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Within the second call for proposals of the Erasmus+ program , Nizhnevartovsk State University submitted 4 applications for Jean Monnet Activities. As a result, 3 applications were approved for funding by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission, one of them being “Standardization in Product Quality Management: EU Experience and Cooperation Prospects” coordinated by Inna Volkova, the head of the Department for Commerce and Management” and Oksana Kozlova, Professor of the Department.

2 March, 2017 Nizhnevartovsk State University welcomed two exchange students, Simone Westergaard Duus and Kim Bisgaard Hultgreen, from UCSYD. Simone and Kim are 2nd year Bachelor students and will be undertaking practical training at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology within the framework of Erasmus+ exchange program (Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals).

13-17 February, 2017 Irina Istomina, the Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, and Victoria Lazareva, Academic Mobility Coordinator at NVSU, took part in a short-term training in University College South Denmark within Erasmus+ Program (Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals).

Lala Yakubova, the Head of the Department for Document Studies and General History and module coordinator, traveled to University of Barcelona (Spain) February 20-25 for a study visit as a part of the Module implementation process. The Module is titled “The European Union Social Policy” and is devoted to the study of historical and current European social policy issues.

In February University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) hosted the kick-off meeting of UNISON Project (University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network). The project is implemented within the framework of Erasmus+ program, KA2: cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices - Сapacity Building in the field of Higher Education). NVSU became a member of the consortium and was appointed responsible for the implementation of Work Package 8 “Dissemination”. Other members of the consortium are partner universities from Spain, Germany, Portugal, China and Georgia.

The call is now open for the course “Linguistics” for international students of University of Barcelona.   The course runs from September 1, 2017 to January 30, 2018. Deadline for applications is April 15th, 2017 The Erasmus+ Programme is a European funding programme offering university students a possibility of studying or doing an internship abroad in another country for a period of at least 2 months and maximum 12 months per cycle of studies. Erasmus+ now offers the possibility to go way beyond the European borders as well. Erasmus + Key Action 1: Mobility of Individuals supports mobility in the education, training and youth sectors and aims to bring long lasting benefits to the participants and the organizations involved. Under Key Action 1 students get scholarships covering all costs associated with the stay and study at a foreign university (travel costs, accommodation costs, visa, etc). NVSU and UdB have received grants in this key area, enabling NVSU and UdB students and teachers to join training and internships within inter-institutional agreement (Key Action 1: Mobility for learners and staff, Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility). For more detailed information about funding, please contact the Office of Mobility and International Programs at University of Barcelona.

February 14, 2017 Lala Yakubova, the head of the Department for Document Sciences and General History and Module Academic Coordinator, delivered a presentation on the issues of social space and social policy models in EU.