StudentPulse Surveys will be Launched at the University

Vytautas Magnus University is constantly looking for ways to improve the student experience at the university. It is very important to listen to students’ opinion and find out what factors determine successful studies, to respond to the evaluations in a timely manner, and to find solutions to change processes and create an attractive and comfortable environment.

The University has signed a cooperation agreement with the developers of the StudentPulse platform. A new student survey to measure the pulse and mood of student life will be launched in April. According to the developers of this innovative platform, it is a tool that allows quickly collect students’ feedback and, by quickly analysing the data, to take important decisions that can ensure both the quality of studies and the well-being and experience of students at the University. Frequent surveys, quick feedback, and active involvement of faculty representatives responsible for organising and implementing study processes can improve the study environment. The ability to consistently monitor the results of the surveys, to gather students’ suggestions and to better understand what students’ needs and aspirations are most important will help everyone to assess how and what could be improved in the student life of the university, in each faculty or academy.

In the spring semester of 2023, StudentPulse surveys will be opened to students in the first and second years of their Bachelor and integrated programmes, as well as to students in the first year of their Master’s degree programmes. Short surveys consisting of a few questions will be administered in line with the key stages of the study process and the rhythm of university life. The surveys will be anonymous.

We invite students to actively express their views, so that representatives of faculties or academies could feel the pulse of student life and improve together, by communicating and creating a comfortable environment for the development of successful studies!

More about StudentPulse

Registration for Interuniversity Optional Study Courses is Underway

Cooperation between Kaunas universities continues. We invite students to choose and study interuniversity optional study courses (modules) free of charge in the next academic year 2023-2024.

In 2022, students from four Kaunas universities (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuanian Sports University and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) had the opportunity to study undergraduate and postgraduate interuniversity courses in autumn and spring semesters in different Kaunas universities. This initiative has attracted a lot of interest from students, who have taken additional courses to broaden their skills. A survey of students showed that they enjoyed getting to know a different learning environment and other scientific fields, found it interesting to discuss with students from other study programmes, and were happy that they could easily combine their studies between two universities.

If you want to enrich your studies with new experiences and are interested in subjects that are not directly related to your study programme, we invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to study additionally at a different Kaunas University. We offer the following relevant competences: foreign languages, public speaking and communication, psychology, civil society, machine learning, multimedia technologies, innovation, health, physical activity, nutrition, and others. The new knowledge will help to broaden your personal and professional competences and offer additional career prospects.

Registration form. Registration is open until 25^th of June 2023. The number of places is limited.

List of Courses. Before choosing a course (module), please read its description and assess in which semester (autumn or spring) it will be delivered. You can choose one course from the same study cycle you are currently studying at and from another university.

You will be able to study an optional course (module) at other Kaunas’ university as an unclassified student and according to your university’s internal procedures you will be able to claim the credits to get recognised into your study programme at your university. Signing a contract and studying a study course (module) is free of charge.

Public lecture “The experience of world communities in the implementation of solutions for sustainable rural development”

We kindly invite to participate at the public lecture by assoc. prof. dr. Pavel Kotyza from Prague University on topic “The experience of world communities in the implementation of solutions for sustainable rural development”. The lecture will be held online on 5 April 17 p.m. (EEST).

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Date: 5 April
Time: 17 p.m. (EEST)
Place: online

Vytautas magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU AA) Faculty of Bioeconomy Development Department of Business and Rural Development Management professor dr. Vilma Atkočiūnienė

Japanese delegation from Gifu University visited VMU Agriculture Academy

This month delegation from Japan’s Gifu University visited Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU AA). During the visit, the guests got acquainted with the research conducted at the VMU Agricultural Academy, study programs and visited Academy’s laboratories. The purpose of the meeting was to establish relations with the VMU Agriculture Academy researchers, find common research directions, discuss staff and student exchanges and future joint programs. Cooperation is planned to be developed in environmental engineering, biochemistry, food safety and other areas.

