THE HAGUE NETWORK SEMESTER MEETING – UFV MADRID

The fall meeting was hosted this time by U. Francisco de Vitoria and attended by P. Nixon, Chair of Network (The Hague University of Applied Sciences); B. Navajas and J. Pérez-Miranda (U. Francisco de Vitoria); A.M. Aloi and D. Poddesu (Universitá di Cagliari); J.Pavlik (Masaryk University); K.Jokipakka (via Skype) and N. Kahra (Tampere University of Applied Sciences); R.Side and E.Lister (University of Derby). Some of them participated in the II International Week.

In the morning there was a tour of the Motor Sport Institute, followed by a series of presentations and discussions on different aspects such as European Universities, visibility of the network, and Cybersecurity, with R.Maxwell. A Networking Lunch took place to enable informal discussions with the presenters and further staff from the degree in Management and International Relations (J.Peláez, G.Graíño). Details of the outcomes of the meeting will be posted in a report.

DELEGATION FROM DERBY VISITS THUAS

A delegation from UoD visited THUAS. It comprised Dr A. Baxendale, Head of Research and Innovation Services, and Prof. P. Lynch, Chair of Professoriat. They met people focused on research from the centres of expertise at THUAS. The process of growing a culture of research and scholarship is one that has both challenges and opportunities. This visit was designed to share expertise and experiences and to seek further ways of deepening collaboration.

VISIT FROM THE HAGUE (NURSING) TO UFV MADRID

Susana Menéndez, together with several professors from Nursing area (Sanne de Vries, Jeroen Dikken, Christine Pijnappels, Sander Kerstens) participated in the III International Conference in Nursing at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. They also had the opportunity to meet with Alina Renghea (Erasmus Coordinator for Nursing) in order to explore future ways of collaboration, focused on research.