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Application for Accommodation for 2021/2022 Spring Semester
Starting from December 1st, 2021, Vytautas Magnus University is accepting applications for new incoming international students for accommodation in VMU dormitories during the Spring semester 2021/2022.
A Tool for Hate Speech Detection on the Internet is Being Developed
As the number of online hate comments increases, artificial intelligence comes to the aid: researchers from Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), together with the Lithuanian Human Rights Center, European Foundation of Human Rights and the Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania are developing a tool that will help to automatically detect and remove cases of hate speech, for instance, in the comment sections of news portals. According to one of the project developers, Professor Tomas Krilavičius, Dean of the VMU Faculty of Informatics, the development of such a tool is quite challenging: people themselves often find it difficult to recognize hate speech, and artificial intelligence needs to be thoroughly trained to do so.
Transform4Europe Strategic Assembly Meeting will Take Place Online
The very first Transform4Europe Strategic Assembly will take place on Friday, 3 December 2021, from 9.00–10.45 and we warmly welcome you to take part in it. The Alliance has now already been working for one year and we have already achieved so much by collaborating with each other – the Strategic Assembly offers the perfect setting to celebrate, reflect and discuss this first year. Our excellent speakers will present exciting input on the work of the alliance, as you can see in the agenda.
Values of organizations and employees – why spells don’t work?
Companies are investing in order to increase their competitiveness and attractiveness in the eyes of the public. Both the higher-skilled employee and the attractive image of the employer have to be fought for. Various means are used to achieve this goal: by introducing new management methods, hiring various consultants, developing employee motivation programs and by promoting the name of an attractive employer in the labor market. Such actions are costly, but they do not always guarantee the expected result and sometimes they result the skeptical reactions. Maybe the recipe for success can be much simpler, for example, to take into account the values and attitudes of certain generations of employees and look for common ground? Experts of the Faculty of Economics and Management of Vytautas Magnus University analyze these processes and provide answers to such type of the questions: chief researcher, prof. dr. Jolita Vveinhardt and doctoral student Povilas Foktas.
National Forum on Human Rights to Focus on Various Forms of Violence
On December 10, the Human Rights Day, the 4th National Forum on Human Rights (NFHR) will be organised at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and online. The event invites the public to discuss the current human rights situation in Lithuania, which is improving in some areas, but still does not receive the necessary attention from decision-makers in others.
VMU held a Strategic Communication Workshop for Transform4Europe
VMU Transform4Europe team organized a Strategic Communication Workshop to discuss the ambitious goals of the Alliance and the ways to implement them. The workshop took place on November 19th and was attended by VMU academic and non-academic staff, Transform4Europe alliance coordinators and student representatives.
China and CEE International Cooperation: Strategies and Allocations
Centre for Asian Studies cordially invites participants from various academic disciplines of social sciences and humanities to participate at the scientific conference “China and Central and Eastern Europe International Cooperation: Strategies and Allocations”, which will take place online on 21 December, 2021.
VMU Career Day 2021
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Career Centre invites all international students participate the VMU Career Day virtual event on November 29th, 5 PM, on the MS “Teams” platform. Estimated event duration – 1 hour.
Open letter regarding persecution of Artsiom Bayarski
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) expresses its deep concern regarding the persecution of the member of its academic community, Artsiom Bayarski, a first-year student of Biotechnology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Competition for VMU Graduate Ignas Bielevičius Nominal Scholarship
Mr. Ignas Bielevičius, a graduate of Vytautas Magnus University’s (VMU) Faculty of Informatics (IF) who graduated from the university in 2009, has established one-off nominal scholarships for VMU students, one of which is 500 euros, in 2020. The purpose of this scholarship is to financially encourage students for their successful study results and active scientific and/or social activities.
