Annual Report Board of European Students of Technology 2003/04 » We Are BEST
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BEST www.BEST.eu.org » Annual Report Board of European Students of Technology 2003/04 » We are BEST Improving a student’s life is what we do in BEST. with all our pleasure for all students of technology. Offering knowledge in science and engineering, On our way through Europe we are moving our limits, cultural experiences and social contacts all over losing our fears and getting ready to take the fi rst Europe… To achieve these goals we work voluntarily steps into real life. » Content Word from the President 03 Highlights 04 Complementary Education 06 New Challenges 08 Educational Involvement 10 BEST Career Support 12 366 Days of Commitment 14 Financial Report 17 BEST in Europe 19 Local BEST Groups 20 Historical Evolution 22 Support from the Organisation 25 Partner Organisations 26 Partnership with Companies 27 » Word from the President 03 Every company recognises the need of training their environment forms the basis of their activity spread employees to get the skills needed for working in over 64 universities. The skills they gather during this nowadays complex environment. But why would you BEST period are more than just an enrichment of the wait so long? knowledge taught at school - it allows them to go for new challenges every day. BEST offers you the chance to actively support and enjoy the development of students of technology into During 2003 - 2004, BEST gave special attention to responsible engineers ready to become the managers the quality of our services. Thanks to the help of more of tomorrow. than 1500 motivated members, you will read about the nice progress achieved. Since 1989, BEST organises activities all over Europe. 500 000 students get the chance to extend their extra- In order to continue on this track the next years, I want curricular skills, to start an international career and to to invite you to cooperate with BEST. Your company discover the cultural diversity of Europe. This is done will be able to see better results than by using more in close cooperation with several companies taking standard approaches to students, and BEST will this opportunity to reach directly their target group of reach more students than ever before. potential future employees. Enjoy reading! When cooperating with BEST, your company also gets into contact with students who are passionate for working hard to offer these services to their fellow Wouter Schaekers students. Project oriented teamwork in a multicultural President of XVI board of BEST 04 » Highlights 15 Years of BEST TREE In 1989, when BEST was born during a Due to BEST members positive contribution conference in Berlin, nobody could imagine in past educational networks, BEST got the how the future would look like. Over the unique opportunity to join a new project: years, 14 member groups became 64 and Teaching and Research in Engineering in plenty of others interested. Europe (TREE), a network of universities and organisations, funded by the European In the beginning, the only possibility to meet Commission. was the biannual ‘European Conference’. Nowadays, over 100 BEST events are From autumn 2004, BEST members will not organised on yearly basis. In time, new only bring their valuable ideas to produce services and also new skills have been specifi c tools and reports to improve developed: a career centre, active input engineering teaching and research, but to educational topics and engineering also be part of the managing committee competitions. But what is most surprising: we and therefore have a strong leading role, as never lost touch with the 15 year’s old slogan: only student organisation of the network. “To promote Europe amongst Europeans”. They were visionary after all, in 1989. Target Group Quality The target audience of BEST services During the past years we found out that are “students of technology”. But what the quality of BEST Courses, our most does “technology” stand for? After a lot of important service, could not always be refl ection, we answered this question at guaranteed. That’s why we analysed the the General Assembly 2004, by defi ning situation and worked to identify the key “technology” as “applied sciences - elements all courses should have. engineering” and “science”. The result was a system to standardise We will thus promote our services only to the number of learning hours for all BEST students from these study fi elds. By October Courses. As the next goal, we want to 2004 we will update our application system reach a higher number of courses that are to ensure BEST services reach only our recognised by our universities. target group. ,g ,y , g, , Trainshops External Cooperation Trainshops are short intensive training An important contribution of strenghtening