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On Friday, November 10, the Rector of the University of Latvia (UL), Prof. Indriķis Muižnieks and the Rector of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) Remigijus Žaliūnas signed a memorandum of cooperation, which contributes to a stronger partnership, particularly in cardiology. The Director of the LSMU Institute of Cardiology, Head of the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Chairman of the LSMU Senate Rimantas Benetis and LSMU Rector R. Žaliūnas for more than 20 years cooperate with the Chairman of the UL Strategic Council Andrejs Ērglis in the sphere of cardiology. On November 10, this collaboration was attested by the memorandum. Signature of the document was preceded by an operation, performed by R. Benetis and A. Ērglis together on the evening before.With their signatures, both universities agree to advance the scientific partnership–provide the exchange of lecturers, researchers and students, as well as participate in common research projects

The first FORTHEM Student Online Conference will take place on December 7 - 9.25 students from seven FORTHEM universities will work together on the topic "Student Involvement" in order to exchange practices and create new collaborations. The goal of the conference is to develop and strengthen links between student organisations to empathize the voice of students within the FORTHEM Alliance. The programme combines presentations and discussions to develop a comprehensive understanding for different student structures. During working sessions, we will tackle the question "How can we improve student involvement in FORTHEM" by applying a Design Thinking approach. Networking and socialising will be continued in the evening on the virtual FORTHEM campus created in Gather.town. All interested students and staff members are invited to participate in the discussion on the role of students in FORTHEM Labs on Wednesday, December 9, 11-12 CET. For joining the session please register here

Due to the Cabinet of Ministers Order No. 103 of March 12, 2020 “On Declaration of Emergency situation”, the study process at the University of Latvia is organized remotely in accordance with the existing list of classes. By taking study courses remotely, the student : joins a specific e-course in the UL E-learning environment at the time specified in the schedule estudijas.lu.lv/; follow the lecturer's instructions for the course; remotely consult with the lecturer on course acquisition; if the study process in the remote mode does not take place or the student is unable to participate, report the situation to the Dean. When conducting study courses remotely, the lecturer communicates with the students registered for the course within the time prescribed in the list of classes and remotely implement the work provided for the study process; implements the study course in accordance with the plan specified in the course description, if necessary

At Riga Stradins University, two students have defended their diploma theses, whose research is based on additional research of our institute's largest research GISTAR. Ilze Indriksone-Gromova, a master's student of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare program "Nutrition Science", conducted a study "Influence of Mediterranean eating habits on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Jēkabpils population", while Rehabilitation faculty study program "Nutrition" bachelor's thesis defended Lelde Cīrule with her work “Evaluation of the compliance of the eating habits of the participants of the GISTAR project Jēkabpils with the Nordic diet”. The students' research was led by the leading researcher of the institute Dr.med Daiga Šantare. Dr.sc.ing. Inese Poļaka, the leading researcher of the institute, advised on the analysis of the research data.

The fall semester 2009 will soon come to an end, which means that for many exchange students it will be time to return to their home countries and, therefore, ESN Riga in cooperation with Academic Programme Agency (APA) organized the traditional farewell event on 12th -13 th December, 2009. It took place in a nice guesthouse “Zaļie atvari” right outside Jelgava. It was a great opportunity to spend time together once again and share all the impressions gathered while studying and living in Latvia. More than 70 exchange students arrived to the guesthouse by bus and we welcomed the guests with opening speeches by ESN Riga team members which were followed with a dinner. The evening program started with an activity where all exchange students took part. First, all people were divided into groups of 10 people and then their task was to prepare a performance according to a certain topic, for example, studies at the university, trolleybus No.15, travelling in Latvia etc. Students were

The Center for Gender Studies at the University of Latvia is pleased to open a call for participation in the interdisciplinary workshop for young scholars and postgraduate (M,PhD) students Digital Diaspora: Gender, Identity, Belonging which will be held on June 20-21, 2017, at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia (Visvalža 4a, Riga). The workshop director: Dr. Marija Semjonova (Coordinator of the Center for Gender Studies), marjsem@gmail.com The rise of digital communications and improved travel technologies has facilitated migrations and diasporas, that change and give complex meanings to places, that move us to rethinking the notions of home and self. In these contexts of mobilities and connectivities, the concepts of gender, race and diaspora are intensively addressed with regard to nation, national identity and belonging. The aim of the two-day workshop is to investigate the relations between transnational networks, diasporic flows/spaces and practices

On the 25th of January a video conference with Fulda University College (Hochschule Fulda ) took place in the Faculty of Economics and Management. The topic of the discussion was „The costs of green lifestyle and development of biological agriculture and eco products” Students of Master’s study programmes of the Faculty of Economics of University of Latvia - Business Administration, International Business MBA and International relations (economics) – Zane Lase-Lasmane, Jānis Supe, Elīna Ladinska, Olga Ļašuka, Ieva Norīte, Jūlija Maļceva un Ilona Lempa, along with professor Baiba Savrina participated in the conference with their colleagues in Germany, Fulda University College. German students had made a presentation about eco - products and green issues in Germany, whereas students of the faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Latvia informed their colleagues about the correlation of the green environment with the life quality in Latvia, the costs of social

On the 25th of January a video conference with Fulda University College (Hochschule Fulda ) took place in the Faculty of Economics and Management. The topic of the discussion was „The costs of green lifestyle and development of biological agriculture and eco products” Students of Master’s study programmes of the Faculty of Economics of University of Latvia - Business Administration, International Business MBA and International relations (economics) – Zane Lase-Lasmane, Jānis Supe, Elīna Ladinska, Olga Ļašuka, Ieva Norīte, Jūlija Maļceva un Ilona Lempa, along with professor Baiba Savrina participated in the conference with their colleagues in Germany, Fulda University College. German students had made a presentation about eco - products and green issues in Germany, whereas students of the faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Latvia informed their colleagues about the correlation of the green environment with the life quality in Latvia, the costs of social

The donation of Latvians Roberts and Dagnija Rūsis living in America will enable two students of the professional study programme “Nursing” at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Medicine (FM) to receive Rūsis family scholarship in the amount of EUR 2 100 every academic year for the next 10 years. Healthcare plays a key role in the daily life of society. Patrons Dagnija and Roberts Rūsis have confirmed their wish to support the studies of merciful nurses in Latvia by donating 50000 dollars for the establishment of a family scholarship. Thus, the Rūši family scholarship will support master's degree students of nursing at the UL Faculty of Medicineto cover the costs of studies, teaching aids and living expenses. The scholarship fundwas establishedwith the administrative support of the "Friends of the University of Latvia "and the ULFoundation. Patroness Dagnija Rūsis (née Āboliņa) received a diploma of a nurse at the St. Mary Nursing School at Saginaw, Michigan State, USA

D-I-4.2.1 Training programme and 1st module (e.g. idea generation, design thinking or similar), teaching materials and mentoring scheme for students, academic and non-academic staff with particular consideration of innovation aspects specific to health sector (EIT Health) D-I-4.2.2 Training, teaching materials and mentoring scheme online evaluation methodology document D-I-4.2.3 Report on piloting results of the 1st training module, teaching materials and application of the elaborated mentoring scheme (at least 130 students trained, 12 mentored; at least 12 academic staff trained, 4 mentored; at least 12 non-academic staff trained, 4 mentored) piloting results D-I-4.2.4 Training programme plan D-II-4.2.5 New training modules, teaching materials and updated mentoring scheme for students, academic and non-academic staff D-II-4.2.6 Report on training evaluation and further training on new training modules, relevant new teaching materials and application of updated mentoring scheme