Erasmus Staff Training Week, third edition 2016

Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara/ West University of Timisoara is very pleased to announce its third edition of the Erasmus Staff Training Week: 18th – 22nd April 2016. Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara (UVT) is the main higher education and research center in Western Romania. It is a comprehensive university that fosters interdisciplinary, including 11 faculties with their respective departments, as well as a Department of Teacher Training. The faculties functioning within the framework of UVT are: Arts and Design; Chemistry, Biology, Geography; Economics and Business Administration; Law; Letters, History and Theology; Mathematics and Informatics; Music and Theatre; Physical Education and Sports; Physics; Political Sciences, Philosophy and Communication Sciences; Sociology and Psychology. Our Erasmus Staff Training Week targets all staff members from UVT’s partner universities interested in knowing more about us, as well as exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of the new Erasmus+ Programme and other processes of internationalization in the field of higher education in Europe and worldwide. Our Programme includes: presentations of UVT’s 11 faculties all actively involved in Erasmus+ exchanges, presentation of our Department of International Relations and the Erasmus Office within it, job shadowing for all our participants, visit at the museum, networking and farewell dinners at nearby famous gourmet restaurant and vineyard. During the time spent together we will discuss various means and approaches to support all Erasmus+ participants in our universities in order to make them feel at home and offer optimum international study/placement/teaching/training conditions. Therefore, we would like to invite you all to share knowledge and good practices with us in Timişoara, the biggest city in the West of Romania. Should you be interested in participating in our Erasmus Staff Training Week, 3rd edition 2016, please fill in the application form (available here) by the 20th of March 2016. Participation fee: 80 euros/ person – to be paid upon arrival. The participation fee includes: coffee breaks Mo-Fri, networking dinner and farewell dinner.

Looking forward to meeting you in Timişoara!