Students Invited to Attend T4EU Mobility Weeks in Spain and Poland

Students who are on the lookout for broader possibilities of development have a great new opportunity to gain new knowledge, meet new people and improve important skills during Transform4Europe Mobility Weeks in Poland and Spain. The events will take place on 24–28 April in Katowice (Poland) and 9–10 May in Alicant (Spain). The registration to both events for the students is open until 27 March.

For both mobility weeks, students are able to choose to attend modules (workshops) for which 3 ECTS credits are rewarded and recognised in all partner universities of the Transfrom4Europe Alliance. Travel and accommodation expenses will be funded by T4EU.

Mobility Week in Poland

The T4E Mobility Week in Katowice will be held on 24–28 April. The focus of the event will be on changes: transformations in post-industrial regions, environmental challenges and rapid climate change.

Students are welcome to choose from five offered modules: Challenges and choices of the Anthropocene epoch; Found in translation: how to understand cultures (and nature); Negotiate your way in life and business; Metaversum and law; and Gender equality in the society. For participating in the modules, students will receive 3 ECTS credits.

All participants of the T4EU Mobility Week in Katowice will also have the opportunity to have fun in complementary activities: an integration picnic at the campus of the University of Silesia, the Grand Concert at the Academy of Music in Katowice and various walking tours dedicated to getting to know Silesia.

Application deadline is 27 March.

Call for applications

Registration

Mobility Week in Spain

T4E Mobility Week in Alicant will take place on 9–10 May. The main topic of the event is digital transformation. Students will be invited to consider the integration of digital technologies and tools into various aspects of society, including businesses, government, education, and healthcare. It involves the adoption of digital technologies such as cloud computing, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain, to enable more efficient and effective ways of working and delivering services to the public.

Students may choose one out of four workshops: Become a Knowledge Entrepreneur, From Data to Knowledge, Introduction to Music Information Retrieval and EdTech for Second Language Learning. Just like those attending the Mobility Week in Poland, students here will receive 3 ECTS credits.

Application deadline is 27 March.

Call for applications

Registration

We would also like to remind you that currently registration is also open to other mobility weeks organised by other members of the Transform4Europe Alliance. You can find out more on T4EU website.

Public lecture by business representative Łukasz Lewandowski

Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU AA) Faculty of Agronomy on March 30 at 11 a.m. at room 503 invites you to participate in a meeting with Łukasz Lewandowski, who has been working as a director at AGRO-LAND for more than a decade. The business partner who arrived under the Erasmus+ program will give lectures on soil moisture conservation, reducing gas emissions, applying Strip-Till technology, modernizing the farm and the economics of its management. Ł. Lewandowski works not only in the business sector, but is a farmer on his own farm and is studying for a PhD in agriculture at the UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland. The speaker will share his practical experience in business and his own farm, theoretical knowledge and the first results of his scientific research.

Date: March 30

Time: 11 a.m.

Location: VMU AA Central Buildings, room 503 (Studentų str. 11, Akademija, Kaunas district)

Invitation to A Free Webinar on The Field of Customs and Its Knowledge Management

In 2023, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU AA) Faculty of Bioeconomy Development execution begins the first MBA (Master of Business Management) study program in Lithuania in the field of customs Customs Process Management for individuals and managers working in business.

If you want to know more about the customs field and knowledge management in this field, we invite you to the Customs Knowledge Institute free webinar Day-to-day customs and trade compliance management. The webinar will take place on 2023 April 4.

In this webinar, the head of the development group of the MBA study program Customs Process Management, associate professor of the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development dr. Erika Besusparienė will make a presentation “Knowledge management: understanding generation Z (GenZ) in the workplace”.

Date: 2023 April 4

Time: 15:00-16:00 CEST

Place: online

REGISTRATION FOR THE SEMINAR

Additional Competition for International Studies and Internships

VMU International Cooperation Department invites all university students to use the opportunities to go abroad for study exchange or internship.

Additional competition for Erasmus+ studies (in EU/EEA countries). You can apply for the competition until March 27^th, 2023.

