On May 15-19, 2023. Warsaw University of Technology organised an international workshop "Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities - Phantom Menace or New Hope?" with the participation of 28 students from 8 universities and 6 countries. The workshop continued the online classes conducted from March 1, 2023, by an international group of experts from ENHANCE partner universities led by Prof. Robert Olszewski from the Department of Geodesy and Cartography at WUT. They were conducted within the framework of the Erasmus+ program (Blended Intensive Programme) in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and RWTH in Aachen. Thanks to NAWA funding, 7 students from Ukraine (Kyiv Polytechnic University and Lviv Polytechnic University) participated. Workshop participants will receive 4 ECTS credits.
On 16-18 May 2023, the employees of the Centre for International Cooperation Magdalena Bobryk and Olga Świderska participated in the Staff Week at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). The Estonian university was also visited by representatives of 14 other European universities (including staff from WUT’s partner universities in the ENHANCE Alliance – RWTH Aachen and Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) and from the University of Mohamed Khider in Biskra, Algeria.
On May 15-19, 2023. The Foreign Language Center and the Center for International Cooperation were visited by the Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics at Kyiv Polytechnic University and lecturers of English from the Foreign Language Studio and the Faculty of Linguistics at Kyiv Polytechnic University and Lviv Polytechnic University. Both Ukrainian universities are ENHANCE Network Partners. The visit was organized by the Foreign Language Center in cooperation with the Center for International Cooperation of the Warsaw University of Technology within the framework of the "Solidarity with Ukraine - European Universities" project.
From May 2-6, 2023, at the Technical University of Berlin, a group of young people aged 15-18 from Poland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Germany participated in the ENHANCE Future Lab project. It was aimed at creating a vision of the university of the future in the eyes of high school students. In an international team, under the guidance of trainers, discussions were held about the current state and future of higher education. Current challenges of higher education and education systems in different countries were identified. Poland was represented by 3 students from the 17th Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski High School in Warsaw.
On May 15, 2023 Prof. Krzysztof Zaremba, Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology, participated in the First Conference of European Universities organized by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System - National Agency for the Erasmus+ Program. Prof. Zaremba, together with other rectors of Polish technical universities, discussed the role of alliances of European universities in this process in the panel "European Universities as a path to an innovative economy".
On 15 May 2023, the second part of the "Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities - Phantom Menace or New Hope?" workshop was inaugurated. Warsaw University of Technology organised the event as part of the Erasmus+ (Blended Intensive Program) in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH). Thanks to NAWA funding, it was attended by seven students from Ukraine. The Center for International Cooperation submitted the application for funding within the framework of the "Solidarity with Ukraine" - European Universities program.
Centre for International Cooperation is responsible for organisation and support of the international activity of the Warsaw University of Technology.
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