Description
The project aims to strengthen and intensify international student and staff exchange between partner institutions in Norway, Iceland and Slovenia. The project partner institutions are Hedmark University College, Norway, University of Akureyri, Iceland, and Environmental Protection College, Slovenia. Another long term goal of the project is to lay the foundations for further cooperation between the institutions in the field of education and research. Through intensive cooperation the project represents an opportunity to expand the institution's network with new partners in the future. The target groups of the project are students, teachers, researchers and other institutional staff. Students will get the opportunity to improve their knowledge and soft skills in an international environment. Teachers, researchers and other institutional staff will be able to improve their professional knowledge, gain an international educational experience, and participate in activities such as job shadowing and team working.
Summary of project results
Partner institutions in the project are Hedmark University College, Norway, University of Akureyri, Iceland and Environmental Protection College (EPC), Slovenia. Project helps to strenghten and intensivate international students and staff mobility between partner instutions in Norway, Iceland and Slovenia. Project also aims to create good conditions for further cooperation between partner institutions in the field of education, training and research. Project addresses through more intensive cooperation with partner institutions the opportunity to spread institution's network with some new partners in the future. Target groups of the project are partners students, teaching, research and other staff. Students will get the opportunity to improve their knowledge and soft skills in international environment. Teaching, research and other staff will get the opportunity to improve their proffessional knowledge, international educational experience, job shadoving, team working etc.. Role of partners are as a host institution and as a guest institution for exchange students and staff.
Summary of bilateral results
The donor project partner’s got the opportunity for dissemination of knowledge, work experiences, job shadowing, administrative and technical support. The partnership achieve the main goals: to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of education and training, further cooperation in other fields such as research, joint study programmes, cultural and social dimension, etc. The wider effects that the partnership has are: we knew each other much more in many points of view: us HEIs, in person (teaching and administrative staff met each other), our students got the opportunity for mobility to donor countries, projects partner etc. EPC’s director and dean had meeting with the dean of the partner institution, international coordinators met each other, teaching staff met each other, they share knowledge, pedagogical and other experiences.