Ongoing competitions for internships:

Erasmus+ internships (EU/EEA countries). Applications can be submitted until the last day of each month.

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Matlab and Data Analysis Class offer for PhD students

VMU doctoral students are invited to attend the Matlab and Data Analysis Class, which is organised by one of the Transform4Europe alliance’s partners: Saarland University in Germany. The class, which has received a lot of positive feedback, aims to introduce students to the data analysis software Matlab. In order to work with it, students are not required to have programming knowledge. The only prerequisite is basic computer skills. Online registration is open until 31 March.

Matlab is:

A calculator for interactive calculations
A programming language that also provides complex functions with one command
A tool for simple and complicated calculations with large amounts of data
A platform to summarize and automate different steps of the data evaluation (e.g. read in data, summarize, statistically evaluate, create graphics and save)
A Swiss Army Knife for data analysis and simulations

Course contents:

Interactive calculations with Matlab
Automation for repeated tasks, e.g. the similar analysis of several data sets
Fundamentals of programming: functions, loops, if statements
Graphical representation of data/simulations/results
Basic statistics with Matlab
Import of data from files

Course dates:

Tuesday, June 13;
Thursday, June 15;
Tuesday, June 20;
Thursday, June 22.

The lectures will take place online on MS Teams from 3 PM until 7 PM (Lithuanian time, EEST time zone).

Participation in all four lectures is recommended because all provided material is important for further lessons. For this class, students are granted 1 ECTS credit point.

The first 10 students who register will be accepted to the courses. Online registration is open until 31 March. When registering, students are requested to use their university email.

Registration

About the course

About Transform4Europe

A Digital Learning Platform for Generation Z: Passport to IFRS®. Multiplier Even

On February 2023, a Multiplier Event of Erasmus+ project was held at the Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU AA), Lithuania within the framework of the activities executed for the PASSFR project. The Multiplier Event contributed to the dissemination of all intellectual outputs to stakeholders in Lithuania.

Participants included students and teachers from VMU, academics from the main Lithuania higher education institutions who are involved in IFRS (international financial reporting standard) training and teaching, as well as practitioners from accounting companies and other companies’ accountant. The participants were from different major business and universities in Lithuania, such as the Kaunas Technology University, Vilnius University, Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, Klaipėda Higher Education Institution, PwC Lithuania, Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service and other business company. The Multiplier Event was organized by VMU team: assoc. prof. dr. Erika Besuspariene, Aurelija Markelyte, Kristina Geseviciene, Jevgenija Furgasė, Silva Katutytė, Ieva Miseviciute, Edita Vitunskaite.

At the beginning of the event welcome speech was given by Faculty of Bioeconomy Development dean assoc. prof. dr. Bernardas Vaznonis. E. Besuspariene also welcomed the participants and made a general presentation of PASSFRS project. Then I. Miseviciute made the presentation of the results of the surveys and the principle based IFRS education model. J. Fugase showed the participants where to find the PASSFR website, discussed what will be posted on it, and shared a visualization of the PASSFR platform.

Visualization of the PASSFR platform

J. Furgase demonstrated the training material in the case of IAS 2 and showed a digitized video according to AIS 2.

Digitalization of IAS 2

S. Katutyte made the presentation of Case Studies e-book and multicultural PASSFR peer learning teams. Taking into account that small businesses in Lithuania usually apply national accounting standards, but local legislation allows them to apply IFRS, a speaker from PwC Lithuania Brigita Stepankevičienė was invited to share a business view on the importance of IFRS training and make presentation. The presentation on the importance of IFRS training from the view of business was made.

PwC Lithuania presentation

Finally an interactive PASSFR session, where K. Geseviciene presented the training material and case study fragments of IFRS 13, was held.

Examples of case study for interactive session

Afterwards, the participants together with K. Geseviciene solved the case analysis.

Interactive PASSFR session: Theory + case study

The event concluded by participants engaging into a very fruitful discussion about the implications and benefits of the project. All the stakeholders were very interested in the outcome of the project.