Training programme for administrative support in developing and running joint degrees
(University of Bergen, 28 February - 5 March 2010)

We are pleased to invite all Coimbra Group universities to the five-day training programme for administrative support in developing and running joint degrees, developed by the ETM Task Force in straight cooperation with the University of Bergen. We would like to encourage you to enable staff of your institution to participate in this five-day course.
This training programme aims to be an administrative step-by-step approach to developing and running a joint degree programme. The programme will also emphasize the different roles of the academic staff and administrative contributor(s).

At the end of the training programme the participants should be able to:
- discuss administrative issues concerning a joint degree programme,
- contribute to the administrative development and implementation of an international joint degree programme,
- be critically aware of and be able to use the quality assurance mechanisms of a joint degree programme
- take initiative for the establishment of good practices within the department/institution

This five-day course is designed for the universities´ administrative staff already working with joint degrees/joint programmes, staff who will be working with this theme or others who have special interest in this topic.
The course will be held 28 February – 5 March 2010 in Solstrand Hotel & Spa, Osøyro, N – 5200 Os, Norway, situated on the fjord only 30 km south of Bergen and the airport, www.solstrand.com/comweb.asp.
Experts from several universities will contribute as speakers on the course. These will be announced on the course website established for the five-day course: http://studiekvalitet.uib.no/coimbracourse

Costs
Accommodation, full board (all meals included): NOK 2150/night
Accommodation etc., in total: NOK 10750/ 5 nights
Programme fees: € 260 Euro/participant
The deadline for registration is 15 December 2009
Please note that each member university within the Coimbra Group is guaranteed one place until the registration deadline. After this deadline, any available places are offered to persons from a waiting list or representatives from other universities that are not members of the Coimbra Group. The registration starts 1 November.
To register please use the following link: http://registrer.uib.no/jointdegrees
Contact persons: Etelka Tamminen Dahl, Email: etelka.dahl@ua.uib.no; Hilde
Haaland-Kramer, E-mail: hilde.haaland-kramer@ua.uib.no; Benedikte Svardal
(registration & payment), E-mail: benedikte.svardal@ua.uib.no.

Culture Arts and Humanities Task Force seminar "Norms and Values in Arts and Culture" (University of Jena, 6-7 November 2009) ( 93366University of Jena, 6-7 November 2009

Discussions and presentations will be in English and/or German (translation will be provided by students, as well as abstracts in English)

Seminar Programme

Online Registration


Past Seminars:


Quality Culture and Excellence at Universities (University of Iasi, 14-15 November 2008)

Research Evaluation, Metrics and Open Access in the Humanities (Trinity College, Dublin, 18-20 September 2008)

PAST COIMBRA GROUP SUMMER SCHOOLS

International Summer University of the University of Tartu

International Summer University provides its participants with a unique opportunity to benefit from the University of Tartu 375-year commitment to academic excellence and have a marvelous Nordic summer experience. Some academic programs take its students to 3 different countries in 3 weeks.

This summer the following academic programs are available:

Please visit International Summer University website for dates and details: www.isu.ut.ee o r email info@isu.ut.ee

International Summer School programmes for Master and PhD students
on Nanoscience and Metabolomics
K.U.Leuven

Both summer schools provide an intensive and outstanding academic training designed to meet the needs of international master and starting PhD students willing to make an extra effort to familiarize themselves with these upcoming exciting science and technology platforms.
The organising teams have spared no effort in bringing together eminent tutors and professionals committed to share their experience in an up-to-date training. The number of places for each summer school is limited in order to guarantee small class size and individual attention. K.U. Leuven also offers the possibility to obtain credit for the summerschool.
As a participant you are a guest at one of Europe’s oldest and top-ranked universities, located in the historic town of Leuven, only a short train ride from Brussels, London, Paris and Amsterdam. Therefore, each programme includes social activities, allowing students to take full advantage of their stay in Leuven and to experience the inspiring environment created by knowledge, culture, and beautiful architecture.
More information on the summerschools and on the registration procedure can be found on the website: www.wet.kuleuven.be/summerschool.

Summer School on Nanoscience, August 24-28, 2009 http://wet.kuleuven.be/summerschool/nanoscience/index.html

Summer School on Metabolomics and Metabolic Networks, September 7-11, 2009 http://wet.kuleuven.be/summerschool/metabolomics/index.html

Graz University Summer School

The Graz University Summer School offers an opportunity for students in the respective Joint Degree Programmes as well as students from other study programmes to participate in a summer school offering seminars and transferable skills workshops. The seminars taking place in the morning are

Transferable skills workshops will be offered  in the afternoon:

Two week summer school, 60 places for students; 6 credits for participation + additional paper.
http://www.graz-summerschool.at/

Utrecht Network Summer School
"Nuestra América": (Re)approaching the Americas

This summer school project is an Utrecht Network initiative and will be carried out by the University of Graz, represented by the Center for the Study of the Americas (C.SAS) in cooperation with the Vice Rectorate for International Relations.  One keynote, one series of lectures and 4 parallel seminars:

Two week summer school, 50 places for students, 5 credits for participation + final exam + additional paper.
http://www.uni-graz.at/zas1www/zas1www_summer_school1.htm

International Summer School Seggau
"State - Society - Religion: The European Model"

The International Summer School Seggau has its main focus on European Studies and also on Eastern- and South-Eastern Europe. One keynote, one series of lectures and six parallel seminars:

Two week summer school, 80 places for students; 6 credits for participation and additional paper. 
http://international.uni-graz.at/seggausummerschool

Summer school in Research on
Religion, Culture and Society in Europe (1750-)-)
http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/summer_school

Religion and Modernity

Leuven, 17-26 August 2009

The societal and cultural significance of religion during the age modernity has traditionally been portrayed in dichotomic and often ambiguous ways. Proponents of the secularisation thesis argue that the rapid economic, social, cultural and political transformations that embodied modernity, linearly weakened the hold of religion on society. This has led many scholars to underestimate or even ignore the significance of religion as an explanatory factor in 19th and 20th century history.
The 2009 Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society in Europe (1750-) offers its students a closer and refreshing look at the complicated historical relationship between religion and modernity. Participants will get a solid introduction to the very different domains in which religion has influenced, (re)shaped and even embodied the modernisation process, but also to the continuous adaptation and transformation processes of the religious domain itself, thus finding a clear contemporary reflection in Europe's cultural identities.
This summer school ensures active involvement of the students by means of a balanced programme of seminars, lectures and field trips. Established researchers in the field develop specific topics and cases, students have the possibility to present their own work and discuss their ideas in a relaxed and open atmosphere and within a multidisciplinary framework.

A joint initiative of
K.U.Leuven
University of Fribourg
Lund University
Ecole Pratique des hautes Etudes, EPHE Sorbonne Paris
Utrecht University

KADOC, the Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society of the K.U.Leuven ensures the office of the summer school.
Forms and all other information are available on
http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/summer_school

Other questions ?
summerschool@kadoc.kuleuven.be

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
organizes:
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOLS 2009  

• Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 4 – 13 July
• Reproductive Health, 3 – 13 July
• Pediatrics, 4 – 13 July

More information: Summer Schools Groningen P.O. Box 196 , 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands Tel: +31 50 363 6121 Fax: +31 50 363 7390. Information and application: www.summer-schools-groningen.nl; e-mail: summer.schools@med.umcg.nl