NMIMS University has been selected to be part of European Union, HARMONY Project. The project addresses the process of internationalization of Higher Education in the provision of education, research, mobility, and services. MOU was signed in June 2021.
The project called, “Internationalization and Virtual Exchange: Borderless between EU and Asian Countries,” includes institutions from Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India. Universities from India include Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Vellore Institute of Technology and University of Hyderabad. In all the consortium has 11 institutions, 4 from Europe and 7 from Asia.Read More
Activities and key outcomes planned for the 36-month long project that started on
15th January 2021:
The Internationalisation at Home Self-Evaluation Tool is designed as part of the HARMONY project consortium’s efforts to map out the 7 Partner Country (PC) Higher Education Institutions’ (HEIs) internationalisation status quo and to identify to what extent international and intercultural dimensions are integrated intro their formal and informal curricula. The questionnaire is prepared as part of the activities in Work Package 1 Methodology for Data Collection and Analysis that cater for obtaining a clear and comprehensive understanding of the Internationalisation at Home (IaH)* processes at each of the 7 PC HEIs. The questionnaire was prepared based on the IAU 5th Global Survey on Internationalisation of Higher Education.
*IaH – The purposeful integration of international and intercultural dimensions into formal and informal curriculum for all students within domestic learning environment
HARMONY project`s online consortium meeting was held on 3rd February 2022 to discuss the achievement of Work Package 1, organisation of infrastructure and equipment for Teahouses, discussion of financial reports and to discuss the operational plan for the year 2022. Participants included representatives of all institutes of the Consortium.
Date: 1st April 2022
PROGRAMME:
1. Welcome and overview of the webinar with focus on Virtual Mobility - Dr. Juan Vallés, Vice Dean of International Relations, Faculty of Sciences
2. Experience of UNIZAR at internationalization and virtual mobility: Dr. Francisco Beltrán, Vice Chancellor of Internationalization and Cooperation
3. Exploring Virtual Mobility within Unita, the European University Consortium. - Mr. Kermit MacPherson, Director UNITA Office
4. Other forms of internationalisation: virtual and hybrid programmes - Dr. Ana Yetano, Vice Dean of International Relations, Faculty of Economy and Business
5. Virtual mobility on regional planning, cooperation and aid to development. - Dr. Rafael de Miguel, Vice Dean of International Relations, Faculty of Education
The event is implemented in the frame of Erasmus+ CBHE project Internationalisation and Virtual Exchange: Borderless between EU and Asian Countries/ HARMONY (No. 617223-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP), coordinated by the University of Zaragoza
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