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"Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu (LBUS) Internationalization Strategy is developed to support the following directions: curricula enhancement, research, learning and teaching activities, institutional development as well as students and academic staff mobilities. The mobility project is needed to develop mobilities with universities from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, well renown as educational poles, with sufficient funding for expensive country like the Nordic ones, which would not be possible otherwise. LBUS will encourage the implementation of best practices in order to improve the quality of education, contribute to the harmonization of higher education and research area, and to identify the needs for common curriculum development, also this will strengthen the links among EEA donor states and will promote intercultural dialogue. Partnership will ensure a fruitful cooperation of mutual benefit and will strengthen the bilateral relations between Romania and donor states, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Direct beneficiaries will be students, in all cycles of studies, who will have the chance to experience a new study and practice environment, which will ensure a smoother inclusion on the labor market. Also academic staffs, both teachers and administrative staffs, will experience new methods of teaching and job shadowing, having the opportunity afterwards to use the acquired knowledge in their future career and activities. The partnership project is entitled to encourage and facilitate a very close cooperation between LBUS and EEA donor state partners for the best implementation of the mobility project, in order to achieve the mentioned objectives of the project. The roles of the partners will be to provide relevant support to staff and students participating in the mobilities and to ensure that the cooperation will lead to sustainable and balanced outcomes for all the involved partners.
Summary of project results
The objective of project implemented at LBUS was to create sustainable networks and to enhance the international cooperation capacity between universities from EEA states, through the academic mobility, the improvement of transparency and recognition of studies and also through the improvement of staff skills and qualifications.
For a good implementation of the project, the following activities were undertaken:
- promotion and dissemination of the mobility opportunities offered through the project,
- organisation of the selection procedures for SMS/SMP/STA/STT
- nomination of the beneficiaries to the donor states partner universities
- organisation, in cooperation with the NO partners, of the beneficiaries mobilities
- organisation of Info sessions for beneficiaries
For the available student’s mobility flows, 3 students followed study a mobility at the partner Norwegian universities. Two students started the SMS mobility in the first semester of the academic year and one of them extended the mobility period for the second semester as well. The other student followed the SMS mobility, during the second semester of the academic year.
One student selected for a SMP cancelled her mobility at University of Liechtenstein due to COVID restrictions in the partner university along with the partner’s incapacity of welcoming the students in the university.
All students were able to fulfil their academic requirements and gain a great academic and personal experience.
During the implementation period of the project, 1 academic staff followed a Teaching Mobility at Reykjavik University, in the field of ICT’s.
There have also been planned 2 other staff mobilities, 1 STA and 1 STT at USN in 2021, but due to COVID restrictions and the fact that the partner university could welcome a restricted number of teachers, these mobilities have been cancelled
LBUS aimed at increasing the number of mobilities of teachers and students in all three cycles, for study and placement. Thus, the proposed number of staff mobilities aimed to identify new collaboration opportunities for students exchanges, both outgoing and incoming, to develop new bilateral collaboration on new study fields.
Summary of bilateral results
One of the assumed main goals of LBUS is the internationalization of studies and through the bilateral partnership, LBUS strived to keep up with the EU education development, in order to assure its students, the best conditions to reach up with the nowadays European education for easier future access and integration on the labor market.The partnership ensured a fruitful cooperation of mutual benefit and strengthened the bilateral relations between Romania and donor states (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) partner universities.For the achievement of the proposed objectives of the project, LBUS and its EEA partner universities strongly collaborated to encourage and facilitate the implementation of the projects’ activities.The role of the partners was to provide relevant support to staff and students participating in the mobilities and to ensure that the cooperation will lead to sustainable and balanced outcomes for all the involved partners.Within the bilateral partnership, were undertaken activities in order to improve curricula and introduce new topics and courses through transnational collaboration between universities.