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Dear colleague,

It is our pleasure to invite you to our IX International Week (2nd to 5th May 2017), this year under the title “Change your mind, be open to the new World!” organized by the Faculty of Business Management and Economics at the University of León.

We try to contribute both students and teachers, with an international atmosphere those days in our events. Foreign professors are invited to come and participate:

• Teaching a 3 hours session on a topic linked with the theme: “Be open to the new world” (examples, the new consumer, how we should communicate?, International Finance, International Business Strategies…)
• Participate in a seminar with professors from the Faculty to work on potential collaborations (European projects, research, teaching...)
• Enjoy the social activities and the instrumental Spanish Language course organized during that week.

Also your students are welcome to participate in our International Week. As partners, we would appreciate very much your participation in the event. If you are interested, please fill in the application form and e-mail it to feeint@unileon.es together with your CV. The deadline for receiving the application is the 1st February, and the confirmation will be sent to your personal email.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Atenciosamente,

Carmen R. Santos
Deputy Head of International Relations and Exchange Programmes
Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
+34 987291969 / +34 987291968 / feeint@unileon.es
University of León
Campus de Vegazana - 24071 León, Spain

Dear all,

The Lebanese American University is organizing its 2nd International Education Week that will be held on its campuses in Beirut and Byblos during the week of April 3-7, 2017 under the theme of “International Education in the MENA region: beginnings, evolution and innovation”.This week can be applicable for a staff exchange week.

We are inviting Embassies, Consulates, International Education Institutions, and International Universities from abroad to take part in this event in order to present their Country/University and all the opportunities available there to the LAU community.

If you know of any universities who would be interested and willing to take part please feel free to extend an invitation or provide us with the contact details to add them to our mailing address.

Please note that registration in this event is free of charge; there will be no coverage of traveling expenses for participating universities.

To register please complete the following form: Register here!

Registration deadline: February 15, 2017

Tentative Program:

Monday April 3rd:  Arrival/Registration/Networking reception/one-to-one meetings

Tuesday April 4th: Opening Ceremony & Beirut campus fair

Wednesday April 5th: Training and info sessions/Seminar

Thursday April 6th:  Byblos campus Fair

Friday April 7th: Cultural touristic day out for international visitors - Discover Lebanon

For questions do not hesitate to contact us oninternational.services@lau.edu.lb

Looking forward to another great event together!

Best,

Dina Abdul Rahman, MBA
International Services Associate Program Manager
Office of International Services  
Student Development & Enrollment Management
Office hours; Ext. 1349

“Travel brings power and love back into your life” – RUMI

We are looking for an Erasmus placement to work at the UB Economics and Business unit during next term.

The UB Economics and Business unit coordinates research and offers graduate and executive education in the fields of economics and business at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona (UB).

Please check the job description here.

The preferred duration is: January/February 2017 – End of June/July 2017 (shorter periods will be also considered).

Best regards,

Montse Cervera
International Relations Coordinator/Outgoing coordinator

Faculty of Economics and Business
Universitat de Barcelona
Avda. Diagonal, 696
08034 – Barcelona
Tel- +34 93 402 44 66
exchangecoordinator.fee@ub.edu

A próxima reunião do GT_CIM decorrerá no ICBAS (Anfiteatro 8), no próximo dia 14 de dezembro, das 14h00 às 16h, com a seguinte ordem de trabalhos:

• Convocatórias Erasmus+: projetos 2018
• Mobilidade OUT:
  • Distribuição financeira Erasmus+ SMS 2ª convocatória 2016-2017;
  • Distribuição financeira Erasmus+ SMT 2ª convocatória 2016-2017;
  • Ponto de situação global da Mobilidade OUT 2016-2017, em todos os projetos Erasmus+;
  • Ponto de situação da preparação do ano académico 2017-2018;
• Outros assuntos.

Por questões logísticas, será necessário preencher o formulário de inscrição.

No final da reunião, às 16h00, terá lugar o Tradicional Convívio de Natal dos estudantes internacionais, no Pavilhão Rosa Mota (Palácio de Cristal).

