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FOREST 4.0 Project to Digitalise Forest Operations
To establish a Centre of Excellence to transform the forest environment monitoring, data acquisition, and analysis, and capture value from the collected data – this was the goal set by the FOREST 4.0 project partners at the project kick-off event held at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on 10–11 May.
Ambassador of Netherlands Held Lecture on Human Rights and Security
“Human rights and security are not opposites, they complement each other. You can have no true human dignity and consideration of human rights without security. [But] you can’t have your cake and eat it too – something needs to go. The legal framework may be extremely solid, but in real life, events happen where you have to make choices and compromises that do not adhere to human rights standards. In some situations, human rights treaties are not aligned with certain security interests,” says the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Lithuania, Jack Robert Twiss Quarles Van Ufford, who gave a lecture at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on the challenges of ensuring human rights and security.
Live Concert “Music Lab“ to Take Place at VMU Faculty of Arts
May 12, 2023 (Friday) at 17:00 we invite you to the live sound concert „Music Lab“, which will take place in the inner yard of the Faculty of Arts of VMU (Muitinės str. 7, Kaunas).
VMU is hosting Online Open Days in May
International Cooperation Department invites all prospective student to join online Open Days event at Vytautas Magnus University, taking place from May 16 to May 17.
Social Work – Vocation and Profession Vital to the Country
“Social work is going through a period of upswing. COVID-19 has shown that the profession is essential to the vital functions of the state – there is not a single person left who doubts this. In the past, we used to talk only about teachers and doctors, and almost never about social workers. I think the situation is changing now. I would like as many people as possible to choose this profession – not just because you need to enrol somewhere, but to make it both a respectable profession and a profession that is strongly driven by vocation,” emphasising the importance of social work studies says the Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania Monika Navickenė, who during her visit to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) discussed the changes in social policy in Lithuania.
New 18th Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers
Right here in front of you is the eighteenth Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers, which was issued by the Career Centre of Vytautas Magnus university. In this catalogue, students will find internship and volunteering offers for enterprises, public institutions, and non-governmental organizations. We are hoping that each of you will find something useful in the pages that follow!
5th Edition of West University of Timisoara Summer School
West University of Timisoara is organizing the 5th Edition of West University of Timisoara Summer School, a multi- and inter-disciplinary event aiming to offer Bachelor and Master students the opportunity to participate in a one week or two-weeks short-term study programmes, taking place in Timisoara in June 2023.
T4EU Week at University of Silesia: Student Impressions
VMU student Fras Omer writes about his experience as a student during the Transform4Europe Week at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland on 24–28 April 2023.
Forum to Discuss Borders in Crisis
Borders and their crises are a frequent phenomenon of the recent decades: from the U.S. and Mexico to the Russian war in Ukraine. This topic will be discussed during the forum Borders in Crisis: Border Struggles and Border Violence in a Global Perspective, which will take place in Germany and online on 11-12 May. The forum is organised by the Transform4Europe partner Saarland University. Online registration is required.
A gift for university graduates – VMU Alumni ID
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in commemoration of the 34th anniversary of its restoration (founded in 1922, restored in 1989) presents a new interactive platform called "VMU alumni ID", which is integrated on https://alumni.vdu.lt/ website and invites graduates to “Join”.
