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Description
The project consists of mobilities between Gdansk University of Technology in Poland and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO), Bergen School of Architecture (NO) and Haskolinn i Reykjavik (IS). The project therefore enables increased mobility opportunities in higher education between Poland, Norway and Iceland, and will be carried out in the scope of:
a. Student mobility:
- Outgoing mobilities of Polish students to Donor States,and incoming mobilities of students from the Donor States for study periods lasting from 3 to 12 months within an academic year.
- Outgoing mobilities of Polish students to Donor States, and incoming mobilities of students from the Donor States for work placements from lasting from 2 to 12 months within an academic year.
b. Staff mobility:
- Teaching assignment-based mobilities of academic teachers between Poland and the Donor States for a period of between one day and six weeks (a minimum of eight hours of teaching at the partner institution must be provided during one week of mobility)
- HEI staff mobility between Poland and the Donor States for job shadowing, participation in seminars, training, workshops and conferences aimed at improving skills and expanding knowledge in a given field for a period of between one day and six weeks.
Summary of project results
The university applied for funding under the project to support the development of cooperation between Gdańsk University of Technology and universities from the EEA countries participating in the programme.
Gdańsk University of Technology has indeed succeeded in developing this cooperation, but by means other than those envisaged in this project.
First of all, the university joined a consortium as part of the European Universities Initiative, with NTNU as one of the partners. As part of the cooperation, mobility with this university was realised, but not of a teaching or training nature.
Mobility with the Bergen School of Architecture has also been planned, but for the academic year 2023/24, which is not covered by the funding of this project. The mobility is implemented as part of the Erasmus+ programme.
Mobility in cooperation with Iceland also took place during the project period, but with universities not covered by this agreement.
Summary of bilateral results
Cooperation with the partner institutions involved in the project took place in the period before the project application was submitted and continues now.Despite the fact that the mobility foreseen in the project could not be realised, the cooperation is still active.The inability to realise the mobility was related, on the one hand, to the fact that the universities are only just returning to pre-pandemic mobility levels and, on the other hand, to the fact that the scale of the project was so small compared to other projects implemented by the partners that it was not included in the canon of projects whose implementation was considered a strategic action.