This year, the International Relations Office joins the “Solidarity Christmas” initiative promoted by the Volunteers Committee of U.Porto, with the traditional Christmas Get-Together for international students.

This event will take place at Pavilhão Rosa Mota on the 14th of December 2016m at 4pm, and will count with the presence of around 400 participants. Instead of the traditional exchange of gifts, all students were invited to bring a small donation, in the form of food products or a piece of clothing they no longer wear.

This year’s edition of the Christmas Get-Together will also count with the “Christmas Flavours” event, where the students interested in participating will bring a typical dish of their home country for degustation. The winning dishes will receive a prize awarded by the International Relations Office.

The students willing to participate can register here.

Dear partners,

We are delighted to announce that Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) is organising its third International Staff Training Week, and we would like to take the opportunity to invite you to this event. The details are as follows:

International Staff Training Week
12 – 16 June 2017
at Technische Universität Dresden
in Dresden, Germany

TUD’s International Staff Training Week aims to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practices regarding the internationalisation of institutions of higher education. There will be plenty of opportunity to network with colleagues from all over Europe, and we will be offering five Specialist Groups focusing on the following subjects:

• Career Service: “Occupational Orientation and Career Entry Support – The Challenges for Career Services Facing Internationalisation”
• DRESDEN-concept (DDc): “Welcome Services for International Researchers”
• European Project Center, Transfer Office, Project Scouts: “Administrative Services for International Research Collaboration, Knowledge and Technology Transfer”
• International Office: “Administrative Services for Academic Exchange on the Level of Schools, Means to Increase Student Outgoing Mobility as well as Guided Tour of Student Halls”
• Staff Unit Diversity Management: “Diversity Management – a New Challenge for Universities”

Please refer to our website for detailed information about the programme and the registration process as well as everything around your stay in the beautiful City of Dresden.

We would very much appreciate if you share this information with potentially interested colleagues, who are involved with international issues at your institution.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to welcoming you at Technische Universität Dresden.

Kind regards,

The organising team of TU Dresden’s International Staff Training Week

Project Team
International Staff Training Week
Tel: + 49 351 463 – 43198/43199
Fax: +49 351 463 – 37722
E-mail: staffweek@tu-dresden.de

The Golondrina Programme is addressed to students who are descendant from Murcian residents throughout America or Europe.

The aim of Golondrina is to strengthen the links among the Murcian people beyond the limits of our region. This programme offers the students the possibility of studying during one academic semester at the University of Murcia in Spain with a grant that covers accommodation, living expenses, medical insurance, travel costs and tuition fee.

The collaboration between the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, through the Presidential Office, and the University of Murcia has made possible the development of this mobility programme.

The deadline to apply is December 16th 2016 and the applications must be sent to movilidad@um.es along with all the required documentation (see call here).

More information through the International Relations Office of the University of Murcia:

CAMPUS DE ESPINARDO
Ed. Rector Soler, 2* planta
30071 MURCIA-ESPAÑA
Telf. 34 868 884074
Fax. 34 868 884130
internacionales@um.es
http://www.um.es/web/internacionalizacion

Dear Partners,

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Zaragoza has the pleasure to officially invite your lecturers to the upcoming edition of our academic "International Week", scheduled for 27th to 31st March 2017.

To make it a wonderful event, we would kindly invite you to deliver lectures on specific topics of your choice to our students. lt would allow them to gain views and approaches also from another perspective and would support their development in general.

Therefore, we kindly invite you in the frame of Erasmus+ to participate in our International Week, to cover your expenditures for travel and accommodation via Erasmus+.

Could you, please, send your confirmation and all necessary data of your representative to ri1ecemz@unizar.es or ri2ecemz@unizar.es. R.S.V.P. is kindly requested to 15th December 2016.

Please, do not hesitate to contact us in terms of further questions via the mentioned address.

Yours faithfully,
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José Manuel Guerrero Postigo
Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales
Facultad de Economía y Empresa
Universidad de Zaragoza
Gran Vía, 2
50005-Zaragoza, Spain
Teléfono: +34 976762154