This Sunday, 29 October, is the last day to apply to attend the BUP student conference: Environment and Well-being. All bachelor, master, and PhD students are welcome to apply to this event where you will be immersed in a range of activities including workshops, study visits, and lectures.

The student conference will take place between 6-9 December in Ostrava, Czech Republic. And it will be based in this fascinating city as well as its surroundings.

The goal of the event is to:

• Improve the knowledge of students around the key topics of this conference: Environment and Well-Being: a joint venture of technology, sciences, and humanities.
• Promote and encourage stimulating discussions between students and staff members especially around the relevance of the topic for the everyday.
• Discover and learn more about the city of Ostrava. Its historical context and current situation, as well as a Czech context on the highlighted topics.
• Build skills in intercultural and interdisciplinary cooperation.

This student conference is organised by:
-The Baltic University Programme’s Coordinating Secretariat at Uppsala University, Sweden
-The Baltic University Programme’s National Centre in the Czech Republic at Ostrava University
-Ostrava University
-with contributions from all Czech universities within the BUP network. Including Czech Technical University in Prague and VSB-Technical University of Ostrava

To read more about event visit: https://www.balticuniv.uu.se/activities/bup-student-conference-environment-and-well-being/

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On 02.10.2023 at 4 p.m. we invite you to a presentation of the Master’s Degree Programme of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master.

The event will be held in the form of a Webinar.

During the event, Prof. Carsten Smith-Hall, University of Copenaghen will present the MERGED course followed by an introduction to each track:

• The track on „Sustainable Environmental Development,” Prof. Mariola Zalewska, University of Warsaw
• The track on „Agricultural Development,” Prof. Carlo Pozzi, University of Milano

You will also get answers to all your questions.

The event will be held in English.

To participate, register on the website: cosp.orientamento.unimi.it and sign in for the event.

More informations about MERGED at: https://merged.info/

You are cordially invited to the inauguration of the 2023/2024 academic year at the University’s Center for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, which will be held:

This year, the event will be highlighted by a lecture by Dr. Katarzyna Delura of the Department of Geology: “From Geognosis to Conservation of Natural Resources”.

On February 9 and 10, 2023, the first team meeting of the MERGED project –MERGED Commission meeting was held at UCBS.

The meeting was attended by Carsten Smith-Hall (Københavns Universitet), Katja Thorseth (Københavns Universitet), Mariola Zalewska (UCBS, University of Warsaw), Carlo Pozzi (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) and the UCBS Team.

The main topics of the event were:

• Development and implementation of the MERGED program
• Agreement on the implementation and schedule of joint teaching activities
• Development of the Joint Administrative Manual (JAM) and Student Handbook
• Conducting the first MERGED Open House web conference

MERGED Commision

Welcome Point is celebrating its 5th birthday this year!

You are cordially invited to the UW’s Little Courtyard on October 5 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, where Welcome Point, together with its students, has prepared a day full of music and games. There will be an opportunity to get to know each other better, eat sweetly and test yourself in a wide variety of competitions – from linguistic to artistic.

More information here