AAB College staff are invited to apply to participate in the International Staff Training Week 2025, organized by Abdullah Gül University (AGU), Kayseri Turkey, from 12-16 May 2025.

This year’s theme is: “Internationalization in Three Dimensions: Education, Research and Social Impact”.

To complete your application, please complete the form provided: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSOFkgdkfGgvYW2x7blivcYQlHUaUV4WpK13YRKFxCanA/viewform

Note: Abdullah Gül University does not offer any grants or financial support (e.g., Erasmus+ or similar) to participants. Participants are responsible for covering their own expenses.

Koç University International Programs Office will organize the 8th International Staff Week & Study Abroad Fair, bringing together staff members from various partner institutions to explore key topics related to international exchange programs, student experiences, and global partnerships. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in rich discussions and sessions, while also discovering the cultural treasures of Istanbul.

Application Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfc8bTYemQm8U1KCfGJLt0ZIJnsLlLwmjSNltkG4flXPXj-dA/viewform

The staff of the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Computer Science of AAB College are invited to participate in the International Teaching Week at the Romanian-American University, which will be held from March 17 to 21, 2025.

This initiative aims to strengthen cooperation and academic exchange between institutions. Interested staff members are encouraged to apply through the link provided for this valuable opportunity to collaborate with international colleagues:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c0gMt8ZsA2PYNXUQ6wwMRPiAbjtvsM38r0PubM7XXrw/edit#settings
The application deadline is: January 30, 2025. Selection will be made on January 31, 2025.

All those interested in participating in the International Week organized by the University of Primorska in Slovenia are invited to apply by January 31, 2025.

This week will be held from March 31 – April 4, 2025, which includes: interactive workshops, campus tours, round tables and panels, networking meetings, etc.

Application link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=p-khtNHk-0ux6O_maY-5e-

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Applicants will be notified of their application status in early February. Applications will be evaluated by inviting 30 participants (maximum 2 per institution). For additional information, contact: [email protected].

Radboud University has opened a call for the summer school, which will be held from 23 June 2025 – 4 July 2025.

This school offers over 25 courses in English, in social sciences, humanities and more.

Important selection criterion: the scholarship is only offered to doctoral candidates and staff who are on regular employment contracts at AAB College.

For your application, you must complete the form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ROUz-
O7rhXjciru_m7D4diU49c54rgzXEV_0GfnP2iA/viewform?edit_requested=true

The application deadline is 10 February 2025.

1. Important selection criterion: the scholarship is only offered to doctoral candidates and staff who are on regular employment contracts at AAB College.

Nominated participants will receive an email from RADBOUD with information about the online application. The total course fee costs will be deducted from the total Erasmus+ grant that the participant will receive.

Please note that the Erasmus+ grant does not cover all costs. It is simply a financial contribution.

The attached budget guide can help you see what is and is not covered.

Once the participant has submitted the completed application, that application will be reviewed. If the participant is accepted, the participant will receive an email with practical information about the Summer School and a separate email with instructions on how to complete the Erasmus+ scholarship application.

After approval by the specific course leaders, the participant will receive a grant letter within two weeks informing them of the grant amount. They will be sent a Grant Agreement 30 days before arrival at their place of stay. Approximately one week before, you will receive information about the payment of the grant, which will be made available upon arrival in the Netherlands.

For questions about the scholarship procedure, you can contact the Erasmus+ Coordinator: [email protected]

For your application, first fill out the form provided at this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ROUz-O7rhXjciru_m7D4diU49c54rgzXEV_0GfnP2iA/edit

We are pleased to invite members of academic staff from several areas of AAB College to attend.

Only one representative from the staff can go with funds to ERASMUS+, while others can go with their own expenses.

For details and general information about the event, please refer to the webpage below:

Happiness at work 2024

Applications are open until September 30, 2024. To register, please complete the registration link. But first register in the online system of AAB College:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JFIvEPFqzzMinUt0Vqdd4Kl5e8HqnaPEEoExGJy3EXQ/edit

The call for participation in the International Staff Week from May 13 – 17, 2024, from KOC University of Turkey, has been opened.

Only 2 staff members of AAB College, who will be part of the mobility and will be financed by the Erasmus+ IMC program, are eligible for selection.

The criteria for application are:

-To be regular staff of AAB College

-B2 level knowledge of English language

-To be part of the management (deans or vice-deans) that deals with internationalization issues of the institution, gender issues and the library

The application must be made through the website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yntQCgLJu3npGX3xrNFG_4-erDj7F0eYg-ujc4hFXo8/edit

The application deadline is March 1, 2024.

SMK University of Applied Sciences in Klaipeda, Lithuania has opened the call for applications to the Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer Course 2024, for students and professors of AAB College.

This course is funded by the Foundation for Supporting Educational Exchanges: (www.smpf.lt). The program combines four weeks of intensive Lithuanian language lessons and workshops with a diverse range of cultural events, sightseeing tours and excursions to get to know the history, culture and way of life in Lithuania. The Lithuanian language and culture summer course will take place from August 1-30, 2024 at SMK University of Applied Sciences, Kalvarijų str. 137E, Vilnius Lithuania. The application deadline is March 1, 2024. You can find the application link here.

OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE COURSE:

Financial provisions:

1) The participant accepted for the Lithuanian language and culture course will receive a stipend of EUR 825 (upon arrival in Lithuania).

2) The tuition fees for the Lithuanian language and culture course will be covered by the Republic of Lithuania and transferred directly to SMK University of Applied Sciences.

3) Any other fees, travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the student/staff members.

You can find the information at: https://www.smk.lt/en/neës/lithuanian-language-and-culture-summer-course/365

If you need more information, you can contact Ms. Donata Dulke, [email protected]

AAB College students are invited to apply for participation in the 2024 Leadership Summer School, which will be held from August 6 – 16, 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany.

The conditions for application are:

Applicants must be students or recent graduates between 21 and 26 years old

Must originate from Central or Eastern Europe

A good level of English is required

We are looking for candidates who are motivated, proactive and ready to be challenged

Active involvement in community activities will be considered an advantage

Applications remain open until February 15, 2024. Interested candidates should click on the organization’s website and complete the application: https://www.mummert-alumni.de/leadership-summer-school-2024/

For more details, see the official website: https://www.mummert-alumni.de/about-the-association/

PhD candidates and academic staff are invited to participate in the 2024 summer school, organized by Radboud University in the Netherlands. Attending this school is an excellent opportunity to explore academic courses supported by research-based learning methods.

This year over 60 courses are offered which are divided into 14 areas and all are taught in English by Dutch academics.

Doctoral candidates who have not had any prior training within the framework of Erasmus+ have the right to apply and have priority in the selection.

Doctoral candidates from AAB College must complete the form provided through the link: click here.

After the selection, it will be continued with the other procedures. The application deadline is from January 31 to February 10, 2024.

The University of Caen in Normandy, France, has announced an open call for participation in the International Week, which will be held from April 8-12, 2024, as part of the Erasmus+ program, where representatives of AAB College staff will be welcomed at the Partnership Days, to meet current partners and to expand the network of cooperation with other partners.

The week includes meetings, presentations and seminars, while the following faculties are eligible to apply: Faculty of Mass Communication, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of English Language, Faculty of Computer Science.

This international week means finding partners for future cooperation projects, setting meetings as a continuation of the compilation of new projects and sharing experience with colleagues.

Regarding this international week, AAB College will assign a professor to the aforementioned faculties, i.e. 4 representatives from the institution.

Application link: click here, while the application deadline is January 31, 2024.

The result of the selected will be published on February 1, 2024, who then are able to register until February 10 via this link.

Call for participation in the International Staff Week has been opened by the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Kuopio, Finland, which will be held from 19-22 February 2024 at the Lisalmi campus. The International Green Economy Staff Week, organized in collaboration with the European university alliance EU4DUAL, features presentations and seminars related to the green economy in teaching and research.

The topics to be examined are from different fields such as: engineering, business, tourism, design, agriculture and social services. The week includes networking opportunities to find partners for future collaboration projects.

A professor from the field of economics, business and entrepreneurship will participate from AAB College during that week.

• Application link

• The application deadline is January 18, 2024. The results will be published the day after. While the selected candidate must register through this link: https://internationalweek.savonia.fi/enrol/, until January 25, 2024.

The staff of the AAB college are informed about the possibility of applying for an exchange for staff training at Šiauliai University, Lithuania, within the framework of the Erasmus+ program.

Criteria for application

 Staff engaged full-time in AAB college in one of the fields: Finance, Accounting, Computer Science
 Have knowledge of the English language - at least level B2

Selection criteria

 Beneficiary of the opportunity for mobility for the first time (20 points)
 Letter of Motivation - in English (30 points)
 Knowledge of the English language (20 points)
 CV (20 points)
 Academic suitability to the nature of the exchange (for training exchange) and the plan for the topics to be covered (for teaching exchange) (10 points)
 Refusal/non-participation in past mobilities, after selection, without any clear reason (-30 points)

About Šiauliai University: https://www.sa.vu.lt/

Application link: https://forms.gle/WCrNSuZKZQDhubr27
Last date for application: 20.09.2023

The staff of the AAB college are notified about the possibility of applying for an exchange for staff training at the Edward Bernays University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, within the Erasmus+ program.

