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02/2021 2 CURRENT TOPICS ...... Professor Çiğdem İşsever Appointed Director of the Ox- FUBiS on Demand Moves Online This Year ford | Berlin Research Partnership Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter Professor Çiğdem İşsever has been the Academic Director University (FUBiS) will once again offer its “On Demand” pro- of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) partnership with the gram in March 2021. This program specifically tailored to the University of Oxford since January 1, 2021. A second academic University of Tokyo will be hosted online this year. director will be appointed at the University of Oxford as her More information counterpart. The position was recently created to strengthen the governance structure of the partnership and to give even Information on the New Erasmus+ Program Generation greater consideration to academic interests. 2021–2027: Blended Intensive Learning Professor İşsever has led the Experimental High Energy Group Digitalization will play a major role in how the next gene- at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since fall 2019. She is also a ration of participants experiences the Erasmus+ program. senior scientist at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Blended learning offers an innovative new mobility format in Zeuthen. As Academic Director, she will support scientists in which students who cannot participate in regular exchanges carrying out joint projects, research proposals, and events. She combine shorter stays with a virtual component. The goal is will also coordinate the activities of the Center for Advanced to enable grant holders to engage in flexible and innovative Studies (CAS), which was founded in July 2020, and thus learning and teaching. advance research in the Grand Challenge Initiatives “Social Cohesion” and “Global Health.” Blended intensive programs (BIP) are an innovation planned More information for the next call for applications. The development of short and intensive joint mobility curricula and activities will offer Second Installment of the Una Europa Podcast Now students and university staff the opportunity to participate in Online short in-person exchanges combined with digital options. What experiences and expectations do students associate with Una Europa? And what does the Una Europa Student Board Proposals require collaborative plans between at least three do? In the second episode of the Una Europa Podcast, we universities from three different program countries, who take a look at the European university alliance from a student then work out the finer details together. If you are interes- perspective. Members of the Una Europa Student Board ted in applying for funding for a blended intensive learning Alexander Clark from Leuven and Weronika Łukaszyńska from program, please contact Gesa Heym, Erasmus+ Institutional Krakow talk to host Felix Hoffmann from Berlin about their Coordinator Europe at [email protected] – preferably work, experiences during the pandemic, and what advantages by mid March 2021. the network offers students. The podcast is available here. More information NEWSLETTER INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER
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