Collaboration agreementsThe CGU agreed on a series of collabo-ration lines with the Fundación Galicia Europa (FGE) and with the Fundación

Cidade da Cultura de Galicia. These agreements were reached during a mee-ting with the director of the Fundación Galicia Europa (FGE), Jesús

Gamallo, and a meeting with the Ma-nager Director of the Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Beatriz González Loro-ño. Both meetings took place at Santiago de Compostela. These collaboration initiatives will be officially presented at the General Assembly. +info

More news

Stella 2012The STELLA Programme for Adminis-trative Staff Mobility 2012 is provi-ding an opportunity for a total of 18

participants from university members within the Com-

postela Group to enjoy an international work placement experience for one or two weeks.

The number participating in this year’s call shows the

success of the programme. Specifically, the CGU received a total of 81 offers (services/units open to receive admi-nistrative staff) from 40 American and European universities and a total of 47 applications.In this edition, the programme is open to CGU mutual member networks: CONAHEC and FAUBAI. +info

International PrizeThe Compostela Group of Universi-ties announced through its President, Maurits van Rooijen, during a press conference held at the University of Santiago de Compostela, the decision, made jointly with the Gali-cian Govern-ment, of giving the XVI International Prize Compostela Group-Xunta de Galicia to the College of Europe as a recognition for its promotion of the European values in Higher Education.

Along with the President of the Group, the General Secretary of the Xunta de

Galicia for Culture and member of the Jury, Anxo Lorenzo, and the Rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and member of the Group’s Executive Committee, Juan Casares Long, also took part at the

press conference. The award ceremony will take place 21st September during the XVIII General Assembly of the Group at Oulu (Finland).+ info

Acting Executive SecretaryAs it is required by the statutes of the

CGU, the Rector of the University of Santia-go (USC), Juan Casa-res Long, proposed at Executive Com-mittee meeting held the 26-27 January in Brussels, a candidate for the position of

Executive Secretary of the network, Professor Isabel Lirola Delgado, Vice-Dean of the USC’s Faculty of Law since 2007. Mrs. Lirola will be Acting Executi-ve Secretary until the ratification by the General Assembly of the Group (Oulu, Finland, 20-22 Sept). +info

General AssemblyThe XVIII General Assembly of the Compostela Group of Universities will take place the 20-22 September 2012 at the University of Oulu (Finland) and

will include the hands-on workshop ‘Embracing of Moderni-zation Agen-da in Higher Education’. The results of

this workshop will be forwarded to the European Commission in order to con-tribute to the improvement of Higher Education in Europe.Don’t forget to visit the CGU website to register and check the latest updates. + info

Video contestThe Compostela Group of Universities will announce this month the name of the winner of its First Interna-tional Video Contest that will beawarded with a trip to Oulu in the framework of the GA. In this successful pilot edition, students from CGU member institutions presented short recordings promoting both their institution and the Group.The winner will be presented by the President of the CGU and other autho-rities of the University of Oulu. +info

The MOVER Project announces the beneficiaries of its first call of mobility grants +info

The CGU coordinates a meeting of the Corinthiam project at the University of Minho +info

The CGU reinforces its delegation in Brussels +info

Highlights

UNINETTUNO collaborates with the dissemination of the docu-mentaries of the former Compostela Media Society and launches a new TV website +info

June 7th, Brussels (Belgium)

June 13th, Bologna (Italy)

June 19-21st, Brno (Czech Repu-blic)

June 20-22th , Istanbul (Turkey)

June 27-28th , Brighton (United Kingdom)

June 27-29th, Zagreb (Croatia)

July 29th -August 1st, Whistler (Canada)

September 11-14th, Dublin(Ireland)

September 27-28, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

October 18-19th , Maribor (Slovenia)

Universidad Pontificia ComillasThis university will add a summer pro-gram in Kenya to its offering of INSIDE PROGRAMS in New York, Washington, Beijing and Shanghai. This program will be hold from July 14 to August 4 and it is intended for university students in their finals years of studies, post-graduate students or professionals who are interested in the fields of Development, NGO´s, International Relations, International Economics, Sociolo-gy, History, among others. +info

Universidad de LeónThis university presents a summer course on cultural issues, focused on two European countries, Spain and France, that will take place between 8-24th July. It includes a joint academic program desig-ned by 3 partners: Sun Yat-sen University (China), University of Leon (Spain) and University of Savoie in Annecy (France). +info

Università degli Studi di CagliariThis university organizes Italian Lan-guage and Culture Courses that will take place during July and September 2012.The courses are designed by the Univer-sity of Cagliari’s Language Centre and ISMOKA to immerse participants in the Italian language and culture and improve their language skills helped by our Italian teachers. +info

Agenda and last calls

Adam MickiewiczUniversityThis university organizes and holds the School of Polish Language and Culture that will take place between 6-24th of August.The School’s curriculum covers classes which include: Polish language course, lectures,

workshops and language con-sultancies for beginners.The didactic program is accompanied with a cultural one. +info

Fundación Galicia Europa

The Fundación Galicia Europa (FGE) brought up to date its guide of internships and jobs prospects in the EU and international organi-zations. It is conceived as a support for young people looking for professional or formative opportunities once they have finished their degree. The publication includes the main grants offered by the European and International institutions and by Fundación Galicia Europa itself. +info

Universidade de AveiroUA is organizing Research Day 2012 that will be hold next June 13, 2012. Research Day is a one-day event celebrating the university’s re-search achievements, as well as providing an opportunity for the interdisciplinary sharing of good practices in research, and a vehicle for promoting effective collaboration among UA faculty and researchers, who have an opportunity to learn about the research being

conducted across all departments and research units at the campus. +info

Universidade do PortoFollowing the Celebrations of the Eras-mus Programme 25th Anniversary,officially announced by the European Commission and happening this year all over Europe, the Universidade do Porto organized several activities, between the 21st and 24th may, to evoke the participation of the University in the Programme. +info

University of MarburgIn July and August the University of Marburg, Germany will host its 14th International Summer University that will be focused on ‘Peace and Conflict; Near and Middle East: Political, Cultural, Economic Aspects of the Arab Spring - A European Perspective’.The program is comprised of seminars in German and English that touch on the main theme from the perspective of the political sciences, sociology, social psychology, and cultural and regional sciences. There will be also anextracurricular program with excursions, cultural events, lectures and social events. +info

Agenda Last calls

Summer schools and more info

Rovira i Virgili University launches the Martí-Fran-quès Research Fellowship Programme.Deadline: 22/06 +info

Calls for proposals for the AMPEI annual conference. Deadline: 31/08 +info

Going Global announces upcoming online demos. +info

Workshop ‘Strategies for Successful Europe-China Collaboration in Research and Education’ (CGU-SG-UNICA) +info

Second JOI.CON conference (Masaryk University) +info

Financial workshop in the framework of the Corinthiam Project (Masaryk University) +info

Wace Conference ‘9th International Conference on Cooperative and Work-integrated Education’ (WACE) +info

Corinthiam Project Meeting +info

EAN 21st Annual Conference, ‘Access to Higher Education: is it a right, a privilege or a necessity?’ (European Access Network) +info

CAFCE Annual Conference ‘Higher Learning. Hire Aspirations’ +info

EAIE Annual Conference ‘Rethinking Education. Reshaping economies’ (European Association for International Education)+info

Conference ‘Employability of Graduates and Higher Education Management Systems’ (University of Ljubliana) +info

UNEECC Annual Conference ‘Ageing Society, Ageing Culture?’ +info