University News
Transform4Europe: Representatives of Partner Universities visited VMU
On September 15-17, Vytautas Magnus University was visited by the partners of the European University, Transform4Europe Alliance: a delegation from the University of Silesia in Katowice (USil) from Poland and representatives of the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA). We are delighted and proud that Vytautas Magnus University was chosen as the first destination for an experience sharing visit among Transform4Europe partners.
International Conference about Migration, Diaspora and Border studies
Vytautas Magnus university as a Part of GlocalEAst consortium organizes a conference “Teaching methodologies and approaches to border, migration and diaspora studies” on 23rd of September 2021. During the conference Lithuanian and international scholars and experts will discuss actual challenges of the field and prof. Krzysztof Czyżewski will deliver a key-note speech “I am with You. Practising the Borderland”.
Internship at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
VMU International Cooperation Department is pleased to inform you that the Internship Programme at the prestigous Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is open for applications.
Invitation to a Conference about Baltics-East Asia ties
This and next year Baltic states will celebrate multiple anniversaries commemorating the establishment of diplomatic relations with East Asian states: 100 years since the first bilateral relations and 30 years since re-establishment. On this occasion, the Centre for Asian studies is inviting researchers interested in East Asia and Baltic states, to submit proposals to academic conference “A Century of Connections: Historical ties Between the Baltic and East Asia Regions”, which will be taking place at Vytautas Magnus University on March 11-12, 2022.
Fourth Leonidas Donskis Memorial Conference and Concert
On September 21, 2021, the Fourth Leonidas Donskis Memorial Conference will be held at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. The Donskis memorial Conferences are held in memory of Leonidas Donskis, the prominent Lithuanian scholar and opinion maker who unexpectedly passed away on that day five years ago. The conferences are meant to keep the memory of him alive, and discuss topics that were close to his heart.
The best evaluated teachers by students at VMU in 2020-2021
The quality of teaching influences successful learning at the university, and students' opinion about teaching and learning help to reveal the strengths of studies, meet the issues to be improved and make decisions to maintain a high level of study quality. The survey of VMU students “Teaching and Learning Evaluation” is in progress every semester to find out experiences in study courses, to analyze the reasons for positive and negative evaluation, and the results of the survey are used to identify the teachers that are mostly acknowledged by students in the University academic divisions.
