequences of pollinator decline is July 1, 2012.

List of courses in 2012

Registration for any of course using BOVA Mobility Registration Form

Nordplus intensive courses in 2012 within the NOVA/BOVA Nordplus network projects:

 - Woody Biomass Plantations: Options for Cost-effective Mitigation of Climate Change Effects , LLU, Jelgava, Latvia, 26-30 March, 2012;

- Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Rural Development , EMU, Tartu, Estonia, 5-9 March 2012;

- Evaluation of Quality of Poultry Meat and Eggs , LSMU-VA, Kaunas, Lithuania, 19-23   March, 2012;

- Causes and consequences of pollinator decline, EMU, Jarvselja, Estonia, 5-11 August, 2012;

- Land Administration in Baltic Countries, LLU, Jelgava, Latvia, 22-26 October, 2012;

- Pomology and Fruit Sciences, ASU, Kaunas, Lithuania, 8-12 October, 2012.

There are two courses planned to be offered in the autumn term 2011 very closely related with the actual  items in landscape architecture and planning but at the same time with the interdisciplinary approach making course interesting for students from various fields of studies.

First course is on Master level: "Landscape studio" , 24th-28th October, 2011, Latvia University of Agriculture, Jelgava, Latvia.

More information http://www.bova-university.org/for-students/courses-in-2011.html Course is cancelled.

Second course is on Doctoral level: "Communicating landscape in community processes", 17th-21st October, 2011, Latvia University of Agriculture, Jelgava, Latvia.

More information:http://www.bova-university.org/for-students/bidc-2011.html

The registration for the courses is open. Deadline is September 1 and September 15 respectively.

Courses is adressed primarly to the students from BOVA member institutions, NOVA students are kindly welcome to apply for participation.

Master students is asked to contact local NORDPLUS coordinators to get financial support, PhD students is asked to cover travel expenses on your own.

Students outside BOVA or NOVA is legible to apply for participation hovewer the participation fee will be charged.

BOVA UN announce the annual Call for Application for organization of BOVA Intensive courses on 2 levels: BIMC - BOVA Intensive Master courses and BIDC - BOVA Intensive Doctoral Courses. This call is referable to the BOVA activities for the period January 2012 - May 2013.

Teachers, researchers from BOVA member institutions are welcome to apply for BOVA course organization to improve their international teachers' skills and work in the the international environment. The application procedure, course requirements and other necessary information is described in the Call for Application 2012-2013.

Deadline for Application is May 31st, 2011.

Forms to be filled in placed here: http://www.bova-university.org/for-teachers/call-for-application.html

Intensive course on Renewable Energy Technologies  for MSc students was the last course from the range of courses supported by the NORDPLUS programme in 2010/2011 study year within the NOVA/BOVA Nordplus network project which took place in Kaunas at the Lithuanian University of Agriculture from April 11-15, 2011.

The participants from 5 partner institutions took part in this course (LLU, LZUU, EMU, HU-AF, UEF), the interest about this course was big among the students and as the class size is limited unfortunately not all applicants were accepted.

This big interest just prove the importance of course topic and as well the importance of teaching team which in this case consist of leading specialists from 3 Baltic countries and Finland.

Course leader, professor Kestutis Navickas from LZUU using already established contact via different research projects, conferences and other international events formed very strong International teaching team, where each country presenting the topics where they are best of. For example, about Wind Energy lecture will be given by lecturer from EMU, about Solar Energy and Bio fuels by lecturers from LLU, lecturer from HU-AF will teach about Energy Analysis on Bio energy Systems, but majority of topics such as Renewable Energy Resources in general, Environmental Considerations , Hydro power Development etc. will by covered by lecturers from LZUU, the main course initiators organising similar course already for the 3rd time.

Before this intensive week students had the distance learning part which consisted of individual tasks and pre readings and the course will be ended by presentation of group work and tasks for individual work.

More about this course in Courses in 2011.