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Description
The cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (formerly with Gjovik University College) started more than a decade ago and has been slowly developing since then.
The Mobility for Development of Universities (MODUS II) project will allow new partnerships to be created and the already established partnerships to be developed thanks to mobility of 27 staff members (15 from UPa to NTNU and 12 from NTNU to UPa). Mobility is intended for academic and administrative staff and researchers (by type of mobility) who can communicate in English and who is willing to participate actively in the planned activities at the host institution. Upon return from mobility, the person is expected to use newly acquired experience and knowledge in favour of their work for the home university and, above all, to continue with co-operation initiated during mobility. The participants will be selected in a transparent way by a selection procedure.
Activities to carry out during mobility are designed to both enable the professional development of participants (training, job shadowing, sharing knowledge and experience), and also provide opportunity to develop existing cooperation (discussions on relevant topics).
Summary of project results
The project MObility for Development of UniversitieS (MODUS II) provided an opportunity to
establish and expand cooperation between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Pardubice. The cooperation started more than a decade ago and this mobility project gave us the opportunity to revive previous cooperation and, especially, to expand the partnership also to other faculties, departments and academic fields. Norwegian partner institution merged with other two Norwegian universities five years ago so that the project intended to start cooperation also with departments of new bodies of the partner institution.
During the Project period short term mobilities of academic staff representing several faculties of the University of Pardubice as well as staff from the international offices were carried out and the exchange stays allowed participants to meet colleagues from the partner institution, to share their knowledge and to discuss possibility for new cooperation to enrich teaching and services for students.
Summary of bilateral results
Thanks to similarities in study programmes of both institutions joint projects to enrich educational activities can be run. For example, mutual on-line lessons or students´ exchange. Nowadays one of the most important strategic topics of all universities is internationalization and it is useful to know how university from another developed European country cope with this task and how the strategy of internationalization is implemented in daily practical issues and routine. And, the last but not least also several research projects are currently in preparation by academics of both institutions.