The Way for International Studies around the Baltic Sea!

NOVA BOVA Seminar in Tartu

BRIDGING COUNTRIES - BRIDGING GENERATION

Tartu, Estonia, May 3-4

Hosting institution: Estonian University of Life Sciences

Program          Seminar venue map             Photogallery from seminar

Presentations from the seminar:

Current trends in higher education policy in Estonia: Higher Education Reform 2013+,  Anders Koppel, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research

Introduction to Tartu and Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) , Mait Klaassen, rector of EMU, BOVA rector

Green nature in the areas around the Baltic Sea, Professor Ulo Niinemets, EMU

E-learning - what we learn with pleasure we never forget , Meeli Voore, e-learning coordinator, Estonian University of Life Sciences

Social Business for education and beyond, Timo Pentikainen, IBM Software Social Business Solution Architect

NordForsk: Development of Nordic-Baltic Cooperation in Research, Harry Zilliacus, Senior Adviser, NordForsk

Agricultural challenges and university teaching, Professor  Jukka Kola, vice rector, Helsinki University

Active learning: The key to development of lifelong learning skills, Professor Peter van Beukelen, Utrecht University

The future of forestry in the Nordic-Baltic region , Dr. Vilis Brukas, North European Regional Office of European Forest Institute

Urbanization, Water resources and Climate change , Dr. Laima Taparauskiene, vice rector of research, Aleksandras Stulginskis University

WORKSHOPS: How to design better NOVA or BOVA courses?

Active learning at a course, Hanni Muukkonen, Senior lecturer in pedagogy, HU-AF

MINISYMPOSIA

Baltic Research Funding: Baltic Compass, NRT participant Reactions to Emerging Findings,   Staffan Lund, Grants Office, SLU

Running NOVA PhD courses in collaboration with BOVA - experiences from a successful course, Professor Jens Carl Streibig, KU-SCIENCE

Adult Education, Lilian Arriva, Senior specialist, EMU

NOVA/BOVA Nordplus Network, Thorbjorg Valdis Krisjansdottir, NOVA/Nordplus coordinator, LBHI

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NOVA/BOVA Nordplus Network Workshop/Exhibition, BOVA Student Council meeting

March 23 – 24, 2011
Latvia University of Agriculture, LLU
Jelgava, Latvia
Representatives of 13 partners institutions from NOVA and BOVA during 2 days of this Nordplus project activity in Jelgava focused on the spreading the information to all interested persons about study and exchange possibilities in their own institution's using Nordplus Mobility or other means as well participants have been introduced with faculties of LLU, discussed the ideas of possible wider cooperation with faculty representatives and among the network members. The main target group of this exhibition were students and teaching staff of LLU but at the same time this was the event for network coordinators to get better overview of processes going on in partner institutions and exchange of the best practice.

At the same dates the first meeting of newly established BOVA Student Council took place in Jelgava and BOVA SC members have opportunity to get in contact with all Nordplus coordinators, to learn about NOVA and BOVA  and this event was as an introduction session before their own discussion and development of the working plan for 2011.

 

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