Criteria for application

 Staff engaged full time in AAB college
 Have knowledge of the English language - at least level B2

Selection criteria

 Beneficiary of the opportunity for mobility for the first time (20 points)
 Letter of Motivation - in English (30 points)
 Knowledge of the English language (20 points)
 CV (20 points)
 Academic suitability to the nature of the exchange (for training exchange) and the plan for the topics to be covered (for teaching exchange) (10 points)
 Refusal/non-participation in past mobilities, after selection, without any clear reason (-30 points)

Note: The exchange will take place within the International Week organized by Bernays University (December 5-7) as well as Bernays Forum 2023 (December 8-9, 2023).

About Bernays University of Applied Sciences: https://www.bernays.hr/en
About Bernays Forum 2023: https://www.bernays.hr/en/o-nama/bernays-forum-2023

Application link: https://forms.gle/AUdTLmqWjnMFFaXH9
Last date for application: 14.09.2023

The staff of the AAB college are informed about the possibility of applying for an exchange for staff training or an exchange for teaching at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, within the framework of the Erasmus+ program.

Criteria for application

 Be academic or research staff and engaged full-time at the AAB college
 Have knowledge of the English language (at least level B2)
 Other criteria determined by the mobility program you choose

Note: Priority is given to staff who have not benefited from the opportunity for mobility before, however, staff who have been on exchange in the past can also apply.

About MUNI: https://www.muni.cz/en

Application link: https://forms.gle/kEETXuNEsssRtDx27
Last date for application: 14.04.2023

The staff of the AAB college are informed about the possibility of applying for an exchange for staff training at Radboud University, within the Erasmus+ program. Specifically, the exchange will take place within the summer school organized by Radboud University, one of the main academic centers of excellence in the Netherlands.

Participating in the Radboud Summer School is a great opportunity to get involved in short training programs which you can find at the following link: https://www.ru.nl/radboudsummerschool/courses/overview-courses-2023/

Criteria for application

 Be academic or research staff and engaged full-time at the AAB college
 Have knowledge of the English language (at least level B2)
 Other criteria determined by the training program you choose

How can you apply?

First, check the list of training programs that are available (link above) and make sure that you meet the specified criteria to attend that program. You can do this by clicking on the training program you want and if you go to the bottom of the page you will see the specifics of participation. Some programs are offered online and some physically, so please check this section as well.

If you think you have found the appropriate program for you and you meet the conditions for registration, then you must complete the link: https://forms.gle/EbpQA95tYNSw9zvCA AAB College will review all applications and staff will be selected for nomination depending on vacancies. , your commitment, your profile, etc.

The deadline for application is: 09.02.2023

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 The Office for International Relations and Cooperation at AAB will notify you of the results and according to them I will make the nomination to Radboud University. If you are nominated, you will also receive an email from Radboud University with information about the next online application. The total costs of the summer school fee will be deducted from the total Erasmus+ grant you will receive.

 Once the participant has submitted a complete application to Radboud University, the program director from Radboud will review the application. If the participant is accepted, the participant will receive an e-mail with practical information about the Summer School and a separate e-mail with instructions on how to complete the Erasmus+ scholarship application.

 In the event that the program director cannot accept the participant into the program (because places are full or because the participant's educational level or background is not suitable for the program) they will try to offer the participant a choice of any other program. In case the participant cannot be accepted in another summer program, then the scholarship goes to another candidate.

 After the approval of the specific program manager, the participant will receive a grant award letter within two weeks informing them of the amount of the grant/scholarship. The grant is available upon arrival in the Netherlands.

Every year, the Université de Caen Normandie dedicates a whole week to its global partners, giving them the opportunity to discover the institution and the unique historical heritage of the Normandy region. Through sessions, meetings and presentations of faculty and staff, Université de Caen Normandie will share best practices and exchange information on common issues and objectives related to international education.

The 2023 edition of the International Week at the Université de Caen Normandie will be held on May 10-12, at UNICAEN's main campus located in the city center of Caen. The participation fee of 50 euros (which covers all meals mentioned in the program and the half-day excursion to places of historical importance) as well as travel and accommodation expenses must be covered by the staff themselves.

To see the full program visit: https://www.unicaen.fr/ipw2023

The application is initially made at the link https://forms.gle/CDmRVTo3aS5ozfov8 and then you will be guided to complete the form used by the University of Caen Normandy.

Last date for application: 06.04.2023