A first edition of a EUNICE Summer School just took place on the occasion of the Blended Intensive Programme on Introduction to Global Studies
It was also the first in a series of EUNICE Summer Courses that will be offered by the University of Cantabria in collaboration with the International University Menendez Pelayo, associated partner of EUNICE, as per an agreement signed by both institutions
Twelve lecturers and over fifty students from EUNICE universities, as well as from the USA, took the EUNICE Blended Intensive course on Introduction to Global Studies, organised in Santander by the University of Cantabria. It was the first edition of the yearly EUNICE Summer School that will be offered in collaboration with the International University Menendez Pelayo as an associated partner of EUNICE European University.
This programme provided its attendees with a “really holistic view of the globalization’s phenomenon,” said Mai Alatalo-Ly, Industrial Management Master’s Degree student at the University of Vaasa. Coming from the same university and Master’s degree as her, Ferdinand Urban explained that this course shown them that “we are only scratching the surface” of globalization, even though it is a “very big term.”
Molk Souguir, who is doing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mons, highlighted the multi-disciplinarity of this course, that introduced them “to business all around the world, economy, ecological issues, humanitarian activities…”
So, it “brought together people from different parts of the world, with a high diversity of nationalities and disciplines” and provided them with “a lot of topics,” explained Melanie Jaeger-Erben, Professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology and one of the lecturers of this Blended Intensive Programme. This meant an “opportunity to interact with other participants and other cultures,” added Sogol Nezhadkheirollah, PhD student in Environmental Science also at Brandenburg University of Technology.
The first of a series of EUNICE Summer Schools in Santander
University of Cantabria and International University Menendez Pelayo signed a framework agreement to jointly coordinate a EUNICE Summer School for the next four years in Spain, in the northern city of Santander. It will involve teaching staff from EUNICE partner universities and each year will focus on a different monographic theme. This means that the summer school will be co-organised by the different EUNICE partner universities, coordinated by the University of Cantabria and with the collaboration of the International University Menendez Pelayo. The contents of the lectures may also be supplemented with cultural activities related to the course theme, such as film screenings, lectures or exhibitions, among others.
So, it “brought together people from different parts of the world, with a high diversity of nationalities and disciplines” and provided them with “a lot of topics,” explained Melanie Jaeger-Erben, Professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology and one of the lecturers of this Blended Intensive Programme. This meant an “opportunity to interact with other participants and other cultures,” added Sogol Nezhadkheirollah, PhD student in Environmental Science also at Brandenburg University of Technology.
Associated partners
Aiming to progressively maximise the impact of the EUNICE alliance, one of its strategic lines is that EUNICE universities work with associated partners. The associated partners involved in EUNICE, being representatives of the local industry, governments and institutions, are crucial to identify the needs and practical implementations of scientific solutions are concerned. With this course of action, EUNICE intends to intensify cooperation between the regions, stimulate the flow of knowledge and foster the innovation and quality among all the stakeholders.
Caption: attendees to this year’s EUNICE Summer Course + Blended Intensive Programme (Introduction to Global Studies).
