Global BUzz

Along with six other colleagues, I had the privilege of attending the 2018 European University Federation’s (EUF) Open Space event which was hosted by Aristotle University in Thessonaliki, Greece. Now in its fourth year, the OpenSpace is a project incubation event that gives participants the opportunity to find out more about EU funding streams, discuss… Read more » about Erasmus+ visit to the EUF Open Space training event in Thessonaliki, Greece

In 24 days (4-28 April 2018), Dr Luciana Esteves visited five universities across South (UNIVALI), Southeast (USP and UNIFESP) and Northeast (UFRN and UFCG) Brazil, flying 15741 miles (46h of travel excluding road travel and airport transfers). Click here to see a map with all the locations visited. In a truly fusion fashion, she engaged… Read more » about Gathering evidence of research impact on professional practice and education in Brazil

Between 19 June and 5 July, the Santander staff mobility funding has enabled me to visit Shanghai and establish research collaboration with Associate Professor Yanqun He at Fudan University . According to the Times Higher Education, Fudan University is ranked between 81-90th in the World Reputation Rankings 2018 and 116th in the World University Rankings… Read more » about Visit to Fudan University, Shanghai

2018 is a very uncertain time for the UK’s future relationship with Europe, including the Higher Education Sector, and it was against this backdrop that I felt I wanted to personally do something to actively engage in a direct way with corporate communications professionals working in HE in another European country.   In doing this… Read more » about Erasmus+ visit to Soderton University, Sweden Marketing and Communications Dept. by Mark Covell, Head of Corporate Communications at BU

What is consciousness? In the traditional view, consciousness is a state of self-awareness in which the brain can experience perceptions; but which suddenly disappears in anaesthesia, coma or dreamless sleep.  However, the common belief that there is sharp edge between an underlying unconscious state and consciousness is being challenged by new neurophysiological findings and theoretical… Read more » about Visit to the Sanchez-Vives Lab at the Institute for Biomedical Research IDIBAPS

I consider myself to be very lucky to have been able to participate in the Consortium Erasmus Al Sud Staff Training Week in Setúbal Portugal. Not only was it wonderful to connect with my counterparts from across the EU specifically that of Estonia, France, Poland, Portugal and Spain, the ability to share and discuss Best… Read more » about Consortium Erasmus Al Sud Staff Training Week in Setúbal Portugal

I was awarded an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility grant to travel to Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and attend a 2 days training sessions with the International Relations Department. Haaga-Helia is a strongly business orientated university of applied sciences in Finland. Through education, research and development, they prepare professionals for business and services, focusing on co-operation,… Read more » about Erasmus+ Staff Training in Helsinki at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

Thanks to funding from the Santander Staff Mobility scheme, I was able to visit Prof Jinmian Yang at Fudan University, Shanghai. Prof Yang is one of the leading experts on eye movements during reading in Chinese, and we spent some extremely productive time working on a collaborative eye-tracking study which we will implement and run… Read more » about Visit to Fudan University, Shanghai, and conference presentation in Nanjing, China

My Erasmus+ Staff Mobility training programme took place at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau from 11th to 16th June in the town of Zwickau, Germany. Zwickau is well-known as the birthplace of the renowned composer Robert Schumann, and home of the famous automobiles Horch, Audi and Trabant. Today, the popular Volkswagen car models Golf and Passat… Read more » about Erasmus+ Staff Mobility training at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau