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Digital Sea Conference will hold discussions about Blue Economy
The importance of the blue economy is growing in the European Union: its contribution to the national budgets is increasing, the number of jobs created is growing, and the importance of sustainable aquaculture for nature, people and their food chain is becoming increasingly clear. In addition, the blue energy from the sea represents a huge unrealised potential for energy that will in the near future attract a large amount of investment, generate significant economic returns for society, help protect the environment and strengthen energy independence. The political and business leaders will discuss effective digital solutions to enable Lithuania’s blue economy at the Digital Sea Conference on the 8th of July.
From September VMU students will receive larger scholarships
During the last meeting of VMU Senate of 2020 – 2021, which took place on June 23rd, 2021, together with the VMU Student Representative Council, a decision was made to amend and supplement the existing provisions of the VMU Scholarship Description Procedure, which in addition to procedural changes, expands the circle of first-year students who would be eligible to apply for it, and also increases the sizes of scholarships that are already awarded to students who achieve the best academic results.
Prof. Avižienis: Boeing Airplanes Crashed Due to Lack of Extra Sensors
Two new Boeing 737 MAX airplanes crashed with the loss of 346 lives because Boeing did not install a pair of redundant Angle-of-Attack (AoA) sensors in addition to the original two AoA sensors that are on both sides of the 737 MAX nose. This assertion has been presented on June 22 at DSN 2021, the 51st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks that is being held virtually from Taipei, Taiwan on June 21-24, 2021. The author is Algirdas Avižienis, Ph.D. (U. of Illinois, 1960), who is a Senior Researcher and Rector Emeritus at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas, Lithuania as well as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Opportunities: Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers
Vytautas Magnus University's (VMU) Career Centre invites everyone looking for an internship and volunteering place to review the newly published, fourteenth VMU Internship and Volunteering catalogue for university students. In this catalogue, students will find internship and volunteering offers of enterprises, public institutions, non-governmental organizations. We are hoping that each of you will find something useful in the pages that follow!
VMU Signed Memorandums of Understanding With Two UK Universities
In a ceremony at the British Embassy in Vilnius on 14 June, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) signed memorandums of understanding with two universities of the United Kingdom: the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the University of Strathclyde. This partnership allows students to acquire a combination of British and Lithuanian education which will raise their competences and professionalism to an international level.
The most active VMU students were awarded scholarships
Since 2016, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in cooperation with UAB “Intermedix Lietuva” annually establishes seven one-time scholarships of 200 EUR which are awarded to the final-year students of the 1st and 2nd cycle of the full-time study form or integrated studies. Scholarships are offered for students with higher academic achievements (total grades average, except for final semester, must be 9 or higher) with a priority with higher grades average, and strong involvement in social and public activities within the university and outside of it.
VMU Will Hold Graduation Ceremonies
On 21-23 June, Vytautas Magnus University will be holding its graduation ceremonies, bidding farewell to the university's latest graduates.
VMU hosted a conference about sustainable development of bioeconomy
On May 20-21, the second online conference Sustainable Bioeconomy Development 2021: Adaptation to Climate Change took place in Vytautas Magnus University (VMU). The event was organised by the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development of VMU Agriculture Academy in cooperation with the Faculty of Economics and Social Development of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. The plenary and panel discussions and seminars welcomed the experts of social sciences from Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, and Slovakia.
VMU Condemns the Events in Belarus and Calls for Unity
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) has voiced its concern over the events in Belarus, condemning the Belarusian government’s actions that restrict human rights and expressing solidarity with the European Humanities University (EHU) and other institutions that aim to remedy the complicated situation.
Students share their reasons to join them at the VMU Music Academy
Students of Vytautas Magnus University's (VMU) Piano department share their reasons to join them and study at the VMU Music Academy.
