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3rd year NVSU students Olesya Gorbunova and Grogory Kovalkov, studying at the Faculty of Humanities, won the university competition to study at the University College of Southern Denmark - UCSYD in Aabenraa. They spent 5 months (February - June 2017) studying the college program of Crossing Borders: Cultural Diversity in Early Years Education.

Elena Fomenko, student of Faculty of Humanities, and Victoria Lazareva, academic mobility coordinator of NVSU International office, received grants to participate in the summer seminar within European Union Study Weeks. The seminar is arranged on June 23-27, 2017 in Tyumen. The European schools are annual educational seminars which are held for active, creative, successful students and postgraduate students who speak English very well and are interested in international relations. The best Russian and European experts take part in the project of the European schools. They propose their own points of view regarding relations between Russia and Europe, integration processes in the European Union (EU), Russia’s perspectives in economy, international relations and education.

Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency announced first results of 2017 selection round of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals. Nizhnevartovsk State University received funding for implementing mobility activities of students, teachers and staff with University College of South Denmark (Denmark) and JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland).

Nizhnevartovsk State University and University College of South Denmark have exchanged students and faculty members for a number of years. Between 2014 and 2017, 10 NVSU students have studied at University College of South Denmark through academic mobility programmes: Denmark National Study Grant and Erasmus+ scholarships for mobility of individuals. In March 2016, NVSU welcomed first exchange students from UCSYD. In March 2017, NVSU welcomed Kim Hultgreen and Simone Duus, 2nd year UCSYD students, grantees of the Erasmus+ scholarship.

On May 19th NVSU hosted a meeting of Jean Monnet Module coordinators. The Modules were approved for funding by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission in the 2nd call for applications within “Jean Monnet Action” in 2016. The main aim of the meeting was to review the results of the first year implementation of Jean Monnet Modules in NVSU.

On April 24-28, 2017, Nadezhda Nemchinova, Head of International office, Higher Education Reform Expert within the framework of the Erasmus+ program,  took part in the International staff week "Erasmus+ outside Europe (ICM)" organized by the University of Barcelona.

Within the VIII Eurasia Economic Youth Forum held in Yekaterinburg, April 19th, Oksana Kozlova, Professor of the Department for Commerce and Management, gave an open lecture dedicated to the EU Experience of Proprietary Standards. This year the Forum welcomed over 2 000 participants, 47 honorary guests and 299 experts.

First year of Jean Monnet Module “Standardization in Product Quality Management: EU Experience and Cooperation Prospects” is coming to its end. Students have already completed the course and submitted their final assignments. The course covered such topics as International Standards, National Standards of EU, EU directives and harmonization of standards, Quality control in Russia and EU.

On the 4th of April, 2017 Department for Ecology held a research project competition among school pupils and university and college students of the region. The competition was held as a part of Jean Monnet Module “Interaction of environment and human health: Experience of the European Union” activities, 574826-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE.