The spring annual meeting was hosted this time by University of Derby and attended by: Paul Nixon, European Platform Co-ordinator and Chair ofNetwork (The Hague University of Applied Sciences); Dr.Belén Navajas, Director of Internationalisation, and Clara Gartner, Head of International Office (University Francisco de Vitoria); Prof. Christian Rossi (University of Cagliari); Jan Pavlik, Director of theCentre for International Cooperation (MasarykUniversity); Kirsi Jokipakka, Head of International Services, and Camilla Kalevo, International Co-ordinator (Tampere University of Applied Sciences); Richard Side, Head of International, International Recruitment & Collaborations, and Emma Lister, Partnership Liaison Manager, International Recruitment & Collaborations (University of Derby).
Additional attendance via Skype: Anne-Carolin Ahrbeg, Head of International Partnerships and Exchange (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences) and Clémentine Arpiainen, Project Manager, International Strategic Partnerships and Continuous Learning (Tampere University of Applied Sciences).
In the morning there was a tour of Kedleston Road campus, followed by a series of short Presentations on different aspects of the University of Derby (UoD) and where international collaborative work would be welcomed. A Networking Lunch took place to enable informal discussions with the presenters and further staff from the Collegeof Life and Natural Sciences (CLANS) and the International Recruitment and Collaborations (IRC) department. Different topics, ideas, proposals and projects were discussed, and several actions were fixed, in order to deepen the results of the strategic partnership.