events for BEST members. Their purpose BEST services was brought by cooperation is to provide high quality training in soft with external partners. Exchange of ideas skills like presentation, leadership or with other student organisations enabled communication, as well as practical areas, BEST to develop extra capability where our like fundraising, project management or own experience was not suffi cient before. public relations. A detailed cooperation plan with BEST’s In the period 2003 - 2004 BEST organised offi cial partners was approved to bring two trainshops, which focused on the current this cooperation even at a higher level the needs of our members. The fi rst trainshop coming year. Also the received feedback tackled the management of BEST Courses, from educational partners highlights the the second one was designed to improve value of the work done in and by BEST. the fundraising skills of our members. Corporate Image This year BEST started to work on the creation of a corporate image, which will make BEST more recognizable and known all over Europe. Searching the right balance between organisation-wide standards and local fl exibility has been addressed so that results will be ready next year. 06 » Complementary Education Complementary education aims at improving the knowledge of engineering students in areas, important for their future career. BEST members fulfi l this aim by making organisational efforts and collaborating with professors to set up educational goals. » Learning Events BEST Learning Events gather around 20 students who have the opportunity to explore a specifi c fi eld of a wide range of topics. These events are also a great opportunity to experience European cultures and to start new friendships. Organiser Name of the Course Date # applications Athens “From ancient until modern times...Olympic Games came back home” Apr 15 2004 267 Barcelona Optical Communications: come and you will see the light !! Sep 12 2004 343 Belgrade Connecting Europe - Opportunities of Internet network in modern communications Jul 09 2004 146 Brasov GET Plugged: Ways of interconnection Jul 25 2004 113 Bratislava Car is Immortal - behind the scene of the car industry Aug 29 2004 178 Brussels Contemporary materials for construction: in search for the next generation building Aug 28 2004 199 tools Bucharest In BRAND We Trust - How to Develop and Promote a Brand Sep 12 2004 134 Budapest How the goods travel? - logistic management in the 21st century Aug 15 2004 258 Chania Production Engineering and Management - Total Quality Control Jul 07 2004 359 Cluj-Napoca Evolve beyond 3D. Get to the Edge of Design Jul 11 2004 111 Coimbra Polymeric Materials Applications Aug 20 2004 138 Eindhoven How To Make A Hit Record: To promote Eurodance among Europeans Apr 24 2004 176 Ekaterinburg Ekaterinburg - city on the continents crossroads Oct 03 2004 69 Ekaterinburg USTU Radioactivity in our life May 02 2004 102 Ghent Water, essential for life and economic development Aug 15 2004 229 Gliwice Sell yourself! - The BEST ways to manage and create public relations Jul 04 2004 160 Gothenburg Electromagnetic fi elds and their effects Jan 23 2004 156 Grenoble Smaller is Better - Enter the World of Micro and Nano Technologies Aug 30 2004 265 Helsinki 1-2-tree - International Forest Industry Aug 14 2004 271 Iasi Multimedia Technology for WEB Design - A project based learning environment Jul 18 2004 147 Kosice Industry & ecology - a battle a or symbiose? Feb 21 2004 212 Krakow Barrel of beer? Barrel of oil? Can you tell the difference? Jun 27 2004 61 Leuven Energy - Wake up... we’re tomorrow ! Jul 18 2004 355 Liege Medical matters under the knife of engineers Jul 11 2004 189 Lisbon ATGC(Another Truly Great Course): Biotechnology at the dawn of the XXI century Jul 30 2004 401 Ljubljana Let’s join to split atoms Apr 24 2004 164 Ljubljana Turn me on !!! - Electricity in the service of medicine Jul 03 2004 161 Organiser Name of the Course Date # applications Lodz Plasma - From Galaxies to Thin Films Apr 18 2004 120 Lodz Artifi cial Intelligence - Virtual Fight Jul 04 2004 175 Louvain-la-Neuve Medical imaging for diagnosis, image guided surgery and drug discovery Jul 18 2004 180 Lund SimRobots - Now in space! Jul 30 2004 373 Lviv Ecology in global system of investment Sep 05 2004 79 Lyon Sustainable Development : How to increase the value of our waste? Aug 30 2004 222 Madrid Design for All: Accesible Web Design Jul 19 2004 522 Maribor Let’s save the world!!! Jul 04 2004 75 Milan Enviromental resources: management & monitoring for a sustainable develope- Mar 21 2004 323 ment Naples 9001: Quality Odyssey! Sep 04 2004 222 Paris, Ecole Centrale Managing across cultures Jan 24 2004 201 Paris, Ecole Centrale Discover a great European space project Apr 20 2004 229 Paris, ENSAM Health and biotechnologies Apr 25 2004 149 Paris,