The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 are open for submissions!

Europe’s most inspiring architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, professionals, volunteers, public and private institutions, and local communities now have a new chance to be recognised for their achievements!

The Awards identify and promote best practices in the conservation and enhancement of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, stimulate the trans-frontier exchange of knowledge throughout Europe, increase public awareness and appreciation of Europe's cultural heritage and encourage further excellent initiatives through the power of example.

Applications are invited in the following five categories of entry:

• Conservation & Adaptive Reuse
• Research
• Education, Training & Skills
• Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising
• Heritage Champions

Up to 30 remarkable heritage achievements from all over Europe will be awarded. Of those, up to 5 winners will receive a Grand Prix with a monetary award of €10,000. One winner will also receive the Public Choice Award, with a monetary award of €10,000, following an online vote conducted by Europa Nostra, the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural Heritage.

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards were launched in 2002 by the European Commission and have been run by Europa Nostra ever since. They are supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

The Awards have brought major benefits to the winners, such as greater (inter)national exposure, increased visitor numbers and follow-on funding.

Submit your application and share your success stories across Europe!

For more information and online submissions:  www.europeanheritageawards.eu

Deadline for submissions: 13 October 2023

Europa Nostra will host two webinars 'How to prepare an application for the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024' (on the same topic and with the same content) on the following dates::

- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 from 17:00 - 18:00 CEST. Register here.

- Friday, 15 September 2023 from 10:00 - 11:00 CEST. Register here.

The webinars are free-of-charge but registration is compulsory.

We are inspired by the stories of students who choose to step out of their comfort zone and participate in learning mobility and/or traineeship activities in EU countries, both during and after successful graduation.

This is also the case of Georgiana Neculcea, a recent graduate of the International Relations and European Studies undergraduate program at the Faculty of Communication and International Relations. She applied, was selected and is today the beneficiary of an Erasmus+ Student Mobility grant for a 12-month Internship - starting August 2023 until the end of July 2024, in Germany, at MCS Trucking GmbH Company, in the Export-Import Management Department, according to the Erasmus+ guidelines.

Georgiana gave us her perspective on how she perceives this experience - "For me, the Erasmus grant is an opportunity to experience a new culture, to work in a different social and cultural environment, to develop communication skills and new skills. It is an experience that will definitely open my horizons and help me grow both personally and professionally.

The Erasmus+ experience will open the way to new professional opportunities, new friendships and connections at European and international level, which will remain present in my life after the end of the mobility activity. For a start, I see the chance to learn new operating systems and improve my language skills.

This experience will also help me to develop personally, to go beyond my limits and to adapt to new and challenging situations. I will learn to manage resources wisely and to cope with cultural diversity, thus enriching my perspective on the world. The Erasmus+ programme is more than an academic opportunity. It is a unique chance to explore and I am fully grateful to Danubius University for it!"

The remarkable experiences of studying remain engraved in our souls forever, and among them the study and training experiences generated by the Erasmus+ Programme play a major role.

Students who undertake such mobility in universities in the European Union and beyond get to know each other better, learn new things both about others and about themselves, develop new skills, make lifelong friendships, in other words, live unparalleled experiences.

Good luck, Georgiana!

We wish you a dream experience, we are proud of you and we can't wait to hear how your Erasmus+ training experience is going!

For more information about the Erasmus+ programme you can visit https://univ-danubius.ro/programul-erasmus-plus/erasmus.

Also here you can find the list of partner universities and for more details, our colleagues can help you https://univ-danubius.ro/departartamentul-de-relatii-internationale/echipa.

Mioara Lepădatu,

PR Specialist

Following the partnership agreement concluded by the Rector and CEO of Danubius University, Dr. Steve O. Michael, with educational representatives from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the first Romanian language course was organized, specially designed for Pakistani citizens who wish to come to Romania for work or study purposes.

From 15 to 28 June, the participants attended this course, which focused on Romanian culture and civilization so that their integration in Romania would be easy.

The course was held by Dr. Alina Beatrice Cheșcă, a teacher at Danubius University, who enthusiastically told us some impressions about this teaching experience:

„The purpose of these courses was to help the students from Pakistan improve certain English language skills, especially their conversational level, as well as learning some basic conversational words and patterns in Romanian.

The courses were based on a permanent dialogue in English, designing simulations of the interview that the citizens from Pakistan will have at the Romanian Embassy. We focused on the possible questions and answers, choosing together the most correct and appropriate formulas in the English vocabulary and grammar.

In the latter part of the course, the participants became familiar with the most important aspects of Romanian culture, taking a short journey through history, geography, literature, music, traditions and customs, religion, culinary art and the present society. Besides, the students from Pakistan learned some basic Romanian words and phrases that they will be able to use in their daily interactions in our country.

In the more than 3 hours that we spent together apart from the official number of course hours, we discussed aspects related to interculturality and multiculturalism, knowledge, common values, humanity and other universal human topics.

These courses were a very special experience, representing, above all, a genuine intercultural dialogue, a warm closeness between two cultures that are so different and yet united by common human values.”

Following participation, the trainees received a certificate of participation issued by Danubius University.

The new programme developed by Danubius University for the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been so successful that the Centre for Continuing Education and Technological Information aims to extend the programme to other regions in Asia and beyond.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/16KUhCHGqGM44MpQF6fni6crGmWhcMmrh

Mioara Lepădatu,

PR Specialist

Danubius University of Galati, Romania, together with its co-organizing partners, University of Camerino, Italy, Free International University of Moldova, Republic of Moldova, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria, Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres, Albania, County School Inspectorate, Galați and the Resource Centre for Teaching Staff, County Centre for Educational Resources and Assistance, Galați, "Education Is Power" Association, Slatina, Olt is pleased to invite you on 27-28 July to the INTERNATIONAL HIGHER CONFERENCE Education in the Digital Era - 2nd Edition, hosted by Danubius University, Galați, Romania.

The theme of the scientific event focuses on the search for practical solutions for teaching, learning and assessment in this new challenging context of digitisation. Participants, academics and researchers meet annually to exchange information and conceptually debate the broad field of education. Mobilising experts from different fields, the conference considers interdisciplinarity as a goal of academic research.

Online courses have become increasingly in demand, regardless of discipline, as the pandemic has succeeded in demonstrating that it is desire and perseverance that count and not physical presence in a space. Digital education as a set of knowledge and skills that an individual has when it comes to digital systems is, without question, the future. Individuals with a broad digital education will be the ones targeted for jobs in the future. 

The aim of the International Conference Education in the Digital Era is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and research results on the following topics:

1. The reflective, creative and innovative teacher in the digital age;
2. Inclusive Educational Environment in the Virtual School;
3. Professionalisation of the teaching career in the digital world;
4. Initial teacher training and continuing professional development - a new challenge;
5. Artificial intelligence in educational research;
6. Estudentiana (Students and PhD students).

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Andy Pușcă

President of the Administrative Board of Danubius University, Romania

Short biography

Presentation topic: Teaching with Technology, from LMS platforms to Digital Citizenship, Gamification and Adaptive Learning

Dr. Steve O. Michael

Rector and CEO, Danubius University, Romania

Short biography

Presentation topic: The Future of the University: Technology and Virtual Education

Dr. Victor Tița

Director Slatina Branch - Faculty of Management and Rural Development, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania

Short biography

Dr. Filip Stanciu

Prorector for Didactic Activity, Danubius University, Romania

Dr. Doinița Popa

Director, Department of Didactic Staff Training, Danubius University, Romania

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference is English.

Conference fee

For participation in the event, with full access to conference sessions, paper registration on the website and publication:

120 RON (lei)/24,25 Euro/26,69 USD

Bank transfer to:

Account holder: Danubius University of Galati

Address: Bd. Galati 3, 800654 Galati, Romania

Fiscal code: 2676433

IBAN for LEI (Romanian currency): RO87 INGB 0010 0000 4170 8911

IBAN for euro (EUR): RO36 INGB 0010 0000 4170 0711

SWIFT CODE: INGBROBU

Bank: ING Bank, Galati Branch.

Reference field: EED 2023

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PUBLICATION OF WORKS:

All accepted papers will be published in Didactica Danubiensis, under reference ISSN 2821-4374

Final deadlines:

Preliminary abstract submission: 20 July 2023.

Notification of acceptance: 22 July 2023

Submission of final paper for the journal: 30 August 2023

For details - https://conferences.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/EED